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See also [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents Detailed Help from Media Wiki]
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|pagetitle =Welcome to the Help Pages
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|pagebody = WikiVet is a collaboratively edited veterinary encyclopedia to which you can contribute. These series of articles aim to help you join in this ongoing project. The following pages will discuss features of WikiVet, giving style and content guidance, and laying down some basic rules and guidelines to follow whilst using the WikiVet. Please remember that this is only a basic tutorial and if you are struggling please look at the external Wikipedia help pages or email on of our admins. A key feature of WikiVet is the [[sandpit]]. This is essentially a practice area for editing and experimenting. No one will mind if you mess this page up whilst learning the ropes of WikiVet.
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|contenttitle = Content
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|contentbody =<big><b>[[Help:General Guidelines|General Guidelines]]  
  
== Text formatting markup ==
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[[Help:Writing a Wiki Article|Writing a Wiki Article]]
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<br><sup>+ [[Help:Searching|Search tips]]</sup>
  
{| align="Left" {{Prettytable}}
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[[Help:Reviewing content|Reviewing content]]
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|{{Hl2}} |'''Description'''
 
|{{Hl2}} |'''You type'''
 
|{{Hl2}} |'''You get'''
 
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| colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere''
 
|-
 
|Italic text
 
|<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt>
 
|''italic''
 
|-
 
| Bold text
 
|<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt>
 
|'''bold'''
 
|-
 
| Bold and italic
 
|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt>
 
|'''''bold & italic'''''
 
|-
 
|Escape wiki markup
 
|<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki></nowiki></tt>
 
|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
 
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| colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line''
 
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|Headings of<br />
 
different levels <ref>Use of a heading created by single equal signs is discouraged as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.</ref><ref>An article with four or more headings will automatically create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Section#Table_of_contents_.28TOC.29 table of contents].</ref>
 
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<tt><nowiki>==level 1==</nowiki></tt><br />
 
<tt><nowiki>===level 2===</nowiki></tt><br />
 
<tt><nowiki>====level 3====</nowiki></tt><br />
 
<tt><nowiki>=====level 4=====</nowiki></tt>
 
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==Level 1==
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[[Help:Creating School Page|Creating a Vet School page]]
===Level 2===
 
====Level 3====
 
=====Level 4=====
 
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|Horizontal rule
 
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<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>
 
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----
 
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|Bullet list
 
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&#42; one<br>
 
&#42; two<br>
 
&#42; three<br>
 
&#42;&#42; three and one-third<br>
 
&#42;&#42; three and two-thirds<br>
 
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* one
 
* two
 
* three
 
** three and one-third
 
** three and two-thirds
 
|-
 
|Numbered list
 
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&#35; one<br />
 
&#35; two<nowiki><br></nowiki>spanning several lines<nowiki><br></nowiki>without breaking the numbering<br />
 
&#35; three<br />
 
&#35;&#35; three point one<br />
 
&#35;&#35; three point two<br />
 
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# one
 
# two<br>spanning several lines<br>without breaking the numbering
 
# three
 
## three point one
 
## three point two
 
|-
 
| Mixture of bulleted<br /> and numbered lists
 
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&#35; one<br />
 
&#35; two<br />
 
&#35;&#42; two point one<br />
 
&#35;&#42; two point two<br />
 
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# one
 
# two
 
#* two point one
 
#* two point two
 
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|Definition list
 
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&#59;Definition<br />
 
&#58;item 1<br />
 
&#58;item 2<br />
 
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;Definition
 
:item 1
 
:item 2
 
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|Preformatted text
 
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&nbsp;&nbsp;preformatted text is done with<br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;a space at the<br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;beginning of the line<br />
 
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preformatted text is done with
 
a space at the
 
beginning of the line
 
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Notes: <references/>
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[[Help:Books|Creating an eBook or PDF]]
  
== Paragraphs ==
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[[Help:WikiMarkup Formatting|Formatting Cheatsheet]]
  
MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a new line with the HTML tags <tt><nowiki><br> or <br/></nowiki></tt>.
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[[Help:Personalise User Page|Personalising your user page]]
  
== HTML ==
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[[Help:Collapsible tables|Collapsible tables]]
  
Some [[w:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki></tt>.
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[[Help:Frequently Asked Questions |FAQ]]
  
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[[Help:Content Maps|Content Maps]]
  
=== Links ===
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[[Help:Templates|Templates]]
  
You will often want to make clickable ''links'' to other pages.
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[[Help:Extensions|Extensions]]
  
{|width="100%"  border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
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[[Translate|Translating content]]
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!What it looks like
 
!What you type
 
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Here's a link to a page named [[Official position]].
 
You can even say [[official position]]s
 
and the link will show up correctly.
 
|<pre>
 
Here's a link to a page named [[Official position]].
 
You can even say [[official position]]s
 
and the link will show up correctly.
 
</pre>
 
|-
 
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You can put formatting around a link.
 
Example: ''[[Wikipedia]]''.
 
|<pre>
 
You can put formatting around a link.
 
Example: ''[[Wikipedia]]''.
 
</pre>
 
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The ''first letter'' of articles is automatically
 
capitalized, so [[wikipedia]] goes to the same place
 
as [[Wikipedia]]. Capitalization matters after the
 
first letter.
 
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The ''first letter'' of articles is automatically
 
capitalized, so [[wikipedia]] goes to the same place
 
as [[Wikipedia]]. Capitalization matters after the
 
first letter.
 
</pre>
 
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[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist
 
yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
 
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[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist
 
yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
 
</pre>
 
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You can link to a page section by its title:
 
  
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
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[[Help:Find and Replace|Find and Replace ]]<sup>(sysop & 'authors' only)</sup>
  
If multiple sections have the same title, add
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[[WikiVet logos]]
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
 
third section named "Example section".
 
|<pre>
 
You can link to a page section by its title:
 
  
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
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[[Sandpit]]
  
If multiple sections have the same title, add
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[[Help:Videos|How-to videos]]</b></big>
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
 
third section named "Example section".
 
</pre>
 
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You can make a link point to a different place
 
with a [[Help:Piped link|piped link]]. Put the link
 
target first, then the pipe character "|", then
 
the link text.
 
  
*[[Help:Link|About Links]]
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|logo =help-logo.png
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco|
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}}
Cities in Morocco]]
 
 
 
Or you can use the "pipe trick" so that text in parentheses or text after a comma does not appear.
 
 
 
*[[Spinning (textiles)|Spinning]]
 
*[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
 
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*[[Help:Link|About Links]]
 
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco|
 
Cities in Morocco]]
 
 
 
*[[Spinning (textiles)|]]
 
*[[Boston, Massachusetts|]]
 
</pre>
 
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You can make an external link just by typing a URL:
 
http://www.nupedia.com
 
 
 
You can give it a title:
 
[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]
 
 
 
Or leave the title blank:
 
[http://www.nupedia.com]
 
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<pre>
 
You can make an external link just by typing a URL:
 
http://www.nupedia.com
 
 
 
You can give it a title:
 
[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]
 
 
 
Or leave the title blank:
 
[http://www.nupedia.com]
 
</pre>
 
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Linking to an e-mail address works the same way:
 
mailto:someone@example.com or
 
[mailto:someone@example.com someone]
 
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<pre>
 
Linking to an e-mail address works the same way:
 
mailto:someone@example.com or
 
[mailto:someone@example.com someone]
 
</pre>
 
|-
 
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You can [[Help:Redirect|redirect]] the user to another page.
 
|<pre>
 
#REDIRECT [[Official position]]
 
</pre>
 
|-
 
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[[Help:Category|Category links]] do not show up in line
 
but instead at page bottom ''and cause the page to be
 
listed in the category.''
 
[[Category:English documentation]]
 
 
 
Add an extra colon to ''link'' to a category in line
 
without causing the page to be listed in the category:
 
[[:Category:English documentation]]
 
|<pre>
 
[[Help:Category|Category links]] do not show up in line
 
but instead at page bottom ''and cause the page to be
 
listed in the category.''
 
[[Category:English documentation]]
 
 
 
Add an extra colon to ''link'' to a category in line
 
without causing the page to be listed in the category:
 
[[:Category:English documentation]]
 
</pre>
 
|-
 
|
 
The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's
 
date preferences. These three dates will show up the
 
same if you choose a format in your
 
[[Special:Preferences|Preferences]]:
 
* [[1969-07-20]]
 
* [[July 20]], [[1969]]
 
* [[20 July]] [[1969]]
 
|<pre>
 
The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's
 
date preferences. These three dates will show up the
 
same if you choose a format in your
 
[[Special:Preferences|]]:
 
* [[1969-07-20]]
 
* [[July 20]], [[1969]]
 
* [[20 July]] [[1969]]
 
</pre>
 
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===Extension:Cite===
 
 
 
[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Cite.php#Usage www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite]
 
 
 
=== Multiple uses of the same footnote ===
 
 
 
To give a footnote a unique identifier, use '''&lt;ref name="name">'''. You can then refer to the same footnote again by using a ref tag with the same name. The text inside the second tag doesn't matter, because the text already exists in the first reference. You can either copy the whole footnote, or you can use a terminated empty ref tag that looks like this: '''&lt;ref name="name" />'''.
 
 
 
In the following example, the same source is cited three times.
 
 
 
<blockquote>
 
<tt>
 
This is an example of multiple references to the same footnote.<font color=red>'''&lt;ref name&#61;"multiple">'''Remember that when you refer to the same footnote multiple times, the text from the first reference is used.'''&lt;/ref>'''</font>
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
 
Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, if different statements come from
 
the same source.<font color=red>'''&lt;ref name&#61;"multiple">'''This text is superfluous, and won't show up anywhere. We may as well just use an empty tag.'''&lt;/ref>'''</font>
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
 
A concise way to make multiple references is to use empty ref tags, which have a slash at the
 
end. Although this may reduce redundant work, please be aware that if a future editor removes the first reference, this will result in the loss of all references using the empty ref tags.<font color=red>'''&lt;ref name&#61;"multiple" />'''</font>
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
 
&#61;=Notes==
 
<br/>
 
<font color=red>'''&lt;references/>'''</font>
 
</tt>
 
</blockquote>
 
 
 
The text above gives the following result in the article (see also section below):
 
<blockquote>
 
This is an example of multiple references to the same footnote.<ref name="multiple">Remember that when you refer to the same footnote multiple times, the text from the first reference is used.</ref>
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
 
Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, when different statements come from the same source.<ref name="multiple">This text is superfluous, and won't show up anywhere. We may as well just use an empty tag.</ref>
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
 
A concise way to make multiple references is to use empty ref tags, which have a slash at the end. Although this may reduce redundant work, please be aware that if a future editor removes the first reference, this will result in the loss of all references using the empty ref tags.<ref name="multiple" />
 
</blockquote>
 

Latest revision as of 12:28, 17 March 2012

Welcome to the Help Pages

WikiVet is a collaboratively edited veterinary encyclopedia to which you can contribute. These series of articles aim to help you join in this ongoing project. The following pages will discuss features of WikiVet, giving style and content guidance, and laying down some basic rules and guidelines to follow whilst using the WikiVet. Please remember that this is only a basic tutorial and if you are struggling please look at the external Wikipedia help pages or email on of our admins. A key feature of WikiVet is the sandpit. This is essentially a practice area for editing and experimenting. No one will mind if you mess this page up whilst learning the ropes of WikiVet.