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(It's not the Paragon Wiki anymore. I don't think we should recommend specific pieces of closed-source software without a clear rationale as to why.)
 
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==Overview==
==Overview==
This is a guide for how to be a Paragon Wiki editor. This includes general Wiki editing information and specific Paragon Wiki policy and templates.
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 ==
== Wiki policy ==


=== Paragon Wiki policy===
=== Homecoming Wiki policy===
* [[Paragon Wiki:Article Guidelines|Paragon Wiki Article Guidelines]]
* [[Homecoming Wiki:Article Guidelines|Article Guidelines]]
* [[Paragon Wiki:Main_Discussion | How to format discussion on a article's Talk/Discussion page.]]
* [[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, on an [[Paragon_Wiki:Administrators|admin's]] talk page, or on the [http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/c,14.html forums], not the Main 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]]
**Further information: [[wikipedia:Talk_page| Wikipedia on Talk/Discussion pages]]


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* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Editing_policy | How to be a good Wiki editor]]
* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Editing_policy | How to be a good Wiki editor]]
* [[wikipedia:Manual_of_Style | Wikipedia's ''Manual of Style'']]
* [[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 Paragon Wiki and some are modified)
* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines | Wikipedia's policies and guidelines]] (not all policies here apply to this wiki and some are modified)
 
 


== Editing Wikis ==
== Editing Wikis ==
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:''See also'': [[Help:Useful Templates]]
:''See also'': [[Help:Useful Templates]]


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


====Sample Markup Language====
====Sample Markup Language====
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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>.  
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 Paragon 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}}.
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}}.




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* [[wikipedia:Help:Moving_a_page | Moving/Renaming a page]]
* [[wikipedia:Help:Moving_a_page | Moving/Renaming a page]]
* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Layout| How to lay out a page on Wikipedia]]
* [[wikipedia:wikipedia:Layout| How to lay out a page on Wikipedia]]
* [[Help:Formatting/Page layout | Page layout help on Paragon Wiki]]
* [[Help:Formatting/Page layout | Page layout help on Homecoming Wiki]]


=== Categories ===
=== Categories ===
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[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.
[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.
A closed source, very competitively priced creative suite is available from Serif software [https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/] for Windows and Mac users


== Obsolete info ==
== Obsolete info ==

Latest revision as of 16:28, 9 February 2024

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

General Wiki policy

Editing Wikis

Formatting pages

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

Categories


Practice

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