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

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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

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

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