Tips and tricks
Help pages Templates
{{clr }} or {{clear }} clears a horizontal space. Use this instead of multiple line breaks.
{{title }} changes the displayed title of a page. Does not alter the actual title. Also works on userpage names.
{{T }} creates a formatted wikilink to a template.
{{Tt }} or {{H:title }} creates a dotted underline with mouse-over text
{{outdent }} creates a line that shows a reply on a talk page was "outdented", meaning the indentation was scaled back.
{{Wikipedialink }} or {{Wlink }} shortcut for links to Wikipedia. Should always be used with "subst:".
{{ce }} general copyediting request
{{in-universe }} copyediting request for in-universe descriptions
{{merge }} notice for merging articles
{{move }} notice for moving pages
{{split }} notice for long articles in need of splitting
{{delete }} mark page for deletion
{{file rename }} notice for renaming files
{{R }} allows resizing of images from external hosts
Transclusion <section begin="Epilogue" />The end.<section end="Epilogue" /> - transclude parts of pages into other pages. Documentation .
References
<ref></ref> wrap these tags around a reference.
<references /> put this at the bottom of an article in the references section to list all references
{{cite }} make pretty citations. Documentation .
{{cite web }} the most common form of the above template used on this wiki.
<ref group="note"></ref> use in conjunction with <references group="note" /> to create a notes section at the bottom of an article.
Magic words and XML tags
__TOC__ forces table of contents to load where this is inserted in the source.
__NOTOC__ removes the table of contents.
~~~ adds your signature without a timestamp.
~~~~ adds your signature and a timestamp. Useful on talk pages.
~~~~~ adds a stand alone timestamp.
#REDIRECT [[Article]] creates a redirect page.
<nowiki></nowiki> disable wiki markup between the tags, display "as is"
---- adds a horizontal line ("rule") across the page.
Discussion Helpful tips for newcomers and veterans alike. Add them at above this section. -Throwawaytv 10:17, September 3, 2011 (UTC)
Couldn't we make this a Help page? Lord of Shadows Words mean nothing! Yeah, I was thinking either that or make this a pinned topic, though I haven't worked with forums so I don't know how to implement that without researching. ~Bobogoobo (talk ) 11:53, November 10, 2012 (UTC)
It's currently under the site's main menu, Community > Help > Tips and tricks. We can make it even more prominent by moving Help into its own primary tab. –Throwy 12:14, November 10, 2012 (UTC)
Yeah it should be called "Help Page" as Shad said, it would be better I guess. Force talk 13:44, November 10, 2012 (UTC)
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Lord of Shadows Words mean nothing!
