Help:Editing

Library Music Archives, like all wikis, has a standard model for how pages should look. This page will go over the basics of how a page should look.

Basic Formatting
To start editing, you must know basic wiki syntax first. Below, you'll find all of the formatting you need to learn in order to make proper pages.

{|align="center" class="wikitable" style="width:100%"  italic  italic  bold  bold  bold & italic  bold & italic
 * class="header" width="25%" style="text-align:center;"|Description
 * class="header" style="text-align:center;"|You type
 * class="header" width="25%" style="text-align:center;"|You get
 * Italic text
 * Italic text
 * Italic text
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 * Bold text
 * Bold text
 * Bold text
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 * Bold and italic
 * Bold and italic
 * Bold and italic
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #FFE4C4;"|
 * Internal link
 * Internal link
 * Internal link

(within the wiki)  Library Music 

 A library music album 

 Library Music and Production Musics  Library Music

A library music album

Library Music and Production Music Category:Composer images
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 * Categorization
 * Categorization
 * Categorization

Places the page in Category:Composer images


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 * External link
 * External link
 * External link

(to other websites)  Text to display 

 

 http://www.example.org </tt> Text to display



http://www.example.org  Phonograph Record on Wikipedia </tt>  Phonograph Record on Wikipedia </tt> Robot on Wikipedia Robot on Wikipedia  #REDIRECT Target page </tt> Target page  #REDIRECT Target page/x </tt> where   is the language's code (de, fr, es, ru...) Target page/x
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 * Link to Wikipedia
 * Link to Wikipedia
 * Link to Wikipedia
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 * Redirect to another page
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 * Redirect to another page
 * Redirect to another page
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 * Redirect to a non-english page
 * Redirect to a non-english page
 * Redirect to a non-english page
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 * Section headings
 * Section headings
 * Section headings

A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.  == Level 1 == </tt>

 === Level 2 === </tt>

 ==== Level 3 ==== </tt>

 ===== Level 4 ===== </tt>

 ====== Level 5 ====== </tt>

Level 5
* One</tt>
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 * Bulleted list
 * Bulleted list
 * Bulleted list

* Two</tt>

** Two point one</tt>

* Three</tt>
 * One
 * Two
 * Two point one
 * Three
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 * Numbered list
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 * Numbered list
 * Numbered list

Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1. # One</tt>

# Two</tt>

<tt>## Two point one</tt>

<tt># Three</tt>

<tt> no indent (normal) </tt> <tt> :first indent </tt> <tt> ::second indent </tt> <tt> :::third indent </tt> no indent (normal)
 * 1) One
 * 2) Two
 * 3) Two point one
 * 4) Three
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 * Indenting text
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 * Indenting text
 * Indenting text
 * first indent
 * second indent
 * third indent

<tt> </tt> <tt> </tt>
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 * Image
 * Image
 * Image
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 * Thumbnail image
 * Thumbnail image
 * Thumbnail image
 * }

Creating a page
To create a new page on the wiki, click on the search bar and type out the name of the page you would like to create. From there, you'll see the page title highlighted in red. If it is not red, this means the page already exists, but if not, the page does not exist. Once you click on the page name, you'll be brought into the editing menu.

Saving pages
Before saving a page, click on the 'Show preview' button to see how your page will look before saving it. Use this opportunity to correct any mistakes and to proofread the page. If you're doing a major edit, create a summary in the 'Summary' box to detail your changes. If the changes are minor, check the 'This is a minor edit' box.

Linking to other sites
When a word or phrase appears that requires a redirect to another site, only hyperlink to the first instance of the word or phrase and ignore any subsequent duplicates.

Categories
Make sure all pages are categorized under the correct categories. For example, a page about the identity Gerhard Trede would be placed under the <tt> </tt> category. If a category does not exist for a specific page yet, create one like a regular page, but add the 'Category:' at the beginning, followed by the name of the page.

Uploading files
When uploading a file, make sure they are named something that can easily be referenced on other pages. Make sure the description is concise and to link to another site if it was created by someone off the wiki. Make sure to insert all images into proper categories to aid in organization.

Language
When possible, make sure words are spelled in Traditional English (UK) instead of the more common Simplified English (US). For example, color will become colour.

External

 * From MediaWiki Help:
 * Formatting
 * Links
 * Images
 * Tables
 * Wikipedia Cheatsheet