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=== Biblical text === | === Biblical text === |
Revision as of 02:46, 22 February 2007
Creating new pages
To create an article, you can:
- start from scratch by clicking from a intra-site link that is not already linked to an article,
- create a page using the input box below,
- view source code from another article,
- 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:
- A good guide on how to format wiki pages.
- Formatting examples.
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: