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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.

Wiki policy

Paragon Wiki policy

Paragon Wiki 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, on an admin'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 Paragon Wiki and some are modified)

Editing Wikis

Formatting pages

How to edit wiki pages (Wikipedia's main editing 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
Inserting pictures tutorial

Using templates and sample Wiki Markup Language

Main article: Help:Templates

See also: Help:Useful Templates

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

Sample Markup Language

Sample markup language is the use of 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 is that 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 Paragon 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

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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-== Wiki Policy ==
+== Wiki policy ==
-=== Paragon Wiki Policy===
+=== Paragon Wiki policy===
 * [[Paragon Wiki:Article Guidelines|Paragon Wiki Article Guidelines]]
 * [[Paragon Wiki:Main_Discussion | How to format discussion on a article's Talk/Discussion page.]]
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 **Further information: [[wikipedia:Talk_page| Wikipedia on Talk/Discussion pages]]
-=== General Wiki Policy ===
+=== General Wiki policy ===
 * [[wikipedia:Editing_policy | How to be a good Wiki editor]]
 * [[wikipedia:Manual_of_Style | Wikipedia's ''Manual of Style'']]
-* [[wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines | Wikipedia's policies and guidelines ]] (not all apply or are modified by Paragon Wiki)
+* [[wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines | Wikipedia's policies and guidelines]] (not all policies here apply to Paragon Wiki and some are modified)
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 == Editing Wikis ==
-===Formatting Pages===
+===Formatting pages===
 * [[wikipedia:Help:Editing|How to edit wiki pages]] (Wikipedia's main editing help page)
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-===Creating Pages and Page Name Management ===
+===Using templates and sample Wiki Markup Language===
+:''Main article'': [[Help:Templates]]
+:''See also'': [[Help:Useful Templates]]
+Standardized formatting across Paragon Wiki is maintained by the use of sample markup language and templates.
+====Sample Markup Language====
+Sample markup language is the use of 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 is that 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 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}}.
+===Creating pages and page name management ===
 * [[wikipedia:Namespace| Understanding Namespaces]] ('''for example:''' main{{dot}} User:{{dot}} User_Talk:{{dot}} File:{{dot}} etc...)
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-== Templates ==
-=== Available Templates ===
-* [[:Help:Contact Template|Contact Template]] to use when creating a new article about a contact
-* [[:Help:Preloaded Images|Preloaded Images]] such as powers icons and such.  Before uploading an image, please read.
-* [[:Help:Useful Templates|Useful Templates]] can help formatting various articles.
-* [[:Category:Mission Templates|Mission Templates]] are templates covering common missions, such as story arcs, zone contact intros (such as David Wincott), and security chief intros.  These missions can apply to multiple contacts.  They have been templated for easy insertion and to avoid errors in duplication.
-* [[:Category:Contact Templates|Contact Templates]] are templates that can be used to duplicate new contact introductions among contacts.
-* [[:Category:Userbox Templates|Userboxes]] are templates that can be placed on your userpage to indicate your interests.
-=== Creating and Editing Templates ===
-* [[wikimedia:Help:Template| Wikimedia's help page on templates]]
-* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:ParserFunctions Functions used in template math or logic expressions]
-* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words Special variable, i.e. ''magic words'' used in templates or articles ]
 == Image Editing ==