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==general help==
  
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  If you want to test out editing pages, please
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For general help in editing please read [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Cheatsheet| Wikipedia's "Editing cheatsheet"]], or see [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing MediaWiki's Help:Editing].
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==ThinkWiki editing policies==
  
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:''See also  [[Quick Edit Guide]], [[Help:Editing]], [[m:Help:Editing]]''
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===write with other users in your mind===
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When you write an article, keep the following things in mind...
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*Respect others. Try sticking to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npov neutral point of view]. Respect the work of other writers. Respect your (potential) readers.
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*ThinkWiki is not only about the newest models. Try to write in a way that is open for older, newer and future models. This especially regards the structuring of the information you provide.
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*ThinkWiki is not only about your Distro. Try to make clear if something you write is valid only for your specific linux distribution.
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*Even though the article is written by you, it is a piece of information others might work on later. Try to avoid personal remarks in your articles.
  
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:''Part of the [[Wikipedia:Style and How-to Directory|Style and How-to]] Series''
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===naming policies for new pages===
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If you create a new page, please consider the following page naming policies. This is important to keep a persistent page naming scheme and hence to ensure that ThinkWiki still works well when it has grown more complex.
  
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[[Wikipedia]] is a [[Wiki|WikiWiki]], which means that anyone can easily edit any '''[[Wikipedia:Protected page|unprotected]]'''  [[Wikipedia:What is an article|article]] and have those changes posted immediately to that page. 
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Page names (the links you create to point to the page) are used as the page Title. Considering these policies has the following advantages:
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*the pages will have self-explaining titles
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*in Category views like the Model view the links to the pages are expressively labeled and similar pages are sorted together
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*the pages are more easily found in search engines like google
  
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It's very easy to edit a Wiki page!!!
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====general policies====
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*It is allowed and in fact wanted that you use spaces within your page titles.
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*The name you choose for the page should be as specific as its content will be. In other words...it should not be possible to write another page with more general content about the topic that your page title indicates.
  
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Simply click on the "'''Edit this page'''" tab at the top (or the edit link on the right or bottom) of a Wiki page. This will bring you to a page with a text box containing the editable text of that page. (If you want to experiment, please do so in our [[Wikipedia:sandbox|sandbox]], not here. You could open the [[Wikipedia:sandbox|sandbox]] in a separate window or tab to be able to see both this text and your tests in the sandbox.)
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====specific kinds of pages====
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To sort similar pages together in the Model views, we start specific pages in defined ways.
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The following table shows the naming schemes for several kinds of pages...
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
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|+page naming schemes
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! page type !! naming scheme !! example
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| Installation instructions overview for a model || Installation instructions for the <model> || Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T41p
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| Installation instructions for a specific distro on a model || Installing <distro> on a <model> || Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad T41p
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| other HowTos || How to ... || How to get special keys to work
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| Problem descriptions || Problem with ... || Problem with lm-sensors
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| Drivers and Tools pages || <name of driver/tool> || ibm-acpi
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| Patches || Patch ... || Patch disabling ACPI C3
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| Components || <name of component as used by IBM> || IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II
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| Distro pages || Category:<distro> || Category:SUSE
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| ThinkPad Models || Category:<Model without "ThinkPad"> || Category:T41p
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| Specifications || <type number-model number> || 2373-GHG
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Type away, write a short [[Wikipedia:Edit summary|edit summary]] on the small field below the edit-box.  You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in the [[Wikipedia:Edit summary legend|legend]], and when finished, press [[Wikipedia:Show preview|preview]] to see how your changes will look. Then press "Save".  Depending on your system, pressing "Enter" while the edit box is not active (when there is no typing cursor in it) may have the same effect as pressing the "Save" button. Also, please do not vandalise the information on Wikipedia.
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=== use semantic formatting ===
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Please prefer semantic formatting over beauty. To help maintaining a formatting standard, you can use the following templates.
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{{NOTE|
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Unfortunately, nesting templates is not possible. I.e. you can't put a cmd template inside a NOTE template.
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}}
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<br />
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
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! syntax !! resulting output
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| <nowiki>{{cmduser|command}}</nowiki> || {{cmduser|command}}
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| <nowiki>{{cmduser|command &amp;#124; pipe}}</nowiki> || {{cmduser|command &#124; pipe}}
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| <nowiki>{{cmdroot|command}}</nowiki> || {{cmdroot|command}}
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| <nowiki>{{cmdgrub|command}}</nowiki> || {{cmdgrub|command}}
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| <nowiki>{{cmdresult|shell output}}</nowiki> || {{cmdresult|shell output}}
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| <nowiki>{{cmd|command|prefix>}}</nowiki> || {{cmd|command|prefix>}}
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| <nowiki>{{bootparm|parameter|value}}</nowiki> || {{bootparm|parameter|value}}
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| <nowiki>{{path|/etc/config.cfg}}</nowiki> || {{path|/etc/config.cfg}}
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#<nowiki>{{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI|[M]|SCSI device support|SCSI device support|Device Drivers||}}</nowiki>
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#<nowiki>{{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI|[M]|SCSI device support||||}}</nowiki>
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#<nowiki>{{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI|[M]|||||}}</nowiki>
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#<nowiki>{{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI||||||}}</nowiki>
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#<nowiki>{{kernelconf||[M]|SCSI device support||||}}</nowiki>
  
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You can also click on the "'''Discussion'''" tab (or the "'''Discuss this page'''" link) to see the corresponding [[Wikipedia:Talk page|talk page]], which contains comments about the page from other Wikipedia users. Click on the "'''+'''" tab (or "'''Edit this page'''") to add a comment.
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''specify the menuconfig path in reverse order and fill with empty parameters to at least a total of seven''
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==More information on editing wiki pages==
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#{{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI|[M]|SCSI device support|SCSI device support|Device Drivers||}}
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#{{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI|[M]|SCSI device support||||}}
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#{{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI|[M]|||||}}
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* [[Help:Starting a new page|How to start a page]]
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#{{kernelconf||[M]|SCSI device support||||}}
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* Informal tips on [[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|contributing to Wikipedia]]
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* Editing tasks in general at the [[Wikipedia:Editing FAQ]]
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| <nowiki>{{HINT|A suggestion.}}</nowiki> || {{HINT|A suggestion.}}
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* Why not to rename pages '''boldly''', at [[Wikipedia:How to rename (move) a page]]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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* Preferred layout of your article, at [[Wikipedia:Guide to Layout|Guide to Layout]] (see also [[Wikipedia:Boilerplate text]])
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| <nowiki>{{NOTE|Take notice!}}</nowiki> || {{NOTE|Take notice!}}
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* Style conventions in the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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* General policies in [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines]]
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| <nowiki>{{WARN|Be careful!}}</nowiki> || {{WARN|Be careful!}}
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* [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions]] for how to name articles themselves
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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* If you are making an article about something that belongs to a group of objects (a city, an astronomical object, a chinese character...) check out if there is a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] on the group and try to follow its directions explicitly.
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| <nowiki>{{HELP|Request for help}}</nowiki> || {{HELP|Request for help}}
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| <nowiki>{{QUOTE|Master Foo|zen-devel|Your theories on the sound of one hand clapping are quite interesting.}}</nowiki> || {{QUOTE|Master Foo|zen-devel|Your theories on the sound of one hand clapping are quite interesting.}}
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==Tips on editing Wikipedia articles==
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|<nowiki>{{key|Fn}}{{key|F4}}</nowiki> || {{key|Fn}}{{key|F4}}
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|<nowiki>{{ibmkey|Access IBM|#495988}} = {{ibmkey|ThinkPad|#494949}}</nowiki> || {{ibmkey|Access IBM|#495988}} = {{ibmkey|ThinkPad|#494949}}
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|<nowiki>to be commented{{footnote|1}}</nowiki> || to be commented{{footnote|1}}
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|<nowiki>{{footnotes|</nowiki><br />
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<nowiki>#first footnote</nowiki><br />
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<nowiki>#second footnote</nowiki><br />
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<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
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|| {{footnotes|
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*Use the Search button to launch a Google search of Wikipedia for your topic title (and possibly variants), to find articles that mention it, and make links from them if appropriate;
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#first footnote
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#second footnote
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===Safari browser 60-second timeout===
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If you use the Safari browser on Mac OS X, you may find that the 60-second browser timeout is shorter than the amount of time it takes for your edit to be acknowledged, especially when server load is high. Clicking "Save page" again will cause the edit to be repeated, which can be disastrous when doing section edits. You may want to install [http://www.unsanity.com/products/free SafariNoTimeout], a free extension that will increase the 60-second timeout to 10 minutes.  Note that this "haxie" does not require Application Enhancer.  Alternatively,  the Safari plug-in [http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/ Saft] also allows you to alter the timeout, although it is not free.
 
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[[Wikipedia:Village Pump|Village Pump]].
 
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[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)|Manual of Style]]
 
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[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Links|]]
 
−
 
 
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* The server fills in the part after the pipe character (|) when you save the page. The next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. When [[Wikipedia:Show preview|preview]]ing your edits, you will not see the expanded form until you press '''Save''' and '''Edit''' again. The same applies to links to sections within the same page (see previous entry).
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
−
Automatically hide stuff in parentheses:
 
−
[[kingdom (biology)|]].
 
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−
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−
[[Wikipedia:Village Pump|]].
 
−
 
 
−
Or both:
 
−
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)|]]
 
−
 
 
−
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[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Links|]]
 
−
</nowiki></pre>
 
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−
 
 
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−
<td>
 
−
[[The weather in London]] is a page
 
−
that doesn't exist yet.
 
−
 
 
−
* You can create it by clicking on the link (but please don't do so with this particular link).
 
−
* To create a new page:
 
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*# Create a link to it on some other (related) page.
 
−
*# Save that page.
 
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*# Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.
 
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* For more information, see [[Wikipedia:How to start a page|How to start a page]] and check out Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|naming conventions]].
 
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* Please do not create a new article without linking to it from at least one other article.
 
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<td>
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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[[The weather in London]] is a page
 
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that doesn't exist yet.
 
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</td>
 
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<td>
 
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[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] is this page.
 
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* [[Self link]]s appear as bold text when the article is viewed.
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] is this page.
 
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: [[User:Montrealais|Montrealais]]
 
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or four for user name plus date/time:
 
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<td>
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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you should sign it by adding
 
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three tildes for your user name:
 
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: ~~~
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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#REDIRECT [[United States]]
 
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* It does not matter where you put these links while editing as they will always show up in the same place when you save the page, but placement at the end of the edit box is recommended.
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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[[fr:Wikipédia:Aide]]
 
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<td>
 
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'''What links here''' and '''Related changes'''
 
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pages can be linked as:
 
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[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]
 
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and
 
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[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]
 
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<td>
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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'''What links here''' and '''Related changes'''
 
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pages can be linked as:
 
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[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]
 
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and
 
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[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]
 
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[[Special:Contributions/UserName]]
 
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or
 
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[[Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0]]
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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[[Special:Contributions/UserName]]
 
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or
 
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[[Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0]]
 
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</nowiki></pre>
 
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<td>
 
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<td>
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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[[Category:Character sets]]
 
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</nowiki></pre>
 
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</tr>
 
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<td>
 
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* To ''link'' to a [[Wikipedia:Category]] page without putting the article into the category, use an initial colon (:) in the link.
 
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<td>
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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[[:Category:Character sets]]
 
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</nowiki></pre>
 
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<td>
 
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# Bare URL: http://www.nupedia.com/ (bad style)
 
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# Unnamed link: [http://www.nupedia.com/] (bad style)
 
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# Named link: [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]
 
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:See [[MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki_map]] for the list of shortcuts.
 
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* Square brackets indicate an external link. Note the use of a ''space'' (not a pipe) to separate the URL from the link text in the "named" version.
 
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* In the [[URL]], all symbols must be among:<br/>'''A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ \ / ~ % - + &amp; # ? ! = ( ) @ \x80-\xFF'''
 
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* If a URL contains a character not in this list, it should be encoded by using a percent sign (%) followed by the [[hexadecimal|hex]] code of the character, which can be found in the table of [[ASCII#ASCII printable characters|ASCII printable characters]]. For example, the caret character (^) would be encoded in a URL as '''%5E'''.
 
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* See [[Wikipedia:External links]] for style issues.
 
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</td>
 
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<td>
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources:
 
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# Bare URL: http://www.nupedia.com/
 
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# Unnamed link: [http://www.nupedia.com/]
 
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# Named link: [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]
 
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</nowiki></pre>
 
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</td>
 
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</tr>
 
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<tr valign="top">
 
−
<td>
 
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Linking to other wikis:
 
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# [[Interwiki]] link: [[Wiktionary:Hello]]
 
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# Named interwiki link: [[Wiktionary:Hello|Hello]]
 
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# Interwiki link without prefix: [[Wiktionary:Hello|Hello]]
 
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* All of these forms lead to the URL http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hello
 
−
* Note that interwiki links use the ''internal'' link style.
 
−
* See [[MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki_map]] for the list of shortcuts; if the site you want to link to isn't on the list, use an external link (see above).
 
−
* See also [[Wikipedia:How to link to Wikimedia projects]].
 
−
 
 
−
Linking to another language's wiktionary:
 
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# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour]]
 
−
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour|Bonjour]]
 
−
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour|fr:Bonjour]]
 
−
 
 
−
* All of these forms lead to the URL http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bonjour
 
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</td>
 
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<td>
 
−
<pre><nowiki>
 
−
Linking to other wikis:
 
−
# [[Interwiki]] link: [[Wiktionary:Hello]]
 
−
# Named interwiki link: [[Wiktionary:Hello|Hello]]
 
−
# Interwiki link without prefix: [[Wiktionary:Hello|]]
 
−
 
 
−
Linking to another language's wiktionary:
 
−
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour]]
 
−
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour|Bonjour]]
 
−
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour|]]
 
−
</nowiki></pre>
 
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</td>
 
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</tr>
 
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<tr valign="top">
 
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<td>
 
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ISBN 012345678X
 
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ISBN 0-123-45678-X
 
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* Link to books using their [[Wikipedia:ISBN|ISBN]] numbers. This is preferred to linking to a specific online bookstore, because it gives the reader a choice of vendors.
 
−
* ISBN links do not need any extra markup, provided you use one of the indicated formats.
 
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<td>
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
−
ISBN 012345678X
 
−
 
 
−
ISBN 0-123-45678-X
 
−
</nowiki></pre>
 
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</tr>
 
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<tr valign=top>
 
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<td>
 
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Date formats:
 
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# [[July 20]], [[1969]]
 
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# [[20 July]] [[1969]]
 
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# [[1969]]-[[07-20]]
 
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* Link dates in one of the above formats, so that everyone can set their own display order. If [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]], you can use [[Special:Preferences]] to change your own date display setting.
 
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* All of the above dates will appear as "[[20 July|20 July]] [[1969|1969]]" if you set your date display preference to "15 January 2001", but as "[[20 July|July 20]], [[1969|1969]]" if you set it to "January 15, 2001".
 
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<td>
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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Date formats:
 
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# [[July 20]], [[1969]]
 
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# [[20 July]] [[1969]]
 
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# [[1969]]-[[07-20]]
 
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<td>
 
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[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]
 
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</nowiki></pre>
 
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</table>
 
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=== Images ===
 
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<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
 
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<tr>
 
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<th>What it looks like</th>
 
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<th>What you type</th>
 
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</tr>
 
−
 
 
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<tr valign="top"><td>A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png|frame|right|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]<br clear=all>
 
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* Only images that have been uploaded to Wikipedia can be used. To upload images, use the [[Special:Upload|upload page]]. You can find the uploaded image on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]].
 
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* See [[Wikipedia:Image use policy]], [[Wikipedia:Image markup|image markup]] (deprecated) and [[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax|extended image syntax]] for more hints.
 
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* Alternative text, used when the image isn't loaded, in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud, is '''strongly''' encouraged. See [[Wikipedia:Alternate text for images|Alternate text for images]] for help on choosing it.
 
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<td><pre><nowiki>
 
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or, with alternate text
 
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<pre><nowiki>[[Image:Wiki.png|jigsaw globe]]</nowiki></pre>
 
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<pre><nowiki>A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png|frame|right|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]</nowiki></pre>
 
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<pre><nowiki>[[Image:Wiki.png|right|]]</nowiki></pre>
 
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<td><pre><nowiki>
 
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[[:Image:Wiki.png]]
 
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</td>
 
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<td>
 
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<br/>[[media:Tornado.jpg|Image of a Tornado]]
 
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<td>
 
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<pre>
 
−
<nowiki>
 
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<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
 
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<th>What it looks like</th>
 
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<th>What you type</th>
 
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</tr>
 
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<td>
 
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''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''.
 
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<pre><nowiki>
 
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<td>
 
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A typewriter font for <tt>monospace text</tt>
 
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<td>
 
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<ins>inserted material</ins> using logical markup
 
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rather than visual markup.
 
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À Á Â Ã Ä Å <br/>
 
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Æ Ç È É Ê Ë <br/>
 
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Ì Í
 
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Î Ï Ñ Ò <br/>
 
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Ó Ô Õ
 
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Ö Ø Ù <br/>
 
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Ú Û Ü ß
 
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à á <br/>
 
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â ã ä å æ
 
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ç <br/>
 
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è é ê ë ì í<br/>
 
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î ï ñ ò ó ô <br/>
 
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&oelig; õ
 
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&amp;Agrave; &amp;Aacute; &amp;Acirc; &amp;Atilde; &amp;Auml; &amp;Aring;
 
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&amp;AElig; &amp;Ccedil; &amp;Egrave; &amp;Eacute; &amp;Ecirc; &amp;Euml;
 
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&amp;Igrave; &amp;Iacute; &amp;Icirc; &amp;Iuml; &amp;Ntilde; &amp;Ograve;
 
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&amp;Oacute; &amp;Ocirc; &amp;Otilde; &amp;Ouml; &amp;Oslash; &amp;Ugrave;
 
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&amp;Uacute; &amp;Ucirc; &amp;Uuml; &amp;szlig; &amp;agrave; &amp;aacute;
 
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&amp;acirc; &amp;atilde; &amp;auml; &amp;aring; &amp;aelig; &amp;ccedil;
 
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&amp;egrave; &amp;eacute; &amp;ecirc; &amp;euml; &amp;igrave; &amp;iacute;
 
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&amp;icirc; &amp;iuml; &amp;ntilde; &amp;ograve; &amp;oacute; &amp;ocirc;
 
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&amp;oelig; &amp;otilde; &amp;ouml; &amp;oslash; &amp;ugrave; &amp;uacute;
 
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¿ ¡ § ¶<br/>
 
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&dagger; &Dagger; &bull; &ndash; &mdash;<br/>
 
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&amp;iquest; &amp;iexcl; &amp;sect; &amp;para;
 
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&amp;dagger; &amp;Dagger; &amp;bull; &amp;ndash; &amp;mdash;
 
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&amp;lsaquo; &amp;rsaquo; &amp;laquo; &amp;raquo;
 
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&amp;lsquo; &amp;rsquo; &amp;ldquo; &amp;rdquo;
 
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&amp;trade; &amp;copy; &amp;reg; &amp;cent; &amp;euro; &amp;yen;
 
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&alpha; &beta; &gamma; &delta; &epsilon; &zeta;<br/>
 
−
&eta; &theta; &iota; &kappa; &lambda; &mu; &nu;<br/>
 
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&xi; &omicron; &pi; &rho;  &sigma; &sigmaf;<br/>
 
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=== Tables ===
 
=== Tables ===
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The [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software used by Wikipedia has limited support for template inclusion. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> will appear as ''This article is a [[Wikipedia:The perfect stub article|stub]]. You can help Wikipedia by [[Wikipedia:Find or fix a stub|expanding it]].'' when the page is saved. Other commonly used ones are <nowiki>{{disambig}}</nowiki> for disambiguation pages and <nowiki>{{spoiler}}</nowiki> for spoiler warnings. See [[Wikipedia:Template messages]] for the complete list.
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=== use our Link&Categorization Templates===
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To ease editing and to provide a standardized way of linking to a category and categorizing the page at the same time in that category, we introduced the following Templates. So far there are two types of these:
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*Model Templates. Just write the model number surrounded by winged brackets, like i.e. <nowiki>{{T40}}</nowiki>. This will be equivalent to <nowiki>[[:Category:T40|T40]] [[Category:T40]]</nowiki>. Hence the result will be a link like this: [[:Category:T40|T40]], but at the same time, the page will be categorized under that category.
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*Distribution Templates. They work the same way as Model Templates, except that for them you need to specify the Distribution name (simplest, shortest variant of it). It will create a link to that distributions category page and also categorize the page you used the template on under that category.
  
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==See also==
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=== use our Editorial Templates===
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*[[m:Help:Editing|Mediawiki user's guide to editing]]
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
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*[[UseModWiki]] and [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]].
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*[[HTML element]].
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*[[Wikipedia:Protection policy]]
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|<nowiki>{{Stub}}</nowiki><br />(Use only at the beginning of pages!)||{{Stub}}
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|-
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|<nowiki>{{Todo|needs editing}}</nowiki>||{{Todo|needs editing}}
 +
|-
 +
|<nowiki>{{Fixme|preliminary information}}</nowiki>||{{Fixme|preliminary information}}
 +
|-
 +
|<nowiki>{{Usage|do this and that}}</nowiki><br />(Use only at the beginning of pages!)||{{Usage|Do this and that}}
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|}
 +
'''Have fun editing!'''

Latest revision as of 23:30, 2 November 2017

general help

For general help in editing please read Wikipedia's "Editing cheatsheet", or see MediaWiki's Help:Editing.

ThinkWiki editing policies

write with other users in your mind

When you write an article, keep the following things in mind...

  • Respect others. Try sticking to a neutral point of view. Respect the work of other writers. Respect your (potential) readers.
  • ThinkWiki is not only about the newest models. Try to write in a way that is open for older, newer and future models. This especially regards the structuring of the information you provide.
  • ThinkWiki is not only about your Distro. Try to make clear if something you write is valid only for your specific linux distribution.
  • Even though the article is written by you, it is a piece of information others might work on later. Try to avoid personal remarks in your articles.

naming policies for new pages

If you create a new page, please consider the following page naming policies. This is important to keep a persistent page naming scheme and hence to ensure that ThinkWiki still works well when it has grown more complex.

Page names (the links you create to point to the page) are used as the page Title. Considering these policies has the following advantages:

  • the pages will have self-explaining titles
  • in Category views like the Model view the links to the pages are expressively labeled and similar pages are sorted together
  • the pages are more easily found in search engines like google

general policies

  • It is allowed and in fact wanted that you use spaces within your page titles.
  • The name you choose for the page should be as specific as its content will be. In other words...it should not be possible to write another page with more general content about the topic that your page title indicates.

specific kinds of pages

To sort similar pages together in the Model views, we start specific pages in defined ways. The following table shows the naming schemes for several kinds of pages...

page naming schemes
page type naming scheme example
Installation instructions overview for a model Installation instructions for the <model> Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T41p
Installation instructions for a specific distro on a model Installing <distro> on a <model> Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad T41p
other HowTos How to ... How to get special keys to work
Problem descriptions Problem with ... Problem with lm-sensors
Drivers and Tools pages <name of driver/tool> ibm-acpi
Patches Patch ... Patch disabling ACPI C3
Components <name of component as used by IBM> IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II
Distro pages Category:<distro> Category:SUSE
ThinkPad Models Category:<Model without "ThinkPad"> Category:T41p
Specifications <type number-model number> 2373-GHG

use semantic formatting

Please prefer semantic formatting over beauty. To help maintaining a formatting standard, you can use the following templates.

NOTE!

Unfortunately, nesting templates is not possible. I.e. you can't put a cmd template inside a NOTE template.


syntax resulting output
{{cmduser|command}} $ command
{{cmduser|command &#124; pipe}} $ command | pipe
{{cmdroot|command}} # command
{{cmdgrub|command}} grub> command
{{cmdresult|shell output}} shell output
{{cmd|command|prefix>}} prefix> command
{{bootparm|parameter|value}} parameter=value
{{path|/etc/config.cfg}} /etc/config.cfg
  1. {{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI|[M]|SCSI device support|SCSI device support|Device Drivers||}}
  2. {{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI|[M]|SCSI device support||||}}
  3. {{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI|[M]|||||}}
  4. {{kernelconf|CONFIG_SCSI||||||}}
  5. {{kernelconf||[M]|SCSI device support||||}}

specify the menuconfig path in reverse order and fill with empty parameters to at least a total of seven

  1. Device Drivers → SCSI device support → [M]SCSI device support (CONFIG_SCSI)
  2. [M]SCSI device support (CONFIG_SCSI)
  3. [M] (CONFIG_SCSI)
  4. (CONFIG_SCSI)
  5. [M]SCSI device support
{{HINT|A suggestion.}}
Hint:
A suggestion.
{{NOTE|Take notice!}}
NOTE!
Take notice!
{{WARN|Be careful!}}
ATTENTION!
Be careful!
{{HELP|Request for help}}
Help needed
Request for help
{{QUOTE|Master Foo|zen-devel|Your theories on the sound of one hand clapping are quite interesting.}}
Master Foo wrote on zen-devel:
Your theories on the sound of one hand clapping are quite interesting.
{{key|Fn}}{{key|F4}} FnF4
{{ibmkey|Access IBM|#495988}} = {{ibmkey|ThinkPad|#494949}} Access IBM = ThinkPad
to be commented{{footnote|1}} to be commented1
{{footnotes|

#first footnote
#second footnote
}}

FOOTNOTES [Δ]
  1. first footnote
  2. second footnote

Tables

When adding tables, you might want to use our special {{Cyes}}, {{Cno}} and {{Cunk}} tags.

Syntax Resulting output
{{Cyes}} yes
{{Cno}} no
{{Cpart}} partial
{{Cunk}} unknown
{{Cunk}} (should work) unknown (should work)
{{Cunk|text=}} custom text custom text

use our Link&Categorization Templates

To ease editing and to provide a standardized way of linking to a category and categorizing the page at the same time in that category, we introduced the following Templates. So far there are two types of these:

  • Model Templates. Just write the model number surrounded by winged brackets, like i.e. {{T40}}. This will be equivalent to [[:Category:T40|T40]] [[Category:T40]]. Hence the result will be a link like this: T40, but at the same time, the page will be categorized under that category.
  • Distribution Templates. They work the same way as Model Templates, except that for them you need to specify the Distribution name (simplest, shortest variant of it). It will create a link to that distributions category page and also categorize the page you used the template on under that category.

use our Editorial Templates

syntax resulting output
{{Stub}}
(Use only at the beginning of pages!)
This page is a stub

You can help ThinkWiki by expanding it.

{{Todo|needs editing}}
TODO
needs editing
{{Fixme|preliminary information}}
FIXME
preliminary information
{{Usage|do this and that}}
(Use only at the beginning of pages!)
How to use this page

Do this and that

Have fun editing!

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