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Overview

This is a guide for how to be a Wiki editor. This includes general Wiki editing information and specific Wiki policy and templates.

Wiki policy

Homecoming Wiki policy

Article Guidelines
How to format discussion on a article's Talk/Discussion page.
- Note that comments should be posted on an article's talk page or on the forums, not the Main Discussion page.
- Further information: Wikipedia on Talk/Discussion pages

General Wiki policy

How to be a good Wiki editor
Wikipedia's Manual of Style
Wikipedia's policies and guidelines (not all policies here apply to this wiki and some are modified)

Editing Wikis

Formatting pages

How to edit wiki pages (Wikipedia's main editing help page)
Help:Formatting (Paragon Wiki's main formatting help page)
How to format a page with wiki markup language
Wikipedia's formatting tutorial
Wikipedia's formatting cheat sheet
Wikipedia's editing FAQ
How to create links and Wikipedia on Linking
Inserting pictures tutorial

Using templates and sample Wiki Markup Language

Main article: Help:Templates

See also: Help:Useful Templates

Standardized formatting is maintained throughout the wiki by the use of sample markup language and templates.

Sample Markup Language

Sample markup language allows for a simple cut-and-paste of formatting code from one page into another and then adding or changing the content to fit the article. This can be done from a blank sample form or by cutting-and-pasting from an existing article.

An example of a blank form that is used for creating a new page for a contact can be found here: Sample contact form.

Templates

Templates are specialized pages that define a specific type of formatting style. Editors can then call that template into a page and apply it to their text to make that text take on that pre-defined formatting. Templates are called with the double curly brackets {{ }} .

For example, on this wiki there are templates for colored fonts. The template for making text red is {{red|SampleText}} which would appear on a page as SampleText.

Creating pages and page name management

Understanding Namespaces (for example: main · User: · User_Talk: · File: · etc...)
Creating a new page or article (tip: fill in box on main page)
Naming an article (tip: the case of the first letter doesn't matter, for every other letter, case does matter!)
Moving/Renaming a page
How to lay out a page on Wikipedia
Page layout help on Homecoming Wiki

Practice

The wikimedia sandbox (a useful site for playing with formatting without creating a new article)

Image Editing

GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) (wiki). Open source, cross platform. Can do most anything Photoshop can (in the right hands). Make sure you install the GTK+ libraries first.

Paint.NET (wiki) is based on the .NET Framework by Microsoft. Some call it what MSPaint should have been.

Obsolete info

Store Templates to use so that you don't have to type in the names off all the enhancements a store sells

Older info, may be outdated

Help:Exploration Badge Template Is this still up to date?

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+==Overview==
+This is a guide for how to be a Wiki editor. This includes general Wiki editing information and specific Wiki policy and templates.
+== Wiki policy ==
+=== Homecoming Wiki policy===
+* [[Homecoming Wiki:Article Guidelines|Article Guidelines]]
+* [[Homecoming Wiki:Main_Discussion | How to format discussion on a article's Talk/Discussion page.]]
+**Note that comments should be posted on an article's talk page or on the [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/clubs/2-unofficial-homecoming-wiki/ forums], not the Main Discussion page.
+**Further information: [[wikipedia:Talk_page| Wikipedia on Talk/Discussion pages]]
+=== General Wiki policy ===
+* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Editing_policy | How to be a good Wiki editor]]
+* [[wikipedia:Manual_of_Style | Wikipedia's ''Manual of Style'']]
+* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines | Wikipedia's policies and guidelines]] (not all policies here apply to this wiki and some are modified)
+== Editing Wikis ==
+===Formatting pages===
+* [[wikipedia:Help:Editing|How to edit wiki pages]] (Wikipedia's main editing help page)
+* [[Help:Formatting]] (Paragon Wiki's main formatting help page)
+* [[wikipedia:Help:Wiki_markup|How to format a page with wiki markup language]]
+* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Formatting%29| Wikipedia's formatting tutorial]]
+* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Cheatsheet| Wikipedia's formatting cheat sheet]]
+* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:FAQ/Editing| Wikipedia's editing FAQ]]
+* [[wikipedia:Help:Link | How to create links]] and [[wikipedia:Linking|Wikipedia on Linking]]
+* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Picture_tutorial | Inserting pictures tutorial ]]
+===Using templates and sample Wiki Markup Language===
+:''Main article'': [[Help:Templates]]
+:''See also'': [[Help:Useful Templates]]
+Standardized formatting is maintained throughout the wiki by the use of sample markup language and templates.
+====Sample Markup Language====
+Sample markup language allows for a simple cut-and-paste of formatting code from one page into another and then adding or changing the content to fit the article. This can be done from a blank sample form or by cutting-and-pasting from an existing article.
+An example of a blank form that is used for creating a new page for a contact can be found here: [[Help:Contact_Template | Sample contact form]].
+====Templates====
+Templates are specialized pages that define a specific type of formatting style. Editors can then '''''call''''' that template into a page and apply it to their text to make that text take on that pre-defined formatting. Templates are '''''called''''' with the double curly brackets <nowiki> {{ }} </nowiki>.
+For example, on this wiki there are templates for colored fonts. The template for making text red is <nowiki> {{red|SampleText}} </nowiki> which would appear on a page as {{red|SampleText}}.
+===Creating pages and page name management ===
+* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Namespace| Understanding Namespaces]] ('''for example:''' main{{dot}} User:{{dot}} User_Talk:{{dot}} File:{{dot}} etc...)
+* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Starting_an_article| Creating a new page or article]] ('''tip:''' fill in box on main page)
+* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Article_titles | Naming an article]] ('''tip:''' the case of the first letter doesn't matter, for every other letter, case '''''does''''' matter!)
+* [[wikipedia:Help:Moving_a_page | Moving/Renaming a page]]
+* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Layout| How to lay out a page on Wikipedia]]
+* [[Help:Formatting/Page layout | Page layout help on Homecoming Wiki]]
+=== Categories ===
+* [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories|Understanding categories for readers]]
+* [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization|Understanding categories for editors]]
+* [[wikipedia:Help:Category|More detailed information on categories]]
+=== Practice ===
+* [[wikipedia:Meta:Sandbox|The wikimedia sandbox]] (a useful site for playing with formatting without creating a new article)
+== Image Editing ==
+[http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP] (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) ''[[Wikipedia:GIMP|(wiki)]]''. Open source, cross platform. Can do most anything Photoshop can (in the right hands). Make sure you install the GTK+ libraries first.
+[http://www.getpaint.net/ Paint.NET] ''[[Wikipedia:Paint.net|(wiki)]]'' is based on the [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa731542.aspx .NET Framework] by Microsoft. Some call it what MSPaint should have been.
+== Obsolete info ==
+* [[:Help:Stores|Store Templates]] to use so that you don't have to type in the names off all the enhancements a store sells
+== Older info, may be outdated ==
+* [[Help:Exploration Badge Template]] Is this still up to date?