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== This Article Is A Stub == | == This Article Is A Stub == | ||
| − | A stub is an article that either contains no information but exists, or containts too little information. One line is too little information. To mark an article as a stub, use <code><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki></code>. This is what will appear on the page | + | A stub is an article that either contains no information but exists, or containts too little information. One line is too little information. To mark an article as a stub, use <code><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki></code>. Please remove the template if you are adding information to the article. This is what will appear on the page: |
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| + | === Example === | ||
| + | <code><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki></code> | ||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
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| + | == Main Article == | ||
| + | Sometimes you may need to quote an article or paraphrase it in another article. Use this template to refer back to the original article. The Main Article template is meant for internal pages, that is pages from the NFSUnlimited.net Wiki. If you want to cite an external page, use the [[Help:Templates#Source|Source]] template instead. To use the Main Article template, type <code><nowiki>{{main|Original Article}}</nowiki></code>. | ||
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| + | === Example === | ||
| + | <code><nowiki>{{main|Help:Editing}}</nowiki></code> | ||
| + | {{main|Help:Editing}} | ||
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| + | == Source == | ||
| + | Use this template to quickly cite a source. Sources are required whenever you post something taken from another website. A source MUST be an external source, that is, it cannot be a part of the NFSUNlimited Wiki. If you want to refer to an article in this Wiki, use the [[Help:Templates#Main_Article|Main Article]] template instead. To use the Source template, type <code><nowiki>{{source|website URL|website name}}</nowiki></code>. | ||
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| + | === Example === | ||
| + | <code><nowiki>{{source|http://www.google.com|Google}}</nowiki></code> | ||
| + | {{source|http://www.google.com|Google}} | ||
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| + | == Inserting Signatures == | ||
| + | Use this template to insert a signature into an edit. This is extremely useful when editing discussion pages.<br/><b>TIP:</b> To insert a signature, click the http://wiki.nfsunlimited.net/skins/common/images/button_sig.png button. | ||
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| + | === Example === | ||
| + | <code><nowiki>{{sig|--~~~~}}</nowiki></code> | ||
| + | {{sig|--[[User:Prince1142003|prince1142003]] 09:46, 21 January 2007 (CST)}} | ||
== Work In Progress == | == Work In Progress == | ||
| − | Use this template 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}} | + | Use this template 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: |
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| + | === Example === | ||
| + | <code><nowiki>{{WIP}}</nowiki></code> | ||
| + | {{WIP}} | ||
== Page In Use/Under Edit == | == Page In Use/Under Edit == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:46, 21 January 2007
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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This Article Is A Stub
A stub is an article that either contains no information but exists, or containts too little information. One line is too little information. To mark an article as a stub, use {{stub}}. Please remove the template if you are adding information to the article. This is what will appear on the page:
Example
{{stub}}
This article is a stub. Feel free to contribute.
Main Article
Sometimes you may need to quote an article or paraphrase it in another article. Use this template to refer back to the original article. The Main Article template is meant for internal pages, that is pages from the NFSUnlimited.net Wiki. If you want to cite an external page, use the Source template instead. To use the Main Article template, type {{main|Original Article}}.
Example
{{main|Help:Editing}}
Main article: Help:Editing
Source
Use this template to quickly cite a source. Sources are required whenever you post something taken from another website. A source MUST be an external source, that is, it cannot be a part of the NFSUNlimited Wiki. If you want to refer to an article in this Wiki, use the Main Article template instead. To use the Source template, type {{source|website URL|website name}}.
Example
{{source|http://www.google.com|Google}}
SOURCE: Google
Inserting Signatures
Use this template to insert a signature into an edit. This is extremely useful when editing discussion pages.
TIP: To insert a signature, click the http://wiki.nfsunlimited.net/skins/common/images/button_sig.png button.
Example
{{sig|--~~~~}}
Work In Progress
Use this template 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 {{WIP}}. Here's how the end result will look:
Example
{{WIP}}
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This page is currently a work in progress. This means that the information on the page may not be complete. Feel free to add pertinent information.
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Page In Use/Under Edit
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.
To use, just add {{inuse}} 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 {{inuse|time (message)}}. If you want to reserve it until a certain time, or use a different custom message without the word "for," use {{inuse||for=|until (time)}} or {{inuse||for=|custom message}}.
Examples
{{inuse}}
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This page is currently undergoing a major edit for a short while. As a courtesy, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. The person who added this notice will be listed in the edit history. If this page has not been edited recently, please remove this template. |
{{inuse|5 minutes}}|
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This page is currently undergoing a major edit for 5 minutes. As a courtesy, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. The person who added this notice will be listed in the edit history. If this page has not been edited recently, please remove this template. |
{{inuse|5 minutes to fix broken links}}|
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This page is currently undergoing a major edit for 5 minutes to fix broken links. As a courtesy, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. The person who added this notice will be listed in the edit history. If this page has not been edited recently, please remove this template. |
{{inuse|for=|to fix broken links}}|
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This page is currently undergoing a major edit to fix broken links. As a courtesy, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. The person who added this notice will be listed in the edit history. If this page has not been edited recently, please remove this template. |
