User:Lezelmaz/sandbox/practice draft on Josh Fox

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Hello, world! practice_draft_on_Josh Fox is a recycled user subpage, neglected since 2013. After returning to life, the repurposed page stores discreet wikitext blocks for use as template snippets (it will likely acquire a new name/move.) These are informal, personally made snippet blocks based on mastery of learned Wikimedia markup. Sources are almost exclusively from established Wikipedia articles and MediaWiki guides, help pages, and how-to's, supplemented with reliable sources, such as W3C and WHATWG.

The markup language called wikitext[a], also known as wiki markup or wikicode, consists of syntax and keywords used by the MediaWiki software to format a page.[1] Often there is an array of methods available to achieve specific formatting of any element in a wikipage. This working page is a partial guide, simply a breadcrumb trail and cheatsheet to document the learning adventure. The literature, guides, help pages, et al., is vast and overwhelming as attempts to hone in on a desired treatment. As a "newbie" editor, I have languished for years due to technical roadblocks, making minor edits and updates here and there. Basic editing skills, such as citing sources; making inline notes; adding a new section; updating old data, require some skill or know-how to search the morass of documentation. Even using one's User page or sandbox is challenging in the opposite extreme: how to populate a blank page? On top, an editor must consider policies over content and tone or heated editing wars. This page is here to push past these hurdles. The listed examples are the method I utilized for a suitable outcome. Linkbacks litter lists and tables and point to valuable sources with more thorough documentation and exhaustive guides.

Work in progress —current—

"template" properties

  1. {{tasks}} —
  2. {{to do}} —

"code block" properties

  1. <div></div>

Wikipedia edit-ed series

  1. item
  2. item
  3. item

Snippets database

table #4 — The Snippets database was developed for myStyleGuide; the link may be more current.
Date What you get What you type Notes:
feb-2023 TOC __TOC__
__FORCETOC__ 		Table of Contents.
feb-2023
Table
Header cell Header cell
Content cell Content cell
Content cell Content cell 
<!-- horizontal markup style -->

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption
! Header cell !! Header cell
|-
| Content cell || Content cell
|-
| Content cell || Content cell
|}
|}
Table markup, using horizontal style layout, with "caption" v-align property set to bottom.[b]
feb-2023
Table
Header cell Header cell
Content cell Content cell
Content cell Content cell 
<!-- vertical markup style -->

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption
! Header cell
! Header cell
|-
| Content cell 
| Content cell
|-
| Content cell
| Content cell
|}
Table markup, using vertical style layout, with "caption" v-align property set to bottom.[c]
date Content Cell Content Cell Notes
date Content Cell Content Cell Notes

Newer work, 2023

basic tables

table #1
Header cell Header cell
Content cell Content cell


table #2
Header text Header text Header text
Example Example Example
Example Example Example
Example Example Example

nested tables

table #3
α cell2 #1
NESTED #2
TABLE #3
the original table again
A
B B
C
D

Too complex for current use.

Prior work —deprecated—

Out of date material from 2013 (hidden.)

Resources database

table #5 - An ongoing list of resources (from Wikipedia unless otherwise noted.)
Date Name Link Notes:
feb-2023 Table, basic
basic
 Slimmed down help page for tables.
feb-2023 Table, full
full
 Fuller documentation for tables.
feb-2023 Table, MW* table/mw Source: MediaWiki. MW guides are often more concise and helpful to new editors.
feb-2023 Layout, MOS
layout
 Manual of Style/Layout is a guide for the structure and layout of Wikipedia articles: generic structure, ordering of sections, and formatting styles.
feb-2023 Template, quick guide
temp/qg
 Quick guide to templates.
feb-2023 Resource Link Notes:

References

Notes

  1. ^ Not to be confused with Wikipedia, an encyclopedia that uses wikitext.
  2. ^ Code-block sample doesn't include applying CSS property values.
  3. ^ Code-block sample doesn't include applying CSS property values.

Citations

  1. ^ "Help:Wikitext", Wikipedia, 2023-01-21, retrieved 2023-02-11
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