Help:StyleGuide - Revision history

Bazbt3: Renamed History PnutHistory

2017-10-18T20:03:11Z

Renamed History PnutHistory

Bazbt3: Changed Sandbox note to meet Mediawiki subpage conventions

2017-10-13T03:36:58Z

Changed Sandbox note to meet Mediawiki subpage conventions

Bazbt3: Added Sandbox reference

2017-10-12T21:01:41Z

Added Sandbox reference

Bazbt3: Added username RSS feed markup

2017-10-12T11:31:48Z

Added username RSS feed markup

Bazbt3: Added calendar usage

2017-10-10T02:15:08Z

Added calendar usage

Bazbt3: Added Mediawiki basic formatting guide link

2017-10-07T14:51:06Z

Added Mediawiki basic formatting guide link

Bazbt3: Changed order of sections

2017-10-06T17:59:58Z

Changed order of sections

Bazbt3: Added placeholder for wiki user pages, removed work-in-progress banner as superfluous

2017-10-06T11:19:44Z

Added placeholder for wiki user pages, removed work-in-progress banner as superfluous

Bazbt3: Updated intent of basic formatting link

2017-10-03T20:04:01Z

Updated intent of basic formatting link

Bazbt3: Started to add pnut.io-specific and wiki-specific items

2017-10-03T11:39:50Z

Started to add pnut.io-specific and wiki-specific items

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 (Red links are links to pages that don’t exist yet.)
 Wiki pages, e.g. [[Events]]: <pre>[[Events]]</pre>
-Wiki pages with friendlier names, e.g. [[History|The past is past]], with a pipe between URL and text: <pre>[[History|The past is past]]</pre>
+Wiki pages with friendlier names, e.g. [[PnutHistory|The past is past]], with a pipe between URL and text: <pre>[[PnutHistory|The past is past]]</pre>
 External pages, just type the URL, e.g. https://pnut.io: <pre>https://pnut.io</pre>
 External Pages with friendlier names e.g. [https://pnut.io is a nice site], with a space between URL and text: <pre>[https://pnut.io is a nice site]</pre>

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 It may seem a bit odd to launch straight into the specifics first, but this part is possibly going to be referred to by most once familiar with the basics. Scroll for the [[#Basic_formatting|Basic formatting section.]]
-If you absolutely ''must'' create a page to test something major, please create it using <code>Sandbox@yourusername</code> and add <code><nowiki>[[Category:Sandbox]]</nowiki></code> to automatically add it to the [[:Category:Sandbox]] Page.
+If you absolutely '''must''' create a page to test something major, please create it using <code>@yourusername/Sandbox</code> and add <code><nowiki>[[Category:Sandbox]]</nowiki></code> to automatically add it to the [[:Category:Sandbox]] Page.
 === Your Wiki user page ===
-If you [[:Category:User|want to be listed as a Wiki editor/creator]] please create your Wiki page with your pnut.io '@username' as the title and copy the text from [[Template:User]].  If you don't wish to follow that template please at least add <code><nowiki>[[Category:User]]</nowiki></code> at the bottom of the markup.
+If you [[:Category:User|want to be listed as a Wiki editor/creator]] please create your Wiki page with <code>@yourusername</code> as the title and copy the text from [[Template:User]].  If you don't wish to follow that template please at least add <code><nowiki>[[Category:User]]</nowiki></code> at the bottom of the markup.
 === Username at pnut.io ===

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	It may seem a bit odd to launch straight into the specifics first, but this part is possibly going to be referred to by most once familiar with the basics. Scroll for the [[#Basic_formatting\|Basic formatting section.]]		It may seem a bit odd to launch straight into the specifics first, but this part is possibly going to be referred to by most once familiar with the basics. Scroll for the [[#Basic_formatting\|Basic formatting section.]]
		+
		+	If you absolutely ''must'' create a page to test something major, please create it using <code>Sandbox@yourusername</code> and add <code><nowiki>[[Category:Sandbox]]</nowiki></code> to automatically add it to the [[:Category:Sandbox]] Page.

	=== Your Wiki user page ===		=== Your Wiki user page ===

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 If you [[:Category:User|want to be listed as a Wiki editor/creator]] please create your Wiki page with your pnut.io '@username' as the title and copy the text from [[Template:User]].  If you don't wish to follow that template please at least add <code><nowiki>[[Category:User]]</nowiki></code> at the bottom of the markup.
-=== Hashtag at pnut.io, example ===
+=== Username at pnut.io ===
 <code><nowiki>[https://pnut.io/tags/{tag} tag]</nowiki></code> - for example, <code><nowiki>[https://pnut.io/tags/ThemeMonday #ThemeMonday]</nowiki></code> - gives [https://pnut.io/tags/ThemeMonday #ThemeMonday]
-=== Username at pnut.io, example ===
+=== Hashtag RSS feed at pnut.io ===
-<code><nowiki>[https://pnut.io/{@username} @username]</nowiki></code> - for example, <code><nowiki>[https://pnut.io/@pnut @pnut]</nowiki></code> - gives [https://pnut.io/@pnut @pnut]
+<code><nowiki>https://pnut.io/feed/rss/posts/tags/{tag}</nowiki></code> - for example, <code><nowiki>https://pnut.io/feed/rss/posts/tags/ThemeMonday</nowiki></code> - gives https://pnut.io/feed/rss/posts/tags/ThemeMonday
 === Add a Calendar ===
-For calendar usage, see the [https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleCalendar SimpleCalendar MediaWiki Extension.]
+For calendar usage, see the [https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleCalendar SimpleCalendar MediaWiki Extension.]  (Please use infrequently, it creates badly-named pages by default. The intention is to supersede it with something even better.)
 === Banners ===
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 ==== Heading 4 ====
 <pre>==== Heading 4 ====</pre>
 <hr>

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 === Username at pnut.io, example ===
 <code><nowiki>[https://pnut.io/{@username} @username]</nowiki></code> - for example, <code><nowiki>[https://pnut.io/@pnut @pnut]</nowiki></code> - gives [https://pnut.io/@pnut @pnut]
 === Banners ===

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 == <strong>Basic formatting</strong> ==
-(A guide to Mediawiki markup.)
+(Yet another [https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting guide to Mediawiki markup.])
 It’s not necessary to learn a complex markup language to create good-looking wiki pages. MediaWiki markup is different to DokuWiki markup and both are, of course, different to Markdown. Plain text will work just as well to create useful, informative content; content beats form every time.

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 __NOTOC__
-== A <strike>short</strike> guide to formatting text for this wiki ==
+== <strong>A <strike>short</strike> guide to formatting text for this wiki</strong> ==
-It’s not necessary to learn a complex markup language to create good-looking wiki pages. MediaWiki markup is different to DokuWiki markup and both are, of course, different to Markdown. Plain text will work just as well to create useful, informative content; content beats form every time.
+(Formatting help specific to this network and this wiki.)
-<hr>
+It may seem a bit odd to launch straight into the specifics first, but this part is possibly going to be referred to by most once familiar with the basics. Scroll for the [[#Basic_formatting|Basic formatting section.]]
 === Your Wiki user page ===
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 === Username at pnut.io, example ===
 <code><nowiki>[https://pnut.io/{@username} @username]</nowiki></code> - for example, <code><nowiki>[https://pnut.io/@pnut @pnut]</nowiki></code> - gives [https://pnut.io/@pnut @pnut]
 <hr>
-== Basic formatting ==
+== <strong>Basic formatting</strong> ==
 === Section headings ===
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   * Bar
   * Baz
 === Other ===
 A number of html formatting tags can also be used, such as
   hr, pre, strike, strong

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 == Formatting help specific to this network and this wiki ==
-It may seem a bit odd to launch straight into the specifics first, but this part is possibly going to be referred to by most once familiar with the basics. Scroll for the [[Help:StyleGuide#Basic_styles|Basic Styles section.]]
+It may seem a bit odd to launch straight into the specifics first, but this part is possibly going to be referred to by most once familiar with the basics. Scroll for the [[Help:StyleGuide#Basic_formatting|Basic formatting section.]]
 === Hashtag at pnut.io, example ===

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 {{Template:Banner|'''?'''|Need to add markup definition to allow linking to pnut hashtags, usernames, conversations, etc.}}
-== A <strike>short</strike> guide to formatting text for this Wiki ==
+== A <strike>short</strike> guide to formatting text for this wiki ==
-It’s not necessary to learn a complex markup language to create good-looking wiki pages. Plain text will work just as well as something with too much effort expended. Content beats form every time.
+It’s not necessary to learn a complex markup language to create good-looking wiki pages. MediaWiki markup is different to DokuWiki markup and both are, of course, different to Markdown. Plain text will work just as well to create useful, informative content; content beats form every time.
 The toolbar at the top of the editing area is very useful and transforms a previously arcane art into something akin to using a simple text editor to create, er… complex things. What follows is a guide for those who wish to delve deeper and for those who wish to apply consistent styling across this wiki.
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 === Things to remember ===
-# Use the Preview button. Use it often. The preview button is your friend.
+# When you're editing use the Preview button. Use it often. The preview button is your friend.
-# Look at someone else’s page for clues.
+# If all else fails look at someone else’s page for clues.
-# Don’t be frightened to break something, it can be reverted if necessary.
+# Don’t be frightened to break something, changes can be reverted if necessary.
 # Try not to break anything (see the first edict above.)
 <hr>
 === Section headings ===
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 Wiki pages with friendlier names, e.g. [[History|The past is past]], with a pipe between URL and text: <pre>[[History|The past is past]]</pre>
 External pages, just type the URL, e.g. https://pnut.io: <pre>https://pnut.io</pre>
-External Pages with friendlier names e.g. [https://pnut.io a nice site], with a space between URL and text: <pre>[https://pnut.io a nice site]</pre>
+External Pages with friendlier names e.g. [https://pnut.io is a nice site], with a space between URL and text: <pre>[https://pnut.io is a nice site]</pre>
 === Lists ===