Help:Editing: Difference between revisions

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On a wiki, it is customary to allow readers to edit content and structure. This is a brief overview of the editing process.

Editing basics

Review policy and conventions

Make sure that you submit information which is relevant to the weapons theme of the wiki, or your content might be deleted. You can always use the talk pages to ask questions or check to see if your idea will be accepted.

Start editing

To start editing a page, click the Edit link. This brings you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the wikitext - the editable code from which the server produces the finished page. If you just want to experiment, please do so in a sandbox page (you can make one under your user namespace, such as [[user:yournamehere/sandbox), not here.

Type your changes

You can just type your text. However, also using basic wiki markup (examples of which can be found below) adds to the value of your contribution.

Summarize your changes

Write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in Wikipedia's edit summary legend.

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.

Dummy edit and null edit

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, such as changing the number of newlines at some position from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 or conversely (changing from 1 to 2 makes a difference, see below). 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).

To refresh the cache of some item in the database a lesser kind of dummy edit, called a null edit, may be sufficient: one that does not cause any change in the wikitext, and no entry in the history, in Recent Changes, etc.: this can be done by opening the edit window and saving; a section edit is sufficient.

Minor edits

When editing a page, a logged-in user has the option of flagging the edit as a "minor edit". This feature is important, because users can choose to hide minor edits in their view of the Recent Changes page, to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level.

Deciding when to use this feature is a matter of personal preference. The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that consists of spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a "minor edit". A major edit is basically something that makes the entry worth revisiting for somebody who wants to watch the article rather closely. So any "real" change, even if it is a single word, should be flagged as a "major edit".

The reason for not allowing a user who is not logged in to mark an edit as minor is that vandalism could then be marked as a minor edit, in which case it would stay unnoticed longer. This limitation is another reason to log in.

Wiki markup

In the left column of the table below, you can find a series of Wiki markup examples. In the right column, you can see the resulting output. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the right column, type it in the format you see in the left 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.

Basic formatting

Wiki markup	Output
You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will bold '''the text'''. 5 apostrophes will bold and italicize '''''the text'''''.	You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will bold the text. 5 apostrophes will bold and italicize the text.
A single newline has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph.	A single newline has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
You can break lines<br /> without starting a new paragraph.	You can break lines without starting a new paragraph.
When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it. You can do this by adding three tildes for your user name:<br /> ~~~ Four for user name plus date/time:<br /> ~~~~ Five for date/time:<br /> ~~~~~	When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it. You can do this by adding three tildes for your user name: [[Special:Mypage\|Template:USERNAME]] Four for user name plus date/time: [[Special:Mypage\|Template:USERNAME]] 12:18, December 24 2024 (UTC) Five for date/time: 12:18, December 24 2024 (UTC)

Sections, lists, lines

Wiki markup	Output
== New section == === Subsection === ==== Sub-subsection ====	New section Subsection Sub-subsection
: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph. A newline starts a new paragraph.<br /> Often used for discussion on talk pages. : We use 1 colon to indent once. :: We use 2 colons to indent twice. ::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on. A manual newline starts a new paragraph.	A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph. A newline starts a new paragraph. Often used for discussion on talk pages. We use 1 colon to indent once. We use 2 colons to indent twice. 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on. A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do: Start every line with a star. * More stars indicate a deeper level. Previous item continues. A newline * in a list marks the end of the list. * Of course you can start again.	Unordered lists are easy to do: Start every line with a star. More stars indicate a deeper level. Previous item continues. A newline in a list marks the end of the list. Of course you can start again.
# ''Numbered lists'' are: ## Very organized ## Easy to follow A newline marks the end of the list. # New numbering starts with 1.	Numbered lists are: Very organized Easy to follow A newline marks the end of the list. New numbering starts with 1.
You can even do mixed lists #and nest them #like this<br />or include newlines	You can even do mixed lists and nest them like this or include newlines
Here's a definition list: ; Word : Definition of the word ; A longer phrase needing definition : Phrase defined ; A word : Which has a definition : Also a second one : And even a third Begin with a semicolon. One item per line; a newline can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing.	Here's a definition list: Word Definition of the word A longer phrase needing definition Phrase defined A word Which has a definition Also a second one And even a third Begin with a semicolon. One item per line; a newline can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing.
A horizontal dividing line: above ---- and below.	A horizontal dividing line: above and below.

Links and URLs

Images, media, and tables

Wiki markup

Output

Display an image:<br />
[[Image:Wiki.png]]

Display an image:

Resize an image:<br />
[[Image:Wiki.png|50px]]

Resize an image:
Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Align an image:<br />
[[Image:Wiki.png|50px|left]]
[[Image:Wiki.png|50px|right]]

Align an image:

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

A framed image:<br />
[[Image:Wiki.png|frame]]

A framed image:

Add an image caption:<br />
[[Image:Wiki.png|frame|An image.]]

Add an image caption:

A thumbnail image:<br />
[[Image:Wiki.png|thumb|100px|Logo.]]

A thumbnail image:

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Logo.

An image gallery:<br />
<gallery>
Image:Wiki.png|Current logo.
Image:Wiki.png|Current logo.
</gallery>

An image gallery:

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Current logo.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Current logo.

Link to an image description page:<br /> 
[[:Image:Wiki.png]]

Link to an image description page:
Image:Wiki.png

Link directly to an image:<br />
[[media:Wiki.png]]

Link directly to an image:
media:Wiki.png

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" 
cellpadding="5" align="center"
! This
! is
|- 
| a
| table
|}

This	is
a	table

HTML tags

You can use some HTML tags as well. However, you should avoid HTML in favor of Wiki markup whenever possible.

Wiki markup	Output
<i>italics</i><br /> <b>bold</b>	italics bold
Put text in a <tt>typewriter font</tt>. The same font is generally used for <code> computer code</code>.	Put text in a `typewriter font`. The same font is generally used for `computer code`.
<strike>Strike out</strike> or <u>underline</u> text, or write it <span style= "font-variant:small-caps"> in small caps</span>.	~~Strike out~~ or underline text, or write it in small caps.
Superscripts and subscripts: X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O	Superscripts and subscripts: X², H₂O
You can use <small>small text</small> for captions.	You can use small text for captions.
<center>Centered text</center>	Centered text
<blockquote> The '''blockquote''' command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. </blockquote>	The blockquote command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does.
Invisible comments to editors (<!-- -->) only appear while editing the page. <!-- Note to editors: blah blah blah. -->	Invisible comments to editors (<!-- -->) only appear while editing the page.

Character formatting

Wiki markup	Output
'''Umlauts and accents:'''<br /> è é ê ë ì í À Á Â<br /> Ã Ä Å<br /> Æ Ç È<br /> É Ê Ë<br /> Ì Í Î<br /> Ï Ñ Ò<br /> Ó Ô Õ<br /> Ö Ø Ù<br /> Ú Û Ü<br /> ß à á<br /> â ã ä<br /> å æ ç<br /> è é ê<br /> ë ì í<br /> î ï ñ<br /> ò ó ô<br /> &oelig; õ ö<br /> ø ù ú<br /> û ü ÿ	Umlauts and accents: è é ê ë ì í À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ
'''Punctuation:'''<br /> ¿ ¡ «<br /> » § ¶<br /> &dagger; &Dagger; •<br /> - – —	Punctuation: ¿ ¡ « » § ¶ † ‡ • - – —
'''Commercial symbols:'''<br /> ™ © ®<br /> ¢ € ¥<br /> £ ¤<br />	Commercial symbols: ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤
'''Greek characters:'''<br /> α β γ<br /> δ ε ζ<br /> η θ ι<br /> κ λ μ<br /> ν ξ ο<br /> π ρ σ<br /> &sigmaf; τ υ<br /> φ χ ψ<br /> ω Γ Δ<br /> Θ Λ Ξ<br /> Π Σ Φ<br /> Ψ Ω	Greek characters: α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω
'''Math characters:'''<br /> ∫ ∑ ∏<br /> √ − ±<br /> ∞ ≈ &prop;<br /> &equiv; ≠ ≤<br /> ≥ × ·<br /> ÷ ∂ ′<br /> ″ ∇ &permil;<br /> ° &there4; &alefsym;<br /> ø ∈ ∉<br /> ∩ ∪ ⊂<br /> ⊃ &sube; &supe;<br /> ¬ &and; &or;<br /> ∃ ∀ ⇒<br /> ⇔ → ↔<br /> ↑	Math characters: ∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ → ↔ ↑
'''Complicated formulae:'''<br/> <math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>	Complicated formulae: <math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>

Preformatted text

A few different kinds of formatting will tell the Wiki software to display your text just as you typed it.

Wiki markup

Output

<nowiki>
The nowiki tag ignores 
[[Wiki]] ''markup''.
It reformats text by 
removing
newlines    and multiple
 spaces.
It still interprets special
characters: &rarr;
</nowiki>

The nowiki tag ignores [[Wiki]] ''markup''. It reformats text by removing newlines and multiple spaces. It still interprets special characters: →

<pre>
The pre tag ignores [[Wiki]]
 ''markup''.
It also doesn't     reformat
 text.
It still interprets special
characters: &rarr;
</pre>

The pre tag ignores [[Wiki]]
 ''markup''.
It also doesn't     reformat
 text.
It still interprets special
characters: →

Leading spaces are another way
to preserve formatting.

 Putting a space at the
 beginning of each
 line stops the text   
 from being
 reformatted.  It still 
 interprets [[Wiki]]
 ''markup'' and special
 characters: &rarr;

Leading spaces are another way to preserve formatting.

Putting a space at the
beginning of each
line stops the text   
from being
reformatted.  It still 
interprets Wiki
markup and special
characters: →

Templates

Templates are segments of Wiki markup that are meant to be automatically ("transcluded") into a page. You add them by putting the template's name in {{double braces}}. Some templates take parameters, as well, which you separate with the pipe character.

Tips and tricks

Page protection

In a few cases, where an Administrator has protected a page, the link labeled "Edit" is replaced by the text "View source". In that case, the page can only be edited by an administrator. Protection of an image page includes protection of the image itself. To ask that a page be either protected or unprotected, please place a request on Wookieepedia:Requests for protection or the Administrators' noticeboard.

Edit conflicts

If someone else makes an edit while you are making yours, the result is an edit conflict. Many conflicts can be automatically resolved by the Wiki. If it can't be resolved, however, you will need to resolve it yourself. The Wiki gives you two text boxes, where the top one is the other person's edit and the bottom one is your edit. Merge your edits into the top edit box, which is the only one that will be saved.

Reverting

The edit link of a page showing an old version leads to an edit page with the old wikitext. This is a useful way to restore the old version of a page. However, the edit link of a diff page gives the current wikitext, even if the diff page shows an old version below the table of differences.

Error messages

If you get an error message upon saving a page, you can't tell whether the actual save has failed or just the confirmation. You can go back and save again, and the second save will have no effect, or you can check "My contributions" to see whether the edit went through.

Checking spelling and editing in your favorite editor

You may find it more convenient to copy and paste the text first into your favorite text editor, edit and spell check it there, and then paste it back into your web browser to preview. This way, you can also keep a local backup copy of the pages you have edited. It also allows you to make changes offline.

If you edit this way, it's best to leave the editing page open after you copy from it, using the same edit box to submit your changes, so that the usual edit conflict mechanism can deal with it. If you return to the editing page later, please make sure that nobody else has edited the page in the meantime. If someone has, you'll need to merge their edits into yours by using the diff feature in the page history.

Help:Editing: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 00:03, 12 May 2023

Contents

Editing basics

Review policy and conventions

Start editing

Type your changes

Summarize your changes

Preview before saving

Dummy edit and null edit

Minor edits

Wiki markup

Basic formatting

Sections, lists, lines

Links and URLs

Images, media, and tables

HTML tags

Character formatting

Preformatted text

Templates

Tips and tricks

Page protection

Edit conflicts

Reverting

Error messages

Checking spelling and editing in your favorite editor

Navigation menu

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 == Editing basics ==
-===Review policy and conventions===
-:Make sure that you submit information which is relevant to the [[Star Wars]] theme of the wiki, or your content might be deleted. You can always use the [[m:Help:Talk page|talk pages]] to ask questions or check to see if your idea will be accepted.
-===Start editing===
+=== Review policy and conventions ===
-:To start editing a page, click the '''{{MediaWiki:edit}}''' link. This brings you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the ''[[Wikipedia:wikitext|wikitext]]'' - the editable code from which the server produces the finished page. ''If you just want to experiment, please do so in the [[{{ns:4}}:Sandbox|Jundland Wastes sandbox]], not here''.
+:Make sure that you submit information which is relevant to the [[:category:gun|weapons]] theme of the wiki, or your content might be deleted. You can always use the [[m:Help:Talk page|talk pages]] to ask questions or check to see if your idea will be accepted.
+=== Start editing ===
+:To start editing a page, click the '''{{MediaWiki:edit}}''' link. This brings you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the ''[[Wikipedia:wikitext|wikitext]]'' - the editable code from which the server produces the finished page. ''If you just want to experiment, please do so in a sandbox page (you can make one under your user namespace, such as <nowiki>[[user:yournamehere/sandbox</nowiki>), not here''.
+=== Type your changes ===
-===Type your changes===
 :You can just type your text. However, also using basic wiki markup (examples of which can be found below) adds to the value of your contribution.
-===Summarize your changes===
+=== Summarize your changes ===
-:Write a short [[m:Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Edit summary legend|edit summary legend]].
+:Write a short [[m:Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_summary_legend edit summary legend].
+=== Preview before saving ===
-===Preview before saving===
 :When you have finished, click '''[[m:Help:Show preview|{{MediaWiki:showpreview}}]]''' to see how your changes will look '''before''' you make them permanent.  Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click '''{{MediaWiki:savearticle}}''' and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
-===Dummy edit and null edit===
+=== Dummy edit and null edit ===
 :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, such as changing the number of [[Wikipedia:newline|newline]]s at some position from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 or conversely (changing from 1 to 2 makes a difference, see below). 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).
 :To refresh the cache of some item in the database a lesser kind of dummy edit, called a '''null edit''', may be sufficient: one that does not cause any change in the wikitext, and no entry in the history, in Recent Changes, etc.: this can be done by opening the edit window and saving; a section edit is sufficient.
-===Minor edits===
+=== Minor edits ===
 :When editing a page, a logged-in user has the option of flagging the edit as a "minor edit". This feature is important, because users can choose to ''hide'' minor edits in their view of the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] page, to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level.
@@ Line 29: / Line 37: @@
 :The reason for not allowing a user who is not logged in to mark an edit as minor is that vandalism could then be marked as a minor edit, in which case it would stay unnoticed longer. This limitation is another reason to log in.
-==Wiki markup==
+== Wiki markup ==
 In the left column of the table below, you can find a series of [[Wikipedia:Wiki markup|Wiki markup]] examples. In the right column, you can see the resulting output. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the right column, type it in the format you see in the left 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]].
-===Basic formatting===
+=== Basic formatting ===
 {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="6" style="width:100%; padding:0; border:2px solid #CEDFF2; background:#F5FAFF;"
 ! style="border:1px solid #A3B0BF; background:#CEDFF2" | Wiki markup
@@ Line 113: / Line 123: @@
 |}
-===Sections, lists, lines, and footnotes===
+=== Sections, lists, lines ===
 {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="6" style="width:100%; padding:0; border:2px solid #CEDFF2; background:#F5FAFF;"
 ! style="border:1px solid #A3B0BF; background:#CEDFF2" | Wiki markup
@@ Line 120: / Line 131: @@
 | style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2; background:white;" |
 <pre class="nostyle" style="cursor:text;"><nowiki>
-==New section==
+== New section ==
-===Subsection===
+=== Subsection ===
-====Sub-subsection====
+==== Sub-subsection ====
 </nowiki></pre>
 | style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2;" |
@@ Line 239: / Line 250: @@
 and below.
 |-
-| style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2; background:white;" |
+|}
-<pre class="nostyle" style="cursor:text;">
-You can add footnotes to sentences using
-the ''ref'' tag -- this is especially good
-for citing a source.
-Luke Skywalker's Proton Torpedo
+=== Links and URLs ===
-started a chain reaction that blew
-up the Death Star.
-<ref>Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
-</ref>
-References: <references/>
-</pre>
-| style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2;" |
-You can add footnotes to sentences using
-the ''ref'' tag -- this is especially good
-for citing a source.
-Luke Skywalker's Proton Torpedo
-started a chain reaction that blew
-up the Death Star.
-<ref>Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
-</ref>
-References: <references/>
-|}
-===Links and URLs===
 {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="6" style="width:100%; padding:0; border:2px solid #CEDFF2; background:#F5FAFF;"
 ! style="border:1px solid #A3B0BF; background:#CEDFF2" | Wiki markup
@@ Line 291: / Line 277: @@
 <pre class="nostyle" style="cursor:text;">
 You can put formatting around a link.
-Example: ''[[Wookieepedia]]''.
+Example: ''[[Equilibrium]]''.
 </pre>
 | style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2;" |
 You can put formatting around a link.
-Example: ''[[Wookieepedia]]''.
+Example: ''[[Equilibrium]]''.
 |-
 | style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2; background:white;" |
@@ Line 301: / Line 287: @@
 The ''first letter'' of an
 article is automatically
-capitalized, so [[wookieepedia]]
+capitalized, so [[equilibrium]]
 goes to the same place
-as [[Wookieepedia]].
+as [[Equilibrium]].
 Capitalization matters after the
 first letter.
@@ Line 309: / Line 295: @@
 | style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2;" |
 The ''first letter'' of an articles is automatically
-capitalized, so [[wookieepedia]] goes to the same place
+capitalized, so [[equilibrium]] goes to the same place
-as [[Wookieepedia]]. Capitalization matters after the
+as [[Equilibrium]]. Capitalization matters after the
 first letter.
 |-
@@ Line 371: / Line 357: @@
 A link to a page on another wiki:<br />
-[[Wikipedia:Revan]]
+[[Wikipedia0:es:Blaster (Blade Runner)]]
 </pre>
 | style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2;" |
-A link to the page on the same
+<!--A link to the page on the same
 subject in another language:<br />
-[[:de:Revan]], [[:pt:Revan]]
+[[:de:Revan]], [[:pt:Revan]]-->
 A link to a page on another wiki:<br />
@@ Line 398: / Line 384: @@
 You can make an external link
 just by typing a URL:
-http://www.starwars.com/databank/
+https://props.steinschneider.com/index.html
 You can give it a title:
-[http://www.starwars.com/databank/ DB]
+[https://props.steinschneider.com/index.html The Weapons of Science Fiction]
 Or leave the title blank:
-[http://www.starwars.com/databank/]
+[https://props.steinschneider.com/index.html]
 </pre>
 | style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2;" |
@@ Line 447: / Line 433: @@
 but instead at the bottom of the page ''and cause the page to be
 listed in the category.''
-[[Category:Help pages]]
+<!--[[Category:Help pages]]
+Wiki markup intentionally hidden to ensure consistency of categorization formatting with other pages. i.e. The categorization markup has been hidden so the page can be properly categorized with category markups at the bottom of the page.
+-->
 Add an extra colon to ''link'' to a category in line
@@ Line 512: / Line 501: @@
 <pre class="nostyle" style="cursor:text;">
 Align an image:<br />
-[[Image:SWW-logo-old.png|50px|left]]
+[[Image:Wiki.png|50px|left]]
 [[Image:Wiki.png|50px|right]]
 </pre>
 | style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2;" |
 Align an image:<br />
-[[Image:SWW-logo-old.png|50px|left]]
+[[Image:Wiki.png|50px|left]]
 [[Image:Wiki.png|50px|right]]
 |-
@@ Line 552: / Line 541: @@
 <gallery>
 Image:Wiki.png|Current logo.
-Image:SWW-logo-old.png|An old logo.
+Image:Wiki.png|Current logo.
 </gallery>
 </pre>
@@ Line 559: / Line 548: @@
 <gallery>
 Image:Wiki.png|Current logo.
-Image:SWW-logo-old.png|An old logo.
+Image:Wiki.png|Current logo.
 </gallery>
 |-
@@ Line 579: / Line 568: @@
 Link directly to an image:<br />
 [[media:Wiki.png]]
-|-
-| style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2; background:white;" |
-<pre class="nostyle" style="cursor:text;">
-To link to non-image uploads,
-you also use a "media" link:<br/>
-[[media:Greaterweapon2.ogg]]
-</pre>
-| style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2;" |
-To link to non-image uploads,
-you also use a "media" link:<br/>
-[[media:Greaterweapon2.ogg]]
 |-
 | style="border:1px solid #CEDFF2; background:white;" |
@@ Line 947: / Line 925: @@
 |}
-==Templates==
+== Templates ==
-{{see also|Help:Templates}}
-:Templates are segments of Wiki markup that are meant to be automatically ("transcluded") into a page. You add them by putting the template's name in <nowiki>{{double braces}}</nowiki>. Some templates take ''parameters'', as well, which you separate with the pipe character.
-:''For a list of available templates, see: [[Wookieepedia:Templates]]''
+Templates are segments of Wiki markup that are meant to be automatically ("transcluded") into a page. You add them by putting the template's name in <nowiki>{{double braces}}</nowiki>. Some templates take ''parameters'', as well, which you separate with the pipe character.
+== Tips and tricks ==
+=== Page protection ===
-==Tips and tricks==
-===Page protection===
 :In a few cases, where an [[Wookieepedia:Administrators|Administrator]] has [[m:Help:Administration#Page_protection|protected]] a page, the link labeled "{{MediaWiki:edit}}" is replaced by the text "{{MediaWiki:viewsource}}". In that case, the page can only be edited by an administrator. Protection of an image page includes protection of the image itself. To ask that a page be either protected or unprotected, please place a request on [[Wookieepedia:Requests for protection]] or the [[Forum:Administrators' noticeboard|Administrators' noticeboard]].
-===Edit conflicts===
+=== Edit conflicts ===
 :If someone else makes an edit while you are making yours, the result is an [[m:Help:Edit conflict|edit conflict]]. Many conflicts can be automatically resolved by the Wiki. If it can't be resolved, however, you will need to resolve it yourself. The Wiki gives you two text boxes, where the top one is the other person's edit and the bottom one is your edit. Merge your edits into the top edit box, which is the only one that will be saved.
-===Reverting===
+=== Reverting ===
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[[Jedi]] is an "internal link".	Jedi is an "internal link".
Endings are blended into the link: [[Jedi Knight]]s, [[cloak]]ing device.	Endings are blended into the link: Jedi Knights, cloaking device.
You can put formatting around a link. Example: ''[[Equilibrium]]''.	You can put formatting around a link. Example: Equilibrium.
The ''first letter'' of an article is automatically capitalized, so [[equilibrium]] goes to the same place as [[Equilibrium]]. Capitalization matters after the first letter.	The first letter of an articles is automatically capitalized, so equilibrium goes to the same place as Equilibrium. Capitalization matters after the first letter.
[[Jedi#Training]] is a link to the "Training" section of the "Jedi" article.	Jedi#Training is a link to the "Training" section of the "Jedi" article.
[[Jedi#Training\|Jedi]] is a "piped link". It allows you to change the text of a link without changing its target.	Jedi is a "piped link". It allows you to change the text of a link without changing its target.
Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[Sith Empire (Jedi Civil War)\|]]. Automatically hide namespaces: [[Wookieepedia:FAQ\|]]	Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: Sith Empire. Automatically hide namespaces: FAQ
[[Damon]] is a page that doesn't exist yet.	Damon is a page that doesn't exist yet.
Redirect one article to another:<br /> #REDIRECT [[target page]]	Redirect one article to another: http://starwars.wikia.com/skins/common/images/redirectltr.png target page
A link to the page on the same subject in another language:<br /> [[:de:Revan]], [[:pt:Revan]] A link to a page on another wiki:<br /> [[Wikipedia0:es:Blaster (Blade Runner)]]	A link to a page on another wiki: Wikipedia:Revan
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The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's date preferences. These three dates will show up the same if you choose a format in your [[Special:Preferences\|]]: * [[July 20]], [[1969]] * [[20 July]] [[1969]] * [[1969]]-[[07-20]]	The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's date preferences. These three dates will show up the same if you choose a format in your Preferences: July 20, 1969 20 July 1969 1969-07-20
To link to books, use [[Wikipedia:ISBN\|ISBN]] links:<br /> ISBN 0123456789X	To link to books, use ISBN links: ISBN 0123456789X

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