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Welcome to the wiki markup tutorial! This page serves as a easy tutorial for those that need help editing articles by source on this wiki, or to serve as a quick reference on how to use some basic wiki markup text features.

As a quick introduction, this guide is for anyone, whether old or new. It'll list a bunch of things that will help you utilize the source editor on this Wiki well. Of course, you can always edit using the Visual Editor, but source editing is always preferred!

Please remember that all articles, by default, can be edited by anyone at any time. Don't be discouraged if the edit you made got replaced/removed by someone else - there was probably a reason behind it! Usually, the editor will leave a comment for their actions in the history log, so that's a good place to check out first. If you're still wondering, feel free to post on the editor's talk page! After all, we're a community!

The complete reference guide to wiki editing using source editor may be found [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents here]. If after going through this tutorial you feel like learning more about general wiki syntax, this would be a good place to go.

==The Basics==
A wiki article is no different from writing a normal text document. You can format it easily with wiki-code to make your article look nice.

===Font style and indents===
*Bold: Surround your text with '''triple apostrophes'''.
:Usage: <code><nowiki>'''Bold Text'''</nowiki></code> gives '''Bold Text'''.
*Italics. Surround your text with '''double apostrophes'''.
:Usage: <code><nowiki>''Italicized Text''</nowiki></code> gives ''Italicized Text''.
*Indents: Place '''colons''' before a line to indent.
:Usage: This line uses a single indent like <code><nowiki>:Usage</nowiki></code>.
::Multiple colons can be used to increase the indent level. This line starts with <code><nowiki>::Multiple</nowiki></code>.

===Headings===
*Headings are used to separate an article's content into separate sections.
*To insert a heading, surround a section title with '''equals signs'''.
:Usage: <code><nowiki>===Headings===</nowiki></code> produces the heading for this section.
*There are multiple levels of headings. The heading level is determined by the number of equals signs used on each side.
**In most cases, level 2 (<code><nowiki>==Level 2 Heading==</nowiki></code>) headings are used for major sections. Level 2 headings are underlined and also come with a yin-yang orb graphic. Level 3 (<code><nowiki>===Level 3 Heading===</nowiki></code>) and level 4 (<code><nowiki>====Level 4 Heading====</nowiki></code>) headings are used for subsections.
*Using headings will also help organize an article, since MediaWiki will automatically build a table of contents when an article has more than 3 headings.

===Lists===
====Unordered Lists====
A list of items with circle bullets.

Usage: Type a <code>*</code> before each item. Each item goes on its own line. Multiple <code>*</code>s can be used to increase indent level.

Example:
{|
|
<code><nowiki>*one</nowiki> 
<nowiki>**indented</nowiki> 
<nowiki>*two</nowiki> 
<nowiki>*three</nowiki></code>
|
*one
**indented
*two
*three
|}

====Ordered (Numbered) Lists====
A list of items with numbered bullets.

Usage: Type a <code>#</code> before each item. Each item goes on its own line. Multiple <code>#</code>s can be used to increase indent level.

Example:

{|
|-
|
<code><nowiki>#one</nowiki> 
<nowiki>##indented</nowiki> 
<nowiki>#two</nowiki> 
<nowiki>#three</nowiki></code>
|
#one
##indented
#two
#three
|}

===Categories===

===Links===
====Internal Links====
Internal links are links to articles on this wiki. To link to an article, surround an article name with '''two sets of square brackets'''.
:Usage: <code><nowiki>[[article name]]</nowiki></code>
:Example: <code><nowiki>[[Main UI]]</nowiki></code> gives [[Main UI]]

You can use the <code>|</code> (pipe) character in links to display something different.
:Usage: <code><nowiki>[[article name|display name]]</nowiki></code>
:Example: <code><nowiki>[[Main UI|The main page of the game.]]</nowiki></code> gives [[Main UI|The main page of the game.]]

====Interwiki Links====
Interwiki links are links to articles on other wikis. Creating an interwiki link is similar to creating an internal link, but with the addition of a prefix before the article name. A list of available interwiki prefixes can be found at [[Special:Interwiki]].

You know you need this when the page title comes with a "XXX:" sign. This means that it's not a part of the Girlfriend Kari wiki, but a part of something else. For example, this page is part of the "Project" wiki, which contains all of the policies, help, and information related to this wiki project. This is called a "namespace." There are more namespaces, so go around and look for them at [[Special:Interwiki]].
:Usage: <code><nowiki>[[prefix:article name]]</nowiki></code>
:Example: <code><nowiki>[[Project:Editing Policies]]</nowiki></code> gives [[Project:Editing Policies]]

Using the <code>|</code> (pipe) character with interwiki links is recommended, as it removes the "prefix:" part from the displayed link.
:Usage: <code><nowiki>[[prefix:article name|]]</nowiki></code>
:Example: <code><nowiki>[[Project:Editing Policies|Editing Policies]]</nowiki></code> gives [[Project:Editing Policies|Editing Policies]]

=====Interlanguage Links=====
Interlanguage links behave a bit differently from interwiki links. Making an interwiki link using a language code (such as <code>zh</code>, <code>fr</code>, or <code>ja</code>) will not create an interwiki link on the page, but will actually add an entry to the "In other languages" section of the sidebar.
:Usage: <code><nowiki>[[language:article name]]</nowiki></code>
:Example: <code><nowiki>[[zh:东方神灵庙]]</nowiki></code> will place a link like [[:zh:东方神灵庙|中文]] under the "In other languages" section of this article's sidebar.

If you want to insert a link to such an article, add a <code>:</code> (colon) before the prefix. Once again, using the <code>|</code> (pipe) character is recommended.
:Usage: <code><nowiki>[[:language:article name|]]</nowiki></code>
:Example: <code><nowiki>[[:zh:Touhou Project|]]</nowiki></code> gives [[:zh:东方维基|东方维基]]

====External Links====
External links are for anything outside of this wiki. The URL must include a protocol prefix (such as <code>http://</code>).
:Usage: <code><nowiki>[URL]</nowiki></code>
:Example: <code><nowiki>[http://www.google.com]</nowiki></code> gives [http://www.google.com]

You can specify the text you want to display for the link. Unlike internal or interwiki links, the <code>|</code> (pipe) character is not used.
:Usage: <code><nowiki>[URL custom text]</nowiki></code>
:Example: <code><nowiki>[http://www.google.com google]</nowiki></code> gives [http://www.google.com google]

'''At this point, you should know enough about wiki editing to understand most of the articles on the wiki.'''

==Advanced Topics==
===Templates===
*What is a template
*How to use templates

===Special Pages===
*Uploading files

===Tables===
Tables are pretty simple to make. Wiki comes with its own table syntax so you don't have to use HTML. If you are familiar with HTML and CSS, the syntax pretty much just replaces <nowiki><table></nowiki>, <nowiki><tr></nowiki>, and <nowiki><td></nowiki>. You can use in-line CSS styling to decorate the table.

:Start a table: {| border=1 solid
:Table row: |-
:Table Column: |This is my first cell || another cell!
:Close a table: |}

Together, we have

<pre>
{|border=1 solid
|-
|This is my first cell || another cell!
|}
</pre>

Which gives

{|border=1 solid
|-
|This is my first cell || another cell!
|}

By combining these codes together, you can create tables quickly and easily.

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 Welcome to the wiki markup tutorial! This page serves as a easy tutorial for those that need help editing articles by source on this wiki, or to serve as a quick reference on how to use some basic wiki markup text features.
-As a quick introduction, this guide is for anyone, whether old or new. It'll list a bunch of things that will help you utilize the source editor on this Wiki well. Of course, you can always edit using the Visual Editor, but source editing is always preferred!
+As a quick introduction, this guide is for anyone, whether old or new. It'll list a bunch of things that will help you utilize the source editor on this Wiki well. Of course, you can always edit using the Visual Editor, but source editing is good to know, since it's generally faster!
 Please remember that all articles, by default, can be edited by anyone at any time. Don't be discouraged if the edit you made got replaced/removed by someone else - there was probably a reason behind it! Usually, the editor will leave a comment for their actions in the history log, so that's a good place to check out first. If you're still wondering, feel free to post on the editor's talk page! After all, we're a community!
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 ===Special Pages===
 *Uploading files
 ===Tables===

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 ==Advanced Topics==
 ===Templates===
-*What is a template
+*[[Project:Templates|What is a template]]
-*How to use templates
+*[[Project:Using Templates|How to use templates]]
 ===Special Pages===

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 Please remember that all articles, by default, can be edited by anyone at any time. Don't be discouraged if the edit you made got replaced/removed by someone else - there was probably a reason behind it! Usually, the editor will leave a comment for their actions in the history log, so that's a good place to check out first. If you're still wondering, feel free to post on the editor's talk page! After all, we're a community!
-The complete reference guide to wiki editing using source editor may be found [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents here]. If after going through this tutorial you feel like learning more about general wiki syntax, this would be a good place to go.
+The complete reference guide to wiki editing using source editor may be found [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents here]. If after going through this tutorial you feel like learning more about general wiki syntax, this would be a good place to go. Also check [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup here] for a more complete reference guide on how to use wiki markup text.
 ==The Basics==
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 ===Categories===
 ===Links===
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 =====Interlanguage Links=====
 Interlanguage links behave a bit differently from interwiki links. Making an interwiki link using a language code (such as <code>zh</code>, <code>fr</code>, or <code>ja</code>) will not create an interwiki link on the page, but will actually add an entry to the "In other languages" section of the sidebar.
 :Usage: <code><nowiki>[[language:article name]]</nowiki></code>
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 :Example: <code><nowiki>[http://www.google.com google]</nowiki></code> gives [http://www.google.com google]
-'''At this point, you should know enough about wiki editing to understand most of the articles on the wiki.'''
+'''At this point, you should know enough about wiki editing to understand most of the articles on the wiki.''' If you
 ==Advanced Topics==
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 By combining these codes together, you can create tables quickly and easily.