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− | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wikipedia Cheatsheet] - has the basic commands | |
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+ | [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikimedia User's Guide] - for more information on using the wiki software. | ||
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+ | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Putting_together_the_citation Wikipedia: Citing Sources] | ||
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+ | == Commonly used: == | ||
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[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Link Adding a Link] | [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Link Adding a Link] | ||
− | Adding an external link: Click on edit. Click where you want to add the link. Click on the Globe button [[Image:Button_extlink.png]] (4th toolbar button) and it will add this code: [ http://www.example.com link title ] - replace the example url with the one you're adding, leave a space, then add the text you want hyperlinked - keep both end brackets (but don't include extra spaces next to the brackets). | + | '''Adding an external link''': Click on the edit tab (or edit by the section). Click where you want to add the link. Click on the Globe button [[Image:Button_extlink.png]] (4th toolbar button) and it will add this code: [ http://www.example.com link title ] - replace the example url with the one you're adding, leave a space, then add the text you want hyperlinked - keep both end brackets (but don't include extra spaces next to the brackets). |
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+ | [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page Starting a New Page] | ||
[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files Adding an Image or Uploading a File] | [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files Adding an Image or Uploading a File] | ||
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+ | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Footnotes Adding a Footnote] | ||
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+ | == Sandbox == | ||
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+ | Afraid to do something on a main page? Experiment here - try out codes and see what it does. Once you figure it out, delete what you experimented with (or leave it if you think someone else will benefit from seeing/playing with what you started). | ||
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+ | Brenda's 1st attempt to add a footnote: | ||
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+ | For a good legislative summary see: ''Alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles: issues in Congress''.<ref>Yacobucci, Brent D. "Alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles: issues in Congress". United States Foreign Press Center, 2006. 20 Oct. 2008 <http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/61498.pdf>.</ref> | ||
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+ | == Notes == | ||
+ | <references /> | ||
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+ | $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; | ||
+ | $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['edit'] = true; |
Latest revision as of 15:34, 9 November 2008
Wikipedia Cheatsheet - has the basic commands
Wikimedia User's Guide - for more information on using the wiki software.
Commonly used:
Adding an external link: Click on the edit tab (or edit by the section). Click where you want to add the link. Click on the Globe button (4th toolbar button) and it will add this code: [ http://www.example.com link title ] - replace the example url with the one you're adding, leave a space, then add the text you want hyperlinked - keep both end brackets (but don't include extra spaces next to the brackets).
Adding an Image or Uploading a File
Sandbox
Afraid to do something on a main page? Experiment here - try out codes and see what it does. Once you figure it out, delete what you experimented with (or leave it if you think someone else will benefit from seeing/playing with what you started).
Brenda's 1st attempt to add a footnote:
For a good legislative summary see: Alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles: issues in Congress.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Yacobucci, Brent D. "Alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles: issues in Congress". United States Foreign Press Center, 2006. 20 Oct. 2008 <http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/61498.pdf>.
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['edit'] = true;