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===Page BuildingTips===

====1. Creating a new page====

To create a new page, follow the following two Steps:

# In an appropriate area, Create a [[TrueEarth_wiki_cheatsheet#Links|link]] to a page that doesn't exist. For example: <nowiki>[[Your Page]]</nowiki>

# 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:

[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-help.png|link=]]

===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.

[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-link.png|link=]]

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! Topic !! How To

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| Link to a page || <nowiki>[[Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki> <nowiki>[[Folder/Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki> Example: <nowiki>[[Observations/Interferometry/Dayton Miller|Dayton Miller]]</nowiki>

| Link to a page || <nowiki>[[Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki> <nowiki>[[Folder/Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki> ''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>

| Link to a video or other website || <nowiki>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiwzClN490 Friendly Name]</nowiki>

''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>

| Make a Image Link || <nowiki>[[File:ImageFile.png|40px|link=Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki>

''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.

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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.

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what about space? <nowiki><ref name=spaceisfake></ref></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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<nowiki>===References===</nowiki~~><br~~>

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<nowiki><ref name="spaceisfake">Yes space is fake</ref></nowiki~~><br~~>

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===Formatting Tips===

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! Topic !! ~~Example~~

! Topic !! How To

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| Spacing || To start text on another line, you can do any of the following:

| Spacing (between lines) || To start text on another line, you can do any of the following:

# Double space the lines (Press Enter twice).

# type the line break symbol "<nowiki> </nowiki>"

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===Tables===

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| Start a Table || <nowiki>{| class="wikitable sortable"</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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=== 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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=== Additional Resources===