Help talk:Editing

I don't really want to interfere if you're working on this, but I think it's important to make a start, so I'll put it here and you can copy it across if you choose to use it -- DHeadshot 17:57, 10 October 2009 (GMT)

You might want to have a look at the page history - it hasn't been updated in three years, so I think you can safely say that it's not being worked on :-) I think it's not really worth putting editing help on here, there are a number of useful guides already out there and we may as well link them instead of trying to duplicate them here. Documenting wiki-specific elements (like the Box template) might be useful though. -- Malvineous 10:25, 13 October 2009 (GMT)

Fair enough. I just would have thought it would be useful to have it all to hand. I certainly learned a lot writing it... -- DHeadshot 22:57, 14 October 2009 (GMT)

If you don't want it here, do you mind if I stick this on my User page then as a personal reference? -- DHeadshot 10:41, 16 December 2009 (GMT)

Since this has been here for more than a year now, I'm thinking of moving it to the actual page. Any objections? -- DHeadshot 01:16, 20 October 2010 (GMT)

Formatting Tags

Formatting	How to do it
Italicised Text	''Italicised Text''
Bold Text	'''Bold Text'''
Bold and Italicised Text	'''''Bold and Italicised Text'''''
Line Break	Line<br/>Break
Underlined Text	<u>Underlined Text</u>
Centred Text	<center>Centred Text</center>
Superscript and Subscript	<sup>Super</sup>script and <sub>Sub</sub>script
Quoted Text	<blockquote>Quoted Text</blockquote>
Struck Out Text	<strike>Struck Out Text</strike>
Indentation	: Indentation
Horizontal Divider	Horizontal Divider ----
Link to Home	[[Main Page|Link to Home]] ( Any link = [[Linked Page|Label]] )
Link to Tutorials section of Home	[[Main Page#Tutorials|Link to Tutorials section of Home]] ( Any link to page section = [[Linked Page#Section Name|Label]] )
Link to PCKF	[https://pckf.com/ Link to PCKF] ( Any external link = [Website_URL Label]] )
Link to Tom Hall on Wikipedia	[[wikipedia:Tom Hall|Link to Tom Hall on Wikipedia]] ( Any Wikipedia link = [[wikipedia:Linked Wikipedia Page|Label]] )
Ignore Wiki ''Formatting''	<nowiki>Ignore Wiki ''Formatting''</nowiki>
Preserve Written ''Formatting''	<pre>Preserve Written ''Formatting''</pre>
Blah Blah	Blah<!-- Invisible comment that only the editor of the article can see! --> Blah
Insert an image with a caption	[[Image:Silcar4Game.png|frame|Insert an image with a caption]]
A list of unordered bullet points with a nested set of points and An ordered numerical list with nesting of numbers and bullets within it	* A list * of unordered * bullet points * with a ** nested set ** of points * and # An ordered # numerical list ## with nesting ## of numbers # and #* bullets #* within #* it
A Simple table in the centre	{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" ! A ! Simple |- | table | in |- | the | centre |}
A Simple table on the left	{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="left" ! A ! Simple |- | table | in |- | the | left |}
Quote from the in-game help file.	{{Box|Quote from the in-game help file.}}

(Notes included in comment tags -- DHeadshot 19:00, 10 October 2009 (GMT))

Updated 16:54, 2 September 2010 (GMT)

How to start a line with an asterisk

(This is just to pass on knowledge to those who haven't worked it out yet)

If you start a line with an asterisk ("*"), this happens:

• crash*

This can be fixed by replacing the asterisks with "*" and enclosing it with line breaks (failing to do this will cause it to be displayed in line with the surrounding text):

 
*crash*
 

Thus creating:

*crash*

This of course takes up a lot of room in the code. However, if you indent the text, the line breaks are unneeded:

:*crash*

*crash*

The same techniques work with other characters, e.g. # for "#", : for ":", etc.

A full list of such special character codes can be found here.

-- DHeadshot 10:34, 16 December 2009 (GMT) and 10:37, 16 December 2009 (GMT)

Or you can just put the text inside <nowiki> tags:

<nowiki>*crash*</nowiki>
*crash*

-- Malvineous 13:57, 11 July 2010 (GMT) Good Point -- DHeadshot 13:33, 12 July 2010 (GMT)

Good Point -- DHeadshot 13:33, 12 July 2010 (GMT)

How to link to a category

Seems if you want to link to a category without putting the page there you can simply precede the link with a colon (":"), e.g.:

[[:Category:Stubs|list of pages needing more information]]

Becomes:

list of pages needing more information

Now, I'm probably the only on currently here who didn't know that, but I'd beter write it here anyway for newbies and myself when I forget... --DHeadshot 15:59, 27 June 2010 (GMT)

FYI it's also useful when you want to link to an image without displaying the image: screenshot -- Malvineous 13:59, 11 July 2010 (GMT)

Simple Table Breakdown

-- DHeadshot 16:24, 27 June 2010 (GMT)

Citing Sources

Mostly, sources here don't need to be cited, but for when they do here is a helpsheet:

Wiki Text	Method
Citation Needed[citation needed]	Citation Needed{{citation needed}}
Make a reference	Make a reference<ref>This is a reference, honest!</ref>
Re-use a reference (2nd usage)	Re-use a reference<ref name="eg">Example</ref> (2nd usage<ref name="eg"/>)
List references at the end of an article:	List references at the end of an article: <references/> Hint: do this in its own section called "Notes" or "References" or "Sources" or something!

-- DHeadshot 16:49, 2 September 2010 (GMT)

Discussion Comments

I just noticed the Wiki text relating to signing your comments in discussions disappeared in the last update. I therefore offer this to help:

Signature	Example	Method
Standard signature	DHeadshot 17:06, 2 September 2010 (GMT)	~~~~
Dateless signature	DHeadshot	~~~
Date only signature	DHeadshot 17:06, 2 September 2010 (GMT)	~~~~~
Signature for most comments (use this one)	-- DHeadshot 17:06, 2 September 2010 (GMT)	-- ~~~~

-- DHeadshot 17:06, 2 September 2010 (GMT)

Inserting files

(Copied from the file help section not usually visible...)

To include a file in a page, use a link in one of the following forms:

• [[File:File.jpg]] to use the full version of the file
• [[File:File.png|200px|thumb|left|alt text]] to use a 200 pixel wide rendition in a box in the left margin with alt text as description
• [[Media:File.ogg]] for directly linking to the file without displaying the file

-- DHeadshot 15:12, 7 October 2010 (GMT)

Redirects

Syntax: #REDIRECT [[Page to redirect to]]

-- DHeadshot 14:31, 12 November 2010 (GMT)