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== Site-specific formatting instructions ==
 
== Site-specific formatting instructions ==
 
=== Referencing style ===
 
=== Referencing style ===
Whenever you need to reference sources, you should format your references in the Harvard style.
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Whenever you need to reference sources, you should format your references in the Harvard style of reference.
  
For example,
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For example (note how the text is punctuated and italicised),
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstname (Year as yyyy). ''BookTitle'', Location: PublisherName. ISBN ISBNNumber
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Bester, Alfred; introduction by Harry Harrison (1996). ''Demolished Man, The'', New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-67976-781-9.
  
 
=== Biblical text ===
 
=== Biblical text ===

Revision as of 03:46, 22 February 2007

Creating new pages

To create an article, you can:

  1. start from scratch by clicking from a intra-site link that is not already linked to an article,
  2. create a page using the input box below,
  3. view source code from another article,
  4. or, copy the source code of predefined templates such as these:

General formatting instructions

Formatting wiki content can be a hurdle for the initiated. To help you get started, I've prepared a list of links that might be useful:

Site-specific formatting instructions

Referencing style

Whenever you need to reference sources, you should format your references in the Harvard style of reference.

For example (note how the text is punctuated and italicised), Bester, Alfred; introduction by Harry Harrison (1996). Demolished Man, The, New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-67976-781-9.

Biblical text

For biblical text, you can use the following syntax:

For example, Revelation 1:8 would be,

<bible ver="kjv">Rev 1:8</bible>

Capitalisation

For headings and subheadings, the first letter should always be capitalised and the rest of the characters small letters unless absolutely necessary (e.g. in the case of names)

Redirection

Often, because of variations in character and object names in the games, you may need to redirect the alias links to their intended articles. To do this, you can use either a piped link or a redirect function. The following pages show you how to do it: