Help:How to edit a website like Conservapedia - Revision history

Conservative at 02:38, June 24, 2017

2017-06-24T02:38:29Z

Conservative: Conservative moved page Help:How to Code to Help:How to edit a website like Conservapedia

2017-06-24T02:37:36Z

Conservative moved page Help:How to Code to Help:How to edit a website like Conservapedia

Conservative at 02:36, June 24, 2017

2017-06-24T02:36:54Z

Conservative at 02:36, June 24, 2017

2017-06-24T02:36:13Z

Conservative at 02:35, June 24, 2017

2017-06-24T02:35:22Z

DavidB4: adding more variables. I think these should go to a separate page. Above is basic, this is technical

2017-03-26T02:09:11Z

adding more variables. I think these should go to a separate page. Above is basic, this is technical

DavidB4: variables (this is a big topic. Should this be split off?)

2017-03-25T22:29:13Z

variables (this is a big topic. Should this be split off?)

Jpatt: spell

2008-08-24T20:51:10Z

spell

Deborah at 23:10, July 4, 2008

2008-07-04T23:10:22Z

Deborah at 19:56, June 22, 2008

2008-06-22T19:56:53Z

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−	There are excellent videos on how to edit a website such as [[Conservapedia]] ~~which uses the Wikimedia platform,~~ see: [[Conservapedia:Videos on how to edit a wiki\|Videos on how to edit a wiki]].	+	There are excellent videos on how to edit a website such as [[Conservapedia]]. Please see: [[Conservapedia:Videos on how to edit a wiki\|Videos on how to edit a wiki]].

	You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>		You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>

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−	There are excellent videos on how to edit a website such as [[Conservapedia]] which uses the Wikimedia platform: [[Conservapedia:Videos on how to edit a wiki\|Videos on how to edit a wiki]].	+	There are excellent videos on how to edit a website such as [[Conservapedia]] which uses the Wikimedia platform, see: [[Conservapedia:Videos on how to edit a wiki\|Videos on how to edit a wiki]].

	You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>		You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>

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−	There are excellent videos on how to edit a website such as [[Conservapedia]] which uses the Wikimedia platform: [[Videos on how to edit a wiki]].	+	There are excellent videos on how to edit a website such as [[Conservapedia]] which uses the Wikimedia platform: [[Conservapedia:Videos on how to edit a wiki\|Videos on how to edit a wiki]].

	You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>		You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>

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		+	There are excellent videos on how to edit a website such as [[Conservapedia]] which uses the Wikimedia platform: [[Videos on how to edit a wiki]].
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	You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>		You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>

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+===Time/date variables===
 [[Category:Help|Formatting]]

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	See [[help:creating templates\|here]] for creating templates.		See [[help:creating templates\|here]] for creating templates.
		+
		+	== Variables ==
		+	MediaWiki includes a number of variables, which are auto-populated by the software each time the page is loaded. Here are some variables which can be useful, especially in the design of a template. Variables are entered with double braces on each side. They are show this way bellow, allthough by the strictest definition, the braces are not part of the variable tag.<br />
		+	In every-day writing, these variables are not likely to be used.
		+	===Site variables===
		+	Probably some of the least useful variables are site variables. Unless someone is designing a template for multiple wikis, these probably will not be used.
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	\|-
		+	!Variable!!Description!!Current Value
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{SITENAME}}</nowiki>\|\|Website name \|\|{{SITENAME}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{SERVERNAME}}</nowiki>\|\|Wiki's server name\|\|{{SERVERNAME}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{SERVER}}</nowiki>\|\|Wiki's server address\|\|{{SERVER}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{CURRENTVERSION}}</nowiki> \|\| Curent version of Wiki software\|\|{{CURRENTVERSION}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|}
		+	===Page variables===
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	\|-
		+	! Variable !! Description !! Current Value
		+	\|-
		+	\| <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki> \|\| Displays the current page name \|\|{{PAGENAME}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{PAGENAMEE}}</nowiki> \|\| Displays the current page name with underscores in place of spaces \|\|{{PAGENAMEE}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}</nowiki> \|\| Article page Name \|\|{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}</nowiki> \|\| Subject page name \|\|{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</nowiki> \|\|Page name without namespace\|\|{{BASEPAGENAME}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{ROOTPAGENAME}}</nowiki> \|\|Page name without namespace\|\|{{ROOTPAGENAME}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki> \|\|Sub-page name, if applicable. Otherwise, page name\|\|{{SUBPAGENAME}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAME}}</nowiki> \|\|Page name with namespace\|\|{{FULLPAGENAME}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki> \|\| Full page name with underscores in place of spaces\|\|{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}
		+	\|-
		+	\| <nowiki>{{NAMESPACE}}</nowiki> \|\| Current namespace \|\|{{NAMESPACE}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{TALKPAGENAME}}</nowiki> \|\| Talk page name \|\|{{TALKPAGENAME}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{TALKSPACE}}</nowiki> \|\| Namespace of talk page \|\|{{TALKSPACE}}
		+	\|-
		+	\| <nowiki>{{ARTICLESPACE}}</nowiki> \|\| Namespace of main article\|\|{{ARTICLESPACE}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{NAMESPACE}}</nowiki> \|\| Name space of current page \|\|{{NAMESPACE}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{NAMESPACENUMBER}}</nowiki> \|\| Namespace number \|\|{{NAMESPACENUMBER}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|<nowiki>{{SUBJECTSPACE}}</nowiki> \|\| Subject Space \|\|{{SUBJECTSPACE}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|}
		+

	[[Category:Help\|Formatting]]		[[Category:Help\|Formatting]]

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 <nowiki>{{User Retired}}</nowiki> means you are retiring from Conservapedia
-<nowiki>{{Category redirect|United States Cities and Towns}}</nowiki> tell users of a category that they should be looking at a different preffered category.
+<nowiki>{{Category redirect|United States Cities and Towns}}</nowiki> tell users of a category that they should be looking at a different preferred category.
 For example if there was a category called, American Cities and Towns, you'd put <nowiki>{{Category redirect|United States Cities and Towns}}</nowiki> to tell users to use the category, United States Cities and Towns, instead of, American Cities and Towns, as it is the preffered category for cities in the USA.

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 ==Important templates==
 <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> propose deletion of an article
 <nowiki>{{merge with|A}}</nowiki> propose merging an article with the article, A