How to...:Edit
From Videoville
Editing a wiki means, first and foremost, a lot of copying and pasting. That's the easiest way to take elements that are already in the right format, and then adapt their content.
For the full dope, wikipedia:How to edit a page explains how to, er, edit videoville pages. The editing toolbar has buttons which will help create links, add images, and format your entry.
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links
Links are what a wiki is all about. The more useful links there are in an entry, the more its content "exists".
internal
Typing [[Michel Gondry]] will create a link to the Michel Gondry page on videoville - provided one exists: if it doesn't, it'll be a link to a new page named "Michel Gondry". (Please see here for information on adding pages to videoville.)
internal, renamed ("piped")
Typing [[Michel Gondry|my favourite director]] will link to the Michel Gondry page, but the link will be shown as my favourite director.
interwiki
If you want to link to a Wikipedia entry, or pages of certain other wikis, from a videoville page - a concept called Interwiki - follow this example:
Type [[wikipedia:Mark Romanek]] to link to Wikipedia's entry on Mark Romanek. The link will appear as wikipedia:Mark Romanek (unless you rename it - see above). Underscores (instead of spaces) aren't necessary for Wikipedia linking, but may be required for other wikis.
external, bare
Typing http://videos.antville.org will link to http://videos.antville.org.
external, named
Typing [http://videos.antville.org the mothership] will link to videos.antville.org. but the link will be shown as the mothership.
signatures
~~~ signs your username
~~~~ signs your username with timestamp
