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Help:Editing
This is a Wiki, which means that anyone can easily edit any unprotected page and save those changes immediately to that page. To request a change to a protected page, use the talk page.
Introduction
Editing a wiki page is not very difficult. Simply click on the "edit" tab at the top of a page (or on a section-edit link). This will bring you to a new page with a text box containing the editable text of the original page. If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox, not here. You should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box (you may use shorthand to describe your changes). When you have finished, press the Show preview button to see how your changes will look. You can also see the difference between the page with your edits and the previous version of the page by pressing the "Show changes" button. If you're satisfied with what you see, press the Save page button. Your changes will immediately be visible to other users.
You can also click on the "Discussion" tab to see the corresponding talk page, which contains comments about the page from other users. Click on the "+" tab to add a new section, or edit the page in the same way as an article page.
You should remember to sign your messages on talk pages, but there's no need to sign edits you make to regular articles. In page histories, the wiki software keeps track of which user makes each change.
Minor edits
When editing an article page on this site, a logged-in user can mark that edit as being "minor". Minor edits generally mean spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text. It is possible to "hide" minor edits when viewing the recent changes. Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad behavior, especially when it involves the deletion of some text.
Major edits
All editors are encouraged to be bold, but there are several things that a user can do to ensure that major edits are performed smoothly. Before engaging in a major edit, consider discussing proposed changes on the article discussion/talk page. During the edit, if doing so over an extended period of time, the {{inuse}} tag can reduce the likelihood of an edit conflict. Once the edit has been completed, the inclusion of an edit summary will assist in documenting the changes.
Wiki markup
Wiki markup is the syntax system you can use to format a wiki page.
The table below is an elaborate list of various edits. The left column shows the effects available. The right column shows the wiki markup used to achieve them. If it confuses you, just type the text you want to include on a page and place {{cleanup}} at the top of that section; someone else can make it look "pretty" later.
You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window/tab for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the Sandbox. Try opening the Sandbox in a separate window or tab and keeping this page open for reference.
Examples
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Start your sections as follows: New section
Subsection
Sub-subsection
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==New section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection==== |
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A single newline/carriage return generally has no effect on the layout. These can be used to separate sentences within a paragraph. Some editors find that this aids editing and improves the function diff (used internally to compare different versions of a page). But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
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A single newline/carriage return generally has no effect on the layout. These can be used to separate sentences within a paragraph. Some editors find that this aids editing and improves the ''[[help:diffs|diff]]'' function. But an empty line starts a new paragraph. |
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You can break lines
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You can break lines<br/> without starting a new paragraph. |
marks the end of a list item.
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* It's easy to create a list: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars means deeper levels. **** A newline in a list marks the end of a list item. * An empty line starts a new list. |
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# Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow ### easier still |
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; Definition list : list of definitions ; item : the item's definition ; another item : the other item's definition |
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* You can even create mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this *#*; can I mix definition list as well? *#*: yes *#*; how? *#*: it's easy as *#*:* a *#*:* b *#*:* c |
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
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: A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph. |
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When there is a need for separating a block of text
This is useful for (as the name says) inserting blocks of quoted (and cited) text. |
<blockquote> The '''blockquote''' command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. </blockquote> |
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(See formula on right):
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IF a line starts with a space THEN
it will be formatted exactly
as typed;
in a fixed-width font;
lines will not wrap;
END IF
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<center>Centered text.</center> |
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A horizontal dividing line: this is above it and this is below it.
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A [[horizontal dividing line]]: this is above it ---- and this is below it. |
Links and URLs
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George was the Godfather in this game.
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George was the [[Godfather]] in this game. |
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Sam and Max were his partners.
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Sam and Max were his [[Goon|partners]]. |
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Sam and Max were his partners.
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Sam and Max were his [[Goon|partners]]. [[micro]]<nowiki>second </nowiki> |
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See the project:blocking policy.
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See the [[project:blocking policy]]. |
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Forums#Other_Games is a link to a section within another page. #Links and URLs is a link to another section on the current page. #example is a link to an anchor that was created usingan id attribute
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[[Forums#Other_Games]] is a link to a section within another page. [[#Links and URLs]] is a link to another section on the current page. [[#example]] is a link to an anchor that was created using <div id="example">an id attribute </div> |
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Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: Mafia. Automatically hide namespace: namespaces.
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Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[Mafia (game)|]]. Automatically hide namespace: [[help:namespaces|]]. <!--Or both: [[project: Manual of Style (headings)|]] But not: [[project: Manual of Style#Links|]]--> See help:Pipe trick for details. |
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mith's minions is a page that does not exist yet.
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[[mith's minions]] is a page that does not exist yet. |
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Help:Editing is this page.
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[[Help:Editing]] is this page. |
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When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it by adding three tildes to add your user name: or four to add user name plus date/time:
Five tildes gives the date/time alone:
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When adding a comment to a Talk page,you should sign it by adding three tildes to add your user name: : ~~~ or four for user name plus date/time: : ~~~~ Five tildes gives the date/time alone: : ~~~~~ |
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#REDIRECT [[Ready Aim Fire]] |
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What links here and Related changes pages can be linked as: Special:Whatlinkshere/Help:Editing and Special:Recentchangeslinked/Help:Editing |
'''What links here''' and '''Related changes''' pages can be linked as: [[Special:Whatlinkshere/ Help:Editing]] and [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/ Help:Editing]] |
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A user's Contributions page can be linked as: Special:Contributions/UserName or Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0 |
A user's '''Contributions''' page can be linked as: [[Special:Contributions/UserName]] or [[Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0]] |
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[[Category:Roles]] |
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[[:Category:Roles]] |
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Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources:
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Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources: # Bare URL: http://en.wikipedia.com/ # Unnamed link: [http://en.wikipedia.com/] (automatically numbered sequentially) # Named link: [http://en.wikipedia.com Wikipedia] |
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Date formats:
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Date formats: # [[July 20]], [[1969]] # [[20 July]] [[1969]] # [[1969]]-[[07-20]] # [[1969-07-20]] |
Some uploaded sounds are listed at Category:Sounds. |
[[media:broken_glass.ogg|Sound]] |
Images
Only images that have been uploaded to the wiki can be used. To upload images, use the upload page. You can find the uploaded image on the image list.
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| A picture:
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A picture: [[Image:wiki.png]] |
| With alternative text:
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With alternative text: [[Image:wiki.png|jigsaw globe]]
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Floating to the right side of the page and with a caption:
 MafiaScum Wiki |
Floating to the right side of the page and with a caption: [[Image:wiki.png|frame|MafiaScum Wiki]]
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| Floating to the right side of the page without a caption:
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Floating to the right side of the page ''without'' a caption: [[Image:wiki.png|right|MafiaScum Wiki]]
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| A picture resized to 30 pixels...
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A picture resized to 30 pixels... [[Image:wiki.png|30 px]]
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| Linking directly to the description page of an image: | Linking directly to the description page of an image: [[:Image:wiki.png]]
(such as any of the ones above) also leads to the description page |
| Linking directly to an image without displaying it: | Linking directly to an image without displaying it: [[media:wiki.png|Image of the Mafia Wiki logo]]
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| Using the div tag to separate images from text (note that this may allow images to cover text): | Example: <div style="display:inline; width:220px; float:right;"> Place images here </div> |
| Using wiki markup to make a table in which to place a vertical column of images (this helps edit links match headers, especially in Firefox browsers): | Example: {| align=right
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Place images here
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Character formatting
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Emphasized text |
''Emphasized text'' '''Strong emphasis''' '''''Even stronger emphasis''''' |
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A typewriter font for monospace text
or for computer code:
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A typewriter font for <tt>monospace text</tt> or for computer code: <code>int main()</code> |
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You can use small text for captions. |
You can use <small>small text</small> for captions. |
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Better to stay away from big text, unless it's within small text. |
Better to stay away from <big>big text</big>, unless <small> it's <big>within</big> small</small> text. |
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You can You can also mark
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You can <s>strike out deleted material</s> and <u>underline new material</u>. You can also mark <del>deleted material</del> and <ins>inserted material</ins> using logical markup. For backwards compatibility, combine this potentially ignored new <del>logical</del> with the old <s><del>physical</del></s> markup. |
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Suppressing interpretation of markup:
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<nowiki>Link → (''to'')
the [[F.A.Q.]]</nowiki>
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Commenting page source:
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Diacritical marks:
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À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ |
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Punctuation:
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¿ ¡ § ¶ † ‡ • – — ‹ › « » ‘ ’ “ ” |
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Commercial symbols:
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™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤ |
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Subscripts:
Superscripts:
ε0 = 8.85 × 10−12 C² / J m. |
x<sub>1</sub> x<sub>2</sub> x<sub>3</sub> or <br/> x₀ x₁ x₂ x₃ x₄ <br/> x₅ x₆ x₇ x₈ x₉ x<sup>1</sup> x<sup>2</sup> x<sup>3</sup> or <br/> x⁰ x¹ x² x³ x⁴ <br/> x⁵ x⁶ x⁷ x⁸ x⁹ ε<sub>0</sub> = 8.85 × 10<sup>−12</sup> C² / J m. 1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 m²]] |
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Greek characters:
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α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω |
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Mathematical characters:
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∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇐ ⇓ ⇑ ⇔ → ↓ ↑ ← ↔ |
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<math>\sin x + \ln y</math> <math>\mathbf{x} = 0</math> Ordinary text should use wiki markup for emphasis, and should not use |
<math>\sin x + \ln y</math>
sin''x'' + ln''y''
<math>\mathbf{x} = 0</math>
'''x''' = 0
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Spacing in simple math formulas:
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Obviously, ''x''² ≥ 0 is true when ''x'' is a real number. |
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Complicated formulas:
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: <math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
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No or limited formatting - showing exactly what is being typed
A few different kinds of formatting will tell the wiki to display things as you typed them - what you see, is what you get!
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| <nowiki> tags |
The nowiki tag ignores wiki ''markup''. It reformats text by removing newlines and multiple spaces. It still interprets special characters: → |
<nowiki> The nowiki tag ignores wiki ''markup''. It reformats text by removing newlines and multiple spaces. It still interprets special characters: → </nowiki> |
| <pre> tags |
The pre tag ignores wiki ''markup''. It also doesn't reformat text. It still interprets special characters: → |
<pre> The pre tag ignores wiki ''markup''. It also doesn't reformat text. It still interprets special characters: → </pre> |
| Leading spaces |
Leading spaces are another way to preserve formatting. Putting a space at the beginning of each line stops the text from being reformatted. It still interprets wiki markup and special characters: → |
Leading spaces are another way to preserve formatting. Putting a space at the beginning of each line stops the text from being reformatted. It still interprets wiki ''markup'' and special characters: → |
Table of contents
Having at least four headers on a page triggers the Table of Contents to appear in front of the first header (or after introductory sections). Putting __TOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header). Putting __NOTOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to disappear.
Tables
There are two ways to build tables:
- in special Wiki-markup (see Help:Table)
- with the usual HTML elements: <table>, <tr>, <td> or <th>.
For the latter, and a discussion on when tables are appropriate, see Help:Table.
Variables
(See also Help:Variable)
| Code | Effect |
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| {{CURRENTWEEK}} | 52 |
| {{CURRENTDOW}} | 5 |
| {{CURRENTMONTH}} | 12 |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | December |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} | December |
| {{CURRENTDAY}} | 27 |
| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Friday |
| {{CURRENTYEAR}} | 2024 |
| {{CURRENTTIME}} | 10:36 |
| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} | 4,739 |
| {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} | 11,452 |
| {{PAGENAME}} | Editing |
| {{NAMESPACE}} | Help |
| {{REVISIONID}} | 4940 |
| {{localurl:pagename}} | /index.php?title=Pagename |
| {{localurl:project:Sandbox|action=edit}} | /index.php?title=MafiaWiki:Sandbox&action=edit |
| {{fullurl:pagename}} | http://wiki.mafiascum-staging.net/index.php?title=Pagename |
| {{fullurl:pagename|query_string}} | http://wiki.mafiascum-staging.net/index.php?title=Pagename&query_string |
| {{SERVER}} | http://wiki.mafiascum-staging.net |
| {{ns:1}} | Talk |
| {{ns:2}} | User |
| {{ns:3}} | User talk |
| {{ns:4}} | MafiaWiki |
| {{ns:5}} | MafiaWiki talk |
| {{ns:6}} | File |
| {{ns:7}} | File talk |
| {{ns:8}} | MediaWiki |
| {{ns:9}} | MediaWiki talk |
| {{ns:10}} | Template |
| {{ns:11}} | Template talk |
| {{ns:12}} | Help |
| {{ns:13}} | Help talk |
| {{ns:14}} | Category |
| {{ns:15}} | Category talk |
| {{SITENAME}} | MafiaWiki |
NUMBEROFARTICLES is the number of pages in the main namespace which contain a link and are not a redirect, in other words number of articles, stubs containing a link, and disambiguation pages.
CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN is the genitive (possessive) grammatical form of the month name, as used in some languages; CURRENTMONTHNAME is the nominative (subject) form, as usually seen in English.
In languages where it makes a difference, you can use constructs like {{grammar:case|word}} to convert a word from the nominative case to some other case. For example, {{grammar:genitive|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}} means the same as {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}.
Templates
The MediaWiki software has support for templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing {{stub}} will appear as "This article is a stub. You can help by expanding it." when the page is saved. See Special:Allpages for the complete list.
Hiding the edit links
Insert __NOEDITSECTION__ into the document to suppress the edit links that appear next to every section header. Use with caution, as this means editors have to load the entire document into the edit window to make any changes.