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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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|contentbody =<big><b>[[Help:General Guidelines|General Guidelines]]
  
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[[Help:Writing a Wiki Article|Writing a Wiki Article]]
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<br><sup>+ [[Help:Searching|Search tips]]</sup>
!What it looks like
 
!What you type
 
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You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
 
apostrophes on each side.
 
  
3 apostrophes will '''bold the text'''.
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[[Help:Reviewing content|Reviewing content]]
  
5 apostrophes will '''bold''' and ''italicize''
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[[Help:Creating School Page|Creating a Vet School page]]
'''''the text'''''.
 
  
(Using 4 apostrophes doesn't do anything special -- <br>they are just '''' left over ones'''' that are included as part of the text.)
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[[Help:Books|Creating an eBook or PDF]]
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You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
 
apostrophes on each side.
 
  
3 apostrophes will '''bold the text'''.
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[[Help:WikiMarkup Formatting|Formatting Cheatsheet]]
  
5 apostrophes will '''bold''' and ''italicize''
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[[Help:Personalise User Page|Personalising your user page]]
'''''the text'''''.
 
  
(Using 4 apostrophes doesn't do anything
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[[Help:Collapsible tables|Collapsible tables]]
special -- <br> they are just ''''left
 
over ones'''' that are included as part
 
of the text.)
 
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A single newline
 
generally has no effect on the layout.
 
These can be used to separate
 
sentences within a paragraph.
 
Some editors find that this aids editing
 
and improves the ''diff'' function
 
(used internally to compare
 
different versions of a page).
 
  
But an empty line
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[[Help:Frequently Asked Questions |FAQ]]
starts a new paragraph.
 
  
When used in a list, a newline ''does'' affect the layout ([[#lists|see below]]).
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[[Help:Content Maps|Content Maps]]
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A single newline
 
generally has no effect on the layout.
 
These can be used to separate
 
sentences within a paragraph.
 
Some editors find that this aids editing
 
and improves the ''diff'' function
 
(used internally to compare
 
different versions of a page).
 
  
But an empty line
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[[Help:Templates|Templates]]
starts a new paragraph.
 
  
When used in a list, a newline ''does''
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[[Help:Extensions|Extensions]]
affect the layout ([[#lists|see below]]).
 
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You can break lines<br>
 
without a new paragraph.<br>
 
Please use this sparingly.
 
  
Please do not start a link or ''italics'' or '''bold''' on one line and close it on the next.
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[[Translate|Translating content]]
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You can break lines<br>
 
without a new paragraph.<br>
 
Please use this sparingly.
 
  
Please do not start a link or
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[[Help:Find and Replace|Find and Replace ]]<sup>(sysop & 'authors' only)</sup>
''italics'' or '''bold''' on one line
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and close it on the next.
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[[WikiVet logos]]
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[[Sandpit]]
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You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: <br>
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[[Help:Videos|How-to videos]]</b></big>
- Three tildes gives your signature: [[User:Example|Example]] <br>
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- Four tildes give your signature plus date/time: [[User:Example|Example]] 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br>
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- Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br>
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You should "sign" your comments
 
on talk pages: <br>
 
- Three tildes gives your
 
signature: ~~~ <br>
 
- Four tildes give your
 
signature plus date/time: ~~~~ <br>
 
- Five tildes gives the
 
date/time alone: ~~~~~ <br>
 
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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.