From TalkBass Wiki
[edit] Rules & Etiquette
Please follow basic Wiki Etiquette:
- Please keep commercial influences off the Wiki - don't create content about your company, or any company from which you receive remuneration (financially or in-kind).
- As with Wikipedia, content is intended to be factual, notable, verifiable with external sources, and neutrally presented, with external sources cited.
- Please do not create articles about yourself, or your band or organization.
- Articles on a bassist or band must be deemed 'reasonably notable' by the community.
[edit] Adding and editing content
[edit] How to edit content
[edit] How to Add an Article
There are several ways to add a new article:
Be sure to also read about how to categorize your article, so that users can find it!
- If you see a red link, this is a link to a page not yet created. Click the link, and you'll have the option of creating the page.
- To create an article from a link on an existing article:
- Go to a page with similar topic and click the 'edit' tab atop that article
- Put your article title text around two brackets like this: [[Left Hand Articulation]]
- Save changes
- Your link will show up in the article as a red link. Click on it to create your article.
- Use the search box in the left column and type the title of your article exactly as it should read. When the search returns 0 results, it'll give you the option to create the article with your search text as the title.
[edit] How to categorize your article
- After you've created your article, the next thing you should do is make sure it gets categorized in the relevant topic category so users can find it. First, take a look at the existing categories to see which one fits.
- Figure out which category best suits your article and write down the category name. If no appropriate category exists, please contact us.
- Return to the article you created and click on the "Edit" tab on the top navigation bar.
- While inside the edit mode, go to the bottom of your article and add the appropriate category name around brackets, like this: [[category: terminology]]
[edit] Common formatting (wikispeak)
[edit] Most frequent wiki markup explained
Here are the 6 most frequently used types of wiki markup. If you need more help see Wikitext examples.
| What it looks like
| What you type
|
| You can italicize text by putting 2
apostrophes on each side.
3 apostrophes will embolden the text.
5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize
the text.
(4 apostrophes doesn't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'.)
|
You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
apostrophes on each side.
3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''.
5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize
'''''the text'''''.
(4 apostrophes doesn't do anything
special -- there's just ''''one left
over''''.)
|
| You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
- Three tildes give your user name: Karl Wick
- Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: Karl Wick 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- Five tildes give the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
|
You should "sign" your comments
on talk pages: <br />
- Three tildes give your user
name: ~~~ <br />
- Four tildes give your user
name plus date/time: ~~~~ <br />
- Five tildes give the
date/time alone: ~~~~~ <br />
|
| Section headings Headings organize your writing into sections.
The Wiki software can automatically generate
a table of contents from them.
Subsection Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
A smaller subsection Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.
Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title.
|
== Section headings ==
''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
The Wiki software can automatically generate
a table of contents from them.
=== Subsection ===
Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
==== A smaller subsection ====
Don't skip levels,
like from two to four equals signs.
Start with 2 equals signs not 1
because 1 creates H1 tags
which should be reserved for page title.
|
- Unordered lists are easy to do:
- Start every line with a star.
- More stars indicate a deeper level.
- Previous item continues.
- in a list
marks the end of the list.
- Of course you can start again.
|
* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
*: Previous item continues.
** A new line
* in a list
marks the end of the list.
* Of course you can start again.
|
- Numbered lists are:
- Very organized
- Easy to follow
A new line marks the end of the list.
- New numbering starts with 1.
|
# ''Numbered lists'' are:
## Very organized
## Easy to follow
A new line marks the end of the list.
# New numbering starts with 1.
|
- A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
A newline starts a new paragraph.
Often used for discussion on talk pages.
- We use 1 colon to indent once.
- We use 2 colons to indent twice.
- 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.
|
: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
A newline starts a new paragraph. <br>
Often used for discussion on talk pages.
: We use 1 colon to indent once.
:: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.
|
| Here's a link to the Main page.
|
Here's a link to the [[Main page]].
|
| The weather in London is a page that doesn't exist
yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
|
[[The weather in London]] is
a page that doesn't exist
yet. You could create it by
clicking on the link.
|
| You can link to a page section by its title:
If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. #Example section 3 goes to the
third section named "Example section".
|
You can link to a page section by its title:
* [[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
third section named "Example section".
|
