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==General== | ==General== | ||
To edit a page, click on the | To edit a page, click on the "'''edit'''" link at the top. | ||
After adding to or changing the wikitext it is useful to click on " | After adding to or changing the wikitext, it is useful to click on the "Show preview" button, which produces the corresponding webpage in your browser, but does not make it publicly available yet (not until you press the "Save page" button). Errors in formatting, links, tables, etc. are often much easier to discover from the rendered page than from the raw wikitext. | ||
If you are not satisfied you can make | If you are not satisfied, you can make additional changes and preview the page as many times as necessary. Then write a short edit summary in the small text field below the edit box and press "Save page" when finished. Depending on your browser, pressing the "Enter" key while the edit box is not active (i.e. there is no typing cursor in it) may have the same effect as pressing "Save page". | ||
==Dummy edit== | ===Minor edits=== | ||
[[File:Minor Edit.png|frame|The '''Minor Edit''' checkbox is found above the "Save page" button. Click the checkbox to mark the edit as minor.]] | |||
A '''minor edit''' is an edit that doesn't really change the content of a page, but rather, fixes small details or mistakes, and other such maintenance work. When editing a page, users have the option of marking the edit as minor. To do so, simply click the checkbox above the "Save page" button (as pictured) prior to saving the page. An "<span class=explain style=color:inherit title="This is a minor edit">'''m'''</span>" will then be displayed alongside the edit on the [[Special:Recentchanges|list of recent changes]], the page's history, watchlists, and the user's list of contributions, thus indicating that the edit was minor. This feature is important, because users can choose to hide minor edits in their view of the recent changes to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level. | |||
Edits that can be marked as minor include: | |||
*Correcting coding errors | |||
*Fixing spelling or grammar mistakes (however, please note that American spellings should not be changed to British spellings) | |||
*Fixing typos and misinformation (unless this involves significant rewriting) | |||
*Adding or modifying {{tem|aboutfile}} | |||
*Adding, exchanging or removing [[MarioWiki:Navigation templates|navigation templates]] or [[MarioWiki:Categories|categories]] | |||
*Exchanging an image that is [[:Category:To be deleted|pending deletion]] for the replacement image (i.e. a blurry JPEG being replaced by a crisp PNG) | |||
*Maintenance work done on large amounts of pages at a time, creating floods of edits (usually, this involves one or more of the above types of edits to begin with) | |||
Edits that should '''not''' be marked as minor include: | |||
*Removing, changing or adding to the written content of an article, including image captions or any other text besides the main body paragraphs | |||
*Incorporating Trivia and other maintenance work that involves rewriting parts of a page | |||
*Conducting a substantial amount of maintenance work on any given page (i.e. adding or reorganizing many templates or categories, fixing numerous grammar errors, etc.) | |||
*Adding or removing tables or infoboxes | |||
*Adding an image to or removing an image from an article, or replacing an image with a completely different image | |||
*Adding a gallery to an article or moving a preexisting gallery to a subpage | |||
*Adding a comment to a talk page attached to an article | |||
Please note that neither of these lists are exhaustive, with common sense being the best tool in determining whether an edit is minor or not, and when in doubt, simply do not mark an edit as minor. Remember that different users have slightly different takes on what "minor" entails, and so some may be quick to mark their edits as minor, while others may be quite hesitant to mark any of their edits. However, if a user fails to mark ''large amounts'' of edits as minor, or often marks substantial mainspace edits as "minor", they are committing a [[MarioWiki:Warning policy#Level One Offenses|level one offense]], and a {{tem|reminder}} may be issued to inform them of the problem. When doing so, keep in mind that the user may not have been aware they were breaking any rules, so be sure to explain the policy and possibly even link here for further reference. | |||
===Dummy edit=== | |||
If the wikitext is not changed no edit will be recorded and the edit summary is discarded. | If the wikitext is not changed no edit will be recorded and the edit summary is discarded. | ||
A dummy edit is a change in wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page. This allows an edit summary, and is useful for correcting a previous edit summary, or an accidental marking of a previous edit as "minor" (see below). Also it is sometimes needed to refresh the cache of some item in the database. | A dummy edit is a change in wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page. This allows an edit summary, and is useful for correcting a previous edit summary, or an accidental marking of a previous edit as "minor" (see below). Also it is sometimes needed to refresh the cache of some item in the database. | ||
== | ===Edit summaries=== | ||
When editing a page, a | '''Edit summaries''' are short descriptions of changes that have been made to a page. These notes appear next to edits on page histories, watchlists and [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]], allowing other users to know exactly what changes were made to the page and making it easier to track these changes. When editing a page, the user can write a description of the changes on the "Summary" text field that is located under the edit area. Users should always try to submit accurate, straightforward and informative edit summaries, and when undoing an edit, edit summaries should be used to explain why it was undone, so as to avoid confusion. | ||
===Page protection=== | |||
In a few cases the link labeled "edit" is replaced by the text "view source" (or equivalents in the language of the project). In that case the page can not be edited. | |||
==The wiki markup== | ==The wiki markup== | ||
In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column. | In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column. | ||
You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[Sandbox]]. | You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[MarioWiki:Sandbox|sandbox]]. | ||
===Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines=== | ===Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines=== | ||
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<th width="45%">What you type</th> | <th width="45%">What you type</th> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"><td>Sue is reading [[ | <tr valign="top"><td>Sue is reading [[Mario]]. | ||
*First letter of target is automatically capitalized. | *First letter of target is automatically capitalized. | ||
*Internally spaces are automatically represented as underscores (typing an underscore has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended). | *Internally spaces are automatically represented as underscores (typing an underscore has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended). | ||
Thus the link above is to <nowiki>http://www.mariowiki.com/ | Thus the link above is to <nowiki>http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario</nowiki>, which is the page with the name "Mario". | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
<td><pre><nowiki>Sue is reading [[ | <td><pre><nowiki>Sue is reading [[Mario]].</nowiki></pre> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr><td> | <tr><td> | ||
Link to a section on a page, e.g. | Link to a section on a page, e.g. | ||
[[ | [[List of White Knuckle Scorin' quotes#Bowser]]; when section editing does not work the link is treated as link to the page, i.e. to the top; this applies for: | ||
*links to non-existent sections | *links to non-existent sections | ||
*links in redirects | *links in redirects | ||
*interwiki links</td><td> | *interwiki links</td><td> | ||
<pre><nowiki>[[ | <pre><nowiki>[[List of White Knuckle Scorin' quotes#Bowser]].</nowiki></pre></td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"><td>Link target and link label are different: [[Help:Contents|help]]. | <tr valign="top"><td>Link target and link label are different: [[Help:Contents|help]]. | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>Endings are blended into the link: [[ | <td>Endings are blended into the link: [[Goomba]]s</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
<pre><nowiki>Endings are blended | <pre><nowiki>Endings are blended | ||
into the link: [[ | into the link: [[Goomba]]s,</nowiki></pre> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<tr> | <tr> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to: [[: | Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to: [[:File:Mariojumpingimage.png]] | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
<td><pre><nowiki> | <td><pre><nowiki> | ||
[[: | [[:File:Mariojumpingimage.png]] | ||
</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
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*<nowiki><includeonly> and </includeonly> does the exact opposite. Text between the tags will only be seen when the template is used, not on the template page itself.</nowiki> | *<nowiki><includeonly> and </includeonly> does the exact opposite. Text between the tags will only be seen when the template is used, not on the template page itself.</nowiki> | ||
{{Wikipolicy}} | |||
[[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
{{Shortcut|MW:EDIT|MW:SYNTAX}} | {{Shortcut|MW:EDIT|MW:SYNTAX}} | ||