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==Quick Reference for Text Formatting==
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=The Short Short Quick Reference for Wikis=
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*To add text to a section of a wiki page, click on the "edit" link for that section, type your text, click "Save"
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*Some the things you may want to share will include links to outside resources, so read the next section on creating links.
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==Wiki Links==
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{| style="color:black; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="1"
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|'''Link Type'''
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|'''You type this:'''
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|'''You get this:'''
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|Basic website link
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|<nowiki>[http://alfino.org]</nowiki> 
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|  [http://alfino.org]
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|Website link with text label
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|<nowiki>[[http://alfino.org Alfino's Website]]</nowiki>
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|[[http://alfino.org Alfino's Website]]
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|Link to an uploaded file
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|<nowiki>[[Media:filename.pdf | My uploaded file]]</nowiki>
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|[[Media:filename.pdf | My uploaded file]]
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|}
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==Text Formating==
  
 
Here are some of the main text formats that are useful:
 
Here are some of the main text formats that are useful:
  
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|'''Format Type'''
 
|'''Format Type'''
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=====level 5=====
 
=====level 5=====
 
======level 6======</pre>
 
======level 6======</pre>
An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Section#Table of contents (TOC)|table of contents]].
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|<!-- hack to prevent TOC viewing for h1 - h6 elements: their style is hardcopied here -->
 
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<div style="font-size: 188%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa">Level 1</div>
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<div style="font-size: 150%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa">Level 1</div>
<div style="font-size: 150%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa">Level 2</div>
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<div style="font-size: 132%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa">Level 2</div>
<div style="font-size: 132%; font-weight: bold">Level 3</div><!--
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<div style="font-size: 86%; font-weight: bold">Level 3</div><!--
 
--><b>Level 4</b><!--
 
--><b>Level 4</b><!--
--><div style="font-size: 86%; font-weight: bold">Level 5</div><!--
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--><div style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">Level 5</div><!--
--><b style="font-size: 80%">Level 6</b>
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--><b style="font-size: 60%">Level 6</b>
 
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|User name and date stamp
 
|User name and date stamp
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* two
 
* two
 
* three
 
* three
** three point one
 
** three point two
 
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
Inserting a blank line will end the first list and start another.
 
 
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* one
 
* one
 
* two
 
* two
 
* three
 
* three
** three point one
 
** three point two
 
 
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|Numbered list
 
|Numbered list
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<pre>
 
<pre>
 
# one
 
# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
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# two
 
# three
 
# three
## three point one
 
## three point two
 
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
 
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# one
 
# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
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# two
 
# three
 
# three
## three point one
 
## three point two
 
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|Definition list
 
|<pre>
 
;item 1
 
: definition 1
 
;item 2
 
: definition 2-1
 
: definition 2-2
 
</pre>
 
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;item 1
 
: definition 1
 
;item 2
 
: definition 2-1
 
: definition 2-2
 
 
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text text text text text text text text text text text text
 
text text text text text text text text text text text text
 
&lt;blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote &lt;/blockquote>
 
text text text text text text text text text text text text
 
</code>
 
| text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote> text text text text text text text text text text text text
 
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|Comment
 
| <code>&lt;!-- This is a comment --></code>
 
Text can only be viewed in the edit window.
 
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===More on text formatting===
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==Creating Pages==   
 
 
:[[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Quick Reference for Formatting Wiki text]]
 
 
 
==Wiki Links==
 
 
 
The main types of wiki links are:
 
 
 
 
 
{| style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
 
 
 
|-
 
|'''Link Type'''
 
|'''You type this:'''
 
|'''You get this:'''
 
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|Basic website link
 
|<nowiki>[http://alfino.org]</nowiki> 
 
|  [http://alfino.org]
 
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|Website link with text label
 
|<nowiki>[[http://alfino.org Alfino's Website]]</nowiki>
 
|[[http://alfino.org Alfino's Website]]
 
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|Link to an uploaded file
 
|<nowiki>[[Media:filename.pdf | My uploaded file]]</nowiki>
 
|[[Media:filename.pdf | My uploaded file]]
 
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===Creating Pages===
 
 
 
You create a new wiki page by first creating a link to the new page and then clicking on that link to create content.  In steps, that's:
 
 
 
1.  Edit a page, place the name of the new page in brackets and then save that page.
 
2.  The new page link will appear in red.  Click on it and you will go to the editor for the new page.
 
3.  Add content and save the new page.
 
 
 
 
 
===More on wiki links===
 
 
 
:[[http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Links&printable=yes Wiki Links]]
 
 
 
==How to Use Discussion / Talk Pages==
 
 
 
:When you build a wiki page with others, it helps to have a place to carry on discussion about the page without cluttering it up with comments.  Every wiki page has a "Talk page" accessed by clicking on the "Discussion" tab for the page (You only see this tab when you are logged in.).  Use the talk page to identify issues and things on the page that need work. The following file from Mediawiki has some good advice on organizing talk pages.
 
  
:[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages Talk Page Advice from Mediawiki]
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1.  In an edit screen, type the name of the new page in double brakets (e.g. [[test new page]]). 
  
[[Category:Main Page]]
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2.  The new page link will appear in red.  Click on it and you will go to the editor for the new page.  Edit and save.

Latest revision as of 18:44, 9 January 2014

The Short Short Quick Reference for Wikis

  • To add text to a section of a wiki page, click on the "edit" link for that section, type your text, click "Save"
  • Some the things you may want to share will include links to outside resources, so read the next section on creating links.

Wiki Links

Link Type You type this: You get this:
Basic website link [http://alfino.org] [1]
Website link with text label [[http://alfino.org Alfino's Website]] [Alfino's Website]
Link to an uploaded file [[Media:filename.pdf | My uploaded file]] My uploaded file

Text Formating

Here are some of the main text formats that are useful:

Format Type You type this: You get this:
Headings of different levels
=level 1=
==level 2==
===level 3===
====level 4====
=====level 5=====
======level 6======
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
User name and date stamp ~~~~ Alfino 05:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
Horizontal rule ----
Bullet list
* one
* two
* three
  • one
  • two
  • three
Numbered list
# one
# two
# three
  1. one
  2. two
  3. three

Creating Pages

1. In an edit screen, type the name of the new page in double brakets (e.g. test new page).

2. The new page link will appear in red. Click on it and you will go to the editor for the new page. Edit and save.