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This page provides basic instructions for editing on '''[[SpinProfiles]]''' . For the full set of guidelines, policies and help, see the main [[SpinProfiles:Help|Help]] page and policy and guideline pages (link at bottom of this page).
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{{Powerbase:Help}}
 
 
Before you can edit, you'll need to quickly [[SpinProfiles:Register|register]] with a valid email address, which is done to deter spammers and vandals. Once you've registered, editing a page is as easy as clicking the "edit this page" tab at the top of the window."
 
 
 
 
==Editing cheatsheet==
 
==Editing cheatsheet==
''See [[SpinProfiles:How To Edit A Page|How to edit a page]] for more detailed explanations and advanced syntax.''
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''See [[Powerbase:How To Edit A Page|How to edit a page]] for more detailed explanations and advanced syntax.''
 
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==Sourcing an article==
 
''See Spinprofiles [[SpinProfiles:A Guide to Referencing|Guide to referencing]] for more detailed explanations and tips on sourcing.''
 
 
 
Every assertion made on SpinProfiles should have an outside source. In most cases this should be a webpage or online document that can be linked to (see [[SpinProfiles:A Guide to Referencing|references]] for help on referencing offline sources). The easiest way to cite a source is to put a link between two square brackets after the sentence or paragraph that draws from it, which automatically turns it into an auto-numbered footnote (see the first "external link" example in the chart above). You should then add a citation to the source in the "Articles and resources" section at the bottom of the article, which serves as a bibliography in SpinProfiles articles. To add the citation you will generally need this information:
 
 
 
* Name of the author (or organization that produced the source)
 
* URL of the site where the information was taken
 
* Name of the source
 
* Name of the publication
 
* Date the information was published
 
 
 
You generally want to put the citation in a bullet and format it like this:
 
 
 
* Author, [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Help:Quick_guide_to_editing "Title,"] ''Publication'', Date.
 
 
 
To get this format, you enter
 
 
 
{| style="border:1px solid #98400E; text-align:left; background:#ffffff"
 
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| style="background: #F1C9AF; padding: 0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''What you type'''
 
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| <nowiki>* Jonathan Weisman, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051701779.html "Ethics Panel Starts 3 Probes,"] ''Washington Post,'' May 18, 2006.</nowiki>
 
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| style="background: #F1C9AF; padding: 0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''What you get'''
 
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* Jonathan Weisman, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051701779.html “Ethics Panel Starts 3 Probes,”] ''Washington Post,'' May 18, 2006.
 
 
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If you are editing or deleting someone else's writing, it's a common courtesy to leave a note on an article's discussion page (found by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of the article) explaining your reasons why. It would probably then be a good idea to check back a little later  to see if other editors responded. Remember: be cool, be collaborative and talk things out. "Edit wars" are never fun and rarely productive.
 
If you are editing or deleting someone else's writing, it's a common courtesy to leave a note on an article's discussion page (found by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of the article) explaining your reasons why. It would probably then be a good idea to check back a little later  to see if other editors responded. Remember: be cool, be collaborative and talk things out. "Edit wars" are never fun and rarely productive.
  
==Creating a new page==
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[[Category:Powerbase Help]]
See [[SpinProfiles:How to Start a Page|How to start a page]]. Remember to follow the [[SpinProfiles:Naming Conventions|naming conventions]] in titling the page.
 
 
 
''Acknowledgment: The first chart on this page was originally copied from Wikipedia's
 
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wikipedia:Cheatsheet]].''
 
 
 
[[Category:SpinProfiles Help]]
 
[[Category:SpinProfiles policy and guideline pages]]
 

Latest revision as of 15:25, 16 June 2011

Help Guide

How do I do that?

Getting in touch

Information and resources for contributors

Editing cheatsheet

See How to edit a page for more detailed explanations and advanced syntax.

Description What you type What you get
Applies anywhere
Italicise text

''italic''

italic

Bold text

'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic

'''''bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Internal link

(within Powerbase)

[[name of page]]
[[name of page|display text]]

name of page
display text

Redirect to another page

#redirect [[Target page]]

1. redirect Target page

External link

(to other websites)

[http://www.example.org]
[http://www.example.org display text]
http://www.example.org

[1]
display text
http://www.example.org

Sign your posts
on talk pages

~~~~

Username 16:28,
28 March 2024 (UTC)

Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings

of different sizes

== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======

Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Bullet list

* one
* two
** two point one
* three

  • one
  • two
    • two point one
  • three
Numbered list

# one
# two
## two point one
# three

  1. one
  2. two
    1. two point one
  3. three
 
Thumbnail image

[[Image:Powerbase.png|thumb|Caption text]]

File:Powerbase.png
Caption text

If editing someone else's writing, leave a note

If you are editing or deleting someone else's writing, it's a common courtesy to leave a note on an article's discussion page (found by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of the article) explaining your reasons why. It would probably then be a good idea to check back a little later to see if other editors responded. Remember: be cool, be collaborative and talk things out. "Edit wars" are never fun and rarely productive.