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== Welcome, and some help with editing == | == Welcome, and some help with editing == | ||
| − | Greetings, and welcome to | + | Greetings, and welcome to NetHackWiki. A couple of tips for future edits: |
* Make article names nouns, as [[drain resistance]], rather than adjectives, as [[drain resistant]]. This is not just good style, it can also help avoid creating duplicate pages. | * Make article names nouns, as [[drain resistance]], rather than adjectives, as [[drain resistant]]. This is not just good style, it can also help avoid creating duplicate pages. | ||
* Contrast these three styles of making links: | * Contrast these three styles of making links: | ||
** <nowiki>[[wraith]]</nowiki> produces [[wraith]] | ** <nowiki>[[wraith]]</nowiki> produces [[wraith]] | ||
** <nowiki>[[wraith|W]]</nowiki> produces [[wraith|W]], which likewise links to [[wraith]] | ** <nowiki>[[wraith|W]]</nowiki> produces [[wraith|W]], which likewise links to [[wraith]] | ||
| − | ** <nowiki>[http:// | + | ** <nowiki>[http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Wraith wraith]</nowiki> produces [http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Wraith wraith] |
The internal link style is not just shorter, it also produces a red link [[bogus page|like this]] if the target page does not exist. The external link style can't do that. An unexpected red link can be a hint that you have misspelled the name. | The internal link style is not just shorter, it also produces a red link [[bogus page|like this]] if the target page does not exist. The external link style can't do that. An unexpected red link can be a hint that you have misspelled the name. | ||
In general, if you want to know how to do something, just find a page that does it and click on "edit" or "view source".--[[User:Ray Chason|Ray Chason]] 02:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC) | In general, if you want to know how to do something, just find a page that does it and click on "edit" or "view source".--[[User:Ray Chason|Ray Chason]] 02:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
Latest revision as of 19:39, 11 November 2010
Welcome, and some help with editing
Greetings, and welcome to NetHackWiki. A couple of tips for future edits:
- Make article names nouns, as drain resistance, rather than adjectives, as drain resistant. This is not just good style, it can also help avoid creating duplicate pages.
- Contrast these three styles of making links:
The internal link style is not just shorter, it also produces a red link like this if the target page does not exist. The external link style can't do that. An unexpected red link can be a hint that you have misspelled the name. In general, if you want to know how to do something, just find a page that does it and click on "edit" or "view source".--Ray Chason 02:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
