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− | == Editing basics == | + | {| style="margin:0 0 0 0; background:none;" |
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| + | {| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#faf5ff; color:#000; width:100%" |
| + | |<h2 style="margin:0; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">Editing basics</h2> |
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| ;Start editing | | ;Start editing |
| :To start editing a page, click the '''Edit this page''' (or just '''edit''') link at one of its edges. This brings you to the '''edit page''': a page with a text box containing the ''wikitext'': the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage. ''If you just want to experiment, please do so in the [[LGPedia:Sandbox|sandbox]], not here''. | | :To start editing a page, click the '''Edit this page''' (or just '''edit''') link at one of its edges. This brings you to the '''edit page''': a page with a text box containing the ''wikitext'': the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage. ''If you just want to experiment, please do so in the [[LGPedia:Sandbox|sandbox]], not here''. |
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| :Write a short [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes. | | :Write a short [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes. |
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− | ;Preview before saving | + | ;[[Help:Show preview|Preview before saving]] |
| :When you have finished, click '''Show preview''' to see how your changes will look -- '''before''' you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click '''Save page''' and your changes will be immediately applied to the article. | | :When you have finished, click '''Show preview''' to see how your changes will look -- '''before''' you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click '''Save page''' and your changes will be immediately applied to the article. |
− | <br><br><u style="display:none;"> [Cliki was the first wiki variant to introduce so called \"free links\", using this as an alternative to the much-criticized CamelCase.
Cliki was the first wiki variant to introduce so called \"free links\", using this as an alternative to the much criticized CamelCase]
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− | [http://refinance-home-mortgage-44.korzhik.org/ ]
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− | ==Most frequent wiki markup explained==
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− | !width="1000" style="background:#FFFF99"|What it looks like
| + | |<h2 style="margin:0; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">Further reading</h2> |
− | !width="500" style="background:#FFFF99"|What you type
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− | You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
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− | apostrophes on each side.
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− | 3 apostrophes will bold '''the text'''.
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− | 5 apostrophes will bold and italicize
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− | '''''the text'''''.
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− | (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just ''''one left over''''.)
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− | You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
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− | apostrophes on each side.
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− | 3 apostrophes will bold '''the text'''.
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− | 5 apostrophes will bold and italicize
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− | '''''the text'''''.
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− | (4 apostrophes don't do anything
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− | special -- there's just ''''one left
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− | over''''.)
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− | | | + | |[[Help:Edit summary]] |
− | You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: <br>
| + | |align="right"|How to write edit summaries |
− | - Three tildes gives your user name: [[User:Dharmabum420|Dharmabum420]] <br>
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− | - Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:Dharmabum420|Dharmabum420]] 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br>
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− | - Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br>
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− | You should "sign" your comments
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− | on talk pages: <br>
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− | - Three tildes gives your user
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− | name: ~~~ <br>
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− | - Four tildes give your user
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− | name plus date/time: ~~~~ <br>
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− | - Five tildes gives the
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− | date/time alone: ~~~~~ <br>
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− | | | + | |[[Help:Footnotes]] |
− | <div style="font-size:150%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">Section headings</div>
| + | |align="right"|How to create automatic footnotes |
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− | ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
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− | The Wiki software can automatically generate
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− | a table of contents from them.
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− | <div style="font-size:132%;font-weight:bold;">Subsection</div>
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− | Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
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− | <div style="font-size:116%;font-weight:bold;">A smaller subsection</div>
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− | Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.
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− | Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title.
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− | == Section headings ==
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− | ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
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− | The Wiki software can automatically generate
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− | a table of contents from them.
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− | === Subsection ===
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− | Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
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− | ==== A smaller subsection ====
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− | Don't skip levels,
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− | like from two to four equals signs.
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− | Start with 2 equals signs not 1
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− | because 1 creates H1 tags
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− | which should be reserved for page title.
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− | </pre>
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− | * ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
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− | ** Start every line with a star.
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− | *** More stars indicate a deeper level.
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− | *: Previous item continues.
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− | ** A newline
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− | * in a list
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− | marks the end of the list.
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− | *Of course you can start again.
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− | |<pre>
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− | * ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
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− | ** Start every line with a star.
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− | *** More stars indicate a deeper level.
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− | *: Previous item continues.
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− | ** A new line
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− | * in a list
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− | marks the end of the list.
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− | * Of course you can start again.
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− | | | + | |[[Help:Markup]] |
− | # ''Numbered lists'' are:
| + | |align="right"|Common wiki-markup quick reference |
− | ## Very organized
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− | ## Easy to follow
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− | A new line marks the end of the list.
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− | # New numbering starts with 1.
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− | # ''Numbered lists'' are:
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− | ## Very organized
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− | ## Easy to follow
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− | A new line marks the end of the list.
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− | # New numbering starts with 1.
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− | | | + | |[[Help:Show preview]] |
− | Here's a link to a page named [[Daniel]].
| + | |align="right"|Click this...for all our sakes |
− | You can even say [[Daniel]]s
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− | and the link will show up correctly.
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− | Here's a link to a page named
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− | [[Daniel]].
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− | You can even say
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− | [[Daniel]]s
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− | and the link will show up
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− | | | + | |[[LGPedia:Templates]] |
− | [[The weather in Moscow]] is a page that doesn't exist | + | |align="right"|List of available templates |
− | yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
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− | |<pre> | + | |[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia's help] |
− | [[The weather in Moscow]] is | + | |align="right"|Most viewed wiki-help on the planet |
− | a page that doesn't exist
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− | yet. You could create it by
| + | |[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki's help] |
− | clicking on the link.
| + | |align="right"|MediaWiki software manual |
− | </pre>
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− | | | + | |[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editor Meta Wiki Editor Section] |
− | You can link to a page section by its title:
| + | |align="right"|Less pretty, but most complete |
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− | *[[First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails#Transcript]].
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− | If multiple sections have the same title, add
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− | a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
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− | third section named "Example section".
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− | |<pre> | + | |
− | You can link to a page section by its title:
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− | *[[First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails#Transcript]].
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− | If multiple sections have the same title, add
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− | a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
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− | third section named "Example section".
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− | </pre>
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− | == Section headings == | + | | style="border:1px solid transparent;" | |
− | | + | <!-- #################################### LOWER RIGHT BLOCK #################################### --> |
− | ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
| + | | style="width:50%; border:1px solid #ddcef2; background:#faf5ff; vertical-align:top; color:#000;"| |
− | The Wiki software can automatically generate
| + | {| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#faf5ff; color:#000; width:100%" |
− | a table of contents from them.
| + | |<h2 style="margin:0; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">References</h2> |
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− | === Subsection ===
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− | Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
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− | ==== A smaller subsection ====
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− | | + | |
− | Don't skip levels,
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− | like from two to four equals signs.
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− | | + | |
− | Start with 2 equals signs not 1
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− | because 1 creates H1 tags
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− | which should be reserved for page title.
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− | </pre> | + | |
− | |- id="lists" | + | |
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− | * ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
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− | ** Start every line with a star.
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− | *** More stars indicate a deeper level.
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− | *: Previous item continues.
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− | ** A newline
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− | * in a list
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− | marks the end of the list.
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− | *Of course you can start again.
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− | |<pre> | + | |
− | * ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
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− | ** Start every line with a star.
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− | *** More stars indicate a deeper level.
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− | *: Previous item continues.
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− | ** A new line
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− | * in a list
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− | marks the end of the list.
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− | * Of course you can start again.
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− | </pre> | + | |
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− | | | + | |Providing references to facts in your articles is an important part of being a thorough editor. On LGPedia you can use Cite.php to easily and consistently document your references in an organized way. See [[Help:Footnotes]] for more information. |
− | # ''Numbered lists'' are:
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− | ## Very organized
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− | ## Easy to follow
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− | A new line marks the end of the list.
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− | # New numbering starts with 1.
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− | |<pre>
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− | # ''Numbered lists'' are:
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− | ## Very organized
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− | ## Easy to follow
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− | A new line marks the end of the list.
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− | # New numbering starts with 1.
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− | </pre>
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− | | | + | |<h2 style="margin:0; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">I need more help!</h2> |
− | Here's a link to a page named [[Daniel]].
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− | You can even say [[Daniel]]s
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− | and the link will show up correctly.
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− | |<pre>
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− | Here's a link to a page named
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− | [[Daniel]].
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− | You can even say
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− | [[Daniel]]s
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− | and the link will show up
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− | correctly.
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− | </pre> | + | |
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− | | | + | |For other questions, feel free to leave a question on the talk page of one of the admins of the LGPedia: |
− | [[The weather in Moscow]] is a page that doesn't exist
| + | <center>[[User_talk:FH14|FH14]]{{·}} [[User_talk:Zoey|Zoey]]{{·}} [[User_talk:Jonpro|Jonpro]]{{·}} [[User_talk:Phoenician|Phoenician]]</center> |
− | yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
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− | |<pre>
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− | [[The weather in Moscow]] is
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− | a page that doesn't exist
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− | yet. You could create it by
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− | clicking on the link.
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− | </pre> | + | |
− | |-
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− | You can link to a page section by its title:
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− | *[[First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails#Transcript]].
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− | If multiple sections have the same title, add
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− | a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
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− | third section named "Example section".
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− | |<pre> | + | |
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− | You can link to a page section by its title:
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− | *[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
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− | If multiple sections have the same title, add
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− | a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
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− | third section named "Example section".
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− | |<pre> | + | |
− | You can link to a page
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− | section by its title:
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− | | + | |
− | *[[List of cities by
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− | country#Morocco]].
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− | If multiple sections have
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− | the same title, add
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− | a number.
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− | [[#Example section 3]] goes | + | |
− | to the
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− | third section named
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− | "Example section".
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− | ==References==
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− | Providing references to facts in your articles is an important part of being a thorough editor. On LGPedia you can use Cite.php to easily and consistently document your references in an organized way. See [[Help:Footnotes]] for more information.
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