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+ | All pages should belong to at least one category | ||
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+ | There is a single top-level category [[:Category:Contents]] that you can descend through to find something appropriate | ||
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Add to the bottom of a page: | Add to the bottom of a page: | ||
<nowiki>[[Category:Foo]]</nowiki> | <nowiki>[[Category:Foo]]</nowiki> | ||
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+ | Or there's a blue square button with a C on the right in the wiki text editor | ||
=== Creating a Category === | === Creating a Category === | ||
− | Create a page named | + | Create a page named [[:Category:Foo]] |
Categories can be members of other categories, this will create a tree structure | Categories can be members of other categories, this will create a tree structure | ||
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+ | Link to a Category with | ||
+ | <nowiki>[[:Category:Foo]]</nowiki> | ||
== Templates == | == Templates == | ||
− | List of all templates: | + | List of all templates: [[Special:PrefixIndex/Template:]] |
=== Adding a Template === | === Adding a Template === | ||
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Add to the page: | Add to the page: | ||
<nowiki>{{Template:Foo}}</nowiki> | <nowiki>{{Template:Foo}}</nowiki> | ||
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+ | (This can be used to include the contents of any page, the `Template:` prefix is just a convention) | ||
=== Creating a Template === | === Creating a Template === | ||
− | Create a page named | + | Create a page named [[Template:Foo]] |
− | The [[Template: | + | The [[Template:Color box]] template can be used within another template to create a coloured box |
− | See template documentation at | + | See template documentation at [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates] |
== Watching Pages == | == Watching Pages == | ||
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+ | There is a 'Watch this page' checkbox when you edit a page - does this do anything? | ||
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+ | == Adding New Users == | ||
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+ | [[Special:CreateAccount]] | ||
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+ | == Merging Pages == | ||
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+ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging#How_to_merge | ||
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+ | [[Category: Admin]] |
Latest revision as of 00:48, 28 November 2019
Contents
Categories
List of all categories: Special:Categories
All pages should belong to at least one category
There is a single top-level category Category:Contents that you can descend through to find something appropriate
Adding a Category
Add to the bottom of a page: [[Category:Foo]]
Or there's a blue square button with a C on the right in the wiki text editor
Creating a Category
Create a page named Category:Foo
Categories can be members of other categories, this will create a tree structure
Link to a Category with [[:Category:Foo]]
Templates
List of all templates: Special:PrefixIndex/Template:
Adding a Template
Add to the page: {{Template:Foo}}
(This can be used to include the contents of any page, the `Template:` prefix is just a convention)
Creating a Template
Create a page named Template:Foo
The Template:Color box template can be used within another template to create a coloured box
See template documentation at [1]
Watching Pages
There is a 'Watch this page' checkbox when you edit a page - does this do anything?
Adding New Users
Merging Pages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging#How_to_merge