Editing FBFT - Revision history

Pl31tch: /* Minor edits */

2005-08-29T01:10:43Z

‎Minor edits

Pl31tch: /* Links and URLs */

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‎Links and URLs

Pl31tch: /* Links and URLs */

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‎Links and URLs

Pl31tch: /* Wiki markup */

2005-08-27T22:13:24Z

‎Wiki markup

Pl31tch: /* Wiki markup */

2005-08-27T22:12:15Z

‎Wiki markup

Pl31tch: /* Wiki markup */

2005-08-27T22:08:43Z

‎Wiki markup

Pl31tch at 22:06, 27 August 2005

2005-08-27T22:06:48Z

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Pl31tch at 22:04, 27 August 2005

2005-08-27T22:04:26Z

Pl31tch at 22:01, 27 August 2005

2005-08-27T22:01:26Z

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== Tips on editing Fargo Band Family Tree entries ==

Always use a [[neutral point of view]], as the Fargo Band Family Tree is not a place to promote points of view. Write as if the information is a non-judgmental news article.

[[Wikipedia:Cite your sources|Cite your sources]] so others can check and extend your work. Most Wikipedia articles currently lack good references, and this contributes to Wikipedia's single greatest criticismâ€”that it is not a reliable source. Please help by researching online and print resources to find references for the article you are working on, then cite them in proper form, and consider in-text citation for contentious facts. There is no consensus on the best way to do that, but anything is better than nothing. You can either use in-text citation in academic form such as (Example, 2004, pp 22-23) or as a superscript<sup>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|1]]</sup> to a footnote that you place at the end of an article.

After making a new page, it's a good idea to:
*use ''What links here'' (with your page displayed) to check the articles that already link to it, and make sure that they are all expecting the same meaning that you have supplied; and
*use the Search button to search Wikipedia for your topic titleâ€”and possible variantsâ€”to find articles that mention it, and make links from them if appropriate.

== Minor edits ==
When editing a page, a user can mark that edit as being "minor". Minor edits generally mean spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text. It is possible to ''hide'' minor edits when viewing [[Recent Changes]]. Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad behavior, and even more so if it involves the deletion of some text. If one has accidentally marked an edit as minor, the person should edit the source once more, mark it major (or, rather, ensure that the check-box for "This is a minor edit" is not checked), and, in the summary, state that the previous change was a major one.

==Wiki markup==
The '''wiki markup''' is the syntax system you can use to format a Wikipedia page.

In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.

You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference, or take a screen-shot of it. '''If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]]'''. Try opening the Sandbox in a separate window or tab and keeping this page open for reference.

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 [[The weather in London]] is a page
 that does not exist yet.
 </nowiki></pre>
 |- valign="top"

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 Examples include [[bus]]es, [[taxi]]s,
 and [[streetcar]]s.
 </nowiki></pre>
 |- id="link-to-section" valign="top"
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 anchor that was created using
 <div id="example">an id attribute</div>
 </nowiki></pre>
 |- valign="top"

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 : ~~~~~
 </nowiki></pre>
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 *Don't skip levels (for example, second-level followed by fourth-level).
 *A [[#Table of contents|table of contents]] will automatically be added to an article that has four or more sections.
-*If appropriate, place subsections in an appropriate order. If listing countries, place them in alphabetical order rather than, say, relative to population of [[OECD]] countries, or some random order.
+*If appropriate, place subsections in an appropriate order.
 <pre><nowiki>
 == New section ==
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 A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
-* This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on [[Wikipedia:Talk page|Talk page]]s.
+* This is primarily for displayed material.
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 <pre><nowiki>
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 ** algorithm descriptions;
 ** program source code;
-** [[ASCII art]];
+** ASCII art;
 ** chemical structures;
-* '''WARNING''': If you make it wide, you [[page widening|force the whole page to be wide]] and hence less readable, especially for people who use lower resolutions. Never start ordinary lines with spaces.
+* '''WARNING''': If you make it wide, you force the whole page to be wide and hence less readable, especially for people who use lower resolutions. Never start ordinary lines with spaces.
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 <center>Centered text.</center>
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-A [[horizontal dividing line]]:
+A horizontal dividing line:
 this is above it
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 London has [[public transport]].
-* A link to another Wikipedia article.
+* A link to another Fargo Band Family Tree page.
 * Internally, the first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).
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 <pre><nowiki>

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 ===== Sub-sub-subsection =====
 </nowiki></pre>
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 == Minor edits ==
-When editing a page, a user can mark that edit as being "minor". Minor edits generally mean spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text. It is possible to ''hide'' minor edits when viewing [[Recent Changes]]. Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad behavior, and even more so if it involves the deletion of some text. If one has accidentally marked an edit as minor, the person should edit the source once more, mark it major (or, rather, ensure that the check-box for "This is a minor edit" is not checked), and, in the summary, state that the previous change was a major one.
+When editing a page, a user can mark that edit as being "minor". Minor edits generally mean spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text. It is possible to ''hide'' minor edits when viewing [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]]. Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad behavior, and even more so if it involves the deletion of some text. If one has accidentally marked an edit as minor, the person should edit the source once more, mark it major (or, rather, ensure that the check-box for "This is a minor edit" is not checked), and, in the summary, state that the previous change was a major one.
 ==Wiki markup==

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 Always use a [[neutral point of view]], as the Fargo Band Family Tree is not a place to promote points of view. Write as if the information is a non-judgmental news article.
 After making a new page, it's a good idea to:
-*use ''What links here'' (with your page displayed) to check the articles that already link to it, and make sure that they are all expecting the same meaning that you have supplied; and
+*use ''What links here'' (with your page displayed) to check the pages that already link to it. This is a good way to make sure that you've added the appropriate links to your new page (Related Bands, City, Decade, Alphabet, etc).
-*use the Search button to search Wikipedia for your topic titleâ€”and possible variantsâ€”to find articles that mention it, and make links from them if appropriate.
+*use the Search button to search Fargo Band Family Tree for your page titleâ€”and possible variantsâ€”to find pages that mention it, and make links from them if appropriate.
 == Minor edits ==
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 ==Wiki markup==
-The '''wiki markup''' is the syntax system you can use to format a Wikipedia page.
+The '''wiki markup''' is the syntax system you can use to format a Fargo Band Family Tree page.
 In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.
 You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference, or take a screen-shot of it. '''If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]]'''. Try opening the Sandbox in a separate window or tab and keeping this page open for reference.