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Madeline F at 08:10, 26 September 2009

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	You sign comments by using two dashes - and then four tildes ~. (The four tildes are the signature part; the two dashes are just style.) Before you publish, the signature looks like <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>. After you publish, the signature will look something like --[[User:Madeline F\|Madeline F]] 21:47, 10 May 2007 (PDT), except with your login info. The "signature" button is second from the right in the line of tiny buttons above the edit box.		You sign comments by using two dashes - and then four tildes ~. (The four tildes are the signature part; the two dashes are just style.) Before you publish, the signature looks like <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>. After you publish, the signature will look something like --[[User:Madeline F\|Madeline F]] 21:47, 10 May 2007 (PDT), except with your login info. The "signature" button is second from the right in the line of tiny buttons above the edit box.

			===Indenting followup comments===

			You can make your comments in a thread look snazzy by indenting each step in the thread. Put one colon (these things : ) in front of the text to indent the whole textblock one step. Two colons, ::, indents the textblock two steps, etc.

	==Style==		==Style==
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	You are releasing your entry free into the world! If you do not trust the rest of the FSFwiki users to treat it well and love it as dearly as you do, then you should instead put it on your blog and add a link to it. For more on this, see [[FSFwiki:Ownership_of_articles]].		You are releasing your entry free into the world! If you do not trust the rest of the FSFwiki users to treat it well and love it as dearly as you do, then you should instead put it on your blog and add a link to it. For more on this, see [[FSFwiki:Ownership_of_articles]].


	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
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	Typing <nowiki>{{endspoiler}}</nowiki> will indicate that the spoiler section has ended.		Typing <nowiki>{{endspoiler}}</nowiki> will indicate that the spoiler section has ended.

	Typing ISBN (all caps!) followed by some ISBN number ~~(it pains me to be redundant about the number thing there)~~ will create a link to possible places to get that book. Like, <nowiki>ISBN 0-486-40648-2</nowiki> makes this link, ISBN 0-486-40648-2, for the Dover Thrift Edition of Jane Austen's ''Emma''.		Typing ISBN (all caps!), followed by some ISBN number, will create a link to possible places to get that book. Like, <nowiki>ISBN 0-486-40648-2</nowiki> makes this link, ISBN 0-486-40648-2, for the Dover Thrift Edition of Jane Austen's ''Emma''.

	There are more boilerplate text examples at [[Help:QuickCheatSheet]], and more "magic word" examples at [[FSFwiki:Magic_words]].		There are more boilerplate text examples at [[Help:QuickCheatSheet]], and more "magic word" examples at [[FSFwiki:Magic_words]].

Lquilter: sort

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sort

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	[[Category:FSFwiki help]]		[[Category:FSFwiki help\|{{PAGENAME}}]]
			[[category:FSFwiki admin index\|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Glory: /* How do I create a new entry? */

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How do I create a new entry?

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	Don't worry too much about the page title. If it isn't perfect, it can be moved later on. A number of people at the FSFwiki watch for new changes and "clean up" mistakes and standardize things.		Don't worry too much about the page title. If it isn't perfect, it can be moved later on. A number of people at the FSFwiki watch for new changes and "clean up" mistakes and standardize things.

			A third way to make a new page is to use the search feature. Just type the name of the page you want into the search bar. This will say "There is no page titled '''"Page name here"'''. You can create this page." Create this page will be a link to the edit page of you title. This more complicated but has the advantage of checking that the page doesn't exist already.

	==What's up with talk pages?==		==What's up with talk pages?==

Ide Cyan: /* Capitalisation of categories */

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Capitalisation of categories

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	;Examples of categories where only the first word begins with a capital letter:		;Examples of categories where only the first word begins with a capital letter:
	:[[:Category:Women writers ~~using~~ neuter names]]		:[[:Category:Women writers adopting neuter names]]
	:[[:Category:Buffy episodes]]		:[[:Category:Buffy episodes]]
	:[[:Category:Novels]]		:[[:Category:Novels]]

Ide Cyan: /* Categorizing your entry */

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Categorizing your entry

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	Just make a normal internal link to the category, like <nowiki>[[Category:FSFwiki help]]</nowiki>.		Just make a normal internal link to the category, like <nowiki>[[Category:FSFwiki help]]</nowiki>.

			=== Capitalisation of categories ===
			Please only capitalise the first letter of the first word in a category name, unless more than one word in that name refers to the title of a work or the name of an event, in which case those words can also begin by capitals. Here are a few examples:

			;Examples of categories where only the first word begins with a capital letter:
			:[[:Category:Women writers using neuter names]]
			:[[:Category:Buffy episodes]]
			:[[:Category:Novels]]
			:[[:Category:Works featuring vampires]]

			;Examples of categories containing more than one word beginning with a capital letter:
			:[[:Category:Star Wars]]
			:[[:Category:Blood Ties episodes]]
			:[[:Category:Doctor Who serials]]

			;Special cases
			:The categories that begin with a number do not require a capitalised word after this numer. Examples:
			:[[:Category:1976 publications]]
			:[[:Category:1981 births]]
			:[[:Category:1987 establishments]]


	[[Category:FSFwiki help]]		[[Category:FSFwiki help]]

Lquilter: /* How do I create a new entry? */ more

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How do I create a new entry?: more

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	Then you add the title you want after the equals sign. Such a link wil take you to a page that says "There is currently no text in this page", which contains a further link to where you can edit the page and add your info.		Then you add the title you want after the equals sign. Such a link wil take you to a page that says "There is currently no text in this page", which contains a further link to where you can edit the page and add your info.

	Another way to get to the address page of the entry you want is to make a internal link to it from another wiki page, and then click that link.		Another way to get to the address page of the entry you want is to make a internal link to it from another wiki page, and then click that link. To do this, simply click "edit" at the top of the page that will link to it, and add the title of the page within square brackets, like this:
			::: '''<nowiki>[[Book swap of women writers]]</nowiki>'''
			then click "Save page" at the bottom of the page. You will now see that "Book swap of women writers" is a red link, and if you click on it, it will automatically open up a new blank page.

			Don't worry too much about the page title. If it isn't perfect, it can be moved later on. A number of people at the FSFwiki watch for new changes and "clean up" mistakes and standardize things.

	==What's up with talk pages?==		==What's up with talk pages?==

Madeline F at 05:10, 11 May 2007

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	Editing a wiki can be daunting: it involves learning an entirely new formatting language, and fitting in with a new culture. Fortunately, the FSFwiki is welcoming and generous about correcting faults. Here are the syntax and style aids I have discovered so far, which should be enough to get you started. An excellent place to look for more helpful articles is the [[~~:category~~:Category:FSFwiki_help]]. Note that many of the basic syntax functions can be found as shortcuts in the tiny square buttons above the editing box. Hovering over the buttons gives you their names.		Editing a wiki can be daunting: it involves learning an entirely new formatting language, and fitting in with a new culture. Fortunately, the FSFwiki is welcoming and generous about correcting faults. Here are the syntax and style aids I have discovered so far, which should be enough to get you started. An excellent place to look for more helpful articles is the [[:Category:FSFwiki_help]]. Note that many of the basic syntax functions can be found as shortcuts in the tiny square buttons above the editing box. Hovering over the buttons gives you their names.

Madeline F at 05:09, 11 May 2007

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	Editing a wiki can be daunting: it involves learning an entirely new formatting language, and fitting in with a new culture. Fortunately, the FSFwiki is welcoming and generous about correcting faults. Here are the syntax and style aids I have discovered so far, which should be enough to get you started. An excellent place to look for more helpful articles is the [[Category:FSFwiki_help]]. Note that many of the basic syntax functions can be found as shortcuts in the tiny square buttons above the editing box. Hovering over the buttons gives you their names.		Editing a wiki can be daunting: it involves learning an entirely new formatting language, and fitting in with a new culture. Fortunately, the FSFwiki is welcoming and generous about correcting faults. Here are the syntax and style aids I have discovered so far, which should be enough to get you started. An excellent place to look for more helpful articles is the [[:category:Category:FSFwiki_help]]. Note that many of the basic syntax functions can be found as shortcuts in the tiny square buttons above the editing box. Hovering over the buttons gives you their names.

Madeline F at 05:01, 11 May 2007

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	===Italics and bold===		===Italics and bold===

	To italicize something, you surround it with two single apostrophes, like <nowiki>''The Left Hand of Darkness''</nowiki>. To make something bolded, you surround it with three single apostrophes, like <nowiki>'''rocks'''</nowiki>. The first two tiny square buttons above the editing entry box remind you of this.		To italicize something, you surround it with two single apostrophes ', like <nowiki>''The Left Hand of Darkness''</nowiki> ''The Left Hand of Darkness''. To make something bolded, you surround it with three single apostrophes, like <nowiki>'''rocks'''</nowiki> '''rocks'''. The first two tiny square buttons above the editing entry box remind you of this.

	===Links===		===Links===

	To make an internal link, you surround the title of a new page with two square brackets, like <nowiki>[[manxome foe]]</nowiki>. This is the third tiny square button from the left.		To make an internal link, you surround the title of a new page with two square brackets [ and ], like <nowiki>[[manxome foe]]</nowiki>. This is the third tiny square button from the left.

	To make an internal link that links words which are not the title of the entry, you surround the whole thing with two square brackets, put the title on the left and the words you want to link on the right, and put a pipe symbol ~~(the straight up and down line)~~ between them, like <nowiki>[[manxome foe\|enemies without tails who may have genetic spinal deformities]]</nowiki>.		To make an internal link that links words which are not the title of the entry, you surround the whole thing with two square brackets, put the title on the left and the words you want to link on the right, and put a pipe symbol \| between them, like <nowiki>[[manxome foe\|enemies without tails who may have genetic spinal deformities]]</nowiki>.

	To make an external link, you surround the whole thing with one square bracket, put the full address of the external link on the left and the words you want to link on the right, and put a space between them, like <nowiki>[http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html Jabberwocky]</nowiki> If you don't want to link words, you can just toss the whole link in there raw and it will connect itself.		To make an external link, you surround the whole thing with one square bracket, put the full address of the external link on the left and the words you want to link on the right, and put a space between them, like <nowiki>[http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html Jabberwocky]</nowiki> If you don't want to link words, you can just toss the whole link in there raw and it will connect itself.

Madeline F at 04:57, 11 May 2007

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	Creating a new entry is baroque. There is no button or link for it: you have to enter the address for the new page into your browser's address bar. This is the first part of every FSFwiki entry address:		Creating a new entry is baroque. There is no button or link for it: you have to enter the address for the new page into your browser's address bar. This is the first part of every FSFwiki entry address:
	http://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=		http://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=
	Then you add the title you want after the equals sign.		Then you add the title you want after the equals sign. Such a link wil take you to a page that says "There is currently no text in this page", which contains a further link to where you can edit the page and add your info.

	~~This takes you~~ to a page ~~that says "There~~ is ~~currently no text in this page" and there's~~ a link ~~where you can edit the~~ page and ~~add your info~~.		Another way to get to the address page of the entry you want is to make a internal link to it from another wiki page, and then click that link.

	~~Another way to get to the address page of the entry you want is to make a internal link to it from another wiki page, and then click that link.~~

	==What's up with talk pages?==		==What's up with talk pages?==

	Talk/discussion pages are edited just like normal wiki pages. The difference is that they're connected to the page that spawned them, and that generally on them you're expected to make comments from your point of view and sign your comments. You sign comments by using two dashes - and then four tildes ~. (The four tildes are the signature part; the two dashes are just style.) Before you publish, the signature looks like <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>. After you publish, the signature will look something like --[[User:Madeline F\|Madeline F]] 21:47, 10 May 2007 (PDT), except with your login info. The "signature" button is second from the right in the line of tiny buttons above the edit box.		Talk/discussion pages are edited just like normal wiki pages. The difference is that they're connected to the page that spawned them, and that generally on them you're expected to make comments from your point of view and sign your comments.

			===Signing comments===

			You sign comments by using two dashes - and then four tildes ~. (The four tildes are the signature part; the two dashes are just style.) Before you publish, the signature looks like <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>. After you publish, the signature will look something like --[[User:Madeline F\|Madeline F]] 21:47, 10 May 2007 (PDT), except with your login info. The "signature" button is second from the right in the line of tiny buttons above the edit box.


	==Style==		==Style==
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	You are releasing your entry free into the world! If you do not trust the rest of the FSFwiki users to treat it well and love it as dearly as you do, then you should instead put it on your blog and add a link to it. For more on this, see [[FSFwiki:Ownership_of_articles]].		You are releasing your entry free into the world! If you do not trust the rest of the FSFwiki users to treat it well and love it as dearly as you do, then you should instead put it on your blog and add a link to it. For more on this, see [[FSFwiki:Ownership_of_articles]].


	==Syntax==		==Syntax==