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Here it is, the Nexus Wiki. You want to contribute, but don't know how? Don't worry - adding to a Wiki is as easy as writing a forum post. This page is meant to assist you in writing and formatting your Wiki articles as well es editing already existing ones.
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==Editing an article==
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Browse to an article and click the 'Edit' button in the upper left corner of the screen. Apply your changes to the text and click on 'Show preview' to see the results. If you are happy with it, click on 'Save page' and you are done.
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==Creating a new article==
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There are basically two ways to create a new article:
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#you follow a red link to a page, that doesn't exist yet and start editing this page
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#you append the desired name of the page to the url of this Wiki:
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::<pre>http://nexusthegame.net/wiki/<pagename></pre>
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Either way, you're going to end up on a page, that isn't registered yet. If you click on the 'Create' button in the top left corner, where the 'Edit' button should be instead, enter some text and save your changes, then you have successfully created a new page. Be sure to place links to this page on other pages to make it easier to find the new page.
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==Text formatting==
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Writing plain text is good, but you can enhance the reader's experience by formatting your text appropiately. Make text '''bold''' to stand out or ''italic'' to emphasize important parts. Use lists and tables to structure the information you're going to present and divide your article into sections to help the reader find, what he or she wants.
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{| style="border:1px solid #4285B1; border-collapse:collapse; width: 90%; margin: 2em auto;" cellpadding="4" border="1"
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|- style="background-color: #4285CC; color: white;"
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! style="width:15%" |Description
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! style="width:45%" |You type
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! style="width:40%" |You get
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|-
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| colspan="3" style="background-color: #16203A; text-align: center;" | Character formatting
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|-
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|Italic text
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|<pre>''italic''</pre>
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|''italic''
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|-
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|Bold text
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|<pre>'''bold'''</pre>
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|'''bold'''
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|-
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|Bold and Italic text
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|<pre>'''''bold and italic'''''</pre>
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|'''''bold and italic'''''
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|-
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| colspan="3" style="background-color: #16203A; text-align: center;" | Section formatting
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|-
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|Headings (of different levels)
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|<pre>==level 2==
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===level 3===
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====level 4====
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=====level 5=====
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======level 6======
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</pre>
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an article having more than 3 headings will automatically create a table of contents at the top of the page
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|-
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|Horizontal rule
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|<pre>----</pre>
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|
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----
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|-
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|-
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|Bullet List
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|<pre>*Item 1
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*Item 2
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*Item 3
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**Item 3.1
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**Item 3.2
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*Item 4</pre>
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|
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*Item 1
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*Item 2
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*Item 3
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**Item 3.1
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**Item 3.2
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*Item 4
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|-
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|Numbered List
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|<pre>#Item 1
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#Item 2
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#Item 3
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##Item 3.1
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##Item 3.2
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#Item 4</pre>
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|
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#Item 1
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#Item 2
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#Item 3
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##Item 3.1
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##Item 3.2
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#Item 4
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|----
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|-
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|Definition List
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|<pre>;Definition term
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:Definition description
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;term 2
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:explanation
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:another explanation</pre>
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|
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;Definition term
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:Definition description
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;term 2
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:explanation
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:another explanation
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|-
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|Mixing Lists
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|
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<pre>*Item 1
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*Item 2
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*#Numbered Subitem 1
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*#Numbered Subitem 2
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;term
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:description
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:*Item 1
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:*Item 2</pre>
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|
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*Item 1
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*Item 2
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*#Numbered Subitem 1
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*#Numbered Subitem 2
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;term
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:description
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:*Item 1
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:*Item 2
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|}
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==Linking to other pages==
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Of course you can link to other pages on this Wiki and to other websites as well. Linking to a Wiki page, that doesn't exist yet, is perfectly fine, too. This may actually encourage other authors to create that page (or you may go ahead and do that, as well).
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{| style="border:1px solid #4285B1; border-collapse:collapse; width: 90%; margin: 2em auto;" cellpadding="4" border="1"
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|- style="background-color: #4285CC; color: white;"
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! style="width:15%" |Description
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! style="width:45%" |You type
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! style="width:40%" |You get
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|-
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| colspan="3" style="background-color: #16203A; text-align: center;" | Internal Links
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|-
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|Internal link
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|<pre>[[Nexus - The Jupiter Incident]]
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[[Some page, that doesn't exist yet]]</pre>
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If you link to a page, that wasn't created yet, the link will be colored red until someone creates this page and fills it with content
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|[[Nexus - The Jupiter Incident]]
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[[Some page, that doesn't exist yet]]
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|-
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|Named link
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|<pre>[[Nexus - The Jupiter Incident|Best game of the world]]</pre>
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Instead of showing the name of the page you're linking to, it'll show the name you specified after |
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|[[Nexus - The Jupiter Incident|Best game of the world]]
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|-
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|Link to an anchor
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|<pre>[[#top]]</pre>
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[[#Linking to other pages|Section headings]] and the [[#top|top]] of the page are automatically anchored
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|[[#top]]
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|-
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|Link to an anchor at another page
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|<pre>[[Nexus - The Jupiter Incident#Mods]]</pre>
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|[[Nexus - The Jupiter Incident#Mods]]
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|-
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| colspan="3" style="background-color: #16203A; text-align: center;" | External Links
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|-
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|External link
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|<pre>http://forum.keyswow.com</pre>
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|http://forum.keyswow.com
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|-
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|External link with a different name
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|<pre>[http://forum.keyswow.com Support-Forum]</pre>
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|[http://forum.keyswow.com Support-Forum]
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|-
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|External link as number
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|<pre>[http://forum.keyswow.com]</pre>
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|[http://forum.keyswow.com]
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|}

Latest revision as of 21:55, 30 October 2012

Here it is, the Nexus Wiki. You want to contribute, but don't know how? Don't worry - adding to a Wiki is as easy as writing a forum post. This page is meant to assist you in writing and formatting your Wiki articles as well es editing already existing ones.

Editing an article

Browse to an article and click the 'Edit' button in the upper left corner of the screen. Apply your changes to the text and click on 'Show preview' to see the results. If you are happy with it, click on 'Save page' and you are done.

Creating a new article

There are basically two ways to create a new article:

  1. you follow a red link to a page, that doesn't exist yet and start editing this page
  2. you append the desired name of the page to the url of this Wiki: 
http://nexusthegame.net/wiki/<pagename>

Either way, you're going to end up on a page, that isn't registered yet. If you click on the 'Create' button in the top left corner, where the 'Edit' button should be instead, enter some text and save your changes, then you have successfully created a new page. Be sure to place links to this page on other pages to make it easier to find the new page.

Text formatting

Writing plain text is good, but you can enhance the reader's experience by formatting your text appropiately. Make text bold to stand out or italic to emphasize important parts. Use lists and tables to structure the information you're going to present and divide your article into sections to help the reader find, what he or she wants.

Description You type You get
Character formatting
Italic text 
''italic''
 italic
Bold text 
'''bold'''
 bold
Bold and Italic text 
'''''bold and italic'''''
 bold and italic
Section formatting
Headings (of different levels) 
==level 2==
===level 3===
====level 4====
=====level 5=====
======level 6======

an article having more than 3 headings will automatically create a table of contents at the top of the page

can't be shown
Horizontal rule 
----
Lists
Bullet List 
*Item 1
*Item 2
*Item 3
**Item 3.1
**Item 3.2
*Item 4
  • Item 1
  • Item 2
  • Item 3
    • Item 3.1
    • Item 3.2
  • Item 4
Numbered List 
#Item 1
#Item 2
#Item 3
##Item 3.1
##Item 3.2
#Item 4
  1. Item 1
  2. Item 2
  3. Item 3
    1. Item 3.1
    2. Item 3.2
  4. Item 4
Definition List 
;Definition term
:Definition description
;term 2
:explanation
:another explanation
Definition term
Definition description
term 2
explanation
another explanation
Mixing Lists 
*Item 1
*Item 2
*#Numbered Subitem 1
*#Numbered Subitem 2
;term
:description
:*Item 1
:*Item 2
  • Item 1
  • Item 2
    1. Numbered Subitem 1
    2. Numbered Subitem 2
term
description
  • Item 1
  • Item 2

Linking to other pages

Of course you can link to other pages on this Wiki and to other websites as well. Linking to a Wiki page, that doesn't exist yet, is perfectly fine, too. This may actually encourage other authors to create that page (or you may go ahead and do that, as well).

Description You type You get
Internal Links
Internal link 
[[Nexus - The Jupiter Incident]]
[[Some page, that doesn't exist yet]]

If you link to a page, that wasn't created yet, the link will be colored red until someone creates this page and fills it with content

Nexus - The Jupiter Incident

Some page, that doesn't exist yet

Named link 
[[Nexus - The Jupiter Incident|Best game of the world]]

Instead of showing the name of the page you're linking to, it'll show the name you specified after |

Best game of the world
Link to an anchor 
[[#top]]

Section headings and the top of the page are automatically anchored

#top
Link to an anchor at another page 
[[Nexus - The Jupiter Incident#Mods]]
 Nexus - The Jupiter Incident#Mods
External Links
External link 
http://forum.keyswow.com
 http://forum.keyswow.com
External link with a different name 
[http://forum.keyswow.com Support-Forum]
 Support-Forum
External link as number 
[http://forum.keyswow.com]
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