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New page: Wiki content is easy to edit and create. Content is written in a markup language, and the basic markup is provided below. There are also links to 'official' help sources. But first you sho...
Wiki content is easy to edit and create. Content is written in a markup language, and the basic markup is provided below. There are also links to 'official' help sources. But first you should know that each page comes with it's own discussion page that you access using the tab at the tab (it is next to the edit tab). If you are unsure about some content, or what to discuss it, you should add your insights and comments there and not on the page itself!
==Official Sources==
This wiki runs on the MediaWiki platform that is used for wikipedia. Wikipedia provides the following pages that will help you:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup Details of the wiki markup language]
Likewise, the mediawiki developers and community provide the following useful pages:
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#Basic_usage MediaWiki FAQ - Basic Usage Section]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing MediaWiki Help Editing Page]
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page How to start a new page]
==Quick Hints==
Wiki pages are written in a very simple markup language. You can click the edit button on any page and enter marked-up content into the box and click save, and the new changes will appear instantly on the page. You can probably deduce all of the markup that you need by looking at an existing page, but as a quick reference I provide the most used syntax below. (Note that if you look at the source code, you will see that I use the <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></nowiki>tag to prevent the wiki from interpreting the code.
'''At the start of a line:'''
*<nowiki>* to bullet</nowiki>
#<nowiki># to number bullet</nowiki>
:<nowiki>: to indent</nowiki>
<nowiki> (space) to put things in a box</nowiki>
'''To make headers heirarchiarly (TOC is automatic) use:'''
*<nowiki>=Page header=</nowiki>
*<nowiki>==Section header==</nowiki>
*<nowiki>===Sub-Section header===</nowiki>
*<nowiki>====Sub-Sub-Section header===</nowiki>
'''To link:'''
*<nowiki>[http:/www... Text that you want] for external links</nowiki>
*<nowiki>[[WikiPage | Text that you want] or just [[WikiPage]] for external links</nowiki>
If you want to create a new page, make a link to a page name that doesn't exist, save the page, and then click the link!
==Official Sources==
This wiki runs on the MediaWiki platform that is used for wikipedia. Wikipedia provides the following pages that will help you:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup Details of the wiki markup language]
Likewise, the mediawiki developers and community provide the following useful pages:
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#Basic_usage MediaWiki FAQ - Basic Usage Section]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing MediaWiki Help Editing Page]
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page How to start a new page]
==Quick Hints==
Wiki pages are written in a very simple markup language. You can click the edit button on any page and enter marked-up content into the box and click save, and the new changes will appear instantly on the page. You can probably deduce all of the markup that you need by looking at an existing page, but as a quick reference I provide the most used syntax below. (Note that if you look at the source code, you will see that I use the <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></nowiki>tag to prevent the wiki from interpreting the code.
'''At the start of a line:'''
*<nowiki>* to bullet</nowiki>
#<nowiki># to number bullet</nowiki>
:<nowiki>: to indent</nowiki>
<nowiki> (space) to put things in a box</nowiki>
'''To make headers heirarchiarly (TOC is automatic) use:'''
*<nowiki>=Page header=</nowiki>
*<nowiki>==Section header==</nowiki>
*<nowiki>===Sub-Section header===</nowiki>
*<nowiki>====Sub-Sub-Section header===</nowiki>
'''To link:'''
*<nowiki>[http:/www... Text that you want] for external links</nowiki>
*<nowiki>[[WikiPage | Text that you want] or just [[WikiPage]] for external links</nowiki>
If you want to create a new page, make a link to a page name that doesn't exist, save the page, and then click the link!
