Help:Editing
Here you find some links to information about editing pages on this site.
Trying to discover how References are made
- Making the References section Templates for this. I think this template needs working on the Wiki software. "This template encapsulates the tag to show the list of references defined by [1] tags, with some formatting. It reduces the font size and has options for columns and groups. References can be defined within the body of the article or within the reference list. The [2] and
tags are part of the Cite.php MediaWiki extension."
- There's also still this Help:Link page that explains about making links. --John Eagles 02:18, 29 December 2011 (PST)
Specific editing help pages
- WikiMedia Reference Card A one page summary of important MediaWiki editing commands, intended to be printed out and used next to the computer. - MediaWiki
- Help:Editing MediaWiki - The most common editing functions
- Help:Advanced editing MediaWiki - Making your page look the way you want, organizing your writing — sections, paragraphs, lists and lines, links, text formatting, special characters, etc.
- How to edit a page MediaWiki - Minor and major edits, links, URLs, images, character - and limited formatting, table of contents, variables, templates
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking
- Wikipedia:Moving a page Wikipedia - Also for changing the name of a page
- Customize page layout MediaWiki
- Help:List For example: Multi-column bulleted list - MediaWiki
Categories
- Help:Category MediaWiki
- I added categories to a few pages, for example this one Alder
Images
- Help:Images and other uploaded files MediaWiki
- Help:Image page MediaWiki
Tables
- Help:Table MediaWiki
Manuals
- All help pages in the Wikimedia: Category:Editor handbook MediaWiki
- You can also use the Wikimedia User's Guide MediaWiki
Trying out things
- If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the Wikimedia Meta:Sandbox MediaWiki
Install enhanced WikiMedia edit toolbar
This is copied from a letter sent to me by Charles. I installed this toolbar both in Wikimedia and ERW. --John Eagles 22:35, 4 January 2012 (PST)
I was able to install Wiki-Tweak, an enhanced edit tool bar that has quite a few handy functions including reference codes, tables, lists, images, media etc.
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I installed it locally as an add-on to my FireFox browser. I could install it system wide or, you can install it on your local computer if you think it would be useful. You have to use FireFox and download the add-on from the FireFox add on page.
You have to create a JavaScript page under your user preferences for it to work, but it's a snap.
For more information on the add-on, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cacycle/wikEd_installation#On-wiki_installation_code
Instructions
Complete version
This is the real installation code that works for all MediaWiki installations:
1. Log in under your username 2. If you are on the English Wikipedia click the following link to edit your User:YourUsername/monobook.js page (where YourUsername is your wiki username): Special:Mypage/monobook.js, otherwise open the respective User:YourUsername/monobook.js page (where YourUsername is your wiki username) by hand 3. If you are not using the default skin Monobook (see your preferences) then you have to replace monobook.js in the page name by the used skin, e.g. User:YourUsername/cologneblue.js for the Cologne Blue skin (see Wikipedia:Monobook for details) 4. Add the following code to that edit page:
// install Wikipedia:User:Cacycle/wikEd in-browser text editor importScriptURI('http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd.js' + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');
If there is already code on your User:YourUsername/monobook.js page, please make sure not to paste the installation code between /*...*/ tags.
5. Save the page 6. Refresh your browser's cache: hold down Shift while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R) 7. The wikEd logo should now be displayed on top of every page next to the log out link