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==Wiki Formatting on Your Own== |
==Wiki Formatting on Your Own== |
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If you would like to break yourself away from the GUI editor options, you can click the "edit" tab on almost any page to see for yourself, or just type the formatting codes in yourself. |
If you would like to break yourself away from the GUI editor options, you can click the "edit" tab on almost any page to see the wikicodes for yourself, or just type the formatting codes in yourself. |
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<nowiki>'''Bold text'''</nowiki> |
<nowiki>'''Bold text'''</nowiki> |
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<nowiki>[externalLink] or [externalLink Display title]</nowiki> to change what words show up on the page for the link. |
<nowiki>[externalLink] or [externalLink Display title]</nowiki> to change what words show up on the page for the link. |
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<nowiki>[[wp:wikipedia link]] or [[wp:wikipedia link|Display title]]</nowiki> to link to link to a wikipedia page with the name that follows "wp:" |
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<nowiki>=Big headline=</nowiki> (has horizontal bar, not a button in the JavaScript editor) |
<nowiki>=Big headline=</nowiki> (has horizontal bar, not a button in the JavaScript editor) |
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<nowiki>[[Category:category page]]</nowiki> to add a page to a category. (shows a link to the category on the bottom of the page, but not in the text...not a button in the JavaScript editor) |
<nowiki>[[Category:category page]]</nowiki> to add a page to a category. (shows a link to the category on the bottom of the page, but not in the text...not a button in the JavaScript editor) |
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<nowiki>[[:Category:category page]] or [[:Category:category page|Display title]]</nowiki> to insert a link to a category page into the text of a page. (not a button in the JavaScript editor) |
<nowiki>[[:Category:category page]] or [[:Category:category page|Display title]]</nowiki> to insert a link to a category page into the text of a page without adding it to the category. (not a button in the JavaScript editor) |
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==Useful Tips, Characters, and Codes== |
==Useful Tips, Characters, and Codes== |
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==Guidelines (not rules)== |
==Guidelines (not rules)== |
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*Spelling and grammar count...PROOFREAD! Firefox has spell check built-in (tools → options → advanced tab → "Check my spelling as I type"). |
*Spelling and grammar count...PROOFREAD! [[Firefox]] has spell check built-in (tools → options → advanced tab → "Check my spelling as I type"). |
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*When you add programming examples to a page, make sure you insert them in the proper alphabetical order. |
*When you add programming examples to a page, make sure you insert them in the proper alphabetical order. |
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:*Case-insensitive |
:*Case-insensitive |
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:*Longer words come after shorter words that start with the same sequence ("bar" comes before "barber" and [[C]] comes before [[C++]]) |
:*Longer words come after shorter words that start with the same sequence ("bar" comes before "barber" and [[C]] comes before [[C++]]) |
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*If you change only a small portion of a page (correcting spelling, adding punctuation, etc.), check the "This is a minor edit" box so that people can filter out typo fixes when they search (adding an entire programming example is not a minor edit). |
*If you change only a small portion of a page (correcting spelling, adding punctuation, etc.), check the "This is a minor edit" box so that people can filter out typo fixes when they search (adding an entire programming example is not a minor edit). |
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*Try to make the most of each edit. Five |
*Try to make the most of each edit. Five edits to a page in a ten minute span crowds the [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] page. |
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*Try to add explanation in sentences to more complex examples. Write as if someone who has never heard of your language is reading. |
*Try to add explanation in sentences to more complex examples. Write as if someone who has never heard of your language is reading. |
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*Add your signature (<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>) to the end of messages on talk pages, and indent responses underneath previous messages: |
*Add your signature (<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>) to the end of messages on talk pages, and indent responses underneath previous messages: |
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