Help:Basic Tutorial

Adding new page

To add new page write the title of the page into search box.

Then it will tell you :

Create the page "Page title what you typed in" on this wiki!

Then click on the red part of it.

Categorys

Adding article to category

Write [[Category:Here you write the category name]] at the end of a page. You can add as many category's you like.

Creating new category

To make new category write Category:New Category name into the search box and do as you did creating a page.

Assigning new category

Add [[Category:Category name]] into the text. The category name is under what category it will go. Example you create new category named China and add [[Category:Mahayana]] Then the category China would be sub category to Mahayana

Adding reference

When you take articles from wikipedia then add {{W}} at the end of the article. It mean article name have to be same here as it is in Wikipedia

When getting article from somewhere else then add {{R}} and on the next line the url

Example {{R}}
[http://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php?title=Help:Tutorial chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com]

Adding pictures

Please try to put pictures in every article, so it would look more nice.

This is picture caption

First upload picture using Upload file under Toolbox on the left sidebar. In section Summary you write the category where to put this picture your going to upload. Example you want to upload file to category Tibet pics then simply write [[Category:Tibet pics]]

If you want to make new category for pictures then simply write the new category name and later go and edit this category by writing [[Category:Pictures]] inside it and save(same way you edit the article).

Category:Pictures here is all the pictures uploaded in different category's.

Then copy the file name and add it to article like this.

Example uploaded file name is Dharma Wheel.png then add it like this

[[File:Dharma Wheel.png|thumb|250px|This is picture caption]] and it will come out like the picture on right.

250px is the size and you can change it as you want.

And Dharma Wheel after the 250px| is the caption for picture you can put there what you need.

Poem function

If you want to keep original format like poem (few words in line) use

 at start and

at the end.

Example

<poem>
To write
like this
in different
lines
use
poem

</poem> and you get

To write
like this
in different
lines
use
poem

Writing quotes

Method 1

Simply add : in front of the line

Example

: "'the liberated mind (citta) that no longer clings' means nibbāna"
::(Majjhima Nikaya 2-Att. 4.68).
:::-Buddha

you get

"'the liberated mind (citta) that no longer clings' means nibbāna"

(Majjhima Nikaya 2-Att. 4.68).

-Buddha

Method 2

use <blockquote></blockquote> function

Padmasambhava said:
<blockquote>My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra (Sanskrit; Tib. ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ). My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri (Sanskrit; Tib. ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་མོ). I belong to the caste of non-duality of the sphere of awareness. My name is the Glorious Lotus-Born. I am from the unborn sphere of all phenomena. I act in the way of the Buddhas of the three times. </blockquote>

and you get

Padmasambhava said:

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra (Sanskrit; Tib. ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ). My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri (Sanskrit; Tib. ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་མོ). I belong to the caste of non-duality of the sphere of awareness. My name is the Glorious Lotus-Born. I am from the unborn sphere of all phenomena. I act in the way of the Buddhas of the three times.

REDIRECT

Please try to make Redirects so linking would be easier.

When you make and article named Theravāda but also want that Theravada will be the same then use #REDIRECT

Example I want Theravada to redirect to Theravāda

So i make new page called Theravada and add #REDIRECT[[Theravāda]] inside it.

Advanced editing

Organizing your writing — sections, paragraphs, lists and lines

What it looks like	What you type
Sections and subsections Start sections with header lines Note: Single equal signs give the highest level heading, like the page title; usually projects have the convention not to use them. New section Subsection Sub-subsection Start with a second-level heading (==); don't use first-level headings (=).	== New section == === Subsection === ==== Sub-subsection ====
Unordered Lists are easy to do: start every line with a star, more stars means deeper levels. A newline in a list marks the end of the list. Of course, you can start again.	* Unordered Lists are easy to do: ** start every line with a star, *** more stars means deeper levels. * A newline * in a list marks the end of the list. * Of course, * you can * start again.
Numbered lists are also good very organized easy to follow A newline in a list marks the end of the list. New numbering starts with 1.	# Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow # A newline # in a list marks the end of the list. # New numbering starts # with 1.
You can even do mixed lists and nest them or break lines in lists	* You can even do mixed lists *# and nest them *#* or break lines <br/>in lists
Definition list word  definition of the word longer phrase phrase defined	; word : definition of the word ; longer phrase : phrase defined One item per line; a newline can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing.
Indenting A colon at the start of a line indents a paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph. Pushes it more forward And more In the case of a semicolon and some text in front of the colon, the first colon starts a new line (indented as before)	: A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph. :: Pushes it more forward ::: And more
When there is a need for separating a block of text the blockquote command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. This is useful for (as the name says) inserting blocks of quoted (and cited) text.	<blockquote> The '''blockquote''' command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. </blockquote>
Centered text. Please note the US English spelling of "center".	<center>Centered text.</center>
A horizontal dividing line: this is above it... ...and this is below it. If you don't use a section header, you don't get a TOC entry.	A horizontal dividing line: this is above it... ---- ...and this is below it.

Links, URL

Internal links

General notes:

• Enclose the target name in double square brackets — "[[" and "]]".
• First letter of target name is automatically capitalized.
• Spaces are represented as underscores (but don't do underscores yourself).
• Links to nonexistent pages are shown in red — Starting new page tells about creating the page.
• When the mouse cursor "hovers" over the link, you see a "hover box" containing... hover over links hereafter to see.

What it looks like	What you type
Basic Sue is reading the official position (or official positions).	Sue is reading the [[official positions|official position]] (or [[official positions]]).
Basic + Text formatting You can also italicize/etc. links: e.g., Wikipedia.	''[[Wikipedia]]''
Interwiki linking If the same article is in Chinese version of Chinese Buddhist Encyclopdia then add [[zn:Tibetan Buddhism]] for adding the language link to left hand side toolbar For linking to Chinese side you have to add Chinese page name(Chinese letter). zn:Tibetan Buddhism to make link to chinese article	[[zn:Tibetan Buddhism]] to make link to english article
Section of page Tibetan Buddhism#The Council of Lhasa Tibetan Buddhism#Nyingma If the section doesn't exist, the link goes to the top of the page.	* [[Tibetan Buddhism#The Council of Lhasa]] * [[Tibetan Buddhism#Nyingma]]
Piped link Use a pipe "|" to create a link label: Buddhist	* [[Buddhism|Buddhist]]
Links to nonexistent pages A red link (like this one) points to a page that doesn't exist yet. You can create it by clicking on the link.	A red link ([[like this one]]) points to a page that doesn't exist yet.
One article title to another with this special link. Like you want that link Chinese Buddhist would take you to the page Chinese Buddhism then add	#REDIRECT [[Chinese Buddhism]]
Media links To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link. Sound	[[media:Example.ogg|Sound]]
Category listing links (these appear at page bottom and list the page in the category) To list a page in a category and have a link to the Category at page bottom.	[[Category:English documentation]]
Category non-listing links (these appear inline without listing the page in the category) To link to a category without causing the page to be listed in the category, add a colon Category:English documentation	[[:Category:English documentation]]

External links

Friends in Dharma, [1]	[http://friends-in-dharma.com/ Friends in Dharma], [http://friends-in-dharma.com/]
Email Example, [2]	[mailto:email@example.com Email Example], [mailto:email@example.com]
Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com.	Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com.

Text formatting — controlling how it looks

What it looks like	What you type
Emphasize (italics), strongly (bold), very strongly (bold italics). (These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes.) Note: this can also be applied to links (e.g., Wikipedia).	''Emphasize'' (italics), '''strongly''' (bold), '''''very strongly''''' (bold italics). (These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes.) <small>Note: this can also be applied to links (e.g., ''[[Wikipedia]]'').</small>
You can also write italic and bold. This is useful in mathematical formulas where you need specific font styles rather than emphasis. F = ma (The difference between these two methods is not very important for graphical browsers, so most people ignore it.) But it may make a big difference for the visually impaired ;-)	You can also write <i>italic</i> and <b>bold</b>. This is useful in mathematical formulas where you need specific font styles rather than emphasis. : <b>F</b> = <i>m</i><b>a</b>
You can also write in small caps.	You can also write <span style="font-variant:small-caps"> in small caps</span>.
A typewriter font, sometimes used for technical terms and computer code.	A typewriter font, sometimes used for <tt>technical terms</tt> and <code>computer code</code>. For semantic reasons, using <code> where applicable is preferable to using <tt>.
You can use small text for captions.	You can use <small>small text</small> for captions.
You can strike out deleted material and underline new material. You can also mark deleted material and inserted material using logical markup rather than visual markup. When editing regular articles, just make your changes and do not mark them up in any special way. When editing your own previous remarks in talk pages, it is sometimes appropriate to mark up deleted or inserted material.	You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike> and <u>underline new material</u>. You can also mark <del>deleted material</del> and <ins>inserted material</ins> using logical markup rather than visual markup.
Subscript: x2 Superscript: x2 or x² Most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with &sup2; than with <sup>2</sup> ε0 = 8.85 × 10−12 C² / J m. 1 hectare = 1 E4 m²	Subscript: x<sub>2</sub> Superscript: x<sup>2</sup> or x&sup2; &epsilon;<sub>0</sub> = 8.85 &times; 10<sup>&minus;12</sup> C&sup2; / J m. 1 hectare = 1 E4 m&sup2;

MORE READING

• https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table
• http://qed.princeton.edu/main/Help:Specifying_Colors_in_Tables
• http://wikis.evergreen.edu/computing/index.php/Mediawiki_Tutorial
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing