Formatting Quick Reference
Creating New Pages
New pages can be created searching the Wiki for the name if the page title. If it does not already exist you will see a link on the search page to create a page by that name. You can also create a link to the desired page on an existing page. The link will be displayed in red if it does not exist by that exact name. Clicking on the red link will open an Wiki editor page to create the new page. Note that page names are case sensitive, so be sure the page does not already exist with a slightly different name before creating your new page.
Text formatting
The most text formatting needs can be accessed by use of the editing tool bar. For additional help, see Using the Wiki's Editor as well as WikiMedia's Wiki Formatting Help.
Remember, for special characters use the standard HTML substitutions, i.e. for an ampersand, use &, copyright symbol, ©. See HTML Codes for Special ASCII Characters
HTML Tags
The Wiki formatting accepts some HTML tags. The following are some of the more common ones.
Line break - <br />
Non Breaking Space -
Preformatted - <pre>
Code - <code>
And span and division tags - <span>, <div>
To specify font color, use
<span style="color:red"></span>
To center justify, use
<div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>
To specify font size, use
<span style="font-size:18pt"></span>
To add a comment or to comment out text on the page that will not get rendered on the finished page, enclose it with "<!--" and "-->"
<!-- comment here -->
Linking
To link to an SCI Wiki page,
[[Page Name]]
To link to an SCI Wiki page using a different name add a pipe "¦" after the page name, followed by the text to be used,
[[Page Name|Different Name]]
To setup a redirect, use
#REDIRECT [[Page Name]]
To set a named anchor, use
<div id="AnchorName"></div>
Note, Section headings and the top of the page are automatically anchored.
To link to a named anchor on the same page, use
[[#AnchorName]]
To link to a named anchor with different text, add a "¦", followed by the text to be used:
[[#AnchorName|text to be used]]
To link to a named anchor on a different page, use
[[Page Name#AnchorName]]
To link to another web page, just use the URL. The Wiki software will parse the link.
To link to another web page using a different name, enclose the URL in double brackets, followed by a space, then the name to be used -
[http://www.someURL.com/ Link name]
To set an email link, use
[mailto:info@example.org email me]
Mailto named with subject line and body -
[mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&body=Body%20Text info]
InterWiki and Linking Shortcuts
Linking a Google Search
To link to a Google search, use the following:
[[g:SCI|SCI]]
which will give SCI
Linking to a Sierra Help Pages page
To link to a Sierra Help Pages file or page, such as the game list, use the following:
[[SHP:Games/GameHelp.html|Game Help]]
which will give Game Help
linking from and within Wikimedia
Within Wikimedia, the project families are Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks and Wikisource. Linking to a Wikimedia project such as Wikipedia can be done using the following [[wikipedia:]]. Specify the page you wish to link to after the ":" (colon), i.e. [[wikipedia:Sierra's Creative Interpreter]]
Project titles and shortcuts
| Project | Long form | Shortcut |
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| Wikipedia | [[wikipedia:]]
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[[w:]]
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| Wiktionary | [[wiktionary:]]
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[[wikt:]]
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| Wikinews | [[wikinews:]]
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| Wikibooks | [[wikibooks:]]
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[[b:]]
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| Wikiquote | [[wikiquote:]]
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[[q:]]
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| Wikisource | [[wikisource:]]
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| Wikispecies | [[wikispecies:]]
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| Wikiversity | [[wikiversity:]]
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| Wikimedia Foundation | [[wikimedia:]]
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| Wikimedia Commons | [[commons:]]
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| Wikimedia Meta-Wiki | [[m:]]
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For more help with links, see WikiMedia's Help with Links.
Citations and footnotes
To use an auto citation, insert <ref>Citation to be used</ref> where you want the citation added. Where you want the citations to appear use:
== References == <references />
If you don't want the References section to appear in the auto contents, use:
;References <references />
To use an auto footnote, insert <ref group=Note>Note here</ref>
in the body of the text.
And:
== Notes == <references group=Note />
where you want the note to appear. Again, if you don't want the Notes section to appear in the auto contents,
use:
;Notes <references group=Note />
For more help with Citations and footnotes, see the Wikipedia Manual of Style.
Images
To insert an image, the file must be uploaded, first. Please contact Collector on The Sierra Help Pages Forum if you need a file to be uploaded.
The Wiki syntax for inserting an image is as follows:
[[File:filename.extension|options|caption]]
where options can be zero or more, separated by pipes (|). These options allow for greater control of the image, like placement and linking. See this MediaWiki list for available options.
See this MediaWiki page for more help with images.
