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By: NIL. Last edit: 2008.1.21 (YYYY.MM.DD)

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Everybody can edit most of the pages on vcor. Editing on a wiki is supposed to be easy and fast. Indeed it is possible to edit an existing article surprisingly fast:

  • Click on the Edit tab
  • ... make some changes.
  • Preview your changes
  • When you are satisfied with the result click on Save Page.

The difficulties arise when you are somewhat ambitious as to your edits and wish to achieve something more than simple text typing. You might wish to add a link to another page in this wiki, or to an external source. You might wish to add a table, similar to html, or a numbered list.

Below you will find a short list of the most common wiki syntax elements for you to get a fast idea of how to do things here. Links to more extensive resources are also provided, residing outside vcor, should you wish to learn more.

Note
Only members of the group "nsNNARW" can edit and create pages in the namespace "NNA" (pages beginning with "NNA:..."). Everybody can read these pages without restriction. If you are a member of NNA please request your user name to be included in the group "nsNNARW".

Formatting

Common formatting shortcuts.

Bold

Some part of this text is written in bold
Some part of this '''text''' is written in bold

From within the edit tab

  • Select the text you wish to make bold
  • Click on Image:Button bold.png

Italics

Some part of this text is written in italics
Some part of this ''text'' is written in italics

From within the edit tab

  • Select the text you wish to make italic
  • Click on Image:Button italic.png

Bold italics

Some part of this text is written in bold italics
Some part of this '''''text''''' is written in bold italics

From within the edit tab

  • Select the text you wish to make bold italic
  • Click on Image:Button bold.png
  • Select the resulting text and click on Image:Button italic.png

Strike through

Some part of this text is striken through
Some part of this <s>text</s> is striken through

From within the edit tab

  • Select the text you wish to strike through
  • Click on Image:Button strike.png

Inline CSS

Some part of this text has a colored background
Some part of this <span style="background-color: #bbff55;">text</span> has a colored background

Structuring

General elements for structuring wiki text.

New line

This is my first paragraph.

This is my second paragraph. This should have been a third paragraph on a new line, but is not because I forgot one carriage return.

This is my first paragraph.

This is my second paragraph.
This should have been a third paragraph on a new line, 
but is not because I forgot one carriage return.

Indent

This line is not indented
This line is indented of 1 tab
This line is indented of 2 tabs
This line is indented of 3 tabs
This line is indented of 4 tabs
This line is not indented
: This line is indented of 1 tab
:: This line is indented of 2 tabs
::: This line is indented of 3 tabs
:::: This line is indented of 4 tabs

Sections

Sections are the main structuring tool for a wiki page. They correspond to the html h2, h3,...h6 elements. You use as many equal signs as defined in the corresponding html element. For example:

html h2 wiki == some text ==
html h3 wiki === some text ===
html h4 wiki ==== some text ====
html h5 wiki ===== some text =====
html h6 wiki ====== some text ======

In a wiki h1 or better, the corresponding wiki element "= some text =" is reserved for page titles. Please start your sections always with no less than two equal signs!

Section headings 2
== Section Heading 2==

From within the edit tab

  • Select the text you wish to make section level 2
  • Click on Image:Button headline.png
Section heading 3
=== Section Heading 3 ===
Section heading 4
==== Section Heading 4 ====
Section heading 5
===== Section Heading 5 =====
Section heading 6
====== Section Heading 6 ======

Lists

All example texts here are taken from Cadhumor.

Definition

PCMCIA
People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms
ISDN
It Still Does Nothing
SCSI
System Can't See It
DOS
Defunct Operating System
IBM
I Blame Microsoft
WWW
World Wide Wait
; PCMCIA: People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms
; ISDN: It Still Does Nothing
; SCSI: System Can't See It
; DOS: Defunct Operating System
; IBM: I Blame Microsoft
; WWW: World Wide Wait

Ordered list

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in plan that would be known as "Euro-English".
  1. In the first year, 's' will replace the soft 'c'. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard 'c' will be dropped in favour of the 'k'. This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have one less letter.
  2. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome 'ph' will be replased with the 'f'. This will make words like 'fotograf' 20% shorter.
  3. In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double leters which have always been a deterent to akurate speling. Also al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent 'e' in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
  4. By the 4th yer peopl will be reseptiv to steps such as replasing 'th' with 'z' and 'w' with 'v'. During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary 'o' be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou' and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to oza kombinations of letas.
  5. After ziz fifz yer ve vil have a rali sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu anderstand ech oza. Ze drem of an united urop vil finali kum tru!
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in plan that would be known as "Euro-English".

# In the first year, 's' will replace the soft 'c'. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard 'c' will be dropped in favour of the 'k'. This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have one less letter.
# There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome 'ph' will be replased with the 'f'. This will make words like 'fotograf' 20% shorter.
# In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double leters which have always been a deterent to akurate speling. Also al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent 'e' in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
# By the 4th yer peopl will be reseptiv to steps such as replasing 'th' with 'z' and 'w' with 'v'. During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary 'o' be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou' and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to oza kombinations of letas.
# After ziz fifz yer ve vil have a rali sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu anderstand ech oza. Ze drem of an united urop vil finali kum tru!

Unordered list

We are proud to report that we have completed the "Y-to-K" date change mission, and have now implemented all changes to all programs and all data to reflect your new standards:
  • Januark
  • Februark
  • March
  • April
  • Mak
  • June
  • Julk ...
We are proud to report that we have completed the "Y-to-K" date change mission, and have now implemented all changes to all programs and all data to reflect your new standards:
* Januark
* Februark
* March
* April
* Mak
* June
* Julk ...

Combining lists

Microsoft Should Make Cars, GM Should Make Software

At a recent computer expo, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated:

"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments/General Motors issued a press release stating the following:

  • If GM had developed technology like Microsoft
    we would be driving cars with the following characteristics:
  1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
  2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you would have to buy a new car.
  3. Occasionally, your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would accept this, restart, and drive on.
  4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart; in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
  5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought 'Car95' or 'CarNT.' Then you would have to buy more seats.
  • If Macintosh would make a car
    that was powered by the sun, more reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five percent of the roads.
  1. The oil, water, temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single 'general car fault' warning light.
  2. New seats would force everyone to have the same butt size.
  3. The airbag system would say 'Are you sure?' before going off.
  4. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
  • GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50 per cent or more.
  • Every time GM introduced a new model, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
  • You'd press the 'Start' button to shut off the engine.
'''Microsoft Should Make Cars, GM Should Make Software'''
At a recent computer expo, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated:
: "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments/General Motors issued a press release stating the following:
*; If GM had developed technology like Microsoft: we would be driving cars with the following characteristics:
::# For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
::# Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you would have to buy a new car.
::# Occasionally, your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would accept this, restart, and drive on.
::# Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart; in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
::# Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought 'Car95' or 'CarNT.' Then you would have to buy more seats.
*; If Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun: more reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five percent of the roads.
::# The oil, water, temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single 'general car fault' warning light.
::# New seats would force everyone to have the same butt size.
::# The airbag system would say 'Are you sure?' before going off.
::# Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

* GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50 per cent or more.
* Every time GM introduced a new model, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
* You'd press the 'Start' button to shut off the engine.
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