Help:Tutorial
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Welcome to MYSTlore!
Before you start editing, there are some things you should know about Wikitext (Wikipedia). This tutorial will teach you the basics of what you need to know to become a MYSTlore editor.
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[edit] Editing
To begin editing, click the edit button at the top of the page. To edit a single section of an article, click the word "edit" next to the section's header. You do not have to be logged in to edit, but logging in helps other editors know who did what.
The "Show preview" button is useful for seeing how the page looks with all the formatting applied, before you save the page. If you don't like how something looks, edit and click "Show preview" again. You can summarize your changes in the summary box so other editors know why you changed what you did, unless it's obvious.
Minor edits are edits that no one could argue with, like fixing typos or adding links to other pages. If you make a minor edit, check the box next to the words "This is a minor edit".
[edit] Formatting
| You type | You get | |
| Basic formatting | ||
| <tt>monospaced</tt> | monospaced | |
| <nowiki>[[x]] '''y''' ~~~</nowiki> | [[x]] '''y''' ~~~ | |
| ''italic'' | italic | |
| '''bold''' | bold | |
| '''''bold italic''''' | bold italic | |
| <font color="green">color</font> | color | |
| <small>small</small> | small | |
| <big>big</big> | big | |
| <sub>subscript</sub> | subscript | |
| <sup>superscript</sup> | superscript | |
| <u>underline</u> | underline | |
| <s>strikethrough</s> | ||
| [[internal link]] | internal link | |
| [[internal link|display text]] | display text | |
| [http://www.mystonline.com/] | [1] | |
| [http://www.mystonline.com/ display text] | display text | |
| http://www.mystonline.com/ | http://www.mystonline.com/ | |
| ~~~ | Your username | |
| ~~~~ | Your username 12:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC) | |
| Headers | ||
| ==Level 1== ===Level 2=== | Level 1
Level 2 | |
| Bulleted lists | ||
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*One |
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| Numbered lists | ||
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#One |
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| Indentation | ||
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:One |
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[edit] Formatting conventions
The first time a subject is mentioned in its article, it should be in bold. Alternate spellings and names for the subject are also in bold if they are near the beginning. After that, formatting is like normal text.
[edit] Categories
To put a page into a category, type the name of the category into the category box. Multiple categories are separated by semicolons. Check to see if there is already a category for what you want before making a new one. Category pages sort their pages alphabetically. If you want the page to be in its alphabetical place, like for book titles starting with "The", type [[Category:Category name|What the page should be sorted under]] at the bottom of the edit box.
If you want to link to a category (like this), but you don't necessarily want the page in that category, type a colon (:) before the word "Category" ([[:Category:Ages|like this]]).
[edit] Images
To include an image in an article, type [[Image:Image name]] where you want it to go. If you want a thumbnail of it, type [[Image:Image name|thumb|left or right|optional caption]], where "left" and "right" are for alignment on the page. Right is used more often.
If you want to link to an image (like this) but you don't want the image itself to appear, type a colon (:) before the word "Image" ([[:Image:Atrus1.JPG|like this]]).
[edit] References
When you are unsure of a statement, you can type {{cite}} or {{verify}} after the statement; for more information, see MYSTlore:Citations and MYSTlore:Verifications.
If you have a reference, type it in <ref> tags, like this[1]. Then, at the bottom of the page, make sure there is the {{references}} template.
[edit] Appearances
There is another kind of references section: the list of what games and books the article's subject appears in. Appearances are when it is actually in the action; references are when it is mentioned. There are different ways of formatting this.
| Appearances or references | Type | |
| Appearances only | Featured | |
| References only | References | |
| Appearances and references | Appearances
Featured | |
Put the games and books in a bulleted list (with *). For notes about where they appear, use indentation (:). An example of this is at Yeesha#Appearances.
[edit] Talk pages
If you want to edit the page but are not sure of something, or you are proposing a major change, use the talk page. You find it by clicking "discussion" at the top of the page. When you add your comment, sign it by typing ~~~~. When you answer someone else's comment, indent it one more time than the previous person.
This is an example. Gorobay 21:23, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
- This is an anonymous response. 87.202.113.236 21:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
- This is an unsigned comment. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gorobay (talk • contribs) 19:03, 20 January 2008 (UTC). Please sign your comments!
This comment has a new subject. 85.74.84.84 23:00, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] D'ni-related tags
As a Myst wiki, MYSTlore has customized tags for D'ni things. For writing in D'ni, use <d'ni> for text and <d'ninum> for numbers. For writing years and dates, see MYSTlore:Date input.
[edit] Templates
Templates are used instead of typing the same thing over and over again. To use a template type {{template name}}. Most templates have parameters. To fill them, you type what goes in those parameters after a pipe (|). Some parameters are numbered, and in that case you just put the parameter's content after the pipe; but for named parameters, type the name followed by an equals sign (=), then the parameter's content. An example of a template with named parameters is {{age}}.
Other common templates are {{OOC-page}}, {{journal}}, {{transcript}}, {{quote}}, {{Uru Live location}}, {{plant}}, and {{creature}}.
References
- ↑ This is a reference. Click the up arrow to go back.
