Tips and tricks
Help pages [ ]
Templates [ ]
Inline [ ]
{{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:".
{{anchor }}
inserts an Anchor , acting as an invisible index entry.
{{TOC limit }}
limits the depth of subheaders in the table of contents.
{{source }}
parses a link or info to provide attribution for a file
Notices [ ]
{{expand }}
section expansion or update request
{{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
{{file improve }}
notice for improving a file
Graphic [ ]
{{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! 03:43, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
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)
This should gain more visibility. Nice work; Thanks – Drake – http://i.imgur.com/p6yPvD4.png 11:46, June 12, 2013 (UTC)
As Force and Shadows said, this should be called a help page. Although, it only gives you tips and stuff. So maybe call it
"Help for Tips and Tricks"? :) Staritanna asks answers and talks (talk ) 23:42, December 13, 2013 (UTC)