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==True Earth wiki cheat sheet==
<big>Back to [[Main Page]]</big>
 
=== Get help for building pages ===
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| [[TrueEarth video Tutorial|Training videos]] || Sometimes watching a video is easier to learn from
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| [[TrueEarth community support|Community support]] || Can't work this thing? request a page to be built for you, or ask for help.
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| [https://t.me/trueearthwikidiscussion True Earth wiki discussion Telegram] || Telegram "true earth wiki discussion" group. Ask questions or get help there.
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| [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|Help Guide]] || Online Help on MediaWiki (e.g. navigation, editing, etc.)
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| [[meta:Special:MyLanguage/Help center|Help Center]] || Online help center On WikiTide.
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| [[meta:Special:MyLanguage/FAQ|WikiTide FAQ]] || Frequently asked questions On WikiTide.
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===Page BuildingTips===
 
====1. Creating a new page====
To create a new page, follow the following two Steps:<br>
# In an appropriate area, Create a [[TrueEarth_wiki_cheatsheet#Links|link]] to a page that doesn't exist. ''For example: <nowiki>[[Your Page]]</nowiki>''
# Use the link to navigate to your new page, It will automatically put you into create page mode.
 
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Use the Help Menu to get help on most commonly used tasks:<br>
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-help.png|link=]]
 
 
===Links===
There are different types of links. The most common links can be made with the wiki editor Toolbar:<br>
These example show how to make a link with a "friendly name" which is a description rather than a ugly URL.
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-link.png|link=]]
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| Link to a page || <nowiki>[[Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki><br><nowiki>[[Folder/Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki><br>''Example: <nowiki>[[Observations/Interferometry/Dayton Miller|Dayton Miller]]</nowiki>''
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| Link to a video or other website || <nowiki>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiwzClN490 Friendly Name]</nowiki><br>
''Example: <nowiki>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiwzClN490 Flat Earth Fortnite Map] = </nowiki>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiwzClN490 Flat Earth Fortnite Map]''
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| Make a Image Link || <nowiki>[[File:ImageFile.png|40px|link=Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki><br>
''Example: <nowiki>[[File:WikiVisitor.jpg|20px|link=Main_Page]]</nowiki> = [[File:WikiVisitor.jpg|20px|link=Main_Page]]''
 
You can specify the location where the image will appear by adding left, center, or right as an option.
''Example: <nowiki>[[File:WikiVisitor.jpg|20px|right|link=Main_Page]]</nowiki> = [[File:WikiVisitor.jpg|20px|right|link=Main_Page]]''<br>
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| Make a PDF Link (no preview) || <nowiki>[[:File:PDFDocument.pdf|Friendly Name]]</nowiki>
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===References===
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Example / how it will appear.<br>
[[File:Using references example.png|right|link=]]
what about space? <nowiki><ref name=spaceisfake></ref></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>===References===</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><references></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><ref name="spaceisfake">Yes space is fake</ref></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></references></nowiki><br><br>
 
<nowiki>===References===</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><references></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><ref name="spaceisfake">Yes space is fake</ref></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></references></nowiki><br><br>
 
===Formatting Tips===
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! Topic !! ExampleHow To
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| Spacing (between lines) || To start text on another line, you can do any of the following: <br>
# Double space the lines (Press Enter twice).
# type the line break symbol "<nowiki><br></nowiki>"
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[[File:BlockQuoteExample.png|link=]]
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===Tables===
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! Topic !! TextHow To
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| Start a Table || <nowiki>{| class="wikitable sortable"</nowiki>
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| End the table || <nowiki>|}</nowiki>
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===Help Topic Links===
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| https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links/en || More Link Help
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=== Get someone to help you ===
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! Link !! Topic
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| [[TrueEarth video Tutorial|Training videos]] || Sometimes watching a video is easier to learn from
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| [[TrueEarth community support|Community support]] || Can't work this thing? request a page to be built for you, or ask for help.
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| [https://t.me/trueearthwikidiscussion True Earth wiki discussion Telegram] || Telegram "true earth wiki discussion" group. Ask questions or get help there.
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| [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|Help Guide]] || Online Help on MediaWiki (e.g. navigation, editing, etc.)
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| [[meta:Special:MyLanguage/Help center|Help Center]] || Online help center On WikiTide.
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| [[meta:Special:MyLanguage/FAQ|WikiTide FAQ]] || Frequently asked questions On WikiTide.
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=== Administration Links===
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| [[Special:ShortPages|ShortPages]] || See a list of pages that are short (Might need more content)
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