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Part of Encyclopedia Dramatica:Help

Wikis use a special kind of markup. HTML is a kind of markup you are probably familiar with, although it's a different kind than wiki markup. The goal of wiki editing is to be quick and efficient, so some things may be confusing to you if you're used to editing HTML pages.

To see some of the most common markup options, click the little icons up at the top of the edit box, just below the tabs. They are used for bold, italics, internal links, external links, level 2 headline, embedding an image, embedding a media file, math stuff (you probably won't ever use this), ignoring wiki markup, signature and horizontal line break.

Contents 1 Links and URLs 1.1 Pluralizing, verbing 1.2 Linking to Weird Pages 2 Inserting an Image 2.1 Image specific tags 2.2 How to find images 3 Categorizing your articles 4 Unordered List 5 Ordered List 6 Definition list 7 Tables 8 Categories 9 Templates 10 How do I sign my name? 10.1 Customized sigs 11 Basic Tips

[edit] Links and URLs

There are internal links and external links. To link to an internal article type two brackets on each side of the link. Like so [[Attention whore]]. This will link to the article called Attention whore, also located at the URL http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Attention_whores .

To link to a URL that is external to encyclopediadramatica, type a single bracket, the URL to the site, including http://, then a blank space (no special delimiter character), and then the title. Like so [http://girlvinyl.com THE BEST SITE EVAR!!!333]. It will look like this: THE BEST SITE EVAR!!!333. Easy!

[edit] Pluralizing, verbing

Most articles in ED are listed in the singular form (MRI, not MRIs).

• Correct way to link to plural: [[MRI]]s = MRIs, [[lulz]]ing = lulzing
• Incorrect way: MRIs, [[lulzing]]
• Works, but not recommended: [[MRI|MRIs]], [[lulz|lulzing]].
• Please see Encyclopedia Dramatica:Why not pipe?.

[edit] Linking to Weird Pages

If it's a "weird" page (like a category or an image), add a colon. For example: [[:Category:Wikis Suck]] yields Category:Wikis Suck. Use a pipe to remove the namespace. [[:Category:Wikis Suck|]] yields Wikis Suck.

[edit] Inserting an Image

To insert an image, you'll first need to upload it. You can do that by clicking the Upload File link on the left of this page. There you will find detailed instructions on uploading images or other media. It's simple to do. After your image has been uploaded, it will give you instructions on inserting the image into your article. It will typically look like this [[Image:Salamander.jpg|thumb|This is a gay example!]]. The image tag and image name go first, followed by a command to create a thumbnail for larger images, followed by your description.

[edit] Image specific tags

thumb 

You can remove the "thumb" tag and it will display the image in its original size. This is sometimes appropriate for animated gifs, or images too small to require a thumbnail. Animated gifs with smaller viewing size tend to be size to download.

frame 

replace "thumb" with "frame" to keep in original size but wrap with a frame. Note: if you include neither "thumb" nor "frame", your description (see below) will appear as ALT text rather than a caption.

Description 

This is automatically inserted when you use the example from the upload file page. You should alter it in the article to reflect a good caption for your image. If the image is not a thumbnail, it will not have a description.

right|left|none 

These alignment tags are available for use if you would like to justify your image on one side of the page.

Width 

when using "thumb", you can include a width value: [[Image:Salamander.jpg|thumb|120px|This is a cool example!]]

[edit] How to find images

Please see Image Selection Process, Unusedimages or Newimages.

[edit] Categorizing your articles

So you've written an article. A beautiful article it is! Now the only thing that can ruin your article is a {{crap}} tag. Oh Noes!! Better categorize it so it doesn't end up here or here.

So just go to Special:Categories and look which category your article fits best. If it fits multiple categories, then put them in all those categories.

Now just put [[Category:Whatever]] at the bottom of your article.

Oh, and do not create a category that's not listed. Srsly.

[edit] Unordered List

Using the asterisk * symbol will create a bullet and you can create an unordered list, if you simply increment the number of asterisks you use.

• This makes a single bullet.
• I'm making a couple of points.
• because I am very smart.

• Incrementing the asterisks creates an indent.
  • This is good for replying to comments.
    • Yes, it is.
      • Fun for all!
        • Racism.
          • Lol liek wut?
            • DICKEY MOUSE
              • Shut up, all of you.
                • NO U

[edit] Ordered List

Using the pound/hash/number symbol (#) creates an ordered list

1. Number one
2. Number two
   1. Number two-one
   2. Number two-two
      1. Number two-two-one
   3. Number two-three
3. Number three

[edit] Definition list

;Term : definition yields:

Term 

definition

[edit] Tables

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0

|hello

|-

|two || three || four

|-

|five || six || seven

|}

produces:

hello
twoo	three	four
five	six	seven

[edit] Categories

We use forty-six categories in ED. To view the list of categories, go to Special:Categories. You should always place your article in at least one category. You can also view Special:Uncategorizedpages for a list of uncategorized articles.

To categorize an article, put this line anywhere in the page (preferably the bottom):

[[Category: LiveJournal]]

To list an article under a letter other than the first letter of the title (i.e., if I wanted to list George W Bush by his last name, Bush), enter it as such:

[[Category: People|Bush, George W]]

[edit] Templates

Please see Templates.

[edit] How do I sign my name?

To sign your name, just paste this after it: ~~~~. It's simply four tildes. It will auto-populate your username and a timestamp.

[edit] Customized sigs

1. Quasidan the Jew 22:58, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
2. Q^\D 01:02, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• how'd you get these to work? just curious --Killhamster 07:40, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • In Special:Preferences, under "user data", there's a field titled "Your nickname (for signatures)". In there I put: Q]]^\[[User_talk:Quasidan|^DAN. the key is to leave the brackets OPEN at the end. Here's the basic mod: Killhamster]] [[User_talk:Killhamster|talk. one love, Q^\DAN 13:11, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Actually, disregard this section as the new MediaWiki is a cunt. You can do what QD said, but the key is to NOT leave the brackets open. Also, check the raw signatures box. --Sheneequa 06:11, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Basic Tips

• Images at the top, Categories at the bottom.
• Categorize everything.
• Try to get an image for every article.
• Create some links to your article from other pages and make sure you have links in your article as well.