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===For [[WikiWriter]] (Formatting)===
 
===For [[WikiWriter]] (Formatting)===
 
#'''[[:Category:WikiWriter Review|Pages that need WikiWriter attention]]'''
 
#'''[[:Category:WikiWriter Review|Pages that need WikiWriter attention]]'''
==STuff==
 
__NOTOC__
 
Is this your first visit to UOGuide? Be sure to read our [[UOGuide:Introduction|introduction page]] on how you can help out the site.
 
 
===Ask a Question===
 
If you need any help, add a comment to the [[Help_talk:Contents|Help Talk Page]]. A reply will be made to your comment, so check back regularly.
 
===Sandbox===
 
Feel free to use the [[UOGuide:Sandbox|Sandbox]] for getting a feel of the editing system. Don't worry about overwriting what is already there. It is meant as a playground to get you started.
 
 
==Quick Formatting Overview==
 
Need to do something besides plain text? It is really easy. Here are the basic tools to create what you want.
 
 
{| class="purpletable" style="width:800px"
 
|-
 
! '''Description'''
 
! '''You Type'''
 
! '''You Get'''
 
|-
 
! colspan="3" style="font-weight:normal;" | Applies anywhere
 
|-
 
| Italicize text
 
| {{Monospace|<nowiki>''italic''</nowiki>}}
 
| ''italic''
 
|-
 
| Bold text
 
| {{Monospace|<nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki>}}
 
| '''bold'''
 
|-
 
| Bold and italic
 
| {{Monospace|<nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki>}}
 
| '''''bold & italic'''''
 
|-
 
| Internal link{{Break}}(within UOGuide)
 
| {{Monospace|<nowiki>[[Name of Page]]</nowiki>{{Break}}<nowiki>[[Name of Page|Display
 
Text]]</nowiki>}}
 
| [[Name of Page]]{{Break}}[[Name of Page|Display Text]]
 
|-
 
| External link{{Break}}(to other websites)
 
| {{Monospace|<nowiki>[http://www.example.com]</nowiki>{{Break}}<nowiki>[http://www.example.com display text]</nowiki>{{Break}}<nowiki>http://www.example.com</nowiki>}}
 
| [http://www.example.com]{{Break}}[http://www.example.com display text]{{Break}}http://www.example.com
 
|-
 
| Escape wiki markup
 
| {{Monospace|<nowiki>''markup''</nowiki>{{Break}}<nowiki><nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki></nowiki>}}
 
| ''markup''{{Break}}<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
 
|-
 
| Line Break
 
| {{Monospace|<nowiki>one{{Break}}two</nowiki>}}
 
| one{{Break}}two
 
|-
 
| Monospace text
 
| {{Monospace|This text is not Monospace.{{Break}}<nowiki>{{Monospace|This text is Monospace.}}</nowiki>}}
 
| This text is not Monospace.{{Break}}{{Monospace|This text is Monospace.}}
 
|-
 
| Sign your posts <br />on talk pages
 
| <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
 
| [[User:Username|Username]] {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)
 
|-
 
| Thumbnail image
 
| <nowiki>[[File:VampireRexie.gif|thumb|Caption text]]</nowiki>
 
| [[File:VampireRexie.gif|thumb|Caption text]]
 
|-
 
! colspan="3" style="font-weight:normal;" | Applies only at the beginning of the line
 
|-
 
| Headings{{Break}}of different sizes{{Break}}''A Table of Contents will''{{Break}}''automatically be generated''{{Break}}''when four headings are''{{Break}}''added to an article.''
 
| {{Monospace|<nowiki>==Level 1==</nowiki>{{Break}}<nowiki>===Level 2===</nowiki>{{Break}}<nowiki>====Level 3====</nowiki>{{Break}}<nowiki>=====Level 4=====</nowiki>}}
 
|
 
 
==Level 1==
 
===Level 2===
 
====Level 3====
 
=====Level 4=====
 
|-
 
| Bulleted list
 
| {{Monospace|* one{{Break}}* two{{Break}}** two point one{{Break}}** two point two{{Break}}* three}}
 
| style="padding:3px 3px 15px 3px;" |
 
* one
 
* two
 
** two point one
 
** two point two
 
* three
 
|-
 
| Numbered list
 
| {{Monospace|# one{{Break}}# two{{Break}}## two point one{{Break}}## two point two{{Break}}# three}}
 
|
 
# one
 
# two
 
## two point one
 
## two point two
 
# three
 
|-
 
| Indenting Text
 
| {{Monospace|Definition{{Break}}: item 1{{Break}}: item 2}}
 
|
 
Definition
 
: item 1
 
: item 2
 
|-
 
|Tables
 
|
 
<pre>
 
{| class=wikitable
 
!Element
 
!Species
 
!Color
 
|-
 
|Fire
 
|Rexie
 
|Red
 
|-
 
|Vampire ||Aviaa ||White
 
|}
 
</pre>
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|{{monospace|<nowiki>{|</nowiki>}}
 
| Table start
 
|-
 
|{{monospace|<nowiki>|-</nowiki>}}
 
| Table Row
 
|-
 
|{{monospace|<nowiki>!</nowiki> }}
 
| Table Row for Header
 
|-
 
|{{monospace|<nowiki>|</nowiki>}}
 
| Table Cell
 
|-
 
|{{monospace|<nowiki>|}</nowiki>}}
 
| Table end
 
|}
 
|
 
{| class=wikitable
 
!Element
 
!Species
 
!Color
 
|-
 
|Fire
 
|Rexie
 
|Red
 
|-
 
|Vampire ||Aviaa ||White
 
|}
 
|}
 
==Editing Guidelines==
 
If you become a regular contributor to the site it is recommended you familiarize yourself with the general editing guidelines. It will help keep pages consistent throughout the site and make editing easier for yourself and other people.
 

Revision as of 10:58, 20 August 2014

Our Wiki Help Pages
General Mediawiki Helpguides

Contributing to the Wiki

  1. Getting Started: always best to start at the beginning
  2. Article Setup Guide: because you should get familiar to the basic layout
  3. Check out all the links in the Help Header! because they are useful

Wiki Cleanup Tasks

Because the Wiki is not a single person's job to maintain, here are some things you can help out with

Remember to add Tags onto pages for easy sorting, specially if you don't have time to fix the problem on the spot

Any Contributors Task

  1. Pages that need fixing! Outdated/Incorrect information! Of course nothing should be in this category if you can help it
  2. Redirects and DoubleRedirects easy task to fix
  3. List of tiny things to do

For WikiWriter (Formatting)

  1. Pages that need WikiWriter attention