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==True Earth wiki cheat sheet== |
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<big>Back to [[Main Page]]</big> |
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=== Help with editing === |
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| [[TrueEarth video Tutorial|Training videos]] || Sometimes watching a video is easier to learn from |
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| Create New Page || Best way is Create a link <nowiki>[[Index]]</nowiki> to a page that doesn't exist, use the link to navigate to your new page, It will automatically put you into create page mode. |
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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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| Upload File || https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:Upload |
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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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| Make a Image Link || <nowiki>[[File:ImageFile.png|40px|link=Index|Index Page]]</nowiki> |
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===Help Topic Links=== |
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| Link to a page || <nowiki>[[Index]]</nowiki> |
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| [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|Help Guide]] || Online Help (e.g. navigation, editing, etc.) |
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| Link to a video or other web || just paste the URL into the Wiki editor (including the <nowiki>https://www part</nowiki>): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiwzClN490 |
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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=== |
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====1. Creating a new page==== |
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To create a new page, follow the following two Steps:<br> |
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Help on topics: |
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# In an appropriate area, Create a [[TrueEarth_wiki_cheatsheet#Links|link]] to a page that doesn't exist. ''For example: <nowiki>[[Your Page]]</nowiki>'' |
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# Use the link to navigate to your new page, It will automatically put you into create page mode. |
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====2. Get examples from other pages==== |
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Not sure how something was built? If you see another page with something you'd like to use, click Edit and look how it was built. Click Cancel when finished. |
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====3. Use Advanced on the editor toolbar==== |
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When editing a page, make sure to "expand" the Advanced toolbar. This exposes many of shortcuts like Headings, Lists, Tables, and more)<br> |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-advanced.png|link=]] |
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====4. Help at your fingertips while editing==== |
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Use the Help Menu to get help on most commonly used tasks:<br> |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-help.png|link=]] |
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===Links=== |
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There are different types of links. The most common links can be made with the wiki editor Toolbar:<br> |
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These example show how to make a link with a "friendly name" which is a description rather than a ugly URL. |
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[[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> = [[Observations/Interferometry/Dayton Miller|Dayton Miller]]'' |
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| General Help|| https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents |
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| Link to a video or other website || <nowiki>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiwzClN490 Friendly Name]</nowiki><br> |
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| Image Help || https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images |
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''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> |
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| Table Help|| https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables |
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''Example: <nowiki>[[File:WikiVisitor.jpg|20px|link=Main_Page]]</nowiki> = [[File:WikiVisitor.jpg|20px|link=Main_Page]]'' |
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You can specify the location where the image will appear by adding left, center, or right as an option. |
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''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><br> |
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| Formatting Help || https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting |
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''Example: <nowiki>[[:File:Alone The Classic Polar Adventure by Richard E Byrd z lib org epub.pdf|Alone]]</nowiki> = [[:File:Alone The Classic Polar Adventure by Richard E Byrd z lib org epub.pdf|Alone]]'' |
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===References=== |
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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. References automatically order and number themselves according to the order they are used in the article. |
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| Inline References Link || <nowiki><ref name=RefName></ref></nowiki><br> |
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<small>Put this inline with your text. It will appear as a [#] link and will automatically get a number. For example: [1]</small> |
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| Start of References Section || <nowiki><references></nowiki><br> |
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<small>At the end of the page, please add a section to the document: <nowiki>===References===</nowiki></small><br> |
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<small>...then insert the <nowiki><references></nowiki> start</small> |
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| Reference || <nowiki><ref name="RefName">Reference Text or Link</ref></nowiki><br> |
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<small>Place these References inside the References Section (<nowiki><references></references></nowiki>)</small> |
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| End of References Section || <nowiki></references></nowiki> |
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| Link Help || https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links |
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Example / how it will appear.<br> |
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[[File:Using references example.png|right|link=]] |
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what about space? <nowiki><ref name=spaceisfake></ref></nowiki><br> |
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<nowiki>===References===</nowiki> |
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<nowiki><references></nowiki> |
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<nowiki><ref name="spaceisfake">Yes space is fake</ref></nowiki> |
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| Spacing (between lines) || To start text on another line, you can do any of the following: <br> |
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# Double space the lines (Press Enter twice). |
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# type the line break symbol "<nowiki><br></nowiki>" |
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# Use the Line break button on the wiki editor toolbar:<br> |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-lineBreak.png|link=]] |
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| Bold Text || <nowiki>'''Your text'''</nowiki> = '''Your text'''<br> |
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<small>Or highlight the text you want bold and use the Bold button from the wiki editor toolbar:</small><br> |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-bold.png|link=|Bold button|link=]] |
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| Italic Text || <nowiki>''Your text''</nowiki> = ''Your text''<br> |
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<small>Or highlight the text you want italic and use the Italic button from the wiki editor toolbar:</small><br> |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-italic.png|link=|Italic button|link=]] |
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| Superscript Text || <nowiki><sup>Your text</sup></nowiki> = <sup>Your text</sup><br> |
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<small>Or highlight the text you want in superscript and use the Superscript button from the wiki editor toolbar:</small><br> |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-superscript.png|link=|Superscript button|link=]] |
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| Numbered List || <nowiki># Numbered list item</nowiki> = 1. Numbered list item<br> |
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<small>Or click the bullet icon on the wiki editor toolbar:</small><br> |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-numbered.png|link=|Numbered List button|link=]] |
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| Bulleted List || <nowiki>* Bulleted list item</nowiki> = • Bulleted list item<br> |
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<small>Or click the bullet icon on the wiki editor toolbar:</small><br> |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-bullets.png|link=|Bullets button|link=]] |
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| Heading || <nowiki>== Heading text ==</nowiki><br> |
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<small>Use "Heading 2" from the Heading dropdown</small><br> |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-heading.png|link=|Heading menu|link=]] |
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| Subheading || <nowiki>=== Subheading text ===</nowiki><br> |
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<small>Use "Heading 3" from the Heading dropdown</small><br> |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-heading.png|link=|Heading menu|link=]] |
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| Block Quote || <nowiki><blockquote>Your Text here</blockquote></nowiki><br>A fancy way to show a quote somebody made, For Example:<br> |
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[[File:BlockQuoteExample.png|link=]] |
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(You can use this example, but it's best to use the editor's built in Table creator icon) |
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[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-table.png|link=|Table button]]<br> |
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| Start a Table || <nowiki>{| class="wikitable sortable"</nowiki> |
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| Table Caption/Title || <nowiki>|+ Table Caption</nowiki> |
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| Table Row || <nowiki>! Column 1 Header !! Column 2 Header !! Column 3 Header </nowiki> |
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| Table Row separator || <nowiki>|-</nowiki><br> |
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| Table Row || <nowiki>| Column 1 Text || Column 2 Text || Column 3 text</nowiki> |
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| End the table || <nowiki>|}</nowiki> |
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=== Administration Links=== |
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| [[Special:TranslatorSignup|Translator Signup]] || If you are willing to translate pages, please sign up for notifications. You can get an email when pages are needing translation. You can come back here to change your notification preferences at any time. |
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| [[Special:PageTranslation|Pages needing Translation]] || See a list of pages that need to be translated. |
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| [[Special:UnusedFiles|Unused Files]] || See a list of uploaded files that aren't referenced |
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| [[Special:Upload|Upload File]] || Upload a file. However if creating a page, its best to upload images with the editor toolbar |
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| [[Special:ListFiles|List of uploaded files]] || See list of all files uploaded |
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| [[Special:WantedPages|List of broken links]] || See list of "Wanted Pages" (links that point to a non existent page) |
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| [[Special:ListUsers|User List]] || See a list of users |
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| [[Special:UserRights|User Rights]] || See a user's rights |
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| [[Special:ShortPages|ShortPages]] || See a list of pages that are short (Might need more content) |
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=== Additional Resources=== |
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Additional Resources to help you learn how to edit a wiki / ways to contact wikitide support for site trouble.<br> |
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'''Please, before you contact wikiTide, reach out to our own wiki contributor community first here: [[TrueEarth community support|Community support]]''' |
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| Change a User’s rights || https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:UserRights?user= |
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| [https://wikiforge.net/discord WikiForge Discord] || Chat with Wikitide support people (like if there's site issues) |
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| Show Users’s rights || https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers |
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| [[phorge:|Phorge]] || Get help On Phorge. |
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| List of uploaded files|| https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles |
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| [irc://irc.libera.chat/%23wikiforge IRC] || Get help On IRC in #wikiforge on irc.libera.chat. |
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| List of broken links || https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:WantedPages |
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Latest revision as of 19:04, December 24, 2023
True Earth wiki cheat sheet
Back to Main Page
Help with editing
Link | Topic |
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Training videos | Sometimes watching a video is easier to learn from |
True Earth wiki discussion Telegram | Telegram "true earth wiki discussion" group. Ask questions or get help there. |
Community support | Can't work this thing? request a page to be built for you, or ask for help. |
Help Topic Links
Link | Topic |
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Help Guide | Online Help (e.g. navigation, editing, etc.) |
Help Center | Online help center On WikiTide. |
WikiTide FAQ | Frequently asked questions On WikiTide. |
Page BuildingTips
1. Creating a new page
To create a new page, follow the following two Steps:
- In an appropriate area, Create a link to a page that doesn't exist. For example: [[Your Page]]
- Use the link to navigate to your new page, It will automatically put you into create page mode.
2. Get examples from other pages
Not sure how something was built? If you see another page with something you'd like to use, click Edit and look how it was built. Click Cancel when finished.
3. Use Advanced on the editor toolbar
When editing a page, make sure to "expand" the Advanced toolbar. This exposes many of shortcuts like Headings, Lists, Tables, and more)
4. Help at your fingertips while editing
Use the Help Menu to get help on most commonly used tasks:
Links
There are different types of links. The most common links can be made with the wiki editor Toolbar:
These example show how to make a link with a "friendly name" which is a description rather than a ugly URL.
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]] = Dayton Miller |
Link to a video or other website | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiwzClN490 Friendly Name] Example: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiwzClN490 Flat Earth Fortnite Map] = Flat Earth Fortnite Map |
Make a Image Link | [[File:ImageFile.png|40px|link=Page Name|Friendly Name]] Example: [[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: [[File:WikiVisitor.jpg|20px|right|link=Main_Page]] =![]() |
Make a PDF Link (no preview) | [[:File:PDFDocument.pdf|Friendly Name]] Example: [[:File:Alone The Classic Polar Adventure by Richard E Byrd z lib org epub.pdf|Alone]] = Alone |
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. References automatically order and number themselves according to the order they are used in the article.
Topic | How To |
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Inline References 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> At the end of the page, please add a section to the document: ===References=== |
Reference | <ref name="RefName">Reference Text or Link</ref> Place these References inside the References Section (<references></references>) |
End of References Section | </references> |
Example / how it will appear.
![](http://static.miraheze.org/trueearthwiki/0/0f/Using_references_example.png)
what about space? <ref name=spaceisfake></ref>
===References=== <references> <ref name="spaceisfake">Yes space is fake</ref> </references>
Formatting Tips
Topic | How To |
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Spacing (between lines) | 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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Tables
(You can use this example, but it's best to use the editor's built in Table creator icon)
Topic | How To |
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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 | |} |
Administration Links
Link | Topic |
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Translator Signup | If you are willing to translate pages, please sign up for notifications. You can get an email when pages are needing translation. You can come back here to change your notification preferences at any time. |
Pages needing Translation | See a list of pages that need to be translated. |
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 "Wanted Pages" (links that point to a non existent page) |
User List | See a list of users |
User Rights | See a user's rights |
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. |