Wolfire Wiki Editing Standards
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Templates
This Wiki makes extensive use of templates. Templates allow you to re-use Wiki code and allow for editing of many pages simultaneously.
This section will contain an comprehensive tutorial on templates, in the meantime here is the format that a template should be in:
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PRIVATE // Only displayed on this page, not transcluded on pages that use this template
--><noinclude><!--
Categories -->{{CT | Templates}} ...<!--
Constants --> <!--
Content --> <!--
--></noinclude><!--
INCLUDED // Not displayed on this page, only transcluded on pages that use this template
--><includeonly><!--
Categories --> <!--
Constants --> <!--
Content --> <!--
--></includeonly>
PUBLIC // Displayed on this page, and transcluded on pages that use this template
Categories --> <!--
Constants--> <!--
Content --> <!--
Learning by Example
Any wiki using the standard wiki engine will allow you to see its source, and so it's easy to learn how to create an awesome wiki: all you have to do is look at their code
You can do that by either clicking "Edit"/"Edit this page" or "Source"/"View source".
Useful Examples
Note: These examples were not picked for any reason apart from being educational resources.
- Wikipedia The Behemoth that started it all. Examine their extensive code at your own risk.
- Wikia Not one wiki, but a vast collections of wikis hosted in one location.
- A variety of cool Wikia Wikis: