Edit Guide
1 Account creation
You do not need an account to edit the wiki, but please keep in mind that your current public IP address will be visible once you publish a change.
2 Formatting
2.1 Disable markup
Mediawiki uses a custom markup language know as Wikitext which is simmiliar to Markdown. It allows users to format text, create links, build tables and structure content using plain text syntax.
2.1.1 <nowiki></nowiki>
You can write the text that you dont want formated by Wikitext between two nowiki tags. For example
<nowiki>https://www.google.com/</nowiki>
will look like this:
https://www.google.com/
instead of being a clickable link to Google like this:
2.2 Indentation
If you want your text to be segregated because you want to draw extra attention to it, you can write that important text in a new line and insert a space before your text. Mediawiki will draw a rectangle around your text and change the font to make it stand out more.
Some very important and interesting text.
2.2 Headings
2.2.1 Spacing
Always leave one empty line before and after each heading, like this:
Text
==3 New Heading==
Text
2.2.2 Heading Counter
Currently there is no automatic heading counter, so we have to count each heading manually.
2.2.3 Creating Headings
To create headings, write the text of the heading between = like this:
==1 First Heading==
You can make Sub-Headings by increasing the number of =
===1.1 Sub-Heading for first Heading===
====1.1.1 Sub-Sub-Heading for first Heading====
3 Linking
In order to create a link to a different article, or a different website, you will need to use square brackets
[]
3.1 Spaces
If an article you want to link to has spaces, for example the Balisong List, just use underscores for those spaces
[[Balisong_List]]
And it will be rendered like this:
3.2 Internal
If you want to link to another article within the Balisong Wiki, write the name of the article between two square brackets like this:
[[Sandbox]]
And it will be rendered like this:
3.2.1 Specific section
3.2.1.1 To another article
If you want to link to a specific section, write the name of the article, then a pound symbol (#) then the name of the section.
[[Pin_System#1.1.2_Screw_Zen]]
And it will be rendered like this:
3.2.1.2 To the same article
If you want to link to a same section of the article that you are currently editing, you can leave the linking of the article part out, and just write the pund symbol (#) with the name of the section.
This will link to the first section of this article
[[#1_Account_creation]]
And it will be rendered like this:
3.3 External
If you want to link to a different website, for example to show the reader where they can buy a specific bushing, put your link in only 1 set of square brackets
[https://thetruelink.com/products/250-od-x-188-id-bushing-xp]
And it will be rendered like this:
3.4 Pipe
Adding a pipe symbol (|) to the end of your link enables you to write a custom name for your linking. This can be useful for slightly adjust the name of the link so that sentences flow better, or to remove the underscore that is caused by linking links that have spaces
[[Balisong_list|Balisong List]]
Will be rendered as
This of course also works for external pages
[[2]|Bushings]
You can write whatever you want, but please keep the names of the links on topic.
4 Adding a new Page
If you want to create a new page, just open the base link of this wiki, append a forward slash (/) and append the name of your article. For example if you want to create an article called Banana, you would open this link:
After that you have to decide if you want to use the visual editor (not recommended), or the source editor. If you want to use the visual editor, click on "Create". If you want to use the source editor, click on "Create source". The next steps are almost identical with just editing an article, so we recommend you to continue reading the next section.
5 Editing an article
If you want to edit an article, you need to click on the "Edit" or "Edit Source" button. They are usually somewhere on the top right of your screen.
5.1 Source Editor
If you have clicked the "Edit source" button, a big box will appear in which you can write everything that you know about the topic of the article. If you want to see the changes to the article, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the "Show preview" button. This will reload the article and show you the text with all the rendered Wikitext code that you have written. After you have filled the article with information, scroll to the bottom of the page, and write a summary in the "Summary" block like "First edit of the Banana page" and click on "Save page". You might also need to fill out an easy captcha for the changes to to live.
5.2 Visual Editor
The visual editor is not recommended since it has not been tested.
If you have clicked the "Edit" buttonm you can just start writing down everything you know about the topic of the article. After you have filled the article with information, click the "Save" button, add a summary message like "First edit of the Banana page" and click on "Save Page". You might also need to fill out an easy captcha for the changes to to live.
7 Measurements
All measurementes must be made in metric with an optional measurement in imperial in parenthesis.
6.35mm (0.25in)
or just
6.35mm
The unit of measurement is not neccessary, but should still be added if there is enough space for it. If there is no unit after the number, assume Millimeters or Grams depending on context. For example:
6.35 (0.25)
8 Tables
Tables can be either edited by hand (not recommended), or a table generator can be used. We recommend this table generator. If you wish to edit this table, copy it, go to the mentioned website, click "File" in the top left, click "Paste table data..." and paste it in. Then click the blue "Load" button. After that feel free to make any changes you deem neccessary. After you've adjusted the table, scroll all the way down and click on "Generate" button which is on the left hand side of the screen. After that click on the green "Copy to clipboard" button which is on the right hand side of your screen, or just copy the whole code which is in the window right under the gray "Result (click "Generate" to refresh)" text. After that, delete the old table from this wiki and paste in your newly edited wiki.
9 Break
Sometimes it is necessarry to make multiple newlines. In that case the <br> tag can be used. Here is an example:
Text<br><br>
Text
10 Comments
If you want to add text that is only visible when editing the Balisong Wiki, for example when you want to tell another editor why you have done what you did, you can write a comment like so:
<!--This is a comment and will only be visible when editing the wiki-->