Difference between revisions of "Help:Wiki Editing Style Guide"
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By adding yourself to the appropriate [[:Category:User Categories|User Lists]], you let us know a bit about yourself. It's a great way to start here at the Wiki! | By adding yourself to the appropriate [[:Category:User Categories|User Lists]], you let us know a bit about yourself. It's a great way to start here at the Wiki! | ||
==Style Do's== | |||
If you want to indicate that one article is a subpage of another article, then use a slash like so. "Big Article/Sub Article". Ordinarily this will result in a special backlink being posted on the subpage. (Oddly, it seems to be turned off the main namespace, but is working fine for User namespace -- e.g. [[User:Wrye/Demo]].) | |||
==Style Don'ts== | ==Style Don'ts== | ||
Some specific rules on style (how to write pages): | Some specific rules on style (how to write pages): | ||
;Don't use ':' in page titles. | |||
:Colons are used in wiki to designate namespaces (e.g. User:, Template:, etc.). While the article will generally behave correctly, it's best not to tempt fate. | |||
;Don't Repeat the Page Title | ;Don't Repeat the Page Title | ||
:The page title is automatically displayed at the top of the page (effectively as a level one header). Hence the title should not be repeated at the beginning of the page text. | :The page title is automatically displayed at the top of the page (effectively as a level one header). Hence the title should not be repeated at the beginning of the page text. | ||