TrueEarth wiki cheatsheet

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True Earth wiki cheat sheet

Get help for building pages

Topic Link
Sometimes watching a video is easier to learn from Training videos
Can't work this thing? request a page to be built for you, or ask for help. Community support
Edit the community request page to add a list of ideas that you would like to see built. Community requests
telegram "true earth wiki discussion" group. Ask questions or get help there. True Earth wiki discussion Telegram
Online Help on MediaWiki (e.g. navigation, editing, deleting pages, blocking users) Help Guide
Online help center On WikiTide. Help Center
Frequently asked questions On WikiTide. WikiTide FAQ

Page BuildingTips

Topic How To
Create New Page To create a new page, follow the following two Steps:
  1. In an appropriate area, Create a link to a page that doesn't exist. For example: [[Your Page]]
  2. Use the link to navigate to your new page, It will automatically put you into create page mode.
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

Formatting Tips

Topic Example
Spacing To start text on another line, you can do any of the following:
  1. Double space the lines (Press Enter twice).
  2. type the line break symbol "<br>"
  3. Use the Line break button on the wiki editor toolbar:

Bold Text '''Your text''' = Your text

Or highlight the text you want bold and use the Bold button from the wiki editor toolbar:
Bold button

Italic Text ''Your text'' = Your text

Or highlight the text you want italic and use the Italic button from the wiki editor toolbar:
Italic button

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:
Superscript button

Numbered List # Numbered list item = 1. Numbered list item

Or click the bullet icon on the wiki editor toolbar:
Numbered List button

Bulleted List * Bulleted list item = • Bulleted list item

Or click the bullet icon on the wiki editor toolbar:
Bullets button

Heading == Heading text ==

Use "Heading 2" from the Heading dropdown
Heading menu

Subheading === Subheading text ===

Use "Heading 3" from the Heading dropdown
Heading menu

Block Quote <blockquote>Your Text here</blockquote>
A fancy way to show a quote somebody made, For Example:

Links

Topic How To
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) Table button

Topic Text
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

Topic How To
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

Topic Link
General Help (Index of help topics) https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
Image Help https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
Table Help https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables
Formatting Help https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting
Cite / Reference Help https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Cite
Link Help https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links
More Link Help https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links/en

Administration Links

Topic Link
Upload File https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:Upload
List of uploaded files https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles
List of broken links https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:WantedPages
User List https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers
User Rights https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:UserRights?user=

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

Topic Link
Chat with Wikitide support people (like if there's site issues) WikiForge Discord
Get help On Phorge. Phorge
Get help On IRC in #wikiforge on irc.libera.chat. IRC
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