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CMagnani: minor edit

2026-07-25T06:34:52Z

minor edit

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			[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Quote Quotes] - This needs to be set up specifically within a Template in the wiki in order to be implemented.

	==== Basic Formatting: Images ====		==== Basic Formatting: Images ====

CMagnani: saving work

2026-07-25T02:25:39Z

saving work

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			== Editing Syntax ==
			=== Basic formatting ===
			==== Basic Formatting: Text ====
			Bold
			Italics
			Bold italics
			Underline
			Strikethrough
			Superscript
			Subscript
			Plain website

			==== Basic Formatting: Images ====
			Images
			Image captions (example: <nowiki>[[File:Wiki.png\|thumb\|Caption]]</nowiki>
			Image Thumbnails
			Image Links (see under ==== Links ====)

			==== Basic Formatting: Links ====
			Wikilink
			Interwikilink
			External links
			Image Links
			Redirects
			Internal Link (within Tenth Fleet Wiki)
			Internal Link (to an image or category)
			Interwiki Link (to Mantipedia or Wikipedia)
			Redirect (to another TFW page)
			External Link (to another website)
			External Link (to another website, with customized display name)

			=== Wiki Talk Pages ===
			<nowiki>Sign your posts on talk pages (Signature; explain the difference between --~~~~ and ~~~~
			[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Ping a user] on a talk page so they will see your comment ([[User:Example]] or {{u\|Example}})
			[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Strike your Talk Page Comment]</nowiki>)

			=== Wiki Operations ===
			Displaying wiki tags on a page (example: <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></nowiki> tags, link tags (internal & external), Template tags (<nowiki>{{Template:Templates}}</nowiki>))

			=== Organized Wiki Pages ===
			Headings
			Indented Lines and Paragraphs
			Definition lists
			Bullet List
			Numbered List
			[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Citations, references, and footnotes]
			[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Template:Citation needed]

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CMagnani: completely removed all gw2 wiki reference material; removed under construction banner; saving work

2026-07-23T02:08:24Z

completely removed all gw2 wiki reference material; removed under construction banner; saving work

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CMagnani: added under construction banner

2026-07-22T00:27:04Z

added under construction banner

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			{{Under construction\|The Cheatsheet is a new page as part of a larger Project to expand pages in the Help and TenthFleet Namespaces. Content above this banner will be completely original content. Content below this notice is serving only as reference, and will be completely removed when this banner is removed.}}

	{{TOCright}}<!-- the multi TOC levels in the table below appear here, thats part of the tutorial -->		{{TOCright}}<!-- the multi TOC levels in the table below appear here, thats part of the tutorial -->
	New users pressing the "edit" button on any page can be intimidated by the wiki mark-up. On a wiki, certain characters or sequences of characters behave differently to how they would in any other context. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two pairs of apostrophes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.		New users pressing the "edit" button on any page can be intimidated by the wiki mark-up. On a wiki, certain characters or sequences of characters behave differently to how they would in any other context. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two pairs of apostrophes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.

CMagnani: removed GW2 IP names

2026-07-21T01:06:10Z

removed GW2 IP names

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	Single square brackets (or none at all) are used for external links:<br> <tt><nowiki>[http://www.~~guildwars2~~.~~com/en~~/]</nowiki></tt><br>		Single square brackets (or none at all) are used for external links:<br> <tt><nowiki>[http://www.trmn.org/]</nowiki></tt><br>
	<tt><nowiki>http://www.~~guildwars2~~.~~com/en~~/</nowiki></tt><br>		<tt><nowiki>http://www.trmn.org/</nowiki></tt><br>
	To alter the display text, unlike internal linking, ''a space is used'':<br> <tt><nowiki>[http://www.~~guildwars2~~.~~com/en~~/ ~~Guild Wars 2~~ official website]</nowiki></tt>		To alter the display text, unlike internal linking, ''a space is used'':<br> <tt><nowiki>[http://www.trmn.org/ TRMN official website]</nowiki></tt>
	\|		\|
	[http://www.~~guildwars2~~.~~com/en~~/]<br>		[http://www.trmn.org/]<br>
	http://www.~~guildwars2~~.~~com/en~~/ <br>		http://www.trmn.org/ <br>
	[http://www.~~guildwars2~~.~~com/en~~/ ~~Guild Wars 2~~ official website]		[http://www.trmn.org/ TRMN official website]
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	\| Sign your posts <br>		\| Sign your posts <br>
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	\| Image		\| Image
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	To display an image, treat them as internal links, suffixed by a fixed width if required:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:~~GW2Logo~~ new.png]]</nowiki></tt><br>		To display an image, treat them as internal links, suffixed by a fixed width if required:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:TFWLogo new.png]]</nowiki></tt><br>
	<tt><nowiki>[[File:~~GW2Logo~~ new.png\|100px]]</nowiki></tt><br>		<tt><nowiki>[[File:TFWLogo new.png\|100px]]</nowiki></tt><br>
	Suffixing for a fixed ''height'' and/or fixed position if required:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:~~GW2Logo~~ new.png\|x100px\|right]]</nowiki></tt>		Suffixing for a fixed ''height'' and/or fixed position if required:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:TFWLogo new.png\|x100px\|right]]</nowiki></tt>
	\|		\|
	[[File:~~GW2Logo~~ new.png\|100px]][[File:~~GW2Logo~~ new.png\|x100px\|right]]		[[File:TFWLogo new.png\|100px]][[File:TFWLogo new.png\|x100px\|right]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Thumbnail image		\| Thumbnail image
	\|		\|
	To display a thumbnail of an image (usually only seen on articles and their talk pages), treat them as internal links, suffixed by "\|thumb" and a caption text. Links can also be present in the caption text:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:~~GW2Logo~~ new.png\|thumb\|Official ''[[~~Guild Wars 2~~]]'' logo]]</nowiki></tt>		To display a thumbnail of an image (usually only seen on articles and their talk pages), treat them as internal links, suffixed by "\|thumb" and a caption text. Links can also be present in the caption text:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:TFWLogo new.png\|thumb\|Official ''[[Tenth Fleet]]'' logo]]</nowiki></tt>
	\|		\|
	[[File:~~GW2Logo~~ new.png\|thumb\|Official ''[[~~Guild Wars 2~~]]'' logo]]		[[File:TFWLogo new.png\|thumb\|Official ''[[Tenth Fleet]]'' logo]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Image link		\| Image link
	\|		\|
	To use an image as a link, suffix "\|link=<destination>":<br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:~~GW2Logo~~ new.png\|link=Main Page]]</nowiki></tt><br>		To use an image as a link, suffix "\|link=<destination>":<br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:TFWLogo new.png\|link=Main Page]]</nowiki></tt><br>
	This can be used for interwiki or external links too:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:~~Gwwlogo~~.png\|link=~~gw1~~:Main Page]]</nowiki></tt><br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:~~ArenaNet~~.png\|link=https://www.~~arena~~.~~net~~/]]</nowiki></tt><br>		This can be used for interwiki or external links too:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:Ffwlogo.png\|link=ffw:Main Page]]</nowiki></tt><br> <tt><nowiki>[[File:TRMN.png\|link=https://www.trmn.org/]]</nowiki></tt><br>
	\| [[File:~~GW2Logo~~ new.png\|100px\|link=Main Page]] [[File:~~Gwwlogo~~.png\|link=~~gw1~~:Main Page]] [[File:~~ArenaNet~~.png\|link=https://www.~~arena~~.~~net~~/]]		\| [[File:TFWLogo new.png\|100px\|link=Main Page]] [[File:Ffwlogo.png\|link=ffw:Main Page]] [[File:TRMN.png\|link=https://www.trmn.org/]]
	\|- <!--2ND HEADING-->		\|- <!--2ND HEADING-->
	! colspan="3" style="font-size: 1.1em;" \| Applies only at the beginning of a line		! colspan="3" style="font-size: 1.1em;" \| Applies only at the beginning of a line

CMagnani: minor edits; still needs some work

2026-07-21T00:51:04Z

minor edits; still needs some work

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	Anything between double square brackets will become an internal link:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[~~skill~~]]</nowiki></tt><br>		Anything between double square brackets will become an internal link:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[billet]]</nowiki></tt><br>
	Any link suffixed (within the brackets still) with "\|<display text>" will display an alternate text version of the same link:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[~~skill~~\|What is a ~~skill~~?]]</nowiki></tt><br>		Any link suffixed (within the brackets still) with "\|<display text>" will display an alternate text version of the same link:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[billet\|What is a billet?]]</nowiki></tt><br>
	Alternate text isn't necessary for suffixed variants of a word. Simply place the suffix after the double brackets:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[~~skill~~]]s, [[engineer]]ing</nowiki></tt><br>		Alternate text isn't necessary for suffixed variants of a word. Simply place the suffix after the double brackets:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[billet]]s, [[engineer]]ing</nowiki></tt><br>
	Any link to a page that doesn't exist yet will show up in red. Clicking on this link will take you to a new page with no content that you can create.<br> <tt><nowiki>[[Yet another ~~skill~~]]</nowiki></tt>		Any link to a page that doesn't exist yet will show up in red. Clicking on this link will take you to a new page with no content that you can create.<br> <tt><nowiki>[[Yet another billet]]</nowiki></tt>
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	[[~~skill~~]]<br>		[[billet]]<br>
	[[~~skill~~\|What is a skill?]]<br>		[[billet\|What is a skill?]]<br>
	[[~~skill~~]]s, [[engineer]]ing<br>		[[billet]]s, [[engineer]]ing<br>
	[[Yet another ~~skill~~]]		[[Yet another billet]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Internal link <br>		\| Internal link <br>
	to an image or category		to an image or category
	\|		\|
	To link to an image uploaded on the wiki, prefix the location with a colon. ''Without the colon, the actual image is displayed.''<br> <tt><nowiki>[[:File:~~gw2logo~~.png]]</nowiki></tt><br>		To link to an image uploaded on the wiki, prefix the location with a colon. ''Without the colon, the actual image is displayed.''<br> <tt><nowiki>[[:File:tfwlogo.png]]</nowiki></tt><br>
	The same concept applied to any category. ''Without the colon, the page is categorized into the category, instead of linking to it.''<br> <tt><nowiki>[[:Category:~~Guild Wars 2~~]]</nowiki></tt>		The same concept applied to any category. ''Without the colon, the page is categorized into the category, instead of linking to it.''<br> <tt><nowiki>[[:Category:Tenth Fleet]]</nowiki></tt>
	\|		\|
	[[:File:~~gw2logo~~.png]]<br>		[[:File:tfwlogo.png]]<br>
	[[:Category:~~Guild Wars 2~~]]		[[:Category:Tenth Fleet]]
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	\| {{anchor\|Interwiki link}}Interwiki link <br>		\| {{anchor\|Interwiki link}}Interwiki link <br>
	(to ~~Guild Wars~~ Wiki or Wikipedia)		(to First Fleet Wiki or Wikipedia)
	\|		\|
	Interwiki links are much like internal links, except they are prefixed with their external destination:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[~~gw1~~:Main Page\|~~GWW~~'s main page]]</nowiki></tt><br>		Interwiki links are much like internal links, except they are prefixed with their external destination:<br> <tt><nowiki>[[1f:Main Page\|FFW's main page]]</nowiki></tt><br>
	<tt><nowiki>[[wikipedia:Main page\|Wikipedia's main page]]</nowiki></tt>		<tt><nowiki>[[wikipedia:Main page\|Wikipedia's main page]]</nowiki></tt>
	\|		\|
	[[gw1:Main Page\|~~GWW~~'s main page]]<br>		[[gw1:Main Page\|FFW's main page]]<br>
	[[wikipedia:Main page\|Wikipedia's main page]]		[[wikipedia:Main page\|Wikipedia's main page]]
	\|-		\|-

CMagnani: new page; part of Help Page Portal Project

2026-07-20T10:34:58Z

new page; part of Help Page Portal Project

New page

{{TOCright}}
New users pressing the "edit" button on any page can be intimidated by the wiki mark-up. On a wiki, certain characters or sequences of characters behave differently to how they would in any other context. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two pairs of apostrophes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.

This page aims to be a useful reference, listing the most frequently found wiki mark-up that will be encountered. That being said, the best way to learn the syntax is by trial and error. Most wiki users start off by fixing typos or other small things until they get a feel for the syntax, but there is nothing stopping a new editor from creating a page straight away. As an example, if you wanted to create a new page for a new NPC, you could copy the source code from an existing NPC's page and paste it onto the new page.

== Editing syntax ==

{| {{STDT|guardian}}
|- style="font-size: 1.15em;" 
! Desired Effect
! Input
! Output
|- 
! colspan="3" style="font-size: 1.1em;" | Applies anywhere
|- 
| Italicise text
| 
<tt><nowiki>''Anything between double apostrophes will show up italicized.''</nowiki></tt>
| 
''Anything between a double apostrophe will be italicized.''
|- 
| Bold text
|
<tt><nowiki>'''Anything between triple apostrophes will show up in bold.'''</nowiki></tt>
|
'''Anything between triple apostrophes will show up in bold.'''
|-
| Bold and italic text
|
<tt><nowiki>'''''Anything between quintuple (triple and double together) apostrophes will show up in bold and italicized.'''''</nowiki></tt>
|
'''''Anything between quintuple (triple and double together) apostrophes will show up in bold and italicized.'''''
|-
| Internal link 
(within Guild Wars 2 Wiki)
|
Anything between double square brackets will become an internal link:  <tt><nowiki>[[skill]]</nowiki></tt> 
Any link suffixed (within the brackets still) with "|<display text>" will display an alternate text version of the same link:  <tt><nowiki>[[skill|What is a skill?]]</nowiki></tt> 
Alternate text isn't necessary for suffixed variants of a word. Simply place the suffix after the double brackets:  <tt><nowiki>[[skill]]s, [[engineer]]ing</nowiki></tt> 
Any link to a page that doesn't exist yet will show up in red. Clicking on this link will take you to a new page with no content that you can create.  <tt><nowiki>[[Yet another skill]]</nowiki></tt>
|
[[skill]] 
[[skill|What is a skill?]] 
[[skill]]s, [[engineer]]ing 
[[Yet another skill]]
|-
| Internal link 
to an image or category
|
To link to an image uploaded on the wiki, prefix the location with a colon. ''Without the colon, the actual image is displayed.''  <tt><nowiki>[[:File:gw2logo.png]]</nowiki></tt> 
The same concept applied to any category. ''Without the colon, the page is categorized into the category, instead of linking to it.''  <tt><nowiki>[[:Category:Guild Wars 2]]</nowiki></tt>
|
[[:File:gw2logo.png]] 
[[:Category:Guild Wars 2]]
|-
| {{anchor|Interwiki link}}Interwiki link 
(to Guild Wars Wiki or Wikipedia)
|
Interwiki links are much like internal links, except they are prefixed with their external destination:  <tt><nowiki>[[gw1:Main Page|GWW's main page]]</nowiki></tt> 
 <tt><nowiki>[[wikipedia:Main page|Wikipedia's main page]]</nowiki></tt>
|
[[gw1:Main Page|GWW's main page]] 
[[wikipedia:Main page|Wikipedia's main page]]
|-
| Redirect to another page
|
To redirect an article, put the following line with your target destination of choice (see "Internal link") on any page you want to redirect from:  <tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Profession]]</nowiki></tt>
|
↳ [[Profession]]
|-
| External link 
(to other websites)
|
Single square brackets (or none at all) are used for external links:  <tt><nowiki>[http://www.guildwars2.com/en/]</nowiki></tt> 
 <tt><nowiki>http://www.guildwars2.com/en/</nowiki></tt> 
To alter the display text, unlike internal linking, ''a space is used'':  <tt><nowiki>[http://www.guildwars2.com/en/ Guild Wars 2 official website]</nowiki></tt>
|
[http://www.guildwars2.com/en/] 
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/ 
[http://www.guildwars2.com/en/ Guild Wars 2 official website]
|-
| Sign your posts 
on talk pages
|
Signing your posts is required for other users to see who left the comment. Unregistered users' comments are signed with their IP. To sign, put 4 tildes after your comment:  <tt><nowiki>Your comment. ~~~~</nowiki></tt>
|
Your comment. [[Special:Mypage|Your username]] {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)
|-
| Image
|
To display an image, treat them as internal links, suffixed by a fixed width if required:  <tt><nowiki>[[File:GW2Logo new.png]]</nowiki></tt> 
 <tt><nowiki>[[File:GW2Logo new.png|100px]]</nowiki></tt> 
Suffixing for a fixed ''height'' and/or fixed position if required:  <tt><nowiki>[[File:GW2Logo new.png|x100px|right]]</nowiki></tt>
|
[[File:GW2Logo new.png|100px]][[File:GW2Logo new.png|x100px|right]]
|-
| Thumbnail image
|
To display a thumbnail of an image (usually only seen on articles and their talk pages), treat them as internal links, suffixed by "|thumb" and a caption text. Links can also be present in the caption text:  <tt><nowiki>[[File:GW2Logo new.png|thumb|Official ''[[Guild Wars 2]]'' logo]]</nowiki></tt>
|
[[File:GW2Logo new.png|thumb|Official ''[[Guild Wars 2]]'' logo]]
|-
| Image link
|
To use an image as a link, suffix "|link=<destination>":  <tt><nowiki>[[File:GW2Logo new.png|link=Main Page]]</nowiki></tt> 
This can be used for interwiki or external links too:  <tt><nowiki>[[File:Gwwlogo.png|link=gw1:Main Page]]</nowiki></tt>  <tt><nowiki>[[File:ArenaNet.png|link=https://www.arena.net/]]</nowiki></tt> 
| [[File:GW2Logo new.png|100px|link=Main Page]] [[File:Gwwlogo.png|link=gw1:Main Page]] [[File:ArenaNet.png|link=https://www.arena.net/]]
|- 
! colspan="3" style="font-size: 1.1em;" | Applies only at the beginning of a line
|-
| Headings 
''A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.''
|
Headings are used to divide an article or page into sections. Headers of a higher number will sort themselves under headers of a lower number in the Table of Contents if there is one: 
 <tt><nowiki>== Level 2 ==</nowiki></tt> 
 <tt><nowiki>=== Level 3 ===</nowiki></tt> 
 <tt><nowiki>==== Level 4 ====</nowiki></tt> 
 <tt><nowiki>===== Level 5 =====</nowiki></tt> 
 <tt><nowiki>====== Level 6 ======</nowiki></tt>
|
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
|-
| Indented lines and paragraphs
|
Indenting lines and paragraphs is usually limited on articles. Most common use of indenting is in discussions and conversations on talk pages. Indenting creates a flow between comments and makes reading generally easier. To indent, simply prefix your comment with an appropriate amount of colons: 
 <tt>: First paragraph.</tt> 
 <tt>:: Second paragraph.</tt> 
 <tt>::: Third paragraph.</tt> 
 <tt>:::: Fourth paragraph.</tt> 
 <tt>:: Second paragraph, to interject with the first paragraph.</tt>
|
: First paragraph.
:: Second paragraph.
::: Third paragraph.
:::: Fourth paragraph.
:: Additional second paragraph, to interject with the first.
|-
| Definition lists
|
To list and describe definitions, prefix the term with a semi-colon and the description with a colon: 
 <tt>; Term</tt> 
 <tt>: Definition</tt>
|
; Term
: Definition
|-
| Bullet list
|
A bulleted list can be generated by prefixing each line with an asterisk, or multiple asterisks: 
 <tt>* one</tt> 
 <tt>* two</tt> 
 <tt>** two point one</tt> 
 <tt>* three</tt>
|
* one
* two
** two point one
* three
|-
| Numbered list
|
A numbered list can be generated by prefixing each line with a number sign, or multiple number signs: 
 <tt># one</tt> 
 <tt># two</tt> 
 <tt>## two point one</tt> 
 <tt># three</tt>
|
# one
# two
## two point one
# three
|}

== Notes ==
* Always use "Show preview" when editing before saving the final version of your edit. This avoids a big list of minor edits in the [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]].
* Leaving an edit summary allows other users to quickly identify what you've changed with an edit.

== See also ==
* [[TenthFleet:Sandbox]] — for experimentation with editing without affecting live pages

== External links ==
* [[w:Help:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet for Editing Pages]] on Wikipedia
* [[meta:Help:Image|Image help]] on MetaWiki
* [[w:Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts|Monobook editing shortcuts]] on Wikipedia

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