Make a Wiki page
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Basic Editing
Editing a Wiki page is very easy. Simply click on the "Edit this page" tab at the top (or the edit link at the beginning of each section, to just edit that section) of a Wiki page. This will bring you to a page with a text box containing the editable text of that page. If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox; not here. Before submitting your changes, 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 preview to check how your changes will look. This way, you can make sure you've done everything correctly and save some edits. If you're happy with what you see, press "Save" and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
Discussion Pages
You can also click on the "Discussion" tab at the top of the article to see the corresponding talk page, which contains comments about the page from other Spamusement users. Click on the "+" tab to add a new section, or edit the page in the same way as an article page. Use talk pages for questions, comments, or raw data.
Wiki markup
The wiki markup is the syntax system you can use to format a Spamusement Wiki page.
In the left column of the table below, you can see the various wiki markup effects. In the right column, you can see how the code used to create those effects.
You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. Again, 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.
Sections, paragraphs, lists, and lines
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Subsection Sub-subsection |
==New section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection====
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A single newline 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. |
A single newline 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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You can break lines |
You can break lines<br/> without starting a new paragraph.
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marks the end of a list item.
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* Lists are easy to do: ** 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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* You can even do mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this |
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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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A manual newline starts a new paragraph. |
: A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
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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; ENDIF |
IF a line starts with a space THEN it will be formatted exactly as typed; in a fixed-width font; lines will not wrap; ENDIF
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A horizontal dividing line: this is above it and this is below it. |
A horizontal dividing line: this is above it ---- and this is below it.
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Links and URLs
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A recurring character is Eggplant Mike.
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A recurring character is [[Eggplant Mike]]. |
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A recurring character is purple.
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[[Eggplant Mike|A recurring character]] is purple. |
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There are many spamusements made by forum users. Examples include: EvilJekyll's, Nik's, and Zombie Protestor's.
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There are many [[spamusement]]s made by forum users. These are used to make custom avatars. Examples include [[EvilJekyll]]'s, [[Nik]]'s, and [[Zombie Protestor]]'s. |
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Adolf_Hitler#Spamusements is a link to a section within another page. #Links and URLs is a link to a section on the current page. #example is a link to an anchor that was created using an id attribute
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[[Adolf_Hitler#Spamusements]] is a link to a section within another page. [[#Links and URLs]] is a link to a 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: Eggplant Mike's Life.
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Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[Eggplant Mike's (sex) Life |Eggplant Mike's Life]]. |
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The study of Troy Powell's sex life is a page that does not exist yet.
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[[The study of Troy Powell's sex life]] is a page that does not exist yet. |
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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 [[United States]] |
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What links here and Related changes pages can be linked as: Special:Whatlinkshere/Make a Wiki page and Special:Recentchangeslinked/Make a Wiki page |
'''What links here''' and '''Related changes''' pages can be linked as: [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Make a Wiki page]] and [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Make a Wiki page]] |
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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:Character sets]] |
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[[:Category:Character sets]] |
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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://spamusement.paintmash.com/ (bad style)
# Unnamed link: [http://spamusement.paintmash.com] ('''very bad style''')
# Named link: [http://spamusement.paintmash.com Spamusement Fansite]
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Linking to other wikis:
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Linking to other wikis: # Interwiki link: [[Wiktionary:Hello]] # Named interwiki link: [[Wiktionary:Hello|Hello]] # Interwiki link without prefix: [[Wiktionary:Hello|]] |
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Date formats:
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Date formats: # [[July 20]], [[1969]] # [[20 July]] [[1969]] # [[1969]]-[[07-20]] # [[1969-07-20]] |
Images
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A picture: 
or, with alternative text:
or, floating to the right side of the page and with a caption: Cabinet Sanchez or, floating to the right side of the page without a caption:
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A picture: [[Image:CabinetSan.png]] or, with alternative text: [[Image:CabinetSan.png|Cabinet Sanchez]] or, floating to the right side of the page and with a caption: [[Image:CabinetSan.png|frame|Cabinet Sanchez]] or, floating to the right side of the page ''without'' a caption: [[Image:CabinetSan.png|right|Cabinet Sanchez]] |
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Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to: Image:CabinetSan.png |
[[:Image:CabinetSan.png]] |
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To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link. |
[[media:CabinetSan.png|Image of Cabinet Sanchez]] |
Character formatting
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Emphasize, strongly, very strongly.
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''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''. |
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You can use small text for captions. |
You can use <small>small text</small> for captions. |
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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 rather than visual markup. |
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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. 1 hectare = 1 E4 m² |
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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Suppressing interpretation of markup:
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<nowiki>Link → (''to'')
the [[Spamusement Wiki FAQ]]</nowiki>
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Commenting page source:
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Table of Contents
Placement of the Table of Contents (TOC)
At the current status of the wiki markup language, having at least four headers on a page triggers the TOC 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 How to use tables.
Variables
(See also Help:Variable)
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| {{CURRENTMONTH}} | 05 |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | May |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} | May |
| {{CURRENTDAY}} | 18 |
| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Saturday |
| {{CURRENTYEAR}} | 2013 |
| {{CURRENTTIME}} | 19:30 |
| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} | 591 |
| {{PAGENAME}} | Make a Wiki page |
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| {{localurl:pagename}} | /Wiki/index.php?title=Pagename |
| {{localurl:Wikipedia:Sandbox|action=edit}} | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox?action=edit |
| {{SERVER}} | http://spamusers.com |
| {{ns:1}} | Talk |
| {{ns:2}} | User |
| {{ns:3}} | User talk |
| {{ns:4}} | Spamusement! |
| {{ns:5}} | Spamusement! 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}} | Spamusement! |
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 used by the Spamusement Wiki has support for templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as tables) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing {{NeedsCleanup}} will make cause a Cleanup warning to be displayed when the page is saved. Other commonly used ones are: {{disambig}} for disambiguation pages and {{Rewrite}} for a Rewrite request.
For creating templates see Template:Test and the help page.
Hiding the edit links
Insert __NOEDITSECTION__ into the document to suppress the edit links that appear next to every section header.
More information on editing wiki pages
You may also want to learn about:
- How to start a page
- Informal tips on contributing to the Spamusement Wiki
- Style conventions in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style
- Finally, for a list of articles about editing VisualWiki consult Wikipedia:Style and How-to Directory.
