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== What the Heck == | == What the Heck == | ||
This wiki is a collaborative venture between editors, creators, and readers of Shousetsu Bang*Bang. It is intended as a place to collect information related to SSBB and make contents easy to find. It's also a place where individuals can add their own information about stories, particularly in the case of content warnings and summaries, neither of which SSBB provides. It gives readers a chance to curate works to help others make sense of SSBB's extensive back catalog. Finally, it provides ways for contributors to go beyond the pseudonymity of the project and link interested readers to their non-SSBB works. | |||
Anyone may edit any page! The way to edit a wiki page is to click on the little tab at the top right that says 'Edit'. You'll be transported to a magical screen that's a big text entry box. Don't panic. | Anyone may edit any page! The way to edit a wiki page is to click on the little tab at the top right that says 'Edit'. You'll be transported to a magical screen that's a big text entry box. Don't panic. | ||
The best way to learn what changes can should be made is by clicking on the 'Edit' buttons of various pages to see how their formatting works, then to mimic that on other plages. (Please don't save any changes you don't mean to, though!) | The best way to learn what changes can should be made is by clicking on the 'Edit' buttons of various pages to see how their formatting works, then to mimic that on other plages. (Please don't save any changes you don't mean to, though!) | ||
YOU CANNOT BREAK THE WIKI. You can hurt an individual page very badly, sure, but changes can always be reverted to a previous edit if you screw up something terribly. See? Panic is totally unnecessary. | |||
== Creating New Pages == | == Creating New Pages == | ||
For the most part, you'll never need to do this. However, should the need ever arise, [[Creating pages]] has a brief introduction to page creation, as well as some examples of well-edited pages of various types. | |||
Only logged-in users may create new pages. Do not make a new page unless you're certain it needs to be created. If you don't see a page you think should exist, check your capitalization before creating it (e.g., 'Bodies In Space' is not a page, but [[Bodies in Space]] is). | |||
== Editing Pages == | == Editing Pages == | ||
Here's the most common wiki-specific formatting you'll need: | Here's the most common wiki-specific formatting you'll need, and fortunately if you forget, there are quick-formatting buttons at the top of the text box on most pages: | ||
*<nowiki>''italics''</nowiki> = ''italics'' | *<nowiki>''italics''</nowiki> = ''italics'' | ||
*<nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> = '''bold''' | *<nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> = '''bold''' | ||
*<nowiki>[[Issues]]</nowiki> = [[Issues]] | *<nowiki>[[Issues]]</nowiki> = [[Issues]] | ||
*<nowiki>[[Issues|unlrelated text that still links back to the Issues page]]</nowiki> = [[Issues|unlrelated text that still links back to the Issues page]] | |||
*<nowiki>[http://shousetsubangbang.com Shousetsu Bang*Bang]</nowiki> = [http://shousetsubangbang.com Shousetsu Bang*Bang] | *<nowiki>[http://shousetsubangbang.com Shousetsu Bang*Bang]</nowiki> = [http://shousetsubangbang.com Shousetsu Bang*Bang] | ||
*<nowiki>http://shousetsubangbang.com</nowiki> = http://shousetsubangbang.com | |||
Limited HTML tags work as well. <BLOCKQUOTE> works, but will erase all line breaks inside of it; replace line breaks in block-quoted material with <BR><BR>. | |||
For more serious, heavy-duty formatting help and options, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup. Feel free but not obligated to get fancy. | |||
I strongly recommend clicking 'Show preview' or 'Show changes' before 'Save page'. | |||
== Adding Images == | |||
Adding images to a wiki page is a two-step process: | |||
Step one is uploading the image. Every page on the wiki has [[Special:Upload|Upload file]] as an option in the left menu. Browse for an image (you can only upload images from your computer), add a description, and click 'Upload file'. (If you encounter an error with thumbnail generation, try again; if you get the error a second time, tell the editors ASAP.) | |||
Step two is determining the appropriate syntax to us to put the image on the page. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images has a list of just about every conceivable arrangement you could want. [[Issue 50]] has examples of the two most useful styles: the single right-justified thumbnail and the multi-image gallery. | |||
== Adding Categories == | |||
[[Special:Categories]] has a list of categories used on this wiki. Categories are added with the syntax <nowiki>[[Category:X]]</nowiki>, where X is the specific category in question. No matter where you put that text on wiki page, categories will only display at the bottom. Each category needs its own syntax, so if you want a page to belong to both the Dystopian and 2011 categories, you need to add both <nowiki>[[Category:Dystopian]]</nowiki> and <nowiki>[[Category:2011]]</nowiki> to the page. | |||
Creating a new category is easy: Add <nowiki>[[Category:X]]</nowiki> to a page, where X is the new category you want, and voila! A new category. Feel free to get as specific or as general as you like; we may have only one story in <nowiki>[[Category:Dubcon with Eldritch Horror]]</nowiki>, for instance, but if we ever get a second, we'll know right where to put it. | |||
What's the point of adding categories? It makes it quick and easy for readers to browse stories and artwork united by a similar theme. | |||
== Adding Warnings == | |||
[[Help:Content_Warning]] has everything you could possibly want to know about how to put a content warning on a page. (It's surprisingly easy!) | |||
[[category:Help]] | [[category:Help]] | ||
Revision as of 13:06, 25 October 2014
New to wiki editing? Don't know what you're doing? This is a great place to start.
What the Heck
This wiki is a collaborative venture between editors, creators, and readers of Shousetsu Bang*Bang. It is intended as a place to collect information related to SSBB and make contents easy to find. It's also a place where individuals can add their own information about stories, particularly in the case of content warnings and summaries, neither of which SSBB provides. It gives readers a chance to curate works to help others make sense of SSBB's extensive back catalog. Finally, it provides ways for contributors to go beyond the pseudonymity of the project and link interested readers to their non-SSBB works.
Anyone may edit any page! The way to edit a wiki page is to click on the little tab at the top right that says 'Edit'. You'll be transported to a magical screen that's a big text entry box. Don't panic.
The best way to learn what changes can should be made is by clicking on the 'Edit' buttons of various pages to see how their formatting works, then to mimic that on other plages. (Please don't save any changes you don't mean to, though!)
YOU CANNOT BREAK THE WIKI. You can hurt an individual page very badly, sure, but changes can always be reverted to a previous edit if you screw up something terribly. See? Panic is totally unnecessary.
Creating New Pages
For the most part, you'll never need to do this. However, should the need ever arise, Creating pages has a brief introduction to page creation, as well as some examples of well-edited pages of various types.
Only logged-in users may create new pages. Do not make a new page unless you're certain it needs to be created. If you don't see a page you think should exist, check your capitalization before creating it (e.g., 'Bodies In Space' is not a page, but Bodies in Space is).
Editing Pages
Here's the most common wiki-specific formatting you'll need, and fortunately if you forget, there are quick-formatting buttons at the top of the text box on most pages:
- ''italics'' = italics
- '''bold''' = bold
- [[Issues]] = Issues
- [[Issues|unlrelated text that still links back to the Issues page]] = unlrelated text that still links back to the Issues page
- [http://shousetsubangbang.com Shousetsu Bang*Bang] = Shousetsu Bang*Bang
- http://shousetsubangbang.com = http://shousetsubangbang.com
Limited HTML tags work as well. <BLOCKQUOTE> works, but will erase all line breaks inside of it; replace line breaks in block-quoted material with <BR><BR>.
For more serious, heavy-duty formatting help and options, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup. Feel free but not obligated to get fancy.
I strongly recommend clicking 'Show preview' or 'Show changes' before 'Save page'.
Adding Images
Adding images to a wiki page is a two-step process:
Step one is uploading the image. Every page on the wiki has Upload file as an option in the left menu. Browse for an image (you can only upload images from your computer), add a description, and click 'Upload file'. (If you encounter an error with thumbnail generation, try again; if you get the error a second time, tell the editors ASAP.)
Step two is determining the appropriate syntax to us to put the image on the page. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images has a list of just about every conceivable arrangement you could want. Issue 50 has examples of the two most useful styles: the single right-justified thumbnail and the multi-image gallery.
Adding Categories
Special:Categories has a list of categories used on this wiki. Categories are added with the syntax [[Category:X]], where X is the specific category in question. No matter where you put that text on wiki page, categories will only display at the bottom. Each category needs its own syntax, so if you want a page to belong to both the Dystopian and 2011 categories, you need to add both [[Category:Dystopian]] and [[Category:2011]] to the page.
Creating a new category is easy: Add [[Category:X]] to a page, where X is the new category you want, and voila! A new category. Feel free to get as specific or as general as you like; we may have only one story in [[Category:Dubcon with Eldritch Horror]], for instance, but if we ever get a second, we'll know right where to put it.
What's the point of adding categories? It makes it quick and easy for readers to browse stories and artwork united by a similar theme.
Adding Warnings
Help:Content_Warning has everything you could possibly want to know about how to put a content warning on a page. (It's surprisingly easy!)
