Help:Article

Template:NavBox/HelpNav This is a guide to help you get started editing on Square Enix Wiki. This guide teaches you the basics of editing, and helpful hints to help you get started. If you'd like to take what you have learned from here and make some test edits, feel free to use the community sandbox.

Editing

Once you have found a page you want to edit, hit the edit tab at the top of the page. This should pull up the editing screen. (If you are confused by the coding of the article, don't give up yet, just read on!) Now you can begin editing! You can edit the article however you want, just make sure it follows our Quality Standards. Once you are satisfied with your edit, click "Show preview". This will allow you to see the edits you have made to the article before you save them. You can also click "Show changes" to see the difference between the previous change article, and the changes you made. Check to make sure that everything is in order (and sometimes spelling errors are easier to notice here). Be sure to use an edit summary, so users know what changes you were making to an article. Now, hit "Save page". This will save the changes you made to the article for all the users of the wiki to see.

To sum up what we've taught you about editing in this section:

1. Click the edit tab at the top of the page and begin to make the changes that you desire to make.
2. Add an edit summary so all the users of the wiki know what edits you are making.
3. Click "show preview" to make sure that your edits are going as planned.
4. Click "save page" to add in your changes to the article.

Wiki markup/coding

Wikis have their own unique coding system. This is called "Wiki markup". Below are the most basic of codes to help get you started.

Text Formatting

What it looks like	What you type in
Bold Text	'''Bold Text'''
Italic Text	''Italic Text''
Bold and Italic Text	'''''Bold and Italic Text'''''
Underlining works, as does striking out.	<u>Underlining</u> works, as does <s>striking out</s>.
A line break won't be registered with only one new line. This line appears to be in the same paragraph as the previous line. Two new lines, however, begins a new paragraph.	A line break won't be registered with only one new line. This line appears to be in the same paragraph as the previous line. Two new lines, however, begins a new paragraph.
You can break lines without starting a new paragraph.	You can break lines<br> without starting a new paragraph.
This makes '''all''' of the wiki coding not display.	<nowiki>This makes '''all''' of the wiki coding not display.</nowiki>
Big text or small text	<big>Big text</big> or <small>small text</small>
Superscript or subscript	<sup>Superscript</sup> or <sub>subscript</sub>
Hidden page comments: not shown when viewing page	<!-- This is a hidden comment -->
A typewriter font for monospace text or for computer code: int main() For semantic reasons, using <code> where applicable is preferable to using <tt>.	A typewriter font for <tt>monospace text</tt> or for computer code: <code>int main()</code>

Signing Posts

When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it by adding four tildes to add your user name plus date/time: Sove Starphoria 18:55, 19 February 2012 (EST) Other, less recommended alternatives are: Three tildes to add user name alone: Sove Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 18:55, 19 February 2012 (EST)

When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it by adding four tildes to add your user name plus date/time: : ~~~~ Other, less recommended alternatives are: *Three tildes to add user name alone: : ~~~ *Five tildes gives the date/time alone: : ~~~~~

Link Formatting

A direct link and a piped link (one that shows different text than its actual link): Sora is the main character of Kingdom Hearts. Any type of link can be a piped link.	[[Sora]] is the main character of [[Kingdom Hearts]].
This is a link to a page that doesn't exist. If you want to create that page, you could do so by clicking the link.	[[This is a link to a page that doesn't exist]]. If you want to create that page, you could do so by clicking the link.
Linking to a different namespace that is not Category: Talk:Main Page	[[Talk:Main Page]]
Linking to the category namespace: Category:Characters	[[:Category:Characters]]
Linking to a subpage: User:Sove/sig	[[User:Sove/sig]]
External links: [1] (very bad) http://www.seiwanetwork.org/wiki (bad) Square Enix Wiki (good)	*[http://www.seiwanetwork.org/wiki] (very bad) *http://www.seiwanetwork.org/wiki (bad) *[http://www.seiwanetwork.org/wiki Square Enix Wiki] (good)
Linking to Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Final Fantasy	[[Wikipedia:Final Fantasy]]<br>
To have a page automatically send a user to a different page, use this code. (See Help:Redirects for more information)	#REDIRECT [[page name]]
Chrono Trigger#History is a link to a section within another page. #Links and URLs is a link to a section on the current page. #example is a link to an anchor that was created using an id attribute The part after the number sign (#) must match a section heading on the page. Matches must be exact in terms of spelling, case and punctuation. Links to non-existent sections aren't broken; they are treated as links to the top of the page. Identifiers may be created by attaching an id="..."> attribute to almost any HTML element.	[[Chrono Trigger#History]] is a link to a section within another page. [[#Links and URLs]] is a link to a section on the current page. [[#example]] is a link to an anchor that was created using <div id="example">an id attribute</div>
Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: Drakengard. Automatically hide namespace: Characters. The server fills in the part after the pipe character (|) when you save the page. The next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. When previewing your edits, you will not see the expanded form until you press Save and Edit again. The same applies to links to sections within the same page (see previous entry).	Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[Drakengard|]]. Automatically hide namespace: [[:Category:Characters|]].
To put an article in a Category, place a link like the one to the right anywhere in the article. As with interlanguage links, it does not matter where you put these links while editing as they will always show up in the same place when you save the page, but placement at the end of the edit box is recommended.	[[Category:Characters]]
Linking to other wikis: Interwiki link: Wiktionary:Hello Named interwiki link: Hello Interwiki link without prefix: Hello All of these forms lead to the URL http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hello Note that interwiki links use the internal link style. See MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki_map for the list of shortcuts; if the site you want to link to isn't on the list, use an external link (see above). See also Wikipedia:How to link to Wikimedia projects. Linking to another language's wiktionary: Wiktionary:fr:bonjour bonjour fr:bonjour All of these forms lead to the URL http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bonjour	Linking to other wikis: # [[Interwiki]] link: [[Wiktionary:Hello]] # Named interwiki link: [[Wiktionary:Hello|Hello]] # Interwiki link without prefix: [[Wiktionary:Hello|]] Linking to another language's wiktionary: # [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour]] # [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour|bonjour]] # [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour|]]

Sections and Lists

New section Subsection Sub-subsection	== New section == ==== Subsection ==== ===== Sub-subsection =====
Text. Indented text. Further indented text.	Text. :Indented text. ::Further indented text.
A list You can go in the same level Or create a sub-level As many as needed Then start a new list with an empty line	*A list *You can go in the same level **Or create a sub-level ***As many as needed *Then start a new list with an empty line
You can also make numbered lists The numbers are automatically added It's easy to create them	#You can also make numbered lists #The numbers are automatically added ##It's easy to create them
: A colon indents a line or paragraph.	: A colon indents a line or paragraph.
Centered text.	<center>Centered text.</center>
A horizontal dividing line: this is above it and this is below it.	A horizontal dividing line: this is above it ---- and this is below it.

Other Syntax

• For images, see Help:Images
• For more detailed information on wiki editing, search on MediaWiki.org

Creating a Page

To create a page, follow these steps:

1. First, think: does my page stay within the realm of the Wiki? That is to say, is it important enough or part of what the Wiki covers? An article about "Sora" is acceptable as it is related to Kingdom Hearts, which is a "Square Enix" franchise; an article about "Orange Soda" is not, because it is not related to Square Enix" in any way.
2. If you deem it acceptable, CHECK THE WIKI TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAGE DOESN'T ALREADY EXIST. This includes alternate spellings, alternate capitalization (i.e. Cooking Mama is an existing article whereas Cooking mama counts as a different article, and may be a source of possible confusion in creating an article), and alternate possible names. Use the search feature as much as possible!
3. If you're sure that your article doesn't exist, search for it on the Wiki. When no results appear, you will see text stating that you can create the page in question. Click it, and create the page, making sure to stay within the Wiki's Quality Standards. If all is well and good, save the page.

• Note: Clicking on a red link will also take you to a "create this page" screen.

For a summary of how to create a page:

1. Figure out if your topic deserves its own page
2. Find out whether or not it already exists
3. Create the page using the search function's "create this page" link