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== Images == |
== Images == |
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Images can be included directly from [[c:Main page|Wikimedia Commons]] |
Images can be included directly from [[c:Main page|Wikimedia Commons]] and [[Commons:Main Page|Miraheze Commons]], or uploaded locally. If your image would be useful outside the wiki, too, and is available under a Commons-compatible license, you are encouraged to [[c:Commons:Upload|upload it there instead]]. Wikimedia Commons' scope is for all "educational media content". |
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Chickendilemma.png|A file uploaded locally to Electowiki |
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File:STAR Voting sample ballot.png|A file from Wikimedia Commons |
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Pool in Lunfeng Elementary School.jpg|A file from Miraheze Commons |
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Non-local files have a link at the top of the image description page that will take you to the original upload site. |
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Revision as of 05:32, 7 February 2020
Electowiki runs on the MediaWiki engine, just like Wikipedia and many other wikis, so for help with basic markup and editing, you can consult existing pages on those topics:
- MediaWiki help contents
- Wikipedia's Editing tutorial
The rest of this page is for help with Electowiki-specific features (or lack thereof).
Automatic citations
Wikipedia has the ability to automatically generate a citation from a unique identifier. We don't have that functionality (yet?), so your options are:
- Enter your URL or unique identifier into Citer and it will generate wiki markup for a citation that you can copy and paste into the article.
- Open Wikipedia's Sandbox and use their citation generator tool to create a citation, then copy and paste into the article. Copying from VisualEditor to VisualEditor works.
- Fill out the citation template manually
Images
Images can be included directly from Wikimedia Commons and Miraheze Commons, or uploaded locally. If your image would be useful outside the wiki, too, and is available under a Commons-compatible license, you are encouraged to upload it there instead. Wikimedia Commons' scope is for all "educational media content".
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A file uploaded locally to Electowiki
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A file from Wikimedia Commons
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A file from Miraheze Commons
Non-local files have a link at the top of the image description page that will take you to the original upload site.