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== General formatting instructions ==
 
== General formatting instructions ==
Formatting wiki content can be a hurdle for the initiated.  
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For the purpose of this website, some basics you will need to know are:
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=== Italics ===
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<pre>Two apostrophes each on left and right side of text creates '''italics'''.</pre>
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=== Bold ===
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<pre>Three apostrophes each on left and right side of text creates '''bold'''.</pre>
  
For the purpose of this website, some basics you will need to know are:
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=== Numbered lists ===
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<pre>#Hash at the start of a line creates a numbered list.</pre>
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=== Bullet lists ===
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<pre>#Asterisk at the start of a line creates a bullet list.</pre>
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=== Level 2 section ===
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<pre>== Two equal signs each on the start and end of a line creates a new level 2 section ==</pre>
  
'''Numbered lists'''
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=== Level 3 section ===
<pre>#The hash in the front "#" creates a numbered list.</pre>
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<pre>== Three equal signs each on the start and end of a line creates a new level 3 section ==</pre>
'''Bullet lists'''
 
<pre>#The hash in the front"*" creates a bullet list.</pre>
 
'''Italics'''
 
<pre>Encapsulating text with two apostrophes on each side creates '''italics'''</pre>
 
'''Bold'''
 
<pre>Encapsulating text with three apostrophes on each side creates '''bold'''</pre>
 
  
 
For more information, here's list of links that might be useful:  
 
For more information, here's list of links that might be useful:  
 
* A good [[MetaWikiPedia:Help:Editing|guide]] on how to format wiki pages.
 
* A good [[MetaWikiPedia:Help:Editing|guide]] on how to format wiki pages.
 
* [[MetaWikiPedia:Help:Wikitext_examples|Formatting examples]].
 
* [[MetaWikiPedia:Help:Wikitext_examples|Formatting examples]].
 
== Site-specific formatting instructions ==
 
  
 
=== Hyperlinking ===
 
=== Hyperlinking ===

Latest revision as of 23:34, 23 July 2010

Creating new pages

To create an article, you can:

  1. start from scratch by clicking from a intra-site link that is not already linked to an article,
  2. view source code from another article,
  3. or, copy the source code of predefined templates such as these:

Editing existing event pages

An existing event page most likely comprises the following sections:

Existing Concert Page.png

Most of the time, you will only need to edit the Highlights and Media subsections as everything else should have been set up beforehand unless you see any glaring errors in the venue and setlist. You can edit click on the Edit buttons to the right-hand side of the subsection headers to edit a particular subsection, or click on the Edit button on the top-right-hand corner to edit the whole page.

Please see General formatting instructions below for simple examples of how you can format text.

General formatting instructions

For the purpose of this website, some basics you will need to know are:

Italics

Two apostrophes each on left and right side of text creates '''italics'''.

Bold

Three apostrophes each on left and right side of text creates '''bold'''.

Numbered lists

#Hash at the start of a line creates a numbered list.

Bullet lists

#Asterisk at the start of a line creates a bullet list.

Level 2 section

== Two equal signs each on the start and end of a line creates a new level 2 section ==

Level 3 section

== Three equal signs each on the start and end of a line creates a new level 3 section ==

For more information, here's list of links that might be useful:

Hyperlinking

See here to learn how to create hyperlinks.

References and Footnotes

For instructions on how to cite references or make footnotes, see here.

Redirection

Often, because of variations in character and object names in the games, you may need to redirect the alias links to their intended articles. To do this, you can use either a piped link or a redirect function. The following pages show you how to do it: