Help:Editing

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For a more complete guide, see {{wikipedia|help:editing|the Wikipedia page}}, but here just a few tricks:

==Most importantly==
* Use ''Show preview'' to check your edit before saving.
* Check your links. Check links to empty pages (coloured red) to see whether you linked to the right page.
* Don't create an article of just a few lines solely to have created it. It's better to invest your time in [[:Category:Stubs|existing articles which need attention]].
* If you do create or edit a page, make sure the proper [[Special:Categories|categories]] are assigned.
* Use templates to easily add commonly used formatting and information. Below the save/preview buttons the most commonly used templates are linked. (Character Data, Book Data, Stub, etc)
* Never use material that you don't have permission to publish under the license this wiki uses.
* If you think an article could potentially contain much more information which you couldn't include, add the <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> template.

All this makes editing easier and the result of your efforts better. It also saves others time, as someone else will have to correct omissions.

==Formatting==
The toolbar above your editing area allows you to make the text bold or italics, but you can also put the text within <nowiki>'' ''</nowiki> to italicize it, or <nowiki>''' '''</nowiki> to bold-font it.

==Linking==
Type the article name within [[ ]] to link it. For example, <nowiki>[[genetics]]</nowiki> shows up as [[genetics]].

The vertical bar | (usually found below the backspace key on a keyboard )(1) can be used to separate the linked article's name and the way you want it to show up in the content you're writing. For example, <nowiki>[[genetics|genetic stuff]]</nowiki> shows up as [[genetics|genetic stuff]].
To save yourself from typing, just a | with no given text, will automagically strip away the Namespace: and (things between brackets) in the article title. For example, <nowiki>[[Ankh (river)|]]</nowiki> gives [[Ankh (river)|Ankh]], and <nowiki>[[Book:Thud!|]]</nowiki> gives [[Book:Thud!|Thud!]].

(1) North American: shift-backslash, left of backspace

To link to a Category: page, add a colon before Category: and the | at the end like this: <nowiki>[[:Category:Wizards|]]</nowiki> = [[:Category:Wizards|Wizards]].

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==For Books==

Special templates have been generated in order to make links to books consistent. The table below contains the books and their template code.

{|style="width: 35em; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse:collapse;"

|-style="text-align: left; border: 1px solid black; "
!Template !! Book

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{COM}}</nowiki> || {{COM}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TLF}}</nowiki> || {{TLF}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{ER}}</nowiki> || {{ER}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{M}}</nowiki> || {{M}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{S}}</nowiki> || {{S}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{WS}}</nowiki> || {{WS}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{P}}</nowiki> || {{P}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{G!G!}}</nowiki> || {{G!G!}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{E}}</nowiki> || {{E}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{MP}}</nowiki> || {{MP}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{RM}}</nowiki> || {{RM}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{WA}}</nowiki> || {{WA}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{SG}}</nowiki> || {{SG}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{LL}}</nowiki> || {{LL}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{MAA}}</nowiki> || {{MAA}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{SM}}</nowiki> || {{SM}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{IT}}</nowiki> || {{IT}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{M!!!}}</nowiki> || {{M!!!}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{FOC}}</nowiki> || {{FOC}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{H}}</nowiki> || {{H}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{J}}</nowiki> || {{J}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TLC}}</nowiki> || {{TLC}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{CJ}}</nowiki> || {{CJ}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TFE}}</nowiki> || {{TFE}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TT}}</nowiki> || {{TT}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TOT}}</nowiki> || {{TOT}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TLH}}</nowiki> || {{TLH}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TAM}}</nowiki> || {{TAM}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{NW}}</nowiki> || {{NW}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{WFM}}</nowiki> || {{WFM}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{MR}}</nowiki> || {{MR}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{HFOS}}</nowiki> || {{HFOS}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{GP}}</nowiki> || {{GP}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{T!}}</nowiki> || {{T!}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{W}}</nowiki> || {{W}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{MM}}</nowiki> || {{MM}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{UA}}</nowiki> || {{UA}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{ISWM}}</nowiki> || {{ISWM}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{DC}}</nowiki> || {{DC}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{SAM}}</nowiki> || {{SAM}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{DM}}</nowiki> || {{DM}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{DD}}</nowiki> || {{DD}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TGL}}</nowiki> || {{TGL}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{NOC}}</nowiki> || {{NOC}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{SOD1}}</nowiki> || {{SOD1}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{SOD2}}</nowiki> || {{SOD2}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{SOD3}}</nowiki> || {{SOD3}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{NDC}}</nowiki> || {{NDC}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{AOD}}</nowiki> || {{AOD}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{GO}}</nowiki> || {{GO}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TUC}}</nowiki> || {{TUC}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{T}}</nowiki> || {{T}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{D}}</nowiki> || {{D}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{WI}}</nowiki> || {{WI}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{OY}}</nowiki> || {{OY}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{JATD}}</nowiki> || {{JATD}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{JATB}}</nowiki> || {{JATB}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{N}}</nowiki> || {{N}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{UUD}}</nowiki> || {{UUD}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{CWD}}</nowiki> || {{CWD}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{AGD}}</nowiki> || {{AGD}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{FGD}}</nowiki> || {{FGD}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TGD}}</nowiki> || {{TGD}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{RVD}}</nowiki> || {{RVD}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{OMWF}}</nowiki> || {{OMWF}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{SALF}}</nowiki> || {{SALF}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TB}}</nowiki> || {{TB}}

|-style="border: 1px solid black; "
|<nowiki>{{TOC}}</nowiki> || {{TOC}}
|}

'''For Characters and others'''

Most characters, locations, objects, concepts etc can be linked directly by [[ ]] - use full name if known. The book templates then have to be used to link to a book that has the same name as a character or location or things, for example the 4th novel, {{M}}, as distinguished from the character named [[Mort]]; other examples include pyramids, moving pictures, and the fifth elephant.

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