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Mediawiki uses some terminology that may not be familiar.
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TS Wiki and its underlying Mediawiki software use some specialized terminology.


* '''article''' refers to a page on the wiki about the specific person, place, thing, event, or concept mentioned in the page's title. "Page" is used as a synonym.
== Article or page ==
* '''magic words''' are strings of text that the MediaWiki software associates with a value or a function. See Mediawiki's [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words Help:Magic words] for more detail. Here are some examples:
 
** '''<nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki>''' forces the table of contents to appear at that location
"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:
** {'''{CURRENTYEAR}}''' makes the current year appear at that location
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* '''Namespace'''
'''<nowiki>[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]</nowiki>''' links to the page [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]].
* '''page''' is used interchangeably with "article" in TS Wiki.
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* '''template'''
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== Magic words ==
 
Magic words are strings of text that the MediaWiki software associates with a returned value or a function. See Mediawiki's [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words Help:Magic words] for more detail. Here are some examples:
 
* '''<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}}'''.
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== 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 '''<nowiki>Category:Writers</nowiki>''' or '''<nowiki>File:WQ Judge.jpg</nowiki>'''. See the Mediwiki article [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Namespaces Namespaces] for detailed explanations, and go to [http://www.theosophy.wiki/mywiki/index.php?title=Special:PrefixIndex 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.

Revision as of 16:08, 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.