Abrahamson at 14:03, 3 July 2006

2006-07-03T14:03:05Z

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<div style="float:left;width:16%;padding:.3em 0;margin:2px 2px 0">1.[[GodFearers:Tutorial (Editing)|Editing]]</div>
<div style="float:left;width:16%;font-weight:bold;background-color:#f4f4ff;color:#000;padding:.3em 0;border:2px solid #ccf;border-bottom:0;font-size:130%">2.Formatting</div>
<div style="float:left;width:16%;padding:.3em 0;margin:2px 2px 0">3. [[GodFearers:Tutorial (GodFearers links)|GodFearers links]]</div>
<div style="float:left;width:16%;padding:.3em 0;margin:2px 2px 0">4. [[GodFearers:Tutorial (Related site links)|Related site links]]</div>
<div style="float:right;width:16%;padding:.3em 0;margin:2px 2px 0">5. [[GodFearers:Tutorial (External links)|External links]]</div>
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GodFearers page '''formatting''' is done with '''[[Wikitext]]''', so you don't need to learn [[HTML]].

==Wikitext ''or'' Wiki markup==
Writing for GodFearers articles is a bit different from writing on a standard word processor. Instead of a strict "what you see is what you get" approach ([[WYSIWYG]]), wiki uses a simple built-in '''[[How to edit a page#Wiki markup|MediaWiki markup language]]''' designed for ease of editing. The approach is similar to writing HTML for web pages, but the codes are much simpler.

===Bold and italics===
The most commonly used wiki tags are '''bold''' and ''italics''. '''Bolding''' and ''italicizing'' is done by surrounding a word or phrase with multiple apostrophes (<tt>'</tt>):

*<tt><nowiki>''italics''</nowiki></tt> appears as ''italics''. (2 apostrophes on both sides)
*<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt> appears as '''bold'''. (3 apostrophes on both sides)
*<tt><nowiki>'''''bolded italics'''''</nowiki></tt> appears as '''''bolded italics'''''. (5 apostrophes on both sides)

It is a GodFearers convention to '''bold''' the subject of an article when it is first mentioned in the article. For example, the article [[Klinefelter's syndrome]] starts:

:'''Klinefelter's syndrome''' is a condition caused by a [[chromosome]] [[nondisjunction]] in males...

If there are alternatives to the title the same applies, for example [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] starts:

:[[Majesty|Her Majesty]] '''Queen Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]), styled '''HM The Queen''' (born [[21 April]] [[1926]]) is the [[Queen regnant]]...

Another GodFearers convention is to ''italicize'' book, movie and computer/video game titles. If the first mention of the subject of an article is also a book or movie title then '''''bold italics''''' is used. For example, the article ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' starts:

:'''''The Lord of the Rings''''' is an [[high fantasy|epic]] [[fantasy]] story by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], a sequel to his earlier work, ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

===Headings and subheadings===
Headings and subheadings are an easy way to improve the organization of an article. If you can see two or more distinct topics being discussed, you can break up the article by inserting a heading for each '''[[GodFearers:Section|section]]'''.

Headings can be created like this:
*<tt><nowiki>==Top level heading==</nowiki></tt> (2 equals signs)
*<tt><nowiki>===Subheading===</nowiki></tt> (3 equals signs)
*<tt><nowiki>====Another level down====</nowiki></tt> (4 equals signs)

If an article has at least four headings, a table of contents will automatically be generated. Try creating a heading in this page's [[/sandbox/]]. It will be added automatically to the table of contents for the page, assuming three others already exist.

<div style="float: left; margin-top: -1.5em; background-color: #f4f4ff; color: #000; padding: .2em .6em; font-size: 130%; border: 1px solid #ccf;">'''Check out an [[GodFearers:Annotated article|annotated example page]] '''</div>

<div style="float: left; margin-top: -1.5em; background-color: #f4f4ff; color: #000; padding: .2em .6em; font-size: 130%; border: 1px solid #ccf;">'''Test what you've learned in the [[/sandbox/]]'''</div>

<div style="float: right; margin-top: -1.5em; background-color: #f4f4ff; color: #000; padding: .2em .6em; font-size: 130%; border: 1px solid #ccf;">'''Continue the tutorial with [[GodFearers:Tutorial (GodFearers links)|GodFearers links<span style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;"> →</span>]]'''</div>
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Abrahamson at 14:03, 3 July 2006