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Revision as of 01:47, November 27, 2023
True Earth wiki cheat sheet
Get help for building pages
Link | Topic |
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Training videos | Sometimes watching a video is easier to learn from |
Community support | Can't work this thing? request a page to be built for you, or ask for help. |
Community requests | Want a page built for you? edit the community requests with your idea |
Community requests or the Wanted Pages | Not sure what to build, check the community requests? |
True Earth wiki discussion Telegram | Telegram "true earth wiki discussion" group. Ask questions or get help there. |
Help Guide | Online Help on MediaWiki (e.g. navigation, editing, etc.) |
Help Center | Online help center On WikiTide. |
WikiTide FAQ | Frequently asked questions On WikiTide. |
Page BuildingTips
Topic | How To |
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Create New Page | To create a new page, follow the following two Steps:
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Get examples from other pages | Click Edit on another page to look how it was built. Click Cancel when finished. |
When editing a page, make sure to "expand" the Advanced toolbar |
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Use the Help Menu to get help on most commonly used tasks |
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Formatting Tips
Topic | Example |
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Spacing | To start text on another line, you can do any of the following:
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Bold Text | '''Your text''' = Your text Or highlight the text you want bold and use the Bold button from the wiki editor toolbar: |
Italic Text | ''Your text'' = Your text Or highlight the text you want italic and use the Italic button from the wiki editor toolbar: |
Superscript Text | <sup>Your text</sup> = Your text Or highlight the text you want in superscript and use the Superscript button from the wiki editor toolbar: |
Numbered List | # Numbered list item = 1. Numbered list item Or click the bullet icon on the wiki editor toolbar: |
Bulleted List | * Bulleted list item = • Bulleted list item Or click the bullet icon on the wiki editor toolbar: |
Heading | == Heading text == Use "Heading 2" from the Heading dropdown |
Subheading | === Subheading text === Use "Heading 3" from the Heading dropdown |
Block Quote | <blockquote>Your Text here</blockquote> A fancy way to show a quote somebody made, For Example:
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Links
There are different types of links. The most common links can be made with the wiki editor Toolbar:
Topic | How To |
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Link to a page | [[Page Name|Friendly Name]] [[Folder/Page Name|Friendly Name]] Example: [[Observations/Interferometry/Dayton Miller|Dayton Miller]] |
Link to a video or other website | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiwzClN490 Friendly Name] |
Make a Image Link | [[File:ImageFile.png|40px|link=Page Name|Friendly Name]] |
Make a PDF Link (no preview) | [[:File:PDFDocument.pdf|Friendly Name]] |
Tables
(You can use this example, but it's best to use the editor's built in Table creator icon)
Topic | Text |
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Start a Table | {| class="wikitable sortable" |
Table Caption/Title | |+ Table Caption |
Table Row | ! Column 1 Header !! Column 2 Header !! Column 3 Header |
Table Row separator | |- |
Table Row | | Column 1 Text || Column 2 Text || Column 3 text |
End the table | |} |
References
References add a professional look & add completeness to your article. If you cite certain external articles/books, use the references to provide the link or source information of your citation.
Topic | How To |
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Inline Ref LinK | <ref name=RefName></ref> Put this inline with your text. It will appear as a [#] link and will automatically get a number. For example: [1] |
Start of References Section | <references> Put this section at the bottom of your article. |
References | <ref name="RefName">Reference Text or Link</ref> Place these References inside the References Section (<references></references>) |
End of References Section | </references> |
Help Topic Links
Link | Topic |
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https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents | General Help (Index of help topics) |
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images | Image Help |
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables | Table Help |
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting | Formatting Help |
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Cite | Cite / Reference Help |
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links | Link Help |
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links/en | More Link Help |
Administration Links
Link | Topic |
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Unused Files | See a list of uploaded files that aren't referenced |
Upload File | Upload a file. However if creating a page, its best to upload images with the editor toolbar |
List of uploaded files | See list of all files uploaded |
List of broken links | See list of links that don't have a page created |
User List | See a list of users |
User Rights | See a user's rights |
Special:ShortPages | See a list of pages that are short (Might need more content) |
Additional Resources
Additional Resources to help you learn how to edit a wiki / ways to contact wikitide support for site trouble.
Please, before you contact wikiTide, reach out to our own wiki contributor community first here: Community support
Link | Topic |
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WikiForge Discord | Chat with Wikitide support people (like if there's site issues) |
Phorge | Get help On Phorge. |
IRC | Get help On IRC in #wikiforge on irc.libera.chat. |