Help
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Don't be shy - help us make Hortulus a dynamic and informative website by editing and adding pages! If you're not sure how to use the wiki, here's some help to get you started.
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Creating a Page
If you (or anyone else) creates a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be coloured red, like this. To create a link to an article, simply type the article name within double square brackets:[[New Article]]
Clicking a red link, will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created.
Once the page has been created, the link will change from red to blue (purple for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists.
Basic Editing
Here are the most frequently used types of wiki markup. If you need more help see Wikitext examples.
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You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden the text. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize the text. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'.) | You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize '''''the text'''''. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just ''''one left over''''.) |
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You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: | You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: * Three tildes give your user name: ~~~ * Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: ~~~~ * Five tildes give the date/time alone: ~~~~~ |
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Section headings
Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. Subsection
Using more equals signs creates a subsection. A smaller subsection
Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title. | == Section headings == ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. === Subsection === Using more equals signs creates a subsection. ==== A smaller subsection ==== Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title. |
marks the end of the list.
| * ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars indicate a deeper level. *: Previous item continues. ** A new line * in a list marks the end of the list. * Of course you can start again. |
A new line marks the end of the list.
| # ''Numbered lists'' are: ## Very organized ## Easy to follow A new line marks the end of the list. # New numbering starts with 1. |
A newline starts a new paragraph.
| : 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.
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Here's a link to the Main page. But be careful - capitalization counts! | Here's a link to the [[Main page]]. |
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The weather in London is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. | [[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. |
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You can link to a page section by its title: If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section". | You can link to a page section by its title: * [[List of cities by country#Morocco]]. If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the third section named "Example section". |
Footnotes
To create a footnote:
This sentence will end with a footnote<ref>Here is a footnote</ref>.
Place this:
<references />
at the end of the article. The wiki will automatically number all footnotes and place them at the bottom of the article.
Images
To upload an image, click on the "Upload file" link on the sidebar window, and follow the instructions there.
To add an image to a page, see the Mediawiki Help Page about Images
Further References
If the information you need isn't available here, try these other helpful pages:
