TrueEarth wiki cheatsheet
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 |
|---|---|
| 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. |