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Basic Editing: Getting Started Canon Policy Archiving Talk Pages |
- See the video tutorial regarding this help section: Basic Editing
This is a basic guide to getting started with editing Zelda Wiki. We're glad you decided to help out, so here's everything you need to begin editing right away!
Editing Pages
So you've found a page that you want to edit. To do this, go to the top of the page and click the little button that says "edit". This pulls up the editing screen, where you can make changes to pages. From here, edit the article how you see fit (as long as it is within the realm of Zelda Wiki's Quality Standards). But don't save just yet! You'll want to make sure that the edit is okay, and that there are no broken images or that nothing else is messed up.
From here, click "Show preview". This will allow you to see the edits before you save them. Check to make sure that everything is in order (and sometimes spelling errors are easier to notice here). It is also preferred for the "Edit summary" to be used — simply type a short summary of the edit you've made (i.e. "Fixed 'als' to 'also'", etc.), then click "Save page". This will save your edits for everyone to see!
In a nutshell, the basic steps for editing are:
- Click "edit" and make the changes in the edit box.
- Change the edit summary to detail the edit you've made.
- Click "show preview" and make sure that everything is working as it should.
- Click "save page".
Creating a Page
To create a page, follow these steps:
- First, think: does my page stay within the realm of the Wiki? That is to say, is it important enough or part of what the Wiki covers? An article about "Link" is acceptable as it is related to Zelda; an article about "Xbox 360" is not, because it is not related to Zelda or Nintendo in any way.
- If you deem it acceptable, CHECK THE WIKI TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAGE DOESN'T ALREADY EXIST. This includes alternate spellings, alternate capitalization (i.e. Kakariko Village is an existing article whereas Kakariko village counts as a different article, and may be a source of possible confusion in creating an article), and alternate possible names. Use the search feature as much as possible!
- If you're sure that your article doesn't exist, search for it on the Wiki. When no results appear, you will see text stating that you can create the page in question. Click it, and create the page, making sure to stay within the Wiki's Quality Standards. If all is well and good, save the page.
- Note: Clicking on a red link will also take you to a "create this page" screen.
In a nutshell, the basic steps for page creation are:
- Figure out if your topic deserves its own page
- Find out whether or not it already exists
- Create the page using the search function's "create this page" link
Basic Wiki Coding
Wikis have their own special coding system. This is a short list of some of the most-used Wiki markup:
Text Formatting
{{#css: table pre {
background-color:#335577; margin: 3px 0;
}
table.altrow {
width: 100%;
}
table.altrow td {
width: 50%;
}
table.altrow code {
background-color:#2F6FAB;
} }}
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| Italic Text | ''Italic Text'' <i>Italic Text</i> |
| Bold Text | '''Bold Text''' <b>Bold Text</b> |
| Bold and Italic Text | '''''Bold and Italic Text''''' <b><i>Bold and Italic Text</i></b> |
| Underline | <u>Underline</u> |
<s>Strike out</s> | |
| Big text or small text | <big>Big text</big> or <small>small text</small> |
| Superscript or subscript | <sup>Superscript</sup> or <sub>subscript</sub> |
<center>Centered text</center> | |
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A line break won't be registered with only one new line. This line appears to be in the same paragraph as the previous line. Two new lines, however, begins a new paragraph. |
A line break won't be registered with only one new line. This line appears to be in the same paragraph as the previous line. Two new lines, however, begins a new paragraph. |
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You can break lines |
You can break lines<br> without starting a new paragraph. |
| [[Wiki]] coding '''is not''' rendered. | <nowiki>[[Wiki]] coding '''is not''' rendered.</nowiki> |
| Hidden page comments: not shown when viewing page |
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A typewriter font for monospace text
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A typewriter font for <tt>monospace text</tt> or for computer code: <code>int main()</code> |
Signing Posts
- See also: Custom Signatures
After you add a comment on a Talk page, you should sign it by adding 4 tildes (~~~~). This adds your user name and the date/time to the end of the comment.
Other, less recommended alternatives are:
- 3 tildes to only add your user name
- 5 tildes to only add the date/time
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| Ando 22:02, 3 December 2008 (UTC) | ~~~~ |
| Ando | ~~~ |
| 22:02, 3 December 2008 (UTC) | ~~~~~ |
Link Formatting
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| Princess Zelda | [[Princess Zelda]] |
| Zelda | [[Princess Zelda|Zelda]] |
| Ganondorf | [[Ganon]]dorf |
| Template:Redlink. If you want to create that page, you could do so by clicking the link. |
[[This is a link to a page that doesn't exist]]. If you want to create that page, you could do so by clicking the link. |
| Linking to a different namespace that is not Category: Talk:Main Page |
[[Talk:Main Page]] |
| Linking to the category namespace: Category:Zelda |
[[:Category:Zelda]] |
| Linking to a subpage: Talk:Main Page/Archive07 |
[[Talk:Main Page/Archive07]] |
External links:
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*[http://www.zeldawiki.org] (very bad) *http://www.zeldawiki.org (bad) *[http://www.zeldawiki.org Zelda Wiki] (good) |
| To have a page automatically send a user to a different page, use this code. (See Help:Redirects for more information) |
#REDIRECT [[page name]] |
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Link#Phantom_Hourglass 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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[[Link#Phantom_Hourglass]] 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: The Legend of Zelda. Automatically hide namespace: Zelda.
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Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[The Legend of Zelda (Game)|]]. Automatically hide namespace: [[:Category:Zelda|]]. |
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[[Category:Character sets]] |
Linking to Wikipedia:
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# [[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]
# Using a link template: {{wp|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time}}
# {{Wikipedia|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time}}
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Linking to other wikis:
Linking to a wiki in another language:
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Linking to other wikis:
# Interwiki link: [[MetroidWiki:Samus Aran]]
# Named interwiki link: [[MetroidWiki:Samus|Samus Aran]]
# Interwiki link without prefix: [[MetroidWiki:Samus|Samus Aran]]
# Interwiki link using link template: {{mew|Samus Aran}}
Linking to a wiki in another language:
# [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour]]
# [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour|bonjour]]
# [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour|]]
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Sections and Lists
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Level 2 (New Section)
Level 3 (Subsection)
Level 4 (Sub-subsection)
Level 5
Level 6
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== Level 2 (New Section) == === Level 3 (Subsection) === ==== Level 4 (Sub-subsection) ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ====== <h2> Level 2 (New Section) </h2> <h3> Level 3 (Subsection) </h3> <h4> Level 4 (Sub-subsection) </h4> <h5> Level 5 </h5> <h6> Level 6 </h6> |
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A horizontal dividing line. |
A horizontal ---- dividing line. A horizontal <hr> dividing line. |
Text
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Text :Indented text ::Further indented text |
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*A list *You can go in the same level **Or create a sub-level ***As many as needed *Then start a new list with an empty line |
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#You can also make numbered lists #The numbers are automatically added ##It's easy to create them |
Other Syntax
- For images, see Help:Images
- For templates, see Help:Templates
See Also
- Help:Formatting on MediaWiki