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Contents 1 Basic wiki editing 1.1 Creating links 1.2 Adding images 1.3 Including videos 2 Manual of Style 3 Fringepedia Policies 4 Useful Templates and Formats 4.1 New Pages 4.2 Information Headers 4.3 Navigation Headers 4.4 Navigation Templates 4.5 Article Links 4.6 Maintenance 4.7 User Page Dress Up 5 Automatic Signatures 6 New Ideas

This is a quick-reference guide to editing Fringepedia.

For a complete guide on editing pages, visit the MediaWiki help pages.

Basic wiki editing

Creating links

To add an internal link (including a link to the Wikipedia), do one of the following:

• Type the name of the page to which you want a link, select the text you typed, and click on the button at the top of the edit window with an underlined "Ab". The system will place double square brackets around the selected text. (A link to the Wikipedia requires "Wikipedia:" (without the quotes) at the beginning of the text in the link. When you save your work, the link will appear. If the link is red, the destination does not exist. Check your spelling, including capitalization.
• Type two opening square brackets "[[", type your text, and type two closing square brackets "]]". The same rules as above apply to links to the Wikipedia and dealing with the results.

Adding images

To upload an image to Fringepedia, click the Upload File link in the toolbox on the left. Always remember to mark an uploaded image with the proper image tag to explain the source and restrictions on use of the image. If uncertain, mark it {{Unclassified}}.

Once the image is uploaded, copy the filename and use the following syntax:

• Use [[Image:Filename.jpg]] to display the picture full size.
• Use [[Image:Filename.jpg|thumb|alt text]] to display a thumbnail of the photo, aligned to the right side of the page (default), with alternate text.
• Use [[Image:Filename.jpg‎|thumb|250px|left|alt text]] to add control over the width of the thumbnail and move it to the left side of the page.

Including videos

To add YouTube videos:

• {{#ev:youtube|aki5f0mztXs}} - where the last part is the YouTube ID code (i.e. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aki5f0mztXs)... Details

Manual of Style

To keep Fringepedia looking its best, it needs to adopt some consistency in its style. Currently Fringepedia is working out its Manual of Style. All users are urged to read through them, and any contributions are welcome.

Fringepedia Policies

Several policies have been accepted by the Fringepedia community, both regarding the contents of Fringepedia, and the relations between the Wiki and its members.

• Fringepedia:Privacy Policy - about Fringepedia's handling of user information.
• Fringepedia:Spoiler Policy - about the use of spoilers on Fringepedia.
• Fringepedia:Theory Policy - about how to handle theories about the series.

Useful Templates and Formats

New Pages

When starting a new page, there are shells developed in order to help create it according to the Manual of Styles:

• Cast Shell
• Character Shell
• Crew Shell
• Episode Shell
• Theory Shell
• Transcript Shell

Information Headers

Information Headers should be placed at the top of pages that lie outside the FRINGE canon.

• {{Non-canon}}
• {{Semi-canon}}

Navigation Headers

Navigation Headers should be added at the top of each Fringepedia article:

• Add {{Base Top Bar}} to the top of every general article.
• Add {{Talk Top Bar}} to the top of every talk page.
• Add {{Theory Policy}} to the top of every theory page.

Navigation Templates

Navigation Templates should be added at the bottom of relevant articles:

• {{NavCharacter}} is to be added at the bottom of every main and recurring character article.
• {{NavCrew}} is to be added at the bottom of crew articles.
• {{NavEpisode-1}} is to be added at the bottom of episode articles.
• {{NavPortal}} is to be added at the bottom of every portal.
• {{TranscriptPortal}} is to be added at the bottom of transcript pages.

Article Links

It is often helpful to include a internal link to another article:

• {{Ep|?}} - (Requires an episode number.) provides the title of an episode formatted in italics as a link to appear within the flow of text.
• {{Crossref|?}} - (Requires an episode number.) provides the title of an episode formatted in italics as a link to appear parenthetically within text as a cross reference.
• {{Main Article|?}} - (Requires a destination.) Transfer focus to the location of the primary information about a subject.
• {{See Also|?}} - (Requires a destination.) Transfer focus to the location of other information about a subject.

Maintenance

There are many possible maintenance actions to improve articles. If you find an article in need of maintenance, add the appropriate template, with REASON, to the top of the page:

• {{Cleanup|?}} (Requires a reason.) - Add to an article that needs to stand alone but needs improvement.
• {{Construction}} - Add to an article that currently is under construction.
• {{Draft}} - Add to a policy or help article that is not yet completed.
• {{Merge|?|?}} (Requires a destination and a reason.) - Add to an article that does not need to stand alone but has useful content.
• {{Purge|?}} (Requires a reason.) - Add to an article that is not needed.
• {{Rename|?|?}} (Requires a new name and a reason.) - Add to a good article that needs a better name.
• {{Unsigned|?}} (Requires a user name.) is to be added to identify a fan who forgot to sign Talk page input.

User Page Dress Up

If you wish, there are several templates to be added to your user page:

• {{User Fan|?}} (Requires a parameter) for users who wish to express their enthusium for one character (per use of the template). Only the Main Characters and some Recurring Characters are available. Spelling is important.
• {{User Since|?}} (Requires a date) allows a user to publicly state the date of his/her first effort on Fringepedia
• Nationality:

{{User Belgium}} for users from Kingdom of Belgium	{{User Canada}} for users from Canada
{{User China}} for users from the People's Republic of China	{{User Française}} for users from République Française
{{User Germany}} for users from the Federal Republic of Germany	{{User Portugal}} for users from Portugal
{{User Sweden}} for users from Sweden	{{User Switzerland}} for users from the Swiss Confederation
{{User UK}} for users from the United Kingdom	{{User USA}} for users from the United States

• Others on request

Automatic Signatures

Automatic Signatures allows a user to expand the amount of information he or she provides other users and to express some individuality. It may be helpful to print this section before beginning.

Two additional pages are needed:

• User:USERNAME/sig
• User:USERNAME/autosig

Some knowledge of color codes helps. Six-digit RGB codes may be found at the Colorschemer ([1]) and DocJones ([2]), among other sites.

If you are new to wiki, Start with a simple use of wiki code and grow with experience. The string of code below will produce the sample automatic signature that follows it:

<font face=Verdana> [[User:USERNAME|<span style="background-color:#FF6633;color:#000000">USERNAME </span>]] [[User Talk:USERNAME|<span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#0000FF">Talk </span>]] [[Special:Contributions/USERNAME|<span style="background-color:#0000FF;color:#FFFFFF">Contribs</span>]] </font>

Resulting in: USERNAME Talk Contribs
And ultimately: --USERNAME Talk Contribs 01:21, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

The date/time portion will, of course, depend on the date and time you save the edits.

Build your signature on your user page or sandbox until you are happy with it, then transfer it to the functional area. While working on your user page, the first element (USERNAME) will not appear to be a link.

Copy the complete code string for your signature into the clipboard.

On the main menu at the top of the window, click on "My preferences". You will get a page that includes the prompt "Nickname:", a text box and a checkbox. Leave these for now.

In the go/search box at the left of the page, type "User:USERNAME/sig", replacing username with your own user name. Click Go. When prompted, "edit this page", click on that text and, when you get the edit box, paste your signature code into the space. Click on the "Save Page" button all the way at the bottom. Your automatic signature, as you designed it, should show up on the screen. Back out to the "My preferences" page.

In the go/search box at the left of the page, type "User:USERNAME/autosig", replacing username with your own user name. Click Go. When prompted, "edit this page", click on that text and, when you get the edit box, type {{User:USERNAME/sig}}, again replacing username with your own user name. Click on the "Save Page" button all the way at the bottom. Your automatic signature, as you designed it, should show up on the screen. Back out to the "My preferences" page.

UPDATE: In the text box labeled "Signature" - type {{SUBST:User:USERNAME/autosig}}, once again replacing USERNAME with your own user name. Click on the checkbox labeled "Treat signature as wikitext (without an automatic link)" If you don't do this, just a link to the coded signature will appear. Click on the "Save" button all the way at the bottom. If you want to change your signature at a later date, go back to the "sig" page and make the changes.

New Ideas

Ideas about how to improve Fringepedia are discussed at Fringepedia:Ideas. Any contributions and reflections on the ideas of other users, are most encouraged.

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