N00b Guide
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Naming Your Page
Try Using Caps Every Once In A While.
Use the full, formal name, redirects can be made later for nicknames, etc.
But, look before you leap; your article may already exist, but under a similar name. Or with the word "The" in front of it. You don't have to check, but it would be nice.
Simply type the name of the page your gut tells you needs truthiness, and Wikiality.com's SuperComputer will tell you if it exists. If it does not, lots of red will appear.
Red links are not bad, especially when you click on them. A clicked red link is the beginning of a wonderful journey.
- See Also: Help:Starting a new page
Redirecting a page
You can create a page like O'Reilly to redirect it to a page with the full name, Bill O'Reilly. Just type in the name/link like you would normally in your article. Then, click on it, a page will come up saying the page doesn't exist, etc. Click on the link for "create this page" and when the editing tab for that article pops up, you will type in the code for "redirecting" a page.
The code is:
the number sign: "#"
followed by the word redirect in all caps: "REDIRECT"
followed by the pageyou want it to redirect to written as a link: "[[Bill O'Reilly]]".
The whole thing would look like this (without the "nowiki" stuff):
#REDIRECT [[Bill O'Reilly]]
That's so you won't have to keep typing the whole "Bill O'Reilly | O'Reilly" stuff.
If you have any questions about formatting stuff, check out Help:Editing
Article Content
Use your gut and write something original,
or at least truthy!
Also,
- Instead of deleting someone else's work, why not add to it?
- Must belong in "The Stephen Colbert Experience", none of these Kevin Bacon-length-connections, or Uncyclopedia-type randomness...randomness is not truthiness.
- Please see CPOV
Suggestions for Sections to include
- A Helpful Information Table
- Background
- History (eras)
- Common Usage
- Future (Expected/Anticipated)
- Trivia
- Famous People (associated with)
- Notable Landmarks
- Favorites (If a person, what is his Favorite Color, Position, etc)
- See Also
- External Links
- For Further Reading
- References
The following references are the only acceptable ones for Wikiality.com, as all other references are simply too facty:- Stephen Colbert
- heard it somewhere (talk radio, friend)
- saw it somewhere (TV, The Internets)
- you imagined it (beware of randomness)
- your gut
Style
- Try Using Caps every once in a while, damnit!
- And Punctuation.
- Oh yeah, and use spell check or a dictionary, like m-w.com
- Go Here: Truthy Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Guide
Identify Your Page
Wikiality.com has many ways for you to categorize your page so others will know if you are writing about Americans or Terrorists. Click here to find one you feel is appropriately truthy.
To use one of our very fine templates, you will type the name exactly as it appears on the list, surrounded by 2 sets of braces (the fancy parenthesis, not the square ones)
Images
When you want to add an image to your article, you have to be sure to type in the exact name of the image, including the extension, exactly as it appears in the Image File. If it includes capital letters in the name and the extension, you have to type it that way, otherwise the wiki can't find it.
To find images, use the search box underneath Stephen's head, or try this link.
Adding Images
In this example, we will be using the image called "MommieDearest.jpg" which is 220 (w) x 161 (h) pixels.
The most basic code for adding an image to an article includes the name of the file, preceded by "Image:", which just tells the wiki what kind of file it is, and that looks like this:
Image:MommieDearest.jpg
Since it is a link to an internal file (something that belongs to this wiki), you will put 2 sets of brackets (square parenthesis, these things: "[" "]") around the whole thing, like this:
[[Image:MommieJoan.jpg]]
That line of code will give you:
By adding "|###.px", (where ### is a number, and "px" stands for pixels) you can change the display size of the image. For instance,
adding "|50px" to the line of code, gives you:
[[Image:MommieJoan.jpg|50px]]
which looks like:
Adding A Caption
The next thing you might want to add is a caption, so you will have to add some stuff to the image code.
Adding "|thumb" tells the wiki to put a frame around the image (and to shrink it a bit) and the code "|(text)" tells the wiki to add whatever text you choose inside the frame, beneath the image.
The complete line of code would look like this:
[[Image:MommieJoan.jpg|thumb|No more wire hangers--<i>EVER!</i>]]
Giving you:
If you want to move the image to the left-hand side of the article (default is obviously on the right-hand side, you can also put it in the "center"), just add this bit of code: "|left|" to make the entire line look like this:
[[Image:MommieJoan.jpg|thumb|left|No more wire hangers--<i>EVER!</i>]]
Giving you:
Changing The Size of the Image
- Recommended Image size is between 150 and 250px depending on image importance.
When you want to make an image a different size, you don't have to upload a new one, just add another bit of code, that includes the size you want followed by "px".
The last bit of code you will add looks like this: "|220px|"
The number 220 was chosen because that is the width of the original image, which you can find on the image's page. What it will do is alter the size of the image inside the "caption frame".
The entire line of code looks like this:
([[Image:MommieJoan.jpg|thumb|left|220px|No more wire hangers--<i>EVER!</i>]])
Giving you:
The same size as the first example, but with a frame and a caption.
HELP!
Talking to the person who welcomed you is a good start or drop a note in the Main Talk Page.
- For suggestions go to Suggestions
- To submit your page for review, click here
- To contact the lawpersons for this internets tube, click here.
- for more help, contact one of the code gurus
