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The [[Main_Page|NFSUnlimited.net Need for Speed Wiki]] uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki MediaWiki] software which means anyone can easily edit any unprotected page and those changes will be immedeately visible to other users.
 
The [[Main_Page|NFSUnlimited.net Need for Speed Wiki]] uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki MediaWiki] software which means anyone can easily edit any unprotected page and those changes will be immedeately visible to other users.
  
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Please refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia] for more information on special Wiki markup. This page will only cover the use of special templates specific to this Wiki.
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Use the editing toolbar to make the usual formatting changes to a wiki. Hovering over a button will give you a description of the button. Click the Show Preview button to view the changes you've made. Changes won't be saved till you click the Save Changes button. Please consult [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia] for more info.
  
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== Templates ==
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MediaWiki software allows the user to use special Wiki markup, a special syntax scheme used to format a Wiki page. Please refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia] for more information on special Wiki markup.
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The MediaWiki software used by NFSUnlimited has support for templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing {{stub}} will appear as "This article is a stub. Feel free to contribute." when the page is saved. A template reference call must be included in two sets of curly brackets ({) and may contain other parameters. Here's some info on the other templates in use by NFSUnlimited.
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=== Work In Progress ===
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MediaWiki software also supports the use of templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing <code><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki></code> will appear as "This article is a stub. Feel free to contribute" when the page is saved. See [[Help:Templates]] for more information on Templates.
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This is to mark a page as a Work In Progress (WIP). When you use this template, you're saying that the page is a work in progress and the information on it may not be complete. To use this template on a page, type <nowiki>{{WIP}}</nowiki>. Here's how the end result will look: {{WIP}}
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=== Page In Use/Under Edit ===
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Use this template when you want to edit a page for a long time and don't want someone else editing at the same time. As a common courtesy, when this template is on a page a user should refrain from editing the page. Also as common courtesy, you should remove this template once you're done editing.<br/>
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To use, just add <code><nowiki>{{inuse}}</nowiki></code> at the top of the article you want to work on. If you want to reserve it for a specific length of time and optionally, a message, use <code><nowiki>{{inuse|time (message)}}</nowiki></code>. If you want to reserve it until a certain time, or use a different custom message without the word "for," use <code><nowiki>{{inuse||for=|until (time)}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{inuse||for=|custom message}}</nowiki></code>.
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==== Examples ====
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<code><nowiki>{{inuse}}</nowiki></code>{{inuse}}
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<code><nowiki>{{inuse|5 minutes}}</nowiki></code>{{inuse|5 minutes}}
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Latest revision as of 11:49, 21 January 2007

The NFSUnlimited.net Need for Speed Wiki uses MediaWiki software which means anyone can easily edit any unprotected page and those changes will be immedeately visible to other users.

Use the editing toolbar to make the usual formatting changes to a wiki. Hovering over a button will give you a description of the button. Click the Show Preview button to view the changes you've made. Changes won't be saved till you click the Save Changes button. Please consult Wikipedia for more info.

MediaWiki software allows the user to use special Wiki markup, a special syntax scheme used to format a Wiki page. Please refer to Wikipedia for more information on special Wiki markup.

MediaWiki software also supports the use of templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing {{stub}} will appear as "This article is a stub. Feel free to contribute" when the page is saved. See Help:Templates for more information on Templates.

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