118Wiki:Community Portal

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This area is used to post information and notices that are relevant to all members of the community.

Please see the discussion page to talk about the wiki!

No upgrading anytime soon...

So, after going through the whole process to upgrade, I realized that our server doesn't use php5.0, which is what MediaWiki 1.7 and above require. So much for that.

NPC Listing Tutorial

The Creation and Upkeep of NPC Listings tutorial is online.

Categorization

New information on categorizing species has been posted.

Using "Discussion" Pages

New tutorial on using Discussion pages is up.

InterWiki Links - New Feature

We now have a new feature on the wiki, which allows us to link more easily to both Wikipedia and Memory-Alpha articles.

It's quite simple. Using the "Gorn" article, as an example, here's the links you would use to link to the Gorn article on both Wikipedia and Memory-Alpha:

• Wikipedia: [[wp:Gorn]]
• Memory-Alpha: [[ma:Gorn]]

Now, keep in mind that the link would appear as such: "You can read more about the ma:Gorn on Memory-Alpha."

To remove the "ma" or "wp" prefix on the link, just mask it like you normally would, i.e.-

• Wikipedia: [[wp:Gorn|Gorn]]
• Memory-Alpha: [[ma:Gorn|Gorn]]

Links appear in the "light blue" coloring that external links on the wiki use, BUT they DO NOT have the icon that shows they external links.

Using Appropriate Formatting

One thing I want to point out is the "See Also" sub-section. Please use the Wikipedia format, looking like this:

==See Also==
* Item 1
* Item 2

For more on using proper formatting, see here: Wikipedia Manual of Style