Obsidian Fleet Database:Help

Editing a Wiki page is not difficult. With a few commands, you can post your own articles on the Obsidian Fleet Database.

Here we have a guide to the commonly used commands. For more commands, please visit "how to edit a page" on Wikipedia.

Neutrality

"Neutral point of view is a fundamental Wikimedia principle and a cornerstone of Wikipedia. All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view, representing fairly, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources. This is non-negotiable and expected of all articles, and of all article editors. For guidance on how to make an article conform to the neutral point of view, see the NPOV tutorial; for examples and explanations that illustrate key aspects of this policy, see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/FAQ." Wikipedia

For the purpose of the Obsidian Fleet Wiki that means no advertising or statement of non supportale entries in an article. That which can be construed as non-neutral content are blatant advertising, statements such as "the only" or "the best" are unacceptable and the entire article will be reduced to {{stub}} by the Fleet Corps team (and ONLY the Fleet Corps may do this).

Editing an Existing Page / Creating a New Page

• You must be logged in to edit or add pages
• To edit an existing page, simply clink the "Edit this page" link on the top of the page.
• To create a new page, create a link in an existing page or use an existing link with no attached article. This will bring you to the edit page.

Linking Articles

Linking articles is possibly the most important aspect of a Wiki database.

Linking to within the Wiki

• You can link to an article by using surrounding the link in [[ ]]. For example [[Klingon]] appears as Klingon.
• It is okay to link to non-existing articles which you would like to see developed. It will show the desire for the articles and save time when the articles are created.
• Article titles should be sigular to avoid confusion. See naming conventions While writing the plural form, you can link to an article by surrounding only part of the word. For example: [[Klingon]]s appears as Klingons.
• Sometimes, what you are writing in the article is different than what you want displayed and you cannot surround the partial word. In these cases, you can seperate your link name and your displayed text with the | character. For example: [[USS Aquarius|The Aqua]] would appear as The Aqua

Linking to outside of the Wiki

• HTML style links are surrounded by [ ] in wiki and must include the "http://". To display different text that the URL, seperate the link from the displayed text with a space. For example: [http://www.obsidianfleet.net Obsidian Fleet's Official Site] appears as Obsidian Fleet's Official Site.

Formatting

• There are three levels of headings you can use. ==Heading== , ===Sub-heading=== and ==== Sun-sub-heading====. Using more than four headings will automaticly create a Table of Contents at the top of the page.
• You can hilight text using ''italics'', '''bold''' or '''''bold-italic'''''. italics, bold and bold-italic.
• You can use small text for footnote type comments by using the <small>small text tags</small>
• You can also strikout or underline using the <s>strikeout</s> and <u>underline</u> tages.
• <!-- You can add hidden text for comments by using the comments tag -->
• To start a new line, you must have a blank line.
• To create a bullet list, start the line with a *
  • Inbedded lists start with **
    • and sometimes even ***
• To create a numbered list, start the line with #
  1. Imbedded numbered lists are done the same way as bullet lists ## and ###
     • Imbedded lists can mix bullets and numbers by using combinations such as *#* and *##
• To sign and date an addition to a discussion page, type ~~~~. This will appear as Ghraf 06:53, 28 August 2005 (EDT)

Naming Conventions

In order to avoid confusion when creating links between articles, we ask that you follow our naming conventions.

• Articles names should be singular:
  • Klingon not Klingons
• Everything except names and titles should be lower cased:
  • Personal equipment not Personal Equipment
  • Task Force 21 not Task force 21
• Links to player characters should be just their name (Last name, First name) and not include their rank:
  • Smith, John not Ensign John Smith
  • Kira, Nerys not Kira Nerys
  • This will make things much easier when you get a promotion.
• Articles should have the full name and not an abbreviation:
  • Task Force 21 not TF21
  • Judge Advocate General not JAG
  • For commonly used abbreviations, a redirect can be used.
• Links to a starship class should be the class name and the word 'class':
  • Defiant class not Defiant
  • This will make thing easier when linking to things such as a nebula or galaxy
• Planets with a number in the name should use roman numerals:
  • Argus III not Argus 3 or Argus Three
• Mission Summaries:
  • The OF Wiki will not house any separate articles for SIM specific Mission Summaries
• For further ideas for Naming Conventions, visit Naming conventions.

Categorizing your submission

• All articles should be listed in a category. The list of database categories can be found here. To list your article in a category, use the [[Category:Location]] tag at the end of your article.
• An article may belong to more than one category. For example; the USS Modele is currently assigned to Task Group 47-B. The USS Modele would use [[Category:Ship]], [[Category:Ninth Fleet]], [[Category:Task Force 47]] and [[Category:Task Group 47-B]].