Help:Getting Started

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This guide is here to help new users with getting started at Golden Sun Universe. Thanks for trying to help us out!

Editing Pages

Found an article you want to edit? It's very simple to get started! To edit the page you want, all you have to do is click the Edit button at the top of the page. This will bring up a text box where you can edit the article however you need. Before saving your changes however, it's recommended that you click the Show preview button next to the save page button. This way you can make sure that you've typed everything correctly, and made no mistakes. When you are happy with your changes, click the Save page button and they will be submitted.

However, before you submit your changes, It is highly recommended that you type in a Summary of the changes you've made. Doing this will make it easier for other users to know what you did to the article. If it was only a small change like fixing a typo, then check the Minor Edit box, so users will know not to worry about it.

Creating Pages

Creating a new article is simple to do. If there is need for a new article, simply type the name of the article into the Search box at the top of the page. If it sends you directly to an an existing article, then there is already an article for it, or it has been merged into another topic. But, if the search returns a listing of pages, then there will be a link that says "Create the page "(your text)" on this wiki!" Simply click on red link for the page title, and you will be taken to a page editor where you can proceed in making the article.

Be sure that the page you are creating is a relevant subject to the wiki, otherwise a member of the staff will delete the page. Also, try to make sure that the wiki doesn't already have an article with a different name that covers the same topic, otherwise your new page is likely to become a redirect to the pre-existing page.

Wiki Code

Formatting Text

What you see What you type
Italic Text
''Italic Text''
Bold Text
'''Bold Text'''
Bold and Italic Text
'''''Bold and Italic Text'''''
Strike out
<s>Strike out</s>
Big text or small text
<big>Big text</big> or <small>small text</small>
Superscript or subscript
<sup>Superscript</sup> or <sub>subscript</sub>
Centered text
<center>Centered text</center>

A line break won't be registered with only one new line. This line appears to be in the same paragraph as the previous line.

Two new lines, however, begins a new paragraph.

A line break won't be registered with only one new line.
This line appears to be in the same paragraph as the previous line.

Two new lines, however, begins a new paragraph.
[[Wiki]] coding '''is not''' rendered.
<nowiki>[[Wiki]] coding '''is not''' rendered.</nowiki>

A typewriter font for monospace text
or for computer code: int main()

  • For aesthetic reasons, using <code> where applicable is preferable to using <tt>.
A typewriter font for <tt>monospace text</tt>
or for computer code: <code>int main()</code>

Links

What you see What you type
Isaac
[[Issac]]
Golden Sun's Hero
[[Isaac|Golden Sun's Hero]]
Tada This doesn't exist! Clicking on this link will allow you to create the page.
[[Tada This doesn't exist!]]
Clicking on this link will allow you to create the page.
Linking to a different namespace that is not Category:

Talk:Main Page

Linking to a different namespace that is not Category:
[[Talk:Main Page]]
Linking to a Category:

Category:Help

Linking to a Category:
[[:Category:Help]]
External Links
|External Links
*[http://www.goldensunwiki.net] 
*http://www.goldensunwiki.net
*[http://www.goldensunwiki.net Golden Sun Universe]
Link#In Golden Sun is a link to a section within another page.

#Links is a link to a section on the current page.

#example is a link to an anchor that was created using
an id attribute
[[Link#In Golden Sun]] is a link
to a section within another page.

[[#Links]] is a link
to a section on the current page.

[[#example]] is a link to an
anchor that was created using
<div id="example">an id attribute</div>

Headings & Lists

Misc.