Help:Formatting - Revision history

Alan at 12:30, 1 April 2010

2010-04-01T12:30:30Z

Chris at 16:40, 2 February 2010

2010-02-02T16:40:30Z

Clizard: Help:Editing moved to Help:Formatting

2008-07-27T19:48:35Z

Help:Editing moved to Help:Formatting

Chris: /* Horizontal lines and line breaks */

2006-12-08T20:38:42Z

‎Horizontal lines and line breaks

Chris: Minor edits of certain sections e.g. spelling

2006-12-01T16:26:07Z

Minor edits of certain sections e.g. spelling

Jonathan Parton at 22:29, 23 November 2006

2006-11-23T22:29:51Z

Chris: Protected "Help:Editing": Encourage account creation [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

2006-11-23T18:36:36Z

Protected "Help:Editing": Encourage account creation [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

Chris at 18:36, 23 November 2006

2006-11-23T18:36:01Z

Chris at 18:35, 23 November 2006

2006-11-23T18:35:40Z

82.19.24.238: /* Templates */

2006-11-13T20:58:39Z

‎Templates

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 | <code>{{PAGENAME}}</code>
 | Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle/Sub-subtitle).
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 |}<br clear="all" />

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−	~~<center>'''PROTECTED PAGE''' - ''you must have an account to add to this page''. If you haven't you can get one [[Special:Userlogin&type=signup\|here]]</center><br>~~
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	__TOC__		__TOC__

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-Line breaks can be forced by simply leaving a blank line between paragraphs in the editing box.
+Line breaks can be created by simply leaving a blank line between paragraphs in the editing box - you don't need to use <nowiki> <br> </nowiki> tags!
 ===Linking===

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 ==Creating a new page==
-To create a new page, simply enter it's name in the search box on the left-hand side. If it doesn't already exist, you'll be given a link in red to create it!
+To create a new page, simply enter its name in the search box on the left-hand side. If it doesn't already exist, you'll be given a chance to create it!
 ==Basic Editing==
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 ===Underlines===
-To <u> give underlines </u>, unfortunately you'll have to use HTML. Surround the phrase with <code><nowiki> <u> and <u> </nowiki></code>
+To <u> give underlines </u>, unfortunately you'll have to use HTML. Surround the phrase with <code><nowiki> <u> and </u> </nowiki></code> to give an <u>underlined</u> word.
 ===Combined bold and italics===
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 * 5 tildes (~) - <nowiki> ~~~~~ </nowiki> which gives just a timestamp - 21:33, 28 September 2006 (GMT Standard Time)
-Signatures are usually asked for on talk pages.
+Signatures should ''always'' be used on talk pages.
 ===Heading and subheadings===
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 Linking can be done in several ways:
-* Internal links - to link to an internal page, simply put <nowiki> [[two square brackets]]  </nowiki> around the words to be linked. If the page hasn't yet been created, it'll show up in red.
+* '''Internal links''' - to link to an internal page, simply put <nowiki> [[two square brackets]]  </nowiki> around the words to be linked. If the page hasn't yet been created, it'll show up in red.
 ** To link to a page, but have a different name show up, simply use | and put the name to be shown second. For example, <nowiki>  [[Main_Page|Click here to go back to the main page!]] </nowiki>, will show up as: [[Main_Page|Click here to go back to the main page!]]
-* External links - to link to an external website, you need to place the ''entire'' web address (including the http:// prefix) into <nowiki> [one square bracket]  </nowiki>.
+* '''External links''' - to link to an external website, you need to place the ''entire'' web address (including the http:// prefix) into <nowiki> [one square bracket]  </nowiki>.
 **However, this time, to give a different name, you need to put a space ' ' at the end of the address and simply write the text to show up. For example, <nowiki> [http://www.google.com Google] </nowiki> will show up as: [http://www.google.com Google].
 * With the exception of the first letter, all links are case-sensitive and all spaces are converted to underscores. Thus, <nowiki> [[Main_Page]], [[main_Page]], [[Main Page]] and [[main Page]]</nowiki> will all link to the main page but <nowiki> [[MAin_Page]], [[Main page]], [[maiN Page]] etc. will not.</nowiki>
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 <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Image:''Image name here''|''Position (left,right etc.)''|thumb|100px|''Underneath caption goes here''<nowiki>]]</nowiki> to produce a thumbnail with explanatory text!
 ==Categories==
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 ==More help==
-If you want more help, or you want to do something which isn't convered here, try looking at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Wikipedia's editing help] for more in-depth and detailed coverage.
+If you want more help, or you want to do something which isn't covered here, try looking at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Wikipedia's editing help] for more in-depth and detailed coverage.
 (If you see something on a page and you want to know how it's done; simply click 'edit this page' at the top and copy the code that you see. Then all you need to do is change the content!)

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   =One equals gives a 1st-level subheading=
   ==Two gives a slightly smaller one==
+ ===Three is basically just large bold text===
 And so on...
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-Line breaks can be forced by simply leaving a blank line between paragraphs.
+Line breaks can be forced by simply leaving a blank line between paragraphs in the editing box.
 ===Linking===
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 ## Back to 2
 # and back to 1.
 ===Ignoring formatting===

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		+	<center>'''PROTECTED PAGE''' - ''you must have an account to add to this page''. If you haven't you can get one [[Special:Userlogin&type=signup\|here]]</center><br>
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	==Editing a page==		==Editing a page==

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	There are also several templates you can use to edit your work. To find out how to use any of them, click on the link:		There are also several templates you can use to edit your work. To find out how to use any of them, click on the link:
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−	* [[Template:Unsigned\|Unsigned]] - if you forget to sign a comment on a talk page, use this to add a signature later on!

	* [[Template:C\|Colour text]] - this {{C\|red\|allows}} {{C\|blue\|you}} {{C\|green\|to}} colour your text different colours!		* [[Template:C\|Colour text]] - this {{C\|red\|allows}} {{C\|blue\|you}} {{C\|green\|to}} colour your text different colours!