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- Help for MediaWiki Editors (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editor)
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- Restrict pages under MediaWiki (http://conseil-recherche-innovation.net/index.php/1974/04/10/31-restrict-pages-under-mediawiki)
- MediaWiki FAQ (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ)
- Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Sections.2C_paragraphs.2C_lists_and_lines)
- Headlines
- Extended image syntax
- Useful Firefox Extensions for MediaWiki:
- Wikipedia (https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&category=Website%20Integration&numpg=10&id=351) (Toolbar) Screenshots (http://wikipedia.mozdev.org/screenshots.html)
- RiteOfTongue (https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&category=Editing%20and%20Forms&numpg=10&id=485) (Spelling)
- SpellBound (http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/) - Spellchecker for Firefox and the Mozilla Suite
- How to create a new page to write your article:
- Edit your home page from Contributors to type * YYYY-MM-DD [[Your Article Name]] then save.
- This will create a *NEW* link. Click on the link to type your article.
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- Your article will be Protected/Restricted/Edited before posting to next issue of Fedora Weekly News.
- Please see Wikipedia:How to edit a page
- How to link to Wikipedia page:
- Use [[wikipedia:California|California]]
- For exmample: California
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If you type,
[[Thomas Chung]] [http://www.google.com Google] [mailto:tchung@fedoranews.org Thomas Chung] | It will shows as
Thomas Chung Google (http://www.google.com) Thomas Chung (mailto:tchung@fedoranews.org) |
- To make a list of items,
- Use single star (*) for first level items
- Use doulbe stars (**) for second level items
- Example)
If you type,
*Things to buy: ** Pencil ** Paper ** Eraser | It will shows as
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- To bold and italicize a text,
- Use triple quotes (''') to make it bold
- Use double quotes ('') to make it italicize
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