User:Cephalon Scientia/Test6

=How to Effectively Contribute to this Wiki - A Quick Introduction=

Introduction
Hello there! As a long time contributor to this wiki, I see a lot of places where the wiki could be improved on, particularly in the lore department. That is where you can come in! The purpose of this blog is to introduce some of the basics of the Wiki Markup Language in a digestible way to get more users to effectively contribute to the growing state of this wiki. No 'coding' experience needed! As menacing as it looks when you first click the edit button of an article, understanding the meaning of some markup text goes a long way in building the confidence needed to conquer the foreign landscape behind the everyday articles we use.

Take this blog post as an informal tutorial on how to navigate through the editing page of an article. For more information on wiki formatting, please see the bottom for additional resources.

Terminology

 * Anything enclosed in triangle brackets <> are known as tags.
 * Escaping refers to text not being recognized as wiki markup.

Wikia Markup Language Basics
Markup text is what makes wikis wikis. It formats text in a way that gives wikis their distinct style. The following markup text is shown in the order of most to least common occurrence to a Wiki Contributor (in my opinion of course).

Section Headers
Section headers are denoted by equal signs that sandwich between a word or phrase as such:

=Header=

The more equal signs that sandwich between a phrase, the smaller the level of the text:

Header
...and etc.

Linking Articles
To put a link to other articles in the same wiki, sandwich the name of the article with square brackets as so:

Article Name

Bullet Lists
Lists are created using bulleted text, denoted by an asterisk in front of the text:

*Text

The more asterisks a text has, the more levels into the bulleted list it is in:


 * Text


 * Text


 * Text

...and etc.

Bold
To bolden a piece of text, sandwich it with three apostrophes:

Text

Italics
To italicize a piece of text, sandwich it with two apostrophes:

Text

Breaks and Non-Breaking Spaces
Break tags are used to separate two pieces of text explicitly:

or

When you hit enter within the editing page, you are essentially putting an invisible break tag in the text. To force a line break in a text, type in a break tag. The reason why you would use break tags rather than hitting enter is because of formatting of markup text in the editing page. Sometimes adding breaks makes it more visually appealing and easier for users to edit a page.

On the contrary, to prevent two words from having a line break between them when there would normally be one, type in special character for a non-breaking space:

&amp;nbsp;

Comments
Comments are text that not explicitly displayed in the article. They serve as a way for users to point out specific usage of some of the more complex markup text or as a way to hide certain text. To make a text comment, sandwich it with  as follows:

Special Characters
Special characters are denoted with an ampersand symbol (&) and end with a semicolon. A common special character you will encounter (albeit rarely) will be the non-breaking space:

&amp;nbsp;

Escaping Wiki Markup
Wondering how I have been able to display markup text in the article even though I said otherwise? Well,  tags make it so that any markup text is shown as if they are normal text:

Markup Text

However,  tags stand for "preformatted text" so what you see is what the markup text looks like as if you are in the editing page. If you want to display markup text without, put in the  tags between the text:

Markup Text

Calling Templates
Templates are tools that help organize information better for wiki users or improve navigation through the wiki. They can be called by:

Examples of templates include navigation boxes such as :

Or infoboxes like :

Or message boxes like :

Each template has a different way of using them so be sure to consult its documentation page to ensure that you are calling it correctly (or be like me and copy and paste the template from another article and learn from trial and error). To find its documentation, go to the template's page or type in  at the end of the URL:

Warframe Wikia Defined Templates
The following templates are made by Warframe Wikia contributors and are used throughout the wiki:

- displays icons such as status procs

- display text links to Warframes with a tooltip

- display text links to Warframe abilities with a tooltip

- display text links to mods with a tooltip

- display text links to weapons with a tooltip

Message Boxes
Message boxes are templates that are usually placed at the top of a page to alert users about a particular thing about the article. Here are some of the common ones:

- tells users that the article needs to be updated

- tells users that the article needs to have more info added

- tells users that there are spoilers in the article

Other Useful Templates
- prevents text wrapping

Calling Modules
Modules are advanced versions of templates and are called the same way:

Combining Markup Text
Markup texts can be combined. For example, you can have bold and italicized text like so:

Text

Order markup text in the order that you want the text to be presented as.

Advanced
Here are some of the more advanced features of the Wiki Markup Language. For these, I'll assume you know a bit about HTML, CSS, and even Lua for scripting purposes.

Conclusion
Hopefully, this blog post helps alleviate any confusion and clarifies how one edits articles. If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to leave a reply or contact me. Editing the wiki is not a one-person project, so I encourage everyone to lift each other together!

Additional Resources

 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext, for more comprehensive documentation of all the features of Wiki markup
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting


 * Last updated: 6/26/19