Difference between revisions of Help:How to contribute

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Please try to keep in mind the specifics of how contribution will work here. None of the policies of Wikipedia or any other wiki applies here obviously, we have our own policy articles. We are not written from a neutral point of view, referencing guidelines are fairly relaxed and humour is encouraged in articles wherever possible for entertainment value to the reader. But as for syntax and the technicalities of editing, you can't get much better than what's already written.

Remember that if you're using templates such as <nowiki>{{templatenamehere}}</nowiki>, a lot of them will not work unless the template has been copied over to here. Bear that in mind if something doesn't work properly :)

==Formatting==

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==Using talk pages==

The following are the basics:

Reply under subject headers. Indent your messages in response. Sign off your posts with your signature of <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> as standard. For example, a fictional conversation between two editors you might find on the [[Differentials]] talk page:

<code><nowiki>==Difference between diffs and normalised==</nowiki>

<nowiki>Hey guys, what should be the advice given about differentials? ~~~~</nowiki>

<nowiki>:Differentials should be 1-2 diopters below your normalised prescription. We should put this in the lead section of the article. ~~~~</nowiki>

<nowiki>::Oh great, many thanks! ~~~~</nowiki></code>

'''Will be rendered as (with the section two heading with <nowiki>==Difference between diffs and normalised==</nowiki> removed):'''

Hey guys, what should be the advice given about differentials? -[[User:NottNott|NottNott]] ([[User talk:NottNott|talk]]) 13:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

:Differentials should be 1-2 diopters below your normalised prescription. We should put this in the lead section of the article. -[[User:NottNott|NottNott]] ([[User talk:NottNott|talk]]) 13:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

::Oh great, many thanks! -[[User:NottNott|NottNott]] ([[User talk:NottNott|talk]]) 13:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

As you can see, using talk pages is ridiculously easy. Just remember though: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages anything you can do, Wikipedia can do better Click here for Wikipedia's explanation about talk pages.].

===Signatures===

Signatures

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 Please try to keep in mind the specifics of how contribution will work here. None of the policies of Wikipedia or any other wiki applies here obviously, we have our own policy articles. We are not written from a neutral point of view, referencing guidelines are fairly relaxed and humour is encouraged in articles wherever possible for entertainment value to the reader. But as for syntax and the technicalities of editing, you can't get much better than what's already written.
+Remember that if you're using templates such as <nowiki>{{templatenamehere}}</nowiki>, a lot of them will not work unless the template has been copied over to here. Bear that in mind if something doesn't work properly :)
 ==Formatting==
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 ==Using talk pages==
+The following are the basics:
+Reply under subject headers. Indent your messages in response. Sign off your posts with your signature of <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> as standard. For example, a fictional conversation between two editors you might find on the [[Differentials]] talk page:
+<code><nowiki>==Difference between diffs and normalised==</nowiki><br>
+<nowiki>Hey guys, what should be the advice given about differentials? ~~~~</nowiki><br>
+<nowiki>:Differentials should be 1-2 diopters below your normalised prescription. We should put this in the lead section of the article. ~~~~</nowiki><br>
+<nowiki>::Oh great, many thanks! ~~~~</nowiki></code>
+'''Will be rendered as (with the section two heading with <nowiki>==Difference between diffs and normalised==</nowiki> removed):'''
+Hey guys, what should be the advice given about differentials? -[[User:NottNott|<span style="color:#2ca243">NottNott</span>]] ([[User talk:NottNott|talk]]) 13:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)<br>
+:Differentials should be 1-2 diopters below your normalised prescription. We should put this in the lead section of the article. -[[User:NottNott|<span style="color:#2ca243">NottNott</span>]] ([[User talk:NottNott|talk]]) 13:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)<br>
+::Oh great, many thanks! -[[User:NottNott|<span style="color:#2ca243">NottNott</span>]] ([[User talk:NottNott|talk]]) 13:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
+As you can see, using talk pages is ridiculously easy. Just remember though: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages anything you can do, Wikipedia can do better Click here for Wikipedia's explanation about talk pages.].
+===Signatures===
+Signatures