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Stan: /* Temporary work spaces */

2017-08-22T04:04:03Z

Temporary work spaces

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	If you need help as fast as you can get it, both contact any administrator or me AND edit the article and put '''<nowiki>{{help me}}</nowiki>''' (including the brackets) at the very top and then Save the article.		If you need help as fast as you can get it, both contact any administrator or me AND edit the article and put '''<nowiki>{{help me}}</nowiki>''' (including the brackets) at the very top and then Save the article.

	== Temporary work spaces ==		== Temporary holding work spaces ==

	You can make "holding places" for articles you're working on by typing in '''<nowiki>user:yourname/filename</nowiki>''' and choosing to Edit it.		You can make "holding places" for articles you're working on by typing in '''<nowiki>user:yourname/filename</nowiki>''' and choosing to Edit it.

	I created '''[[User:Shollingsworth/examples]]'''. You can have any number of these "holding places" of any legitimate name.		I created '''[[User:Shollingsworth/examples]]'''. You can have any number of these "holding places" of any legitimate name.

	== Bolding/italicizing ==		== Bolding/italicizing ==

PaulSank at 15:10, 2 February 2017

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	This is '''[[User:Shollingsworth\|Steve's]] Wikitext editing introduction''' (an extension of [[editing]]). It was written in 2011 and hasn't been updated. For something a lot more recent, see [PaulSank's Step-By-Step Guide to Wikidelphia Editing]].		This is '''[[User:Shollingsworth\|Steve's]] Wikitext editing introduction''' (an extension of [[editing]]). It was written in 2011 and hasn't been updated. For something a lot more recent, see [[PaulSank's Step-By-Step Guide to Wikidelphia Editing]].

	Some features we'd like (such as References) aren't enabled yet.		Some features we'd like (such as References) aren't enabled yet.

PaulSank at 15:10, 2 February 2017

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	This is '''[[User:Shollingsworth\|Steve's]] Wikitext editing introduction''' (an extension of [[editing]]).		This is '''[[User:Shollingsworth\|Steve's]] Wikitext editing introduction''' (an extension of [[editing]]). It was written in 2011 and hasn't been updated. For something a lot more recent, see [PaulSank's Step-By-Step Guide to Wikidelphia Editing]].

	Some features we'd like (such as References) aren't enabled yet.		Some features we'd like (such as References) aren't enabled yet.

Shollingsworth: expand a little

2011-01-20T23:58:17Z

expand a little

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	*'''Template name:''' Anything at all.		*'''Template name:''' Anything at all.
	*'''Category defined by template:''' This is the '''New name''' that you used above.		*'''Category defined by template:''' This is the '''New name''' that you used above.
	*'''Field name:''' This is what has to be put onto the page during editing.		*'''Field name:''' This is what has to be put onto the page during editing, as in '''<nowiki>{{help me}}</nowiki>''' where "help me" is the Field name.

	:The format of the entry is '''<nowiki>{{Field name}}</nowiki>''' (including the special brackets).		:The format of the entry is '''<nowiki>{{Field name}}</nowiki>''' (including the special brackets).

Shollingsworth: clarify

2011-01-20T10:25:20Z

clarify

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	This is '''[[User:Shollingsworth\|Steve's]] Wikitext editing introduction'''.		This is '''[[User:Shollingsworth\|Steve's]] Wikitext editing introduction''' (an extension of [[editing]]).

	Some features we'd like (such as References) aren't enabled yet.		Some features we'd like (such as References) aren't enabled yet.

Shollingsworth: trim

2011-01-20T10:24:20Z

trim

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	This is '''[[User:Shollingsworth\|Steve's]] Wikitext editing introduction'''.		This is '''[[User:Shollingsworth\|Steve's]] Wikitext editing introduction'''.

	~~This is not a complete introduction, for two reasons. First, I just want to get you enough information that you can start editing '''now'''. Second, some~~ features we'd like aren't enabled yet.		Some features we'd like (such as References) aren't enabled yet.

	This is fairly easy stuff, but there's just so much of it that really only Administrators need to know how to do it..		This is fairly easy stuff, but there's just so much of it that really only Administrators need to know how to do it..
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	=== References ===		=== References ===

	We don't have the References capability enabled yet. And it can (in Wikipedia's new form) be very complicated to use.		We don't have the References capability enabled yet. And it can (in Wikipedia's new form) be very complicated to use.

	== Making a "See also" ==		== Making a "See also" ==
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	You can insert a picture onto a page if you use the '''Insert/edit image''' button on the toolbar -- but you have to enter the image's page. That page is a '''File:Some name''' and I don't yet know how to get a picture into a '''File'''.		You can insert a picture onto a page if you use the '''Insert/edit image''' button on the toolbar -- but you have to enter the image's page. That page is a '''File:Some name''' and I don't yet know how to get a picture into a '''File'''.

	Our one Bureaucrat can do it - and that's probably sufficient until our Third Organizational Meeting.		Our one Bureaucrat can do it - and that's probably sufficient until our Third Organizational Meeting.

	== Templates ==		== Templates ==
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	== Redirects and disambiguation pages ==		== Redirects and disambiguation pages ==

	=== Redirects ===		=== Redirects ===

	'''Redirects''' are a simple way to make key words or phrases automatically take readers to appropriate articles.		'''Redirects''' are a simple way to make key words or phrases automatically take readers to appropriate articles.

Shollingsworth: fix wikilink

2011-01-20T10:22:26Z

fix wikilink

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	You make a wikilink to an article inside Wikidelphia by entering <nowiki>[[article-name]]</nowiki> as here <nowiki>[[Nonprofit Technology Resources]]</nowiki> which becomes [[Nonprofit Technology Resources]]. (Capitalization is important!)		You make a wikilink to an article inside Wikidelphia by entering <nowiki>[[article-name]]</nowiki> as here <nowiki>[[Nonprofit Technology Resources]]</nowiki> which becomes [[Nonprofit Technology Resources]]. (Capitalization is important!)

	You make a wikilink to an article inside '''''Wikipedia''''' by entering <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:article-name]]</nowiki> as here [[wikipedia:Free Geek\|~~RTENOTITLE~~]].		You make a wikilink to an article inside '''''Wikipedia''''' by entering <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:article-name\|article-name]]</nowiki> as here [[wikipedia:Free Geek\|Free Geek]].

	If you've already accessed the article, the wikilink gets dark. If the article doesn't exist yet, the text will be red.		If you've already accessed the article, the wikilink gets dark. If the article doesn't exist yet, the text will be red.
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	=== References ===		=== References ===

	We don't have the References capability enabled yet. And it can (in Wikipedia's new form) be very complicated to use.		We don't have the References capability enabled yet. And it can (in Wikipedia's new form) be very complicated to use.

	== Making a "See also" ==		== Making a "See also" ==

Shollingsworth: new section

2011-01-20T10:20:09Z

new section

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	*[[Stan's Introduction]]		*[[Stan's Introduction]]
	*[[wikipedia:Sandbox\|~~RTENOTITLE~~]]		*[[wikipedia:Sandbox\|Sandbox]]
	*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]		*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]

	:(This last is an external link, and belongs in an '''External links''' section.)		:(This last is an external link, and belongs in an '''External links''' section.)

			== Inserting pictures ==

			Well, I don't know how to do this yet - and, frankly, you shouldn't either.

			You see, the problem is Copyrights. All images are automatically copyrighted now. And Wikidelphia hasn't yet set policy on how to handle image copyrights.

			You can insert a picture onto a page if you use the '''Insert/edit image''' button on the toolbar -- but you have to enter the image's page. That page is a '''File:Some name''' and I don't yet know how to get a picture into a '''File'''.

			Our one Bureaucrat can do it - and that's probably sufficient until our Third Organizational Meeting.

	== Templates ==		== Templates ==

Shollingsworth: fix

2011-01-20T10:12:19Z

fix

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	You can have as many levels of headers as you want. Have enough headers, and a Table Of Contents will automatically appear.		You can have as many levels of headers as you want. Have enough headers, and a Table Of Contents will automatically appear.

	You make a first-level header by entering <nowiki>==text==</nowiki>.		You make a first-level header by entering '''<nowiki>=text=</nowiki>''' -- I don't use them, because Wikipedia style is to have only one kind of underlined header asnd I agree with that.

	You make a second-level header by entering <nowiki>===text===</nowiki> ~~as here:~~		You make a second-level header by entering '''<nowiki>==text==</nowiki>''', and it will be underlined.

	=== ~~Second-level header~~ ===		You make a third-level header by entering '''<nowiki>===text===</nowiki>''' as here:

	~~You make a third~~-level header ~~by entering <nowiki>====text=~~===~~</nowiki> as here:~~		=== Third-level header ===

	==== ~~Third~~-level header ====		You make a fourth-level header by entering '''<nowiki>====text====</nowiki>''' as here (I rarely use these either, as they look too much like third-level headers):

			==== Fourth-level header ====

	== Lists ==		== Lists ==

Shollingsworth: finishing section

2011-01-20T10:04:11Z

finishing section

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	Templates are complicated, and I've only made two simple ones and fixed another.		Templates are complicated, and I've only made two simple ones and fixed another.

	First, if you're going to have the Template list tagged pages in a Category, you have to create that Category. You do that by entering in the search box '''Category:New name''' and putting some text ~~into~~ that page.		First, if you're going to have the Template list tagged pages in a Category, you have to create that Category. You do that by entering in the search box '''Category:New name''' and putting some text onto that page.

	Okay, now you can go to '''Special pages''' ~~and~~ '''Templates''' and then '''Create a template'''. That will get you into the Template wizard.		Okay, now you can go to '''Special pages,''' then '''Templates''' and then '''Create a template'''. That will get you into the Template wizard.

			Let's keep the next steps very simple for now.

			*'''Template name:''' Anything at all.
			*'''Category defined by template:''' This is the '''New name''' that you used above.
			*'''Field name:''' This is what has to be put onto the page during editing.

			:The format of the entry is '''<nowiki>{{Field name}}</nowiki>''' (including the special brackets).

			*'''Display label:''' This is what will be seen by the readers, and can be very long.

	== Talk/Discussion pages ==		== Talk/Discussion pages ==