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| - | {{hi}} - Other languages: [[bg:Уикипедия:Как се редактират страници|bg]], [[Da:Wikipedia:Hvordan redigerer jeg en side|da]], [[De:Wikipedia:Handbuch - Artikel bearbeiten|de]], [[Es:Cómo se edita una página|es]], [[Eo:Kiel redakti pagxon|eo]], [[Es:Wikipedia:Cómo se edita una página|es]], [[Fr:Wikipédia:Comment modifier une page|fr]], [[Hu:Wikipédia:Hogyan szerkessz egy lapot|hu]], | + | [[Plastic Tub:About|'''Plastic Tub''']] is running on [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ MediaWiki] v.1.3.0 beta5, software developed for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia], an internet-based collaborative encyclopedia. Though Wikipedia is the best known application of the software, many other 'wikis' are sprouting daily -- [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sites_using_MediaWiki check em' out.] |
| - | [[Ja:Wikipedia:編集の仕方 |ja]], [[Ro:Wikipedia:Cum să editezi o pagină |ro]], | + | |
| - | [[nds:Woans_Geiht_Dat_Schriewen|nds]], | + | |
| - | [[Sk:Wikipedia:Prehľad editácie stránok|sk]], | + | |
| - | [[Sl:Wikipedija:Urejevanje slovenskih strani|sl]], [[Sv:Wikipedia:Hur man redigerar en sida|sv]], [[Tr:Wikipedia:Sayfa_nas%C4%B1l_de%C4%9Fi%C5%9Ftirilir|tr]], | + | |
| - | [[vi:Help:Sửa đổi|vi]], | + | |
| - | [[sr:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%9A%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0|sr]], | + | |
| - | [[Zh:Wikipedia:%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E7%BC%96%E8%BE%91%E9%A1%B5%E9%9D%A2 |zh]], [[Ru:Как редактировать страницу |ru]] | + | |
| - | <-[[MediaWiki User's Guide]] | + | For help on editing or adding entries to '''Plastic Tub''', please refer to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page MediaWiki User's Guide]. |
| - | To edit a [[MediaWiki]] page, click on the "'''Edit this page'''" link at one of its edges. This will bring you to a page with a text box containing the wikitext: the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage. For the special codes, see below. | + | == Plastic Tub Style Guide == |
| - | After adding to or changing the wikitext it is useful to press Preview, after which the server produces the corresponding webpage, although that is not publicly available yet. Errors in formatting, links, tables, etc. are often much easier to discover from the rendered page than from the wikitext. | ||
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| - | If you are not satisfied you can make more changes and preview the page again. Then write a short [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] on the small field below the edit-box and when finished press "Save"! Depending on your system, pressing Enter while the edit box is not active (there is no typing cursor in it) may have the same effect as pressing Save. | ||
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| - | It is often more convenient to copy and paste the text first into your favorite [[en:text editor|text editor]], edit and spell check there, and then paste back into your [[en:web browser|web browser]] to preview. This way, you can also keep a local backup copy of the pages you edited. It also allows you to make changes offline, but first make sure nobody else has edited the page after you saved your local copy, otherwise you may accidently revert the changes of the other; or if you discover the edit before you save your new version, anyway you have to merge the changes. | ||
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| - | See also [[MediaWiki architecture]]. | ||
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| - | == Dummy edit == | ||
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| - | If the wikitext is not changed no edit will be recorded and the edit summary is discarded. | ||
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| - | A dummy edit is a change in wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page, such as changing the number of [[w:newline|newline]]s at some position from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 or conversely (changing from 1 to 2 makes a difference, see below). This allows an edit summary, and is useful for correcting a previous edit summary, or an accidental marking of a previous edit as "minor" (see below). | ||
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| - | == Minor edits == | ||
| - | When editing a page, a [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Logging-in|logged-in]] user has the option of flagging the edit as a "minor edit". When to use this is somewhat a matter of personal preference. The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that is spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a "minor edit". A major edit is basically something that makes the entry worth relooking at for somebody who wants to watch the article rather closely, so any "real" change, even if it is a single word. This feature is important, because users can choose to ''hide'' minor edits in their view of the [[MediaWiki User's Guide: The Recent Changes page | Recent Changes page]], to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level. | ||
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| - | The reason for not allowing a user who is not logged in to mark an edit as minor is that vandalism could then be marked as a minor edit, in which case it would stay unnoticed longer. This limitation is another reason to log in. | ||
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| - | == The wiki markup == | ||
| - | In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column. | ||
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| - | You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[Sandbox]]. | ||
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| - | === Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines === | ||
| - | <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> | ||
| - | <tr> | ||
| - | <th>What it looks like</th> | ||
| - | <th>What you type</th> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr> | ||
| - | <td> | ||
| - | Start your sections with header lines: | ||
| - | |||
| - | <!-- This is the original | ||
| - | == New section == | ||
| - | === Subsection === | ||
| - | ==== Sub-subsection ==== | ||
| - | --> | ||
| - | |||
| - | <!-- next set | ||
| - | <h2> New section </h2> | ||
| - | <h3> Subsection </h3> | ||
| - | <h4> Sub-subsection </h4> | ||
| - | --> | ||
| - | |||
| - | <!-- This code prevents confusion in the section editing feature--> | ||
| - | <b><font style="font-size:120%"> New section </font></b> | ||
| - | |||
| - | <b><font style="font-size:110%"> Subsection</font></b> | ||
| - | |||
| - | <b><font style="font-size:100%"> Sub-subsection</font></b> | ||
| - | |||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki> | ||
| - | |||
| - | == New section == | ||
| - | |||
| - | === Subsection === | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== Sub-subsection ==== | ||
| - | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr> | ||
| - | <td> | ||
| - | [[en:newline|Newline]]: | ||
| - | |||
| - | A single | ||
| - | newline | ||
| - | has no | ||
| - | effect on the | ||
| - | layout. | ||
| - | |||
| - | But an empty line | ||
| - | starts a new paragraph. | ||
| - | |||
| - | (<nowiki><p></nowiki> disables this paragraphing until <nowiki></p></nowiki> or the end of the section) | ||
| - | |||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td> | ||
| - | <pre><nowiki> | ||
| - | |||
| - | A single | ||
| - | newline | ||
| - | has no | ||
| - | effect on the | ||
| - | layout. | ||
| - | |||
| - | But an empty line | ||
| - | starts a new paragraph.</nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr valign="top"><td>You can break lines<br/> | ||
| - | without starting a new paragraph.</td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>You can break lines<br/> | ||
| - | without starting a new paragraph.</nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr> | ||
| - | <td> | ||
| - | * Lists are easy to do: | ||
| - | ** start every line with a star | ||
| - | *** more stars means deeper levels | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>* Lists are easy to do: | ||
| - | ** start every line with a star | ||
| - | *** more stars means deeper levels | ||
| - | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr> | ||
| - | <td> | ||
| - | # Numbered lists are also good | ||
| - | ## very organized | ||
| - | ## easy to follow | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki># Numbered lists are also good | ||
| - | ## very organized | ||
| - | ## easy to follow</nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr> | ||
| - | <td> | ||
| - | * You can even do mixed lists | ||
| - | *# and nest them | ||
| - | *#* like this<br>or have newlines<br>inside lists | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>* You can even do mixed lists | ||
| - | *# and nest them | ||
| - | *#* like this<br>or have newlines<br>inside lists</nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr> | ||
| - | <td> | ||
| - | * You can also | ||
| - | **break lines<br>inside lists<br>like this | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>* You can also | ||
| - | **break lines<br>inside lists<br>like this</nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <tr> | ||
| - | <td> | ||
| - | ; Definition list : list of definitions | ||
| - | ; item : the item's definition | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>; Definition list : list | ||
| - | of definitions | ||
| - | ; item : the item's definition</nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr> | ||
| - | <td> | ||
| - | :A colon indents a line or paragraph. | ||
| - | A manual newline starts a new paragraph. | ||
| - | * This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on [[Help:Talk page|Talk page]]s. | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>: A colon indents a line or paragraph. | ||
| - | A manual newline starts a new paragraph. | ||
| - | </nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr valign=top> | ||
| - | <td> | ||
| - | <pre><nowiki>IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN | ||
| - | it will be formatted exactly | ||
| - | as typed; | ||
| - | in a fixed-width font; | ||
| - | lines won't wrap; | ||
| - | ENDIF | ||
| - | this is useful for: | ||
| - | * pasting preformatted text; | ||
| - | * algorithm descriptions; | ||
| - | * program source code | ||
| - | * ASCII art; | ||
| - | * chemical structures;</nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | |||
| - | WARNING If you make it wide, | ||
| - | you [[en:page widening|force the whole page to be wide]] and | ||
| - | hence less readable. Never start ordinary lines with spaces.<br> | ||
| - | <center>(see also below)</center> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki> IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN | ||
| - | it will be formatted exactly | ||
| - | as typed; | ||
| - | in a fixed-width font; | ||
| - | lines won't wrap; | ||
| - | ENDIF | ||
| - | this is useful for: | ||
| - | * pasting preformatted text; | ||
| - | * algorithm descriptions; | ||
| - | * program source code | ||
| - | * ASCII art; | ||
| - | * chemical structures;</nowiki></pre></td> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr valign="top"><td><center>Centered text.</center> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki><center>Centered text.</center></nowiki></pre> | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | </tr> | ||
| - | <tr> | ||
| - | <td>A [[en:horizontal dividing line|horizontal dividing line]]: above | ||
| ---- | ---- | ||
| + | #[[Help/CheatSheet|Cheat Sheet]]: The basic code for starting a new page. | ||
| + | #[[BasicTable]] - Sample [[:Category:Personages|Personages]] layout | ||
| + | #[[Help/GlossarySampleEntry|Sample Glossary Entry]] and [[Help/GlossaryCode|Sample Code for Creating a Glossary Entry]] | ||
| + | #[[Help/HowToMakeEndnotes|How to make endnotes]] | ||
| + | #[[Help/HowToMakeTemplates|How to make templates]] | ||
| - | and below. | + | == See Also == |
| - | Mainly useful for separating threads on Talk pages. | ||
| - | </td> | ||
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>A horizontal dividing line: above | ||
| ---- | ---- | ||
| - | and below. </nowiki></pre> | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Wikipedia Manual of Style] |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | </table> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | === Links, URLs === | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <th>What it looks like</th> | + | |
| - | <th>What you type</th> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td>Sue is reading the [[video policy]]. | + | |
| - | *First letter of target is automatically capitalized. | + | |
| - | *Internally spaces are automatically represented as underscores (typing an underscore has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended). | + | |
| - | Thus the [[link]] above is to <nowiki>http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_policy</nowiki>, which is the page with the name "Video policy". | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>Sue is reading the [[video policy]].</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr><td> | + | |
| - | Link to a section on a page, e.g. | + | |
| - | [[List_of_cities_by_country#Morocco]]; when section editing does not work the link is treated as link to the page, i.e. to the top; this applies for: | + | |
| - | *links to non-existent sections | + | |
| - | *links in redirects | + | |
| - | *interwiki links</td><td> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki>[[List_of_cities_by_country#Morocco]].</nowiki></pre></td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td>Link target and link label are different: [[User:Larry Sanger|answers]]. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | (This is called a [[piped link]]). | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>Same target, different name: | + | |
| - | [[User:Larry Sanger|answers]]</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"> | + | |
| - | <td>Endings are blended into the link: [[official position]]s, [[gene]]s</td> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki>Endings are blended | + | |
| - | into the link: [[official position]]s, [[gene]]s</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[kingdom (biology)|kingdom]]. | + | |
| - | <p>Automatically hide namespace: [[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]].</p> | + | |
| - | <p>The server fills in the part after the | when you save the page. Next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. A preview interprets the abbreviated form correctly, but does not expand it yet in the edit box. Press Save and again Edit, and you will see the expanded version. The same applies for the following feature.</p> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki>Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: | + | |
| - | [[kingdom (biology)|]]. </nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki>Automatically hide namespace: | + | |
| - | [[Wikipedia:Village pump|]].</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td></tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td>When adding a comment to a Talk page, | + | |
| - | you should sign it. You can do this by | + | |
| - | adding three tildes for your user name: | + | |
| - | : [[User:Karl Wick|Karl Wick]] | + | |
| - | or four for user name plus date/time: | + | |
| - | : [[User:Karl Wick|Karl Wick]] 08:10 Oct 5, 2002 (UTC) | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>When adding a comment to a Talk page, | + | |
| - | you should sign it. You can do this by | + | |
| - | adding three tildes for your user name: | + | |
| - | : ~~~ | + | |
| - | or four for user name plus date/time: | + | |
| - | : ~~~~</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td>[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist yet. | + | |
| - | *You can create it by clicking on the link. | + | |
| - | *To create a new page: | + | |
| - | *#Create a link to it on some other page. | + | |
| - | *#Save that page. | + | |
| - | *#Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing. | + | |
| - | *Have a look at [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Starting a new page|how to start a page]] guide and the naming conventions page for your project. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>[[The weather in London]] is a page | + | |
| - | that doesn't exist yet.</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td> | + | |
| - | [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using redirects|Redirect]] one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[United States]]</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td> | + | |
| - | A link to the page on the same subject in another language or, more generally, to a page on another wiki: | + | |
| - | [[fr:Wikipédia:Aide]]. | + | |
| - | For more info see [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Interwiki linking]]. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>[[fr:Wikipédia:Aide]], [[:fr:Wikipédia:Aide]]</nowiki></pre></td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td>"What links here" and "Related changes" can be linked as:<br/> | + | |
| - | [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] and | + | |
| - | [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki> | + | |
| - | [[Special:Whatlinkshere/ | + | |
| - | Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] and | + | |
| - | [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/ | + | |
| - | Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td>External links: [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia], [http://www.nupedia.com] | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>External links: | + | |
| - | [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia], | + | |
| - | [http://www.nupedia.com]</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td>Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com. | + | |
| - | *In the [[en:URL|URL]] all symbols must be among: A-Z a-z 0-9 ._\/~%-+&#?!=()@ \x80-\xFF. If a URL contains a different character it should be converted; for example, ^ has to be written %5E (to be looked up in [[en:ASCII|ASCII]]). A blank space can also be converted into an underscore. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>Or just give the URL: | + | |
| - | http://www.nupedia.com.</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | To link to books, you can use [[en:ISBN|ISBN]] links. | + | |
| - | ISBN 0123456789X See [[MediaWiki User's Guide: ISBN links]] | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki>ISBN 0123456789X</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link. | + | |
| - | <br/>[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]] | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | <pre> | + | |
| - | <nowiki> | + | |
| - | [[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]] | + | |
| - | </nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign=top> | + | |
| - | <td>Use links for dates, so everyone can set their own display order. Use [[Special:Preferences]] to change your own date display setting. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>[[July 20]], [[1969]] , [[20 July]] [[1969]] | + | |
| - | and [[1969]]-[[07-20]] | + | |
| - | </nowiki></pre>will all appear as [[20 July]] [[1969]] if you set your date display preference to 1 January 2001. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | </table> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | === Images === | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <th>What it looks like</th> | + | |
| - | <th>What you type</th> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td>A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png|Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia]] | + | |
| - | * For many projects, only images that have been uploaded to the same project can be used. To upload images, use the [[Special:Upload|upload page]]. You can find the uploaded image on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]] | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki> | + | |
| - | A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png]]</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | or, with alternate text (''strongly'' encouraged) <!-- actually required in HTML4 --> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki>[[Image:Wiki.png|Wikipedia | + | |
| - | - The Free Encyclopedia]] </nowiki> | + | |
| - | </pre> | + | |
| - | [[en:Web browser|Web browser]]s render alternate text when not displaying an image -- for example, when the image isn't loaded, or in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud. See [[en:Wikipedia:Alternate text for images|Alternate text for images]] for help on choosing alternate text. See [[en:Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax|Extended image syntax]] for more options. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to: [[:Image:Wiki.png]] | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki> | + | |
| - | [[:Image:Wiki.png]] | + | |
| - | </nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link. | + | |
| - | <br/>[[media:Tornado.jpg|Image of a Tornado]] | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | <pre> | + | |
| - | <nowiki> | + | |
| - | [[media:Tornado.jpg|Image of a Tornado]] | + | |
| - | </nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | </table> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | === Character formatting === | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <th>What it looks like</th> | + | |
| - | <th>What you type</th> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td> | + | |
| - | ''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''. | + | |
| - | *These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki>''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', | + | |
| - | '''''very strongly'''''.</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td> | + | |
| - | You can also write <i>italic</i> and <b>bold</b> | + | |
| - | if the desired effect is a specific font style | + | |
| - | rather than emphasis, as in mathematical formulae: | + | |
| - | :<b>F</b> = <i>m</i><b>a</b> | + | |
| - | *However, the difference between these two methods is not very important for graphical browsers, and many people choose to ignore it. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki>You can also write <i>italic</i> | + | |
| - | and <b>bold</b> if the desired effect is a | + | |
| - | specific font style rather than emphasis, as | + | |
| - | in mathematical formulas: | + | |
| - | :<b>F</b> = <i>m</i><b>a</b></nowiki></pre><!-- that's not a mathematical formula, though -- sure it is, just because it's being applied to physics doesn't make it stop being mathematics --> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign=top> | + | |
| - | <td>A typewriter font for <tt>technical terms</tt>. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>A typewriter font for | + | |
| - | <tt>technical terms</tt>.</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td><!-- tt is really 'teletype', not 'technical term' --> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign=top> | + | |
| - | <td>You can use <small>small text</small> for captions. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>You can use <small>small text</small> | + | |
| - | for captions.</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td>You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike> | + | |
| - | and <u>underline new material</u>. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike> | + | |
| - | and <u>underline new material</u>.</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Umlauts and accents:''' (See [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters]])<br/> | + | |
| - | è é ê ë ì í<br/> | + | |
| - | <br/> | + | |
| - | À Á Â Ã Ä Å <br/> | + | |
| - | Æ Ç È É Ê Ë <br/> | + | |
| - | Ì Í | + | |
| - | Î Ï Ñ Ò <br/> | + | |
| - | Ó Ô Õ | + | |
| - | Ö Ø Ù <br/> | + | |
| - | Ú Û Ü ß | + | |
| - | à á <br/> | + | |
| - | â ã ä å æ | + | |
| - | ç <br/> | + | |
| - | è é ê ë ì í<br/> | + | |
| - | î ï ñ ò ó ô <br/> | + | |
| - | œ õ | + | |
| - | ö ø ù ú <br/> | + | |
| - | û ü ÿ | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | è é ê ë ì í | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | &Agrave; &Aacute; &Acirc; &Atilde; &Auml; &Aring; | + | |
| - | &AElig; &Ccedil; &Egrave; &Eacute; &Ecirc; &Euml; | + | |
| - | &Igrave; &Iacute; &Icirc; &Iuml; &Ntilde; &Ograve; | + | |
| - | &Oacute; &Ocirc; &Otilde; &Ouml; &Oslash; &Ugrave; | + | |
| - | &Uacute; &Ucirc; &Uuml; &szlig; &agrave; &aacute; | + | |
| - | &acirc; &atilde; &auml; &aring; &aelig; &ccedil; | + | |
| - | &egrave; &eacute; &ecirc; &euml; &igrave; &iacute; | + | |
| - | &icirc; &iuml; &ntilde; &ograve; &oacute; &ocirc; | + | |
| - | &oelig; &otilde; &ouml; &oslash; &ugrave; &uacute; | + | |
| - | &ucirc; &uuml; &yuml;</nowiki></pre></td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign=top> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Punctuation:'''<br/> | + | |
| - | ¿ ¡ « » § ¶<br/> | + | |
| - | † ‡ • — | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki> | + | |
| - | &iquest; &iexcl; &laquo; &raquo; &sect; &para; | + | |
| - | &dagger; &Dagger; &bull; &mdash;</nowiki></pre></td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Commercial symbols:'''<br/> | + | |
| - | ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ <br/> | + | |
| - | £ ¤</td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki> | + | |
| - | &trade; &copy; &reg; &cent; &euro; &yen; | + | |
| - | &pound; &curren; | + | |
| - | </nowiki></pre></td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top" id="subscript"><td>Subscript: x<sub>2</sub><br/> | + | |
| - | Superscript: x<sup>2</sup> or x² | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | *The latter method of superscript can't be used in the most general context, but is preferred when possible (as with units of measurement) because most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with it. | + | |
| - | ε<sub>0</sub> = | + | |
| - | 8.85 × 10<sup>−12</sup> | + | |
| - | C² / J m. | + | |
| - | <br/> | + | |
| - | <br/> | + | |
| - | 1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 m²]] | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki>Subscript: x<sub>2</sub> | + | |
| - | Superscript: x<sup>2</sup> or x&sup2; | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | or in projects with the templates sub and sup: | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | Subscript: x{{sub|2}} | + | |
| - | Superscript: x{{sup|2}} | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | &epsilon;<sub>0</sub> = | + | |
| - | 8.85 &times; 10<sup>&minus;12</sup> | + | |
| - | C&sup2; / J m. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | 1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 m²]] | + | |
| - | </nowiki></pre></td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td>'''Greek characters:''' <br/> | + | |
| - | α β γ δ ε ζ <br/> | + | |
| - | η θ ι κ λ μ ν <br/> | + | |
| - | ξ ο π ρ σ ς <br/> | + | |
| - | τ υ φ χ ψ ω<br/> | + | |
| - | Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π <br/> | + | |
| - | Σ Φ Ψ Ω | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki> | + | |
| - | &alpha; &beta; &gamma; &delta; &epsilon; &zeta; | + | |
| - | &eta; &theta; &iota; &kappa; &lambda; &mu; &nu; | + | |
| - | &xi; &omicron; &pi; &rho; &sigma; &sigmaf; | + | |
| - | &tau; &upsilon; &phi; &chi; &psi; &omega; | + | |
| - | &Gamma; &Delta; &Theta; &Lambda; &Xi; &Pi; | + | |
| - | &Sigma; &Phi; &Psi; &Omega; | + | |
| - | </nowiki></pre></td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Math characters:''' <br/> | + | |
| - | ∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞<br/> | + | |
| - | ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ →<br/> | + | |
| - | × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″<br/> | + | |
| - | ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø<br/> | + | |
| - | ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇<br/> | + | |
| - | ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔<br/> | + | |
| - | → ↔<br/> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td valign="middle"><pre><nowiki> | + | |
| - | &int; &sum; &prod; &radic; &minus; &plusmn; &infin; | + | |
| - | &asymp; &prop; &equiv; &ne; &le; &ge; &rarr; | + | |
| - | &times; &middot; &divide; &part; &prime; &Prime; | + | |
| - | &nabla; &permil; &deg; &there4; &alefsym; &oslash; | + | |
| - | &isin; &notin; &cap; &cup; &sub; &sup; &sube; &supe; | + | |
| - | &not; &and; &or; &exist; &forall; &rArr; &hArr; | + | |
| - | &rarr; &harr;</nowiki></pre></td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr valign="top"><td><i>x</i><sup>2</sup> ≥ 0 true. | + | |
| - | *To space things out, use non-breaking spaces - <tt>&nbsp;</tt>. | + | |
| - | *<tt>&nbsp;</tt> also prevents line breaks in the middle of text, this is useful in formulas. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki> | + | |
| - | <i>x</i><sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&ge;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 true. | + | |
| - | </nowiki></pre></td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Complicated formulae:'''<br/> | + | |
| - | <math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math> | + | |
| - | * See [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Editing mathematical formulae:TeX markup|TeX markup]] | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td><pre><nowiki><nowiki> | + | |
| - | <math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math> | + | |
| - | </nowiki></nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''For comparison for the following examples:''' | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | arrow → | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ''italics'' | + | |
| - | [[link]] | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td valign="bottom"> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki>arrow &rarr; | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ''italics'' | + | |
| - | [[link]]</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Use <nowiki> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup, but interpret character references and remove newlines and multiple spaces:''' | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <nowiki>arrow → | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ''italics'' | + | |
| - | [[link]] | + | |
| - | </nowiki> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td valign="bottom"> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki><nowiki>arrow &rarr; | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ''italics'' | + | |
| - | [[link]]</nowiki></nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Use <pre> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup and keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font, but interpret character references:''' | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <pre>arrow → | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ''italics'' | + | |
| - | [[link]] | + | |
| - | </pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td valign="bottom"> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki><pre>arrow &rarr; | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ''italics'' | + | |
| - | [[link]]</pre></nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Use leading space on each line to keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font: | + | |
| - | arrow → | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ''italics'' | + | |
| - | [[link]] | + | |
| - | </pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td valign="bottom"> | + | |
| - | <pre> <nowiki>arrow &rarr; | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ''italics'' | + | |
| - | [[link]]</nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Use typewriter font:''' | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <tt>arrow →</tt> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <tt>''italics''</tt> | + | |
| - | <tt>[[link]]</tt> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td valign="bottom"> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki><tt>arrow &rarr;</tt> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <tt>''italics''</tt> | + | |
| - | <tt>[[link]]</nowiki></tt></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Show character references:''' | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | &rarr; | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td valign="bottom"> | + | |
| - | &amp;rarr;</pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | <tr> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | '''Commenting page source:'''<br/> | + | |
| - | ''not shown in page'' | + | |
| - | * Used to leave comments in a page for future editors. | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | <td> | + | |
| - | <pre><nowiki><!-- comment here --></nowiki></pre> | + | |
| - | </td> | + | |
| - | </tr> | + | |
| - | </table> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | === HTML Tables === | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | [[en:HTML|HTML]] tables can be quite useful as well. For details on how to use them and discussion about when they are appropriate, see [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using tables]]. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==Templates== | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | Some text on a page may correspond in the edit box to just a reference to another page, in the form <nowiki>{{</nowiki>''name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, referring to the page "Template:''name''" (or if the name starts with a namespace prefix, it refers to the page with that name). This is called a [[template]]. For changing that text, edit that other page. Sometimes a separate edit link is provided for this purpose. A convenient way to put such a link in a template in Wikipedia is with [[en:Template:ed]]. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==Page protection== | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | In a few cases the link labeled "{{MediaWiki:Editthispage}}" is replaced by the text "{{MediaWiki:Protectedpage}}" (or equivalents in the language of the project). In that case the page can not be edited. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==Wikitext for which the result does not depend on the position in the wikitext page== | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | *[[interlanguage link]]s (see also above) - the mutual order is preserved, but otherwise the positions within the page are immaterial | + | |
| - | *[[category]] specification - ditto | + | |
| - | *<nowiki>__NOTOC__, __FORCETOC__</nowiki>, see [[Help:Section]] | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==Separating edits== | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | When moving or copying a piece of text within a page or from another page, and also making other edits, it is useful to separate these edits. This way the [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Diff|diff function]] can be usefully applied for checking these other edits. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | *[[Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext]] | + | |
| - | *[[Help:Calculation]] | + | |
| - | *[[Help:Editing toolbar]] | + | |
| - | *[[Help:Html in wikitext]] | + | |
| - | *[[Help:Administration#Page_protection| Protecting pages]] | + | |
| - | *[[Help:Starting a new page]] | + | |
| - | *[[Help:Variable]] | + | |
| - | *[[en:UseModWiki|UseModWiki]] and [[en:Wikipedia:PHP script|Wikipedia:PHP script]]. | + | |
| - | *[[en:HTML tag|HTML tag]]. | + | |
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| - | + | ||
| - | {{HelpTOC}} | + | |
Current revision
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For help on editing or adding entries to Plastic Tub, please refer to the MediaWiki User's Guide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page).
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Plastic Tub Style Guide
- Cheat Sheet: The basic code for starting a new page.
- BasicTable - Sample Personages layout
- Sample Glossary Entry and Sample Code for Creating a Glossary Entry
- How to make endnotes
- How to make templates
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See Also
- Wikipedia Manual of Style (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style)
