Help:Editing

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See the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet cheatsheet] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ FAQ] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents help index].
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This is a wiki. This means, depending on your priviledges, you can edit articles. You can use a special syntax to format text, include links and so on.
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= Format text =
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== Headings ==
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To make headings:
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{| border=1
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! This markup !! produces
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|-
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| <nowiki>= Header =</nowiki> ||
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= Header =
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|-
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| <nowiki>== Sub-Header ==</nowiki> ||
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== Sub-Header ==
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|-
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| <nowiki>=== Sub-sub-Header ===</nowiki> ||
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== Sub-sub-Header ==
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|-
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|}
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== Font Face ==
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To make bold or italic font:
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{| border=1
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! This markup !! produces
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|-
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| <nowiki>This is ''italic'' and this is '''bold'''.</nowiki> || This is ''italic'' and this is '''bold'''.
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|-
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|}
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== Code ==
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To make clear text is meant as code or computer in/output just prepend a space at the beginning of the line:
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<- here is a space at the beginning of the line.
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= Creating links =
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To link to another article in this wiki:
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{| border=1
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! This markup !! produces
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|-
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| <nowiki>Have a look at our [[application]] section.</nowiki> || Have a look at our [[applications]] section.
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|-
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|}
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To link to another namespace, e.g. a category:
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{| border=1
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! This markup !! produces
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|-
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| <nowiki>Have a look at our [[:Category:Guides]] section.</nowiki> || Have a look at our [[:Category:Guides]] section.
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|-
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|}
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= Creating tables =
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Make a sortable table. This input:
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<pre>
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{| class="wikitable sortable" border=1
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! col1 !! col2 !! col3
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|-
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| field1 || field2 || field3
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|-
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| ZZZ    || AAA    || MMM
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|-
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|}
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</pre>
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Produces:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" border=1
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! col1 !! col2 !! col3
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|-
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| field1 || field2 || field3
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|-
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| ZZZ    || AAA    || MMM
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|-
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|}
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= Templates =
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Templates allow you to pre-define text and layout that can be included in other pages. Examples are notifications like "This site is a stub" or information boxes for applications that contain certain fields like "name" and "genre".
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Include a template ''demo'' like this:
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<pre>
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{{demo}}
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</pre>

Revision as of 17:15, 24 January 2010

This is a wiki. This means, depending on your priviledges, you can edit articles. You can use a special syntax to format text, include links and so on.

Contents

Format text

Headings

To make headings:

This markup produces
= Header =

Header

== Sub-Header ==

Sub-Header

=== Sub-sub-Header ===

Sub-sub-Header

Font Face

To make bold or italic font:

This markup produces
This is ''italic'' and this is '''bold'''. This is italic and this is bold.

Code

To make clear text is meant as code or computer in/output just prepend a space at the beginning of the line: 

<- here is a space at the beginning of the line.

Creating links

To link to another article in this wiki:

This markup produces
Have a look at our [[application]] section. Have a look at our applications section.

To link to another namespace, e.g. a category:

This markup produces
Have a look at our [[:Category:Guides]] section. Have a look at our Category:Guides section.

Creating tables

Make a sortable table. This input: 

{| class="wikitable sortable" border=1
! col1 !! col2 !! col3
|-
| field1 || field2 || field3
|-
| ZZZ    || AAA    || MMM
|-
|}

Produces:

col1 col2 col3
field1 field2 field3
ZZZ AAA MMM

Templates

Templates allow you to pre-define text and layout that can be included in other pages. Examples are notifications like "This site is a stub" or information boxes for applications that contain certain fields like "name" and "genre". Include a template demo like this: 

{{demo}}
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