Editing help

Tycoon Online WIKI is a wiki, meaning that anyone can easily edit any page, and save those changes immediately to that page. After your first edit, you will be a TycoonOnline WIKI editor!

### Introduction

Editing most Tycoon Online WIKI pages is easy. Simply click on the "**edit this page**" tab at the top of a Tycoon Online WIKI page (or on a Tycoon Online WIKI: Section | section-edit link). This will bring you to a new page with a text box containing the editable text of the original page. When you are finished with an edit, you should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes and you will see the differences between the page with your edits and the previous version of the page by pressing the "**Show changes**" button. If you're satisfied with what you see press the "**Save page**" button. Your changes will immediately be visible to all Tycoon Online WIKI users.

You can also click on the "**Discussion**" tab to see the corresponding Tycoon Online WIKI Talk page, which contains comments about the page from other Tycoon Online WIKI users. Click on the "new section" tab to start a new section, or edit the page in the same way as an article page.

You should also remember to Sign your posts on talk pages on Tycoon Online WIKI talk pages and some special-purpose Tycoon Online WIKI project pages with four tildes (~~~~), but you should **not** sign edits you make to regular articles. In Tycoon Online WIKI page histories the software keeps track of which user makes each change.

## Minor edits

A check to the "minor edit" box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the version with your edit and the previous version: typo corrections, formatting and presentational changes, rearranging of text without modifying content, etc. A *minor edit* is a version that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. The "minor edit" option is one of several Tycoon Online WIKI Why create an account%3F#New\_editing\_options|options]] available only to registered users.

## Major edits

All editors are encouraged to be bold, but there are several things that a user can do to ensure that major edits are performed smoothly. Before engaging in a major edit, a user should consider discussing proposed changes on the article discussion/talk page. During the edit, if doing so over an extended period, the {{inuse}} tag can reduce the likelihood of an edit conflict. Once the edit has been completed, the inclusion of an edit summary will assist in documenting the changes. These steps will all help to ensure that major edits are well received by the Tycoon Online WIKI community.

A major edit should be reviewed to confirm that it is consensual to all concerned editors. Therefore, any change that affects the *meaning* of an article is major (not minor), even if the edit is a single word.

There are no necessary terms to which you have to agree when doing major edits, but the recommendations above have become best practice. If you do it your own way, the likelihood of your edits being reedited may be higher.

## Wiki markup

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The **wiki markup** is the syntax system you can use to format a Tycoon Online WIKI page; please see Help:Editing for details on it, and Help:Wikitext examples for a longer list of the possibilities of Wikitext.

### Images

Only images that have been uploaded to Tycoon Online WIKI can be used. To upload images, use the upload page. You can find the uploaded image on the image list.

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A picture:
[[Image:wiki.png]]
 With alternative text:

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With alternative text:
[[Image:wiki.png|Tycoon Online WIKI, The Free Encyclopedia.]]
```
 Floating to the right side of the page using the *frame* attribute and a caption:
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Floating to the right side of the page
using the ''frame'' attribute and a caption:
[[Image:wiki.png|frame|Tycoon Online WIKI Encyclopedia]]
```
* The frame tag automatically floats the image right.
 Floating to the right side of the page using the *thumb* attribute and a caption:
```
Floating to the right side of the page
using the ''thumb'' attribute and a caption:
[[Image:wiki.png|thumb|Tycoon Online WIKI Encyclopedia]]
```
* The thumb tag automatically floats the image right.
* The caption is also used as alternate text.
 Floating to the right side of the page *without* a caption:
```
Floating to the right side of the page
''without'' a caption:
[[Image:wiki.png|right|Tycoon Online WIKI Encyclopedia]]
```
 A picture resized to 30 pixels...

```
A picture resized to 30 pixels...
[[Image:wiki.png|30 px]]
```
 Linking directly to the description page of an image:
Image:wiki.png
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Linking directly to the description page
of an image:
[[:Image:wiki.png]]
```
* Clicking on an image displayed on a page

(such as any of the ones above)
 Linking directly to an image without displaying it:
Image of the jigsaw globe logo
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Linking directly to an image
without displaying it:
[[:media:wiki.png|Image of the jigsaw globe logo]]
```
 Using the div tag to separate images from text (note that this may allow images to cover text):
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Example:
<div style="display:inline;
width:220px; float:right;">
Place images here </div>
 Using wiki markup to make a table in which to place a vertical column of images (this helps edit links match headers, especially in Firefox browsers):
```
Example: {| align=right
Place images here

```

See the Tycoon Online WIKI's image use policy as a guideline used on Tycoon Online WIKI.

For further help on images, including some more versatile abilities, see the topic on Extended image syntax.

### Headings

For a top-level heading, put it on a separate line surrounded by '=='. For example:

```
  ==Introduction==

```

Subheadings use '===', '====', and so on.

### No or limited formatting—showing exactly what is being typed

A few different kinds of formatting will tell the Wiki to display things as you typed them—what you see, is what you get!

The nowiki tag ignores [[Wiki]] ''markup''.
It reformats text by removing newlines and multiple spaces.
It still interprets special characters: →

```
<nowiki>
The nowiki tag ignores [[Wiki]] ''markup''.
It reformats text by removing newlines
and multiple spaces.
It still interprets special
characters: &rarr;
</nowiki>

 **<pre> tag:**

```
The pre tag ignores [[Wiki]] ''markup''.
It also doesn't     reformat text.
It still interprets special characters: →

```
```
<pre>
The pre tag ignores [[Wiki]] ''markup''.
It also doesn't     reformat text.
It still interprets special characters:
 &rarr;
</pre>
 **Leading space:**
Leading spaces are another way
to preserve formatting. *However, it will make the whole page fail to render properly in some browsers, such as IE7, thus making the page unreadable.*

```
Putting a space at the beginning of each line
stops the text   from being reformatted.
It still interprets Wiki *markup* and
special characters: →

```
```
Leading spaces are another way
to preserve formatting.
 Putting a space at the beginning of each line
 stops the text   from being reformatted.
 It still interprets [[Wiki]] ''markup'' and
 special characters: &rarr;

```

### Invisible text (comments)

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It's uncommon, but on occasion acceptable, to add a hidden comment within the text of an article. The format is this:

```
<!-- This is an example of text that won't normally be visible except in "edit" mode. -->

```

### Table of contents

At the current status of the wiki markup language, having at least four headers on a page triggers the table of contents (TOC) to appear in front of the first header (or after introductory sections). Putting \_\_TOC\_\_ anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header). Putting \_\_NOTOC\_\_ anywhere forces the TOC to disappear. See also compact TOC for alphabet and year headings.

### Tables

There are two ways to build tables:

* in special Wiki-markup (see Help:Table)
* with the usual HTML elements: <table>, <tr>, <td> or <th>.

For the latter, and a discussion on when tables are appropriate, see Tycoon Online WIKI:When to use tables.

### Variables

*(See also Help:Variable)*

**NUMBEROFARTICLES** is the number of pages in the main namespace which contain a link and are not a redirect, in other words number of articles, stubs containing a link, and disambiguation pages.

**CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN** is the genitive (possessive) grammatical form of the month name, as used in some languages; **CURRENTMONTHNAME** is the nominative (subject) form, as usually seen in English.

In languages where it makes a difference, you can use constructs like {{grammar:case|word}} to convert a word from the nominative case to some other case. For example, {{grammar:genitive|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}} means the same as {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}.

### Helpful tips

* Informal tips on contributing to Tycoon Online WIKI
* Editing tasks in general at the Tycoon Online WIKI:Editing FAQ
* Tycoon Online WIKI:Cheatsheet
* Help on editing very large articles

### Naming

* Rename pages boldly, at Tycoon Online WIKI:How to rename (move) a page
* Tycoon Online WIKI:Naming conventions for how to name articles themselves
* Tycoon Online WIKI:Namespace

### Style and layout

* Preferred layout of your article, at Guide to layout
* Style conventions in the Tycoon Online WIKI:Manual of Style
* An article with annotations pointing out common Tycoon Online WIKI style and layout issues, at Tycoon Online WIKI:Annotated article

### See also

* General policies in Tycoon Online WIKI:Policies and guidelines
* If you are making an article about something that belongs to a group of objects (a city, an astronomical object, a Chinese character...) check if there is a WikiProject on the group and try to follow its directions explicitly.

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