Help:Editing
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| + | This page is for helping you use the MediaWiki software and markup. The MediaWiki software is used on many other wikis as well, including Wikipedia. For guidelines that are specific to this wiki please see the [[Openmoko Wiki Editing Guidelines]]. | ||
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==About this Wiki software (MediaWiki) == | ==About this Wiki software (MediaWiki) == | ||
:[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_reference MediaWiki Wikitext Reference] | :[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_reference MediaWiki Wikitext Reference] | ||
:[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] | :[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] | ||
| + | ==Basic Editing== | ||
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:[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages Editing Pages] | :[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages Editing Pages] | ||
:[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#Text_formatting_markup Formatting] | :[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#Text_formatting_markup Formatting] | ||
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:[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories Categories] | :[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories Categories] | ||
| + | === Adding a new page === | ||
| + | To start a new page you can either create a link to it first on another page, like this: | ||
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| + | <nowiki>[[My new page]]</nowiki> | ||
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| + | then click the resulting link and start editing the new page, or you can add your new page name to the URL in your browser's address-bar, like this: | ||
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| + | <nowiki>http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/My_new_page</nowiki> | ||
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| + | and create the page first, before linking to it, or allow the wiki nannies to do the linking for you... they will see your page show up here: | ||
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| + | http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges | ||
==Advanced Editing== | ==Advanced Editing== | ||
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:[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Managing_files Managing Files] | :[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Managing_files Managing Files] | ||
:[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples Editing Examples] | :[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples Editing Examples] | ||
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==Detailed Editing Help== | ==Detailed Editing Help== | ||
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*[[OpenMoko Wiki Editing Guidelines]] | *[[OpenMoko Wiki Editing Guidelines]] | ||
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Reference_card WikiMedia One page summary of important editing commands] | *[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Reference_card WikiMedia One page summary of important editing commands] | ||
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents WikiMedia List of Help Guides] | *[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents WikiMedia List of Help Guides] | ||
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Editor_handbook WikiMedia Editor Handbook] | *[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Editor_handbook WikiMedia Editor Handbook] | ||
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing_FAQ WikiMedia Editing FAQ] | *[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing_FAQ WikiMedia Editing FAQ] | ||
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*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing MediaWiki Editing Help]. | *[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing MediaWiki Editing Help]. | ||
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{{Languages|Help:Editing}} | {{Languages|Help:Editing}} | ||
[[Category:Wiki Editing]] | [[Category:Wiki Editing]] | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 4 September 2008
This page is for helping you use the MediaWiki software and markup. The MediaWiki software is used on many other wikis as well, including Wikipedia. For guidelines that are specific to this wiki please see the Openmoko Wiki Editing Guidelines.
Contents |
About this Wiki software (MediaWiki)
Basic Editing
Adding a new page
To start a new page you can either create a link to it first on another page, like this:
[[My new page]]
then click the resulting link and start editing the new page, or you can add your new page name to the URL in your browser's address-bar, like this:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/My_new_page
and create the page first, before linking to it, or allow the wiki nannies to do the linking for you... they will see your page show up here:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges
Advanced Editing
Detailed Editing Help
- Starting a New Page
- Sections & Table of Contents
- Lists
- HTML
- Links
- URLs
- Categories
- Images & Uploads
- Tables
- Templates
- Redirects
- Magic Words
- Minor vs Major Edits
- Editing Conflicts
See also
- OpenMoko Wiki Editing Guidelines
- WikiMedia One page summary of important editing commands
- WikiMedia List of Help Guides
- WikiMedia Editor Handbook
- WikiMedia Editing FAQ
- MediaWiki Editing Help.
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