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what was the syntax again?
Working with wikis can be confusing because they have their own peculiar syntax. Additionally to confuse things more it is possible to use some HTML tags and additional CSS next to the wiki syntax. The good thing of that is that it allows for
The following stuff is borrowed from the wikipedia cheatsheet and adapted for our purposes.
This mediawiki cheatsheet is more extensive and will answer specific questions
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Description | You type | You get |
Italics, bold, and both |
''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both''''' |
italics, bold, and both |
Link to another page |
[[people]] |
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"Pipe" a link to change the link's destination |
[[People | The People involved in Digital Craft]] |
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Link to a section |
[[People#Students]] |
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Red link
Red links show references to pages that don't exist yet ( they don't have content). Click them to add content to that page.
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[[something missing]] |
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References and footnotes
sources in the article will appear where <references /> is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page.
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Hello,<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref>
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References: |
SignatureTemplate:Anchor
sign your contributions when posting to a talk page
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~~~~ |
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Plain website |
http://www.wikipedia.org |
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Link a website |
[http://www.wikipedia.org] |
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Link and name a website |
[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] |
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Strike your talk page comment
to show your previous comment is outdated
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<s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s> |
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Hide text somewhere for editors
consensus is how things are decided
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<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page--> |
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Show an image
for uploading, use Upload File in the menu on the top left of the page
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[[File:SteveUrkel.jpg|thumb|Caption]] |
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Add a page to a category | [[Category:Category name]] place near the bottom of a page |
shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved |
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Description | You type | You get |
Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article
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==Level 2== |
Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6 |
Bulleted list |
* One |
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Numbered list |
# One |
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Indenting text
this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.
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no indent (normal) |
no indent (normal)
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