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"Article" and "page" are used as synonyms to refer a block of formatted text about the specific person, place, thing, event, or concept mentioned in the page's title. When surrounded by pairs of square brackets, this title turns into a link to that article/page. For example: | "Article" and "page" are used as synonyms to refer a block of formatted text about the specific person, place, thing, event, or concept mentioned in the page's title. When surrounded by pairs of square brackets, this title turns into a link to that article/page. For example: | ||
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'''<nowiki>[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]</nowiki>''' links to the page [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. | ::'''<nowiki>[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]</nowiki>''' links to the page [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. | ||
== Magic words == | == Magic words == | ||
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* '''<nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>''' suppresses the table of contents, as was done on this page. | * '''<nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>''' suppresses the table of contents, as was done on this page. | ||
* '''<nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</nowiki>''' makes the current year appear at that location, such as '''{{CURRENTYEAR}}'''. | * '''<nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</nowiki>''' makes the current year appear at that location, such as '''{{CURRENTYEAR}}'''. | ||
== Namespaces == | == Namespaces == | ||
Revision as of 16:40, 21 June 2012
TS Wiki and its underlying Mediawiki software use some specialized terminology.
Article or page
"Article" and "page" are used as synonyms to refer a block of formatted text about the specific person, place, thing, event, or concept mentioned in the page's title. When surrounded by pairs of square brackets, this title turns into a link to that article/page. For example:
- [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] links to the page Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.
Magic words
Magic words are strings of text that the MediaWiki software associates with a returned value or a function. See Mediawiki's Help:Magic words for more detail. Here are some examples:
- __NOTOC__ suppresses the table of contents, as was done on this page.
- {{CURRENTYEAR}} makes the current year appear at that location, such as 2024.
Namespaces
Namespaces provide a mechanism for grouping or separating wiki pages. When using the Search function, the default is to the Main namespace, but you can view a page within one of the namespaces by preceding that page with the namespace and a colon, such as Category:Writers or File:WQ Judge.jpg. See the Mediwiki article Namespaces for detailed explanations, and go to All pages with prefix to display lists of pages within a namespace.
These are namespaces that most editors will encounter:
- Category namespace contains categories, which are dynamic lists of other pages. Linking directly to a category page does not output an inline link, but instead includes the page into the associated category page.
- File namespace is used to store metadata for images and other media. Each image file has a page in the File namespace which has descriptive information and licensing data. Linking directly to a page in this namespace causes the image to be displayed at that location.
- Help namespace holds help files on various topics.