User blog:ShadowxCookie/Guide to Mainspace Editing


 * On pages, you will see colored links and perhaps, uncolored links as well. The colored links are called, "templates" while the uncolored links are called, "wiki-links".


 * If you don't know what those are, this is an example of a wiki-link: "Consigliere" As you can see, it's not colored. Note: If the link is a chain link (look below for definition)/is not a role page, (ie. Last Will) it's meant to be like that, so don't change it to a template.


 * How to link un-linked words to pages: go to Source Mode and put "" in front of the word and put "" behind the word to link it.


 * If you want to link a word in Visual Mode, highlight the word and press Ctrl+K (I don't know what the equivalent is on mac so don't blame me) or click on the icon next to the italics (Big "I") and underlining (underlined "A") icon on the top and type what page you want it to link to.


 * If you want to link a word but make it go to another page, (which is called chain linking) (example: healed) read the text below.


 * In Source Mode, you have to put the page you want to link it to IN FRONT of the word you want to chain-link. (ie. Doctorhealed ) Now, you have to put a "|" (Shift+\) between the two words like this: healed.


 * What templates look like: (although there are a ton of different templates, but a colored link is considered a template).


 * To add templates in Source Mode, you have to put "" behind the word.


 * To add templates in visual mode: replace the word you want to make into a template with {{ and a little menu will pop up. Type in the template you want to put in (Note: It's case sensitive) and click on the template you want, followed by clicking on the "X" at the top right of the box when it says, "This template does not have the fields to edit. Make changes to the template on its page.

Get info about the "(insert template here)" template (insert arrow icon here)".


 * Note: Chain-linking templates will not affect which page the template will go to. (Ie. {{Doctor|lol}} will be {{Doctor|lol}}.


 * Also, if you see red-links/templates that do not exist on a page, feel free to change it. Example of red-link: Example As you can see, it is red and not blue. Note: Mafia-colored-role templates like this, "{{Consigliere}}" are NOT red-links. To make sure a link is a red-link, attempt to click on the link. If there it says there is no such page, it's a red link. 


 * If its a red-link, go to Source Mode and check if it was a chain-link. If it was, remove the chain-link (unless the person what made the chain-link made a typo, in which you can fix it by that.)


 * It may also be due to said person making a typo in the original link so you can just fix it there.


 * Example of non-existent template:{{Example}} as you can see, it says, "Template:" before what I typed in. Most of the time, the person who put in the template made a typo so you can fix it via that.