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Wiki pages are designed to be easy to create and edit, and require a minimal amount of technical knowledge. If you can create a forum post, you can edit a wiki page. Read this page for some basic theory and common codes, and you'll be well on your way. Also keep in mind that you can always click the edit tab on an existing page to see how it was formatted.
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For information on how to create pages, read the [[Help:New article|New article]] help page.
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==Wiki Code==
 
==Wiki Code==
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Wikis use their own syntax (markup) for formatting text. Below is a list of common syntax you can use to format your pages. A more extensive guide to wiki editing can be found [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing on Wikimedia's site].
  
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Wikis use their own syntax (markup) for creating text formatting. Below is a list of common syntax you can use to format your pages. A more extensive guide to wiki editing can be found [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing on Wikimedia's site].
 
  
 
===Text Formatting===
 
===Text Formatting===
  
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Heading 1 <nowiki>==Your heading==</nowiki>
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{| width="70%"
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! What you see
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! What you type
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|-
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| ''Italic Text''
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| <nowiki>''Your Text''</nowiki> (2 apostrophes)
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|-
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| '''Bold Text'''
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| <nowiki>'''Your Text'''</nowiki> (3 apostrophes)
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|-
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| '''''Bold Italic Text'''''
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| <nowiki>'''''Your Text'''''</nowiki> (5 apostrophes)
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|-
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|  <u>Underline</u>
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| <nowiki><u>Your Text</u></nowiki>
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|-
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| <strike>Strike out</strike>
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| <nowiki><strike>Strike out</strike></nowiki>
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|-
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| Superscripts and subscripts: X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O
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| <nowiki>X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O</nowiki>
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|}
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Heading 2 <nowiki>===Your heading===</nowiki>
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===Text Layout===
  
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Heading 3 <nowiki>====Your heading====</nowiki>
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{| width="70%"
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! What you see
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! What you type
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|-
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| :Indented text
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| <nowiki>: Indented text.</nowiki>
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|-
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| <center>Centered text</center>
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| <nowiki><center>Centered text</center></nowiki>
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|-
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| <blockquote>The '''blockquote''' command produces block quotations, typically by surrounding them with whitespace.</blockquote>
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| <nowiki><blockquote>The '''blockquote''' command produces block quotations, typically by surrounding them with whitespace.</blockquote></nowiki>
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|}
  
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''Italic Text'' <nowiki>''Your Text''</nowiki> (2 apostrophes)
 
  
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'''Bold Text''' <nowiki>'''Your Text'''</nowiki> (3 apostrophes)
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===Footers (Sources/Citations)===
  
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'''''Bold Italic Text''''' <nowiki>'''''Your Text'''''</nowiki> (5 apostrophes)
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{|
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! width="20%" | What you're doing
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! width="30%" | What you see
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! width="50%" | What you type
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|-
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| Assigning reference number
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| High proportion of women play with their romantic partner <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7796482.stm The virtual battle of the sexes] - BBC 23/12/08</ref>.
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| High proportion of women play with their romantic partner <nowiki><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7796482.stm The virtual battle of the sexes] - BBC 23/12/08</ref>.</nowiki>
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|-
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| Assigning reference id
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| Used to reference a single source multiple times in the same article <ref name=incgamers>[http://www.incgamers.com/Columns/59/2010-year-of-the-sandbox 2010: Year Of The Sandbox] - IncGamers 19/02/10</ref>.
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| Used to reference a single source multiple times in the same article <nowiki><ref name=incgamers>[http://www.incgamers.com/Columns/59/2010-year-of-the-sandbox 2010: Year Of The Sandbox] - IncGamers 19/02/10</ref></nowiki>.
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|-
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| Reference a reference id already created
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| 2010 promises to be very different from 2009. <ref name="incgamers"/>
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| 2010 promises to be very different from 2009. <nowiki><ref name="incgamers"/></nowiki>
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|}
  
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==Creating Links==
 
  
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Creating links is very simple and there are two methods to do so: an external site link for outside sources and an internal site link for content inside the DiabloWiki.
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Add <nowiki><references/></nowiki> where you want the list of citations to appear (usually at the foot of the page), and the list will appear thus:
  
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===Internal Links===
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<references/>
  
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Internal site link use two brackets <nowiki>[[ ]]</nowiki> on either side of the title, with an optional title (if specified, separate with a | character). <nowiki>[[Topic|Link Title]]</nowiki>
 
  
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===External Links===
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===Section Headers===
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To keep pages organized, separate the text into sections. Section headers do this nicely, and are automatically added to the table of contents. Headers should be hierarchical and descending, as needed. There are several levels of headers formed by equals signs that will display in descending point size and font colour.
  
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External links are used like this: <nowiki>[http://yourlink.com Your Link Title]</nowiki>.
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{| width="70%"
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! What you see
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! What you type
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|-
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| <font style="font-size: 130%; color: #F9E3A0; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px solid #4B100E;">Heading 1</font>
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| ==Heading 1==
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|-
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| <font style="color: #AF4340; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold; font-size: 110%;">Heading 2</font>
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| ===Heading 2===
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|-
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| <font style="color: #AF4340; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold; font-size: 100%;">Heading 2</font>
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| ===Heading 3===
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|}
  
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External links can be made with one bracket on either side of the link without space and a description, like <nowiki>[http://yourlink.com]</nowiki>, and will create a link in brackets, like this: [http://www.diabloii.net].
 
  
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To add title text to your link, use a space between the URL and the text. For example, linking to the IncGamers Hellgate website (http://www.diabloii.net) is done with <nowiki>[http://http://www.diabloii.net Diabloii.Net  website]</nowiki> which turns into [http://diabloii.net Diabloii.Net website]. When possible, provide text for the link, as not doing so produces the "[1]" style links which are better suited to citations.
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The single equal sign is ''not'' used in articles. It's automatically used for formatting the title of pages. Use the double equal signs for the first heading.
  
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The link can also just be typed without using brackets at all for a "bare link", such as http://www.diabloii.net. This is acceptable for simple links (like short domains) that are easily recognizable.
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Do not put numbers at the beginning of headings as the wiki automatically inserts them in the Table of Contents box.
  
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==Table of Contents Boxes==
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===The Table of Contents Box===
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Wiki format automatically creates ToC boxes like you see at the top of this page, after 4 headings have been created.  If you have only 3 headlines but need a ToC box then type <nowiki>__toc__</nowiki>.
  
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Wiki format is pretty clever and can automatically create TOC boxes like you see at the top of the page. A content box is automatically created when you use 4 or more headlines, which are formatted as explained above. All headlines will show up in the TOC, which is very handy.
 
  
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Additional equals signs will create additional layers of headings. It's that simple!
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===Lists===
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One of the most common formatting tool is the list used to present short facts in sequence.
  
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==Creating Tables==
 
  
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If you are familiar with html then wiki syntax will seem logical; however, if you are not familiar with html it is still pretty simple to follow.
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{| width="70%"
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! What you see
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! What you type
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|-
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|
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* Item One
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* Item Two
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** Item Two and a half
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*** Item two and three quarters
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* Item Three
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| <nowiki>*</nowiki> Item One<br>
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Item Two<br>
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<nowiki>**</nowiki> Item Two and a half<br>
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<nowiki>***</nowiki> Item two and three quarters<br>
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Item Three
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|-
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|
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# Item One
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# Item Two
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## Sub item
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## Sub item
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## Sub item
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# Item Three
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# Item Four
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<nowiki>#</nowiki> Item One<br>
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<nowiki>#</nowiki> Item Two<br>
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<nowiki>##</nowiki> Sub item<br>
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<nowiki>##</nowiki> Sub item<br>
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<nowiki>##</nowiki> Sub item<br>
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<nowiki>#</nowiki> Item Three<br>
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<nowiki>#</nowiki> Item Four
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|-
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|
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* Female Classes
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**Amazon<br>Assassin<br>Sorceress
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* Male Classes
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**Barbarian<br>Druid<br>Necromancer<br>Paladin
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Female Classes<br>
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<nowiki>**</nowiki>Amazon<nowiki><br></nowiki>Assassin<nowiki><br></nowiki>Sorceress<br>
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Male Classes<br>
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<nowiki>**</nowiki>Barbarian<nowiki><br></nowiki>Druid<nowiki><br></nowiki>Necromancer<nowiki><br></nowiki>Paladin
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|-
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|
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; List Heading : with an automatic indent
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; Bolds it : then will
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: list
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: your
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: items
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: below
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<nowiki>;</nowiki> List Heading<nowiki>:</nowiki> with an automatic indent<br>
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<nowiki>;</nowiki> And no bullets<nowiki>:</nowiki> then will<br>
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<nowiki>:</nowiki> list<br>
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<nowiki>:</nowiki> your<br>
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<nowiki>:</nowiki> items<br>
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<nowiki>:</nowiki> below<br>
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|}
  
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Here's an example of one of the mediawiki table notations:
 
  
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  <nowiki>{|</nowiki>
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===Soft Returns===
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  <nowiki>| 1</nowiki>
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The wiki script ignores single returns. If you wish to create a new paragraph you need to hit return twice to leave one blank line.  If you want to list something directly underneather another line of text then you need to use <nowiki><br></nowiki>
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  <nowiki>| 2</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>| 3</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>|-</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>| 4</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>| 5</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>| 6</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>|}</nowiki>
 
  
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which should look like this:
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===Preformatted Boxes===
  
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{|
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These boxes will go as wide as the page or the text whichever is widest so to control their width you will need to use <nowiki><br></nowiki>.
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| 1
 
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| 2
 
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| 3
 
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|-
 
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| 4
 
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| 5
 
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| 6
 
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|}
 
  
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The tables are automatically formatted with the site style so you '''aren't required to add any style elements''' to the tables.  The only time you would really need to add an element to the table is if you specify a width.
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Are you used for:
  
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As you can see the wiki code 'looks' like a table and you can expand on this and format more complex tables. Just check some of the pages with tables around the site if you need to see how things work.
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* pasting preformatted text
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* algorithm descriptions
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* program source code
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* ASCII art
  
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==Categories==
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You make one by simply adding a space before the beginning of a sentence.
  
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To add a page to a category, type somewhere in the page in question (usually but not officially at the bottom):
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Aren't I dramatic!
  
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<pre>
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==Creating Links==
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[[Category:xxxxx]]
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Creating links is very simple and there are two methods to do so: an external site link for outside sources and an internal site link for content inside the {{WikiTitle}}.
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</pre>
 
  
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Where xxxxx is the name of the Category. Likewise, if you wish to link to a Category without adding the page you are working on to that category, type:
 
  
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<pre>
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{| width="100%"
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[[:Category:xxxxx]]
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! colspan="3" |Internal Links
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</pre>
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|-
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! What you're Linking to
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! What you see
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! What you type
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|-
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| Article
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| [[Amazon]]
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| <nowiki>[[Amazon]]</nowiki>
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|-
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| Category
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| [[:Category:Classes]]
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| <nowiki>[[:Category:Classes]]</nowiki>
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|-
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| Category without the word 'category' displaying
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| [[:Category:Classes| Classes]]
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| <nowiki>[[:Category:Classes |Classes]]</nowiki>
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|-
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| Section within an article
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| [[Amazon#History| Amazon History]]
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| <nowiki>[[Amazon#History]]</nowiki>
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|-
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| Link to section with own text
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| Her stats can be [[Amazon| seen here]].
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| Her stats can be <nowiki>[[Amazon| seen here]]</nowiki>
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|-
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| To merge link and text
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| Fighting against [[Amazon]]s
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| Fighting against <nowiki>[[Amazon]]s</nowiki>
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|-
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| Between the main DiabloWiki and Diablo 2 Wiki
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| {{iw|Witch_Doctor Witch Doctor}}
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| <nowiki>{{iw|Witch_Doctor Witch Doctor}}</nowiki>
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|-
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| Directly to an image (not embeded on page)
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| [[:Image:Jay_Wilson.jpg| here's Jay Wilson]]
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| <nowiki>[[:Image:Jay_Wilson.jpg| here's Jay Wilson]]</nowiki>
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|-
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| Link to a DiabloWiki template
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| Unknown
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| Unknown
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|-
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|-
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| External page as url
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| http://www.incgamers.com
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| <nowiki>http://www.incgamers.com</nowiki>
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|-
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! colspan="3" |External Links
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|-
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| External page as a piece of text
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| News at [http://www.incgamers.com IncGamers].
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| News at <nowiki>[http://www.incgamers.com IncGamers]</nowiki>.
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|-
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| External page as a number
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| [http://www.incgamers.com]
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| <nowiki>[http://www.incgamers.com]</nowiki>
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|-
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| External page without blue icon
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| {{wl|[http://diablo.incgamers.com/ Diablo: IncGamers]}}
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| <nowiki>{{wl|[http://diablo.incgamers.com/ Diablo: IncGamers]}}</nowiki>
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|}
  
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Where xxxxx is the name of the Category. Notice this differs from the previous code by a ":" before the "Category".
 
  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
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To insert an image, just add the following code, <nowiki>[[File:filename.jpg]]</nowiki>. Make sure you have the correct file extension. The valid image files for {{WikiTitle}} are:
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* .gif
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* .jpg
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* .png
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Images are automatically justified to the left side on a page, but it's easy to change this with variables, to make boxes around images and to change their size. Read more about images on the '''[[Help:Image|Image Help page]]'''.
  
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To show an image you have uploaded, type:
 
  
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<pre>
 
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[[Image:filename.jpg|alternate text here]]
 
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</pre>
 
  
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The example above shows a jpg, but it may use any valid file extension.
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===Images as Links===
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An image can be used to link elsewhere than its own image page. To do this, simply add a variable to the image like this:
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<blockquote><pre>
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[[File:Diablo_III_Logo.jpg|link=http://www.diablowiki.net/]]
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</pre></blockquote>
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Will display like this: [[File:Diablo_III_Logo.jpg|100px|link=http://www.diablowiki.net/]]
  
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To link to the GWO Wiki page for the image, type:
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The size attribute is used here to avoid blowing the image up to a massive size. To learn more about how to use and format images, see the '''[[Help:Image|Image Help page]]'''.
  
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<pre>
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This works with both internal and external links.
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[[:Image:filename.jpg]]
 
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</pre>
 
  
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If you would like to use an image as a link, you need to type:
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==Categories==
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Every page should be slotted into at least one category, to enable others to find it easily. If you are making new articles, it's very important to make sure they are put in the correct category.
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* Read more about categories in the [[Help:Category|Category Help page]].
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==Creating Tables==
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The syntax for creating table is fairly easy and very logical. Here's a basic example:
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<nowiki>{|</nowiki><br>
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<nowiki>! 1</nowiki><br>
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<nowiki>! 2</nowiki><br>
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<nowiki>! 3</nowiki><br>
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<nowiki>|-</nowiki><br>
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<nowiki>| 4</nowiki><br>
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<nowiki>| 5</nowiki><br>
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<nowiki>| 6</nowiki><br>
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<nowiki>|}</nowiki>
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That will look like this:
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{|
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! 1
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! 2
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! 3
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|-
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| 4
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| 5
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| 6
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|}
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The tables are automatically formatted with the site style so you '''aren't required to add any style elements'''. The only time you would need to add an element to the table is if you want to specify a width or want to make a table that is different than the standard {{WikiTitle}} style.
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As you can see the wiki code 'looks' like a table and you can expand on this and format more complex tables. It's easy enough to look at other tables as well, to get inspiration if you want to do more advanced things with it.
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* Read more about tables in the [[Help:Table|Table Help page]].
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==Try it out!==
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There is a special [[{{WikiTitle}}:Sandbox|Wiki Sandbox]] that you can try out your editing skills in, without making unnecessary changes to existing articles.
  
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<pre>
 
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{{clickpic|TARGET PAGE TITLE|FULL PATH OF IMAGE FILE}}
 
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</pre>
 
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Where "FULL PATH OF IMAGE FILE" is the full path, for example <nowiki> http://www.imaginarywiki.com/wiki/index/image.jpg </nowiki> - so this works better with external images, but may be used with images you have uploaded with you use their full path instead of the usual shortcut.
 
  
 
==Further Reading==
 
==Further Reading==
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* [[Help:FAQ|Onsite Wiki FAQ]]
 
* [[Help:FAQ|Onsite Wiki FAQ]]
 
* Advanced image technique placement, making thumbnails, captions, etc can be found in Wikipedia's article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax extended image syntax].
 
* Advanced image technique placement, making thumbnails, captions, etc can be found in Wikipedia's article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax extended image syntax].
  
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==Try it out!==
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There is a special [[{{WikiTitle}}:Sandbox|Wiki Sandbox]] that you can try out your editing skills in, without making unnecessary changes to existing articles.
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Latest revision as of 23:27, 27 October 2011

Wiki pages are designed to be easy to create and edit, and require a minimal amount of technical knowledge. If you can create a forum post, you can edit a wiki page. Read this page for some basic theory and common codes, and you'll be well on your way. Also keep in mind that you can always click the edit tab on an existing page to see how it was formatted.

For information on how to create pages, read the New article help page.


Wiki Code[edit]

Wikis use their own syntax (markup) for formatting text. Below is a list of common syntax you can use to format your pages. A more extensive guide to wiki editing can be found on Wikimedia's site.


Text Formatting[edit]

What you see What you type
Italic Text ''Your Text'' (2 apostrophes)
Bold Text '''Your Text''' (3 apostrophes)
Bold Italic Text '''''Your Text''''' (5 apostrophes)
Underline <u>Your Text</u>
Strike out <strike>Strike out</strike>
Superscripts and subscripts: X2, H2O X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O


Text Layout[edit]

What you see What you type
 :Indented text : Indented text.
Centered text
 <center>Centered text</center>
The blockquote command produces block quotations, typically by surrounding them with whitespace.
 <blockquote>The '''blockquote''' command produces block quotations, typically by surrounding them with whitespace.</blockquote>


Footers (Sources/Citations)[edit]

What you're doing What you see What you type
Assigning reference number High proportion of women play with their romantic partner [1]. High proportion of women play with their romantic partner <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7796482.stm The virtual battle of the sexes] - BBC 23/12/08</ref>.
Assigning reference id Used to reference a single source multiple times in the same article [2]. Used to reference a single source multiple times in the same article <ref name=incgamers>[http://www.incgamers.com/Columns/59/2010-year-of-the-sandbox 2010: Year Of The Sandbox] - IncGamers 19/02/10</ref>.
Reference a reference id already created 2010 promises to be very different from 2009. [2] 2010 promises to be very different from 2009. <ref name="incgamers"/>


Add <references/> where you want the list of citations to appear (usually at the foot of the page), and the list will appear thus:

  1. ↑ The virtual battle of the sexes - BBC 23/12/08
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2010: Year Of The Sandbox - IncGamers 19/02/10


Section Headers[edit]

To keep pages organized, separate the text into sections. Section headers do this nicely, and are automatically added to the table of contents. Headers should be hierarchical and descending, as needed. There are several levels of headers formed by equals signs that will display in descending point size and font colour.

What you see What you type
Heading 1 ==Heading 1==
Heading 2 ===Heading 2===
Heading 2 ===Heading 3===


The single equal sign is not used in articles. It's automatically used for formatting the title of pages. Use the double equal signs for the first heading.

Do not put numbers at the beginning of headings as the wiki automatically inserts them in the Table of Contents box.

The Table of Contents Box[edit]

Wiki format automatically creates ToC boxes like you see at the top of this page, after 4 headings have been created. If you have only 3 headlines but need a ToC box then type __toc__.


Lists[edit]

One of the most common formatting tool is the list used to present short facts in sequence.


What you see What you type
  • Item One
  • Item Two
    • Item Two and a half
      • Item two and three quarters
  • Item Three
 * Item One

* Item Two
** Item Two and a half
*** Item two and three quarters
* Item Three

  1. Item One
  2. Item Two
    1. Sub item
    2. Sub item
    3. Sub item
  3. Item Three
  4. Item Four

# Item One
# Item Two
## Sub item
## Sub item
## Sub item
# Item Three
# Item Four

  • Female Classes
    • Amazon
      Assassin
      Sorceress
  • Male Classes
    • Barbarian
      Druid
      Necromancer
      Paladin

* Female Classes
**Amazon<br>Assassin<br>Sorceress
* Male Classes
**Barbarian<br>Druid<br>Necromancer<br>Paladin

List Heading 
with an automatic indent
Bolds it 
then will
list
your
items
below

; List Heading: with an automatic indent
; And no bullets: then will
: list
: your
: items
: below


Soft Returns[edit]

The wiki script ignores single returns. If you wish to create a new paragraph you need to hit return twice to leave one blank line. If you want to list something directly underneather another line of text then you need to use <br>

Preformatted Boxes[edit]

These boxes will go as wide as the page or the text whichever is widest so to control their width you will need to use <br>.

Are you used for:

  • pasting preformatted text
  • algorithm descriptions
  • program source code
  • ASCII art

You make one by simply adding a space before the beginning of a sentence. 

Aren't I dramatic!

Creating Links[edit]

Creating links is very simple and there are two methods to do so: an external site link for outside sources and an internal site link for content inside the DiabloWiki.


Internal Links
What you're Linking to What you see What you type
Article Amazon [[Amazon]]
Category Category:Classes [[:Category:Classes]]
Category without the word 'category' displaying Classes [[:Category:Classes |Classes]]
Section within an article Amazon History [[Amazon#History]]
Link to section with own text Her stats can be seen here. Her stats can be [[Amazon| seen here]]
To merge link and text Fighting against Amazons Fighting against [[Amazon]]s
Between the main DiabloWiki and Diablo 2 Wiki Witch Doctor {{iw|Witch_Doctor Witch Doctor}}
Directly to an image (not embeded on page) here's Jay Wilson [[:Image:Jay_Wilson.jpg| here's Jay Wilson]]
Link to a DiabloWiki template Unknown Unknown
External page as url http://www.incgamers.com http://www.incgamers.com
External Links
External page as a piece of text News at IncGamers. News at [http://www.incgamers.com IncGamers].
External page as a number [1] [http://www.incgamers.com]
External page without blue icon Diablo: IncGamers {{wl|[http://diablo.incgamers.com/ Diablo: IncGamers]}}


Images[edit]

To insert an image, just add the following code, [[File:filename.jpg]]. Make sure you have the correct file extension. The valid image files for DiabloWiki are:

  • .gif
  • .jpg
  • .png

Images are automatically justified to the left side on a page, but it's easy to change this with variables, to make boxes around images and to change their size. Read more about images on the Image Help page.


Images as Links[edit]

An image can be used to link elsewhere than its own image page. To do this, simply add a variable to the image like this: 

[[File:Diablo_III_Logo.jpg|link=http://www.diablowiki.net/]]

Will display like this: Diablo III Logo.jpg

The size attribute is used here to avoid blowing the image up to a massive size. To learn more about how to use and format images, see the Image Help page.

This works with both internal and external links.

Categories[edit]

Every page should be slotted into at least one category, to enable others to find it easily. If you are making new articles, it's very important to make sure they are put in the correct category.


Creating Tables[edit]

The syntax for creating table is fairly easy and very logical. Here's a basic example:

{|
! 1
! 2
! 3
|-
| 4
| 5
| 6
|}

That will look like this:

1 2 3
4 5 6

The tables are automatically formatted with the site style so you aren't required to add any style elements. The only time you would need to add an element to the table is if you want to specify a width or want to make a table that is different than the standard DiabloWiki style.

As you can see the wiki code 'looks' like a table and you can expand on this and format more complex tables. It's easy enough to look at other tables as well, to get inspiration if you want to do more advanced things with it.

Try it out![edit]

There is a special Wiki Sandbox that you can try out your editing skills in, without making unnecessary changes to existing articles.


Further Reading[edit]


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