Help:Help

This page was created to get users that are not familiar with using a wiki site. For most purposes the contents and features of this wiki should be similar if not identical to that of wikipedia.org at the time of its construction. If you find any functionality to be out of date, or want to suggest new functionality such as templates etc that are available on mediawiki or wikipedia.org don't hesitate to ask and the admins can see about integrating it.

Account Creation/Use

Creation Account creation is simple, from anywhere on this site you only need to click on the login/create account link in the upper right hand corner of the page. This will redirect you to login page with a link to create a new account if you are not already registered. For the time being, SoM wiki will require email authentication during the registration process as a means to block spammers and those who would intentionally destroy data on the wiki.

The current CAPTCHA method being employed is a simple question/answer registration form. Each of the questions pertains to information within the King's Field universe that should be easy to answer for any fan of King's Field or the Sword Of Moonlight history. If you have trouble answering any of the questions please contact the site admin to assist you in account creation.

Terms of Use There aren't any real ground rules about using this Wiki, we simply ask that you respect the other users of this resource and do your best to give accurate data on any pages you create or edit. Creating and editing pages is limited to registered users only and will remain so to deter spammers and control any abuse of the site.

Please do your best when editing a community page to give a thorough summary of the changes/additions you made to the page so that other users can understand why some articles they may have posted in have changed. If someone changes data you think was previously correct, feel free to discuss with a site administrator and work it out in a professional manner.

If you feel a user is abusing the site please report the abuse to a system admin asap so we can investigate and take appropriate action. Any user found abusing the site, including spamming, intentional deletion or damage of another's page or intentional posting of invalid information will be banned without warning and will not be reinstated. This is a one strike and you're out webpage as I don't feel the desire to police the use of it.

This site also obeys the rules and limitations of the community forum, meaning any users that have been banned for misconduct from the forum are also banned from this wiki, and vice versa. Please remember this site is founded with positive thinking, negativity is unwelcome here.

Creating A Page

The simplest way to create a new page is to type in the title of the page you want to create into the search dialog box to the left. If the page is not currently on the wiki anywhere, you will be prompted to create the new page if you so desire. Once you have selected to create a new page, the remainder of the screens are relatively self explanatory, and you only need fill in the body of the page and choose save to have your page be published.

Keep in mind, as this wiki grows new editing tools will become available to you to assist in page styling and creation. A section devoted to page design is forthcoming.

Uploading Files/Images

As with most wiki sites, the ability to upload images (other media coming soon) to share with other wiki users is a must. To do so type in 'special:upload' or click here to go to the upload page.

Once on the upload file page simply locate the file on your computer you want to upload through the 'browse' button. When the file is selected, the destination filename below will be filled in, I recommend changing this to something simple so you can easily find the file later for linking purposes. Files currently need to be in a .jpg, .png or .gif format. Later we will implement other file extension types as needed.

The summary field will allow you to type up a description of the image if it is viewed in its own window rather than used as a thumbnail within another wiki page.

(Currently this wiki doesnt support any type of licensing, so leave that set to 'None selected')

When you are finished editing the fields for the image, click the 'Upload file' button at the bottom and within a few seconds the image should be available for use on any page within the wiki.

Once an image has been uploaded, the proper link syntax to use for it is as follows: [[Image:imagname.png|200px|hover text.]]

In the example above, the image is a .png file type named imagename.png, we have restricted it to 200 pixels wide, and added a mouse hover text of 'hover text' that you will see when hovering over the image. I recommend keeping images ~200 pixels wide if used in conjunction with an infobox on the page to make it fit within the desired width of the pane.

Text formatting markup

You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two pairs of single quotes like ''this''.

Description	You type	You get
character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Escape wiki markup	<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>	no ''markup''
section formatting – only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different levels	== Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ======	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Horizontal rule	Text above ---- Text below	Text above Text below
Bullet list	* Start each line * with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*). ** More asterisks gives deeper *** and deeper levels. * Line breaks<br />don't break levels. *** But jumping levels creates empty space. Any other start ends the list.	Start each line with an asterisk (*). More asterisks gives deeper and deeper levels. Line breaks don't break levels. But jumping levels creates empty space. Any other start ends the list.
Numbered list	# Start each line # with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#). ## More number signs gives deeper ### and deeper ### levels. # Line breaks<br />don't break levels. ### But jumping levels creates empty space. # Blank lines # end the list and start another. Any other start also ends the list.	Start each line with a number sign (#). More number signs gives deeper and deeper levels. Line breaks don't break levels. But jumping levels creates empty space. Blank lines end the list and start another. Any other start also ends the list.
Definition list	;item 1 : definition 1 ;item 2 : definition 2-1 : definition 2-2	item 1 definition 1 item 2 definition 2-1 definition 2-2
Indent text	: Single indent :: Double indent ::::: Multiple indent	Single indent Double indent Multiple indent
Mixture of different types of list	# one # two #* two point one #* two point two # three #; three item one #: three def one # four #: four def one #: this looks like a continuation #: and is often used #: instead<br />of <nowiki><br /></nowiki> # five ## five sub 1 ### five sub 1 sub 1 ## five sub 2	one two two point one two point two three three item one three def one four four def one this looks like a continuation and is often used instead of <br /> five five sub 1 five sub 1 sub 1 five sub 2
Preformatted text	Start each line with a space. Text is '''preformatted''' and ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done	Start each line with a space. Text is preformatted and markups can be done
Preformatted text blocks	<nowiki>Start with a space in the first column, (before the <nowiki>). Then your block format will be maintained. This is good for copying in code blocks: def function(): """documentation string""" if True: print True else: print False</nowiki>	Start with a space in the first column. (before the <nowiki>). Then your block format will be maintained. This is good for copying in code blocks: def function(): """documentation string""" if True: print True else: print False

Paragraphs

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tags <br />.

HTML tags

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>. These apply anywhere you insert them.

Description	You type	You get
Underline	<u>Underline</u>	Underline
Strikethrough	<del>Strikethrough</del> or <s>Strikethrough</s> or <strike>Strikethrough</strike>	Strikethrough or Strikethrough or Strikethrough
Fixed width text	<code>Source code</code> or <tt>Fixed width text</tt>	Source code or Fixed width text
Blockquotes	text above text above <blockquote>blockquote</blockquote> text below text below	text above text above blockquote text below text below
Comment	<!-- This is a comment --> Comments are only visible in the edit window.	Comments are only visible in the edit window.
Completely preformatted text	<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>	Text is '''preformatted''' and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
Customized preformatted text	<pre style="color:red"> Text is '''preformatted''' with a style and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done </pre>	Text is '''preformatted''' with a style and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done

HTML symbols

An HTML symbol entity is a sequence of characters that produces one particular character. For example, → produces a right arrow "→" and — produces an em dash "—". HTML symbol entities are allowed in MediaWiki and are sometimes used in advanced editing for two main reasons: to insert characters not normally available on keyboards:

© → ©

δ → δ

and to prevent the parser from interpreting and displaying HTML tags and symbols:

€ → €

€ → €

&lt;span style="color:green;">Green&lt;/span> → <span style="color:green;">Green</span>

<span style="color:green;">Green</span> → Green

The following is a list of characters that can be produced using HTML symbols. Hover any character to find out the symbol that produces it. Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.

HTML Symbol Entities
Á	á	Â	â	´	Æ	æ	À	à	ℵ	Α	α	&	∧	∠	Å	å	≈	Ã	ã	Ä	ä	„	Β	β	¦	•	∩	Ç	ç	¸	¢
Χ	χ	ˆ	♣	≅	©	↵	∪	¤	†	‡	↓	⇓	°	Δ	δ	♦	÷	É	é	Ê	ê	È	è	∅			Ε	ε	≡	Η	η
Ð	ð	Ë	ë	€	∃	ƒ	∀	½	¼	¾	⁄	Γ	γ	≥	>	↔	⇔	♥	…	Í	í	Î	î	¡	Ì	ì	ℑ	∞	∫	Ι	ι
¿	∈	Ï	ï	Κ	κ	Λ	λ	⟨	«	←	⇐	⌈	“	≤	⌊	∗	◊	‎	‹	‘	<	¯	—	µ	·	−	Μ	μ	∇		–
≠	∋	¬	∉	⊄	Ñ	ñ	Ν	ν	Ó	ó	Ô	ô	Œ	œ	Ò	ò	‾	Ω	ω	Ο	ο	⊕	∨	ª	º	Ø	ø	Õ	õ	⊗	Ö
ö	¶	∂	‰	⊥	Φ	φ	Π	π	ϖ	±	£	′	″	∏	∝	Ψ	ψ	"	√	⟩	»	→	⇒	⌉	”	ℜ	®	⌋	Ρ	ρ	‏
›	’	‚	Š	š	⋅	§	­	Σ	σ	ς	∼	♠	⊂	⊆	∑	⊃	¹	²	³	⊇	ß	Τ	τ	∴	Θ	θ	ϑ		Þ	þ	˜
×	™	Ú	ú	↑	⇑	Û	û	Ù	ù	¨	ϒ	Υ	υ	Ü	ü	℘	Ξ	ξ	Ý	ý	¥	ÿ	Ÿ	Ζ	ζ	‍	‌