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| {{WP help pages (header bar)}}
| | {| style="border:none; text-align:center;" |
| {| align="right" style="background:transparent; border-bottom:1px 1px 0px 0px #a3b1bf solid;" | | |- |
| | | Useful Pages - |
| | | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''[[Help:Cheatsheet]]''' |
| | | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''[[Help:Templates]]''' |
| | |} |
| | <small>Useful pages for creating good articles - [[Template:Nation]] | [[Template:City]] | [[Travel Guide Format]]</small> |
| | </center> |
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| | == Getting Started == |
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| | '''Don't be afraid to edit''' — anyone can edit almost any page, and we encourage you to be bold! Find something that can be improved and make it better - for example, spelling, grammar, rewriting for readability and removing unconstructive edits. If you wish to add new facts, please provide references, so they may be verified, or suggest them on the article's discussion page first. Changes to controversial topics and MicrasWiki main pages should usually be discussed first. |
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| | '''Remember''' - you can't break MicrasWiki; all edits can be reversed, fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an article and help make MicrasWiki the best micronational information source on the Internet! |
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| | == Editing == |
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| | With the exception of a few protected pages, every page has a link that says "edit this page", which lets you edit the page you are looking at. It is MicrasWiki's most basic feature, and allows you to make corrections and add facts to articles. If you add information to a page you don't need to provide references as long as you write in enough detail. |
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| | ===Formatting=== |
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| | Formatting MicrasWiki articles is a bit different from writing on a standard word processor. Instead of a strict ("what you see is what you get") approach, MicrasWiki uses text codes to create particular elements of the page (e.g. headings). This "language" is known as Wikitext (or Wiki-markup) and is designed for ease of editing. |
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| | The most commonly used wiki tags are '''bold''' and ''italics''. '''Bolding''' and ''italicizing'' are done by surrounding a word or phrase with multiple apostrophes (<tt>'</tt>): |
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| | {| style="border:none; text-align:left;" |
| | |-<!--COLUMN HEADINGS--> |
| | | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''You type''' |
| | | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''You get''' |
| | |-<!--1ST ROW--> |
| | |<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt> |
| | |''italic'' |
| | |-<!--2ND ROW--> |
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| | <tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt> |
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| | '''bold''' |
| | |-<!--3RD ROW--> |
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| | <tt><nowiki>'''''bold italic'''''</nowiki></tt> |
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| {{shortcut|[[WP:HELP]]}}
| | '''''bold italic''''' |
| |} | | |} |
| {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:100%; border:2px #a3b1bf solid;" | | |
| | Headings and subheadings are an easy way to improve the organization of an article. If you can see two or more distinct topics being discussed, you can break up the article by inserting a heading for each section. |
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| | Headings can be created like this: |
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| | {| style="border:none; text-align:left;" |
| | |-<!--COLUMN HEADINGS--> |
| | | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''You type''' |
| | | style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''You get''' |
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| |colspan="2" align="center" style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center; border-bottom:1px #a3b1bf solid;" | | | | |
| <h2 style="margin:.5em; margin-top:.1em; margin-bottom:.1em; border-bottom:0; font-weight:bold;">Help Contents</h2> | | <tt><nowiki>== Heading ==</nowiki></tt> |
| <h4>[[Wikipedia:FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]</h4>
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| | == Heading == |
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top"| | | | |
| <!-- LEFT COLUMN -->
| | <tt><nowiki>=== Subheading ===</nowiki></tt><br /> |
| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Getting started|Getting started]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Glossary|Glossary of Wikipedia terms]]
| | === Subheading === |
| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; border-left:1px solid #cee0f2; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top" |
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| <!-- RIGHT COLUMN -->
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Wikipedia:Five pillars|The Five Pillars]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top"|
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| <!-- LEFT COLUMN -->
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Browsing Wikipedia|Browsing Wikipedia]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Wikipedia:Searching|Search for an article]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Basic navigation|Find articles and site functions]]
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; border-left:1px solid #cee0f2; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top" |
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| <!-- RIGHT COLUMN -->
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Communication|Communication methods]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines|Talk pages]]
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top"|
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| <!-- LEFT COLUMN -->
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia|Editing Wikipedia]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|Contributing to Wikipedia]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:tutorial|Tutorial]]
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; border-left:1px solid #cedff2; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top" |
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| <!-- RIGHT COLUMN -->
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/The Wikipedia community|The Wikipedia community]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User|Adopt-a-User]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Deletion debates|Deleting pages]]
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| <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Resolving disputes|Resolving disputes]]
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top"|
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| <!-- LEFT COLUMN -->
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Links|Links and references]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Help:Link|How to make links]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:External links|External links]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Citing sources]]
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; border-left:1px solid #cee0f2; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top" |
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| <!-- RIGHT COLUMN -->
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Resources and lists|Resources and lists]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types|List of stub types]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Pages needing attention|Pages needing attention]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Template messages|Templates]]
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top"|
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| <!-- LEFT COLUMN -->
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Images and media|Images and media]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Wikipedia:Uploading images|Uploading images]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|Image copyright tags]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Media|Other media]]
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; border-left:1px solid #cee0f2; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top" |
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| <!-- RIGHT COLUMN -->
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Account settings and maintenance|Account settings and maintenance]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Help:Preferences|Change your preferences]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Customisation#User name and signatures|Change your signature]]
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top"|
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Tracking changes|Keeping track of changes]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Help:Page history|Page history]] <tt>|</tt> [[Help:User contributions|User contributions]] <tt>|</tt> [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]]
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| | align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; border-left:1px solid #cedff2; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top" |
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| <big>'''[[Help:Contents/Technical information|Technical information]]'''</big><br />
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| [[Wikipedia:Tools|Tools]] <tt>|</tt> [[MediaWiki|The MediaWiki software]]
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| <!-- BOTTOM ROW 1 -->
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| <big>'''[[Wikipedia:Questions|Where to ask questions]]'''</big><br />
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| '''[[Wikipedia:Help desk|Help Desk]]''' - for questions on how to use Wikipedia.<br />
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| '''[[Wikipedia:New contributors' help page|New contributors' help page]]''' - Help for Beginners.<br />
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| '''[[Wikipedia:Reference desk|Reference Desk]]''' - for general knowledge questions.
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| | align="center" style="border-top:2px solid #cedff2; padding:0.5em;" |
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| ''To view all of the menus on one page, see the [[Help:Contents/Site map|Site Map]].''
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| ''See also:'' '''''[[Wikipedia:Department directory|Department directory]]''''' ''and'' '''''[[Wikipedia:Quick directory|Quick directory]]'''''.
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| <!-- Tips of the Day -->
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| <span style="font-size:95%">''Tip of the day...''</span>
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| {{Wikipedia:Tip of the day/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}}}
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| | [[Category:Wikipedia basic information]] |
Useful pages for creating good articles - Template:Nation | Template:City | Travel Guide Format
Getting Started
Don't be afraid to edit — anyone can edit almost any page, and we encourage you to be bold! Find something that can be improved and make it better - for example, spelling, grammar, rewriting for readability and removing unconstructive edits. If you wish to add new facts, please provide references, so they may be verified, or suggest them on the article's discussion page first. Changes to controversial topics and MicrasWiki main pages should usually be discussed first.
Remember - you can't break MicrasWiki; all edits can be reversed, fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an article and help make MicrasWiki the best micronational information source on the Internet!
Editing
With the exception of a few protected pages, every page has a link that says "edit this page", which lets you edit the page you are looking at. It is MicrasWiki's most basic feature, and allows you to make corrections and add facts to articles. If you add information to a page you don't need to provide references as long as you write in enough detail.
Formatting
Formatting MicrasWiki articles is a bit different from writing on a standard word processor. Instead of a strict ("what you see is what you get") approach, MicrasWiki uses text codes to create particular elements of the page (e.g. headings). This "language" is known as Wikitext (or Wiki-markup) and is designed for ease of editing.
The most commonly used wiki tags are bold and italics. Bolding and italicizing are done by surrounding a word or phrase with multiple apostrophes ('):
| You type
|
You get
|
| ''italic''
|
italic
|
|
'''bold'''
|
bold
|
|
'''''bold italic'''''
|
bold italic
|
Headings and subheadings are an easy way to improve the organization of an article. If you can see two or more distinct topics being discussed, you can break up the article by inserting a heading for each section.
Headings can be created like this:
| You type
|
You get
|
|
== Heading ==
|
Heading
|
|
=== Subheading ===
|
Subheading
|
