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NTF Rebellion

2006-06-08T14:22:41Z

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The '''NTF Rebellion''' was an open protest against the politics of the [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance]] by Supreme Admiral Aken Bosch and his loyalists.

In 2366, Admiral Aken Bosch of the [[GTVA]] 4th Fleet declared his scission with the rest of the GTVA and the formation of a new government based in [[Polaris]], the [[Neo-Terran Front]]. The governments of [[Regulus]] and [[Sirius]] also defected, leading to heavy fighting in the front lines of [[Alpha Centauri]], [[Deneb]], and [[Epsilon Pegasi]]. This timeline will span between the initial fall of [[Polaris]] to the escape of Bosch and destruction of the ''[[NTF Iceni]]'' in the [[Shivan Nebula|nebula]].

===2366:===
=====March 17th:=====
Admiral Aken Bosch of the [[GTVA]] 4th Fleet secedes from the GTVA and forms his own government, Neo-Terra, in [[Polaris]].
=====March 23rd:=====
The government of [[Regulus]] defects to the [[NTF]].
=====March 25th:=====
[[Sirius]] swears allegience to the [[Neo-Terran Front]].
=====April 19th:=====
[[NTF]] successfully invades [[Alpha Centauri]].
=====April 23rd:=====
[[NTF]] gains a foothold in [[Epsilon Pegasi]].
=====May 3rd:=====
[[NTF]] takes control of most of [[Deneb]]. Construction of the ''Iceni'' begins as Bosch plunders [[Ancient]] archeological sites.

===2367:===
=====February 12th:=====
Bosch learns the location of the [[Knossos]] subspace portal.
=====July 20th:=====
''[[NTF Iceni]]'' launches from a hidden asteroid base in Deneb.
=====August 1st:=====
''[[GTVA Colossus]]'' construction completed.
=====August 10th:=====
''[[GTC Trinity]]'' defects to the NTF.
=====August 14th:=====
[[NTF]] presence detected in [[Gamma Draconis]]. ''GTC Vigilant'' sent to patrol node.
=====August 16th:=====
[[SC Rakshasa|Rakshasa-class Shivan cruiser]] and several wings of [[SF Mara|Maras]] appear through the [[Knossos]] portal, destroying the ''Vigilant''. GTVA command deploys the ''GTD Carthage'' and the ''GVCv Dashor'' to neutralize the immediate threat.
=====August 20th:=====
''[[NTC Trinity]]'' discovered adrift in the nebula.
=====August 22nd:=====
''[[SD Ravana]]'' destroyed in the nebula.
=====August 25th:=====
A GTVA two-pronged offensive in [[Sirius]] fails, allowing the NTF to maintain their grip on that system.
=====August 28th:=====
NTF launches a major offensive in [[Epsilon Pegasi]]. Rear Admiral Koth and the NTF 6th Fleet inflict 75 per cent causalties to the GTVA forces.
=====August 29th:=====
First combat deployment of the ''[[GTVA Colossus]]'', at the Battle of ''Enif Station''.
=====November 1st:=====
''[[NTD Repulse]]'' destroyed by ramming the ''Colossus''. NTF 6th Fleet defeated. GTVA gains full control of [[Epsilon Pegasi]].
=====November 2nd:=====
GTVA forces take [[Alpha Centauri]] and [[Deneb]].
=====November 7th:=====
[[Sirius]] falls to the GTVA. Bosch orders the rest of the NTF fleet to [[Gamma Draconis]] and the [[Shivan Nebula|nebula]] to make contact with the [[Shivans]].
=====November 8th:=====
''GTVA Colossus'', Terran and Vasudan warships, sentry guns and bombers annihilate much of the NTF's fleet.
=====November 9th:=====
''NTF Iceni, NTC Alexandria'', and ''NTT Grall'' escape to the nebula. SOC operatives, posing as NTF saboteurs, deactivate the beam cannons on the ''Colossus'' to allow the ''Iceni'' to escape.
=====November 11th:=====
First appearance of the ''[[SJ Sathanas]]''. Testing of the [[ETAK]] device successful between the ''NTF Iceni'' and the ''SD Chemosh''.
=====November 15th:=====
Destruction of the ''SJ Sathanas'' by the ''GTVA Colossus'' in [[Capella]].
=====November 18th:=====
Admiral Bosch and his immediate subordinates captured by the Shivans. GTVA recovers the schematics for the [[ETAK]] device. ''NTF Iceni'' self-destructs. End of the NTF rebellion.

[[Reconstruction]]''' :PREVIOUS | NEXT: '''[[The Second Shivan Incursion]]

[[Category: History|NTF Rebellion, the]]

Alpha 1

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== Service Record ==
Alpha 1 is credited numerous times with single-handedly saving both the Human and Vasudan species from sure annihilation. His accomplishments are far too numerous to list here.

== Identity ==
Go look in a mirror.

Silent Threat

2005-08-01T07:36:54Z

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===Silent Threat Information===
Silent Threat is a mission add-on for FreeSpace. It contains new ships, new missions, new weapons, new command briefings, and lots more. As taken from Interplay's Site:
"As the Great War rages on, you've been commissioned by the GTI (Galactic Terran Intelligence) for special intelligence operations. In a matter of National Security, you've been asked to go behind enemy lines in order to preserve the fragile space treaty. Is the GTI setting you up or are the Shivans spreading their evil rage?
*Over 40 new missions created by both the developer and fans.
*2 new playable ships join your squadron of 40 stunningly realistic, richly detailed craft.
*2 new primary weapons and 2 new secondary weapons are now at your disposal to trash the sky with enemy debris.
*A new enemy capital ship has emerged and is poised to challenge the greatest fighters in space.
*The multiplayer chaos continues with up to 12 players over the Internet."
*When and where can I get Silent Threat?
*Silent Threat arrived in various stores across the United States the weekend of October 2nd, 1998. It should be *available nationwide in computer or entertainment stores within that next week. International releases are not *predictable, however. Its recommended retail price is $19.99. If you choose to, you can order the game online from Chips 'n Bits for $19.99.

'''Are the bug fixes made in Silent Threat only available through purchase of it?'''

No. All the bug fixes are available in 1.04. The only thing that Silent Threat has are the missions, the new ships/weapons, and the main campaign.

'''I play on PXO. Will I be able to play against Silent Threat players if I don't have it?'''

You can play against any Silent Threat player as long as the mission does not include the new weapons or ships. As long as they aren't included, you should be fine, just as long as the mission is validated for multiplayer use.

'''What are the new units and weapons in Silent Threat?'''

Silent Threat gives users two new primary two new secondary weapons. In addition, two more GTA ships are for your use. Also, there is a new Shivan bomber, the Seraphim, as well as a new destroyer.

Check [[FS1 Weapons Database|here]] for details on the Ships and Weapons.

'''What fan-created missions are included in Silent Threat?'''

Over half of the missions contained in Silent Threat were created by fans who participated in the Silent Threat Mission Design Contest. A list of the missions chosen for Silent Threat and their respsective designers follows:
*Asteroid Onslaught - Danny Craig Defrancis
*Black Knight - Michael M. Solyom
*Crippler - Christopher Douglas Haskett
*Cutting the Supply Line - Peter Drake
*Dead in the Water - Christopher James Bagwell
*Deception - Brian Wheeler
*The Destiny of Peace 1-7 - Justin Mills
*Fortress - Christopher Douglas Haskett
*Full T-V Battle - Jason Attard
*The Great Escape - Adam Rorabaugh
*The GTI Shadow - Justin Raynard
*Hunted - Dan J. Raymond
*Into the Fire - Colin "IceFire" Czerneda
*Loner - Rob Munro
*The Manhattan Project - Justin Mills
*The Master of Illusion - Ryan Glasnapp
*Order of the Eye - Peter Drake
*Powerball Arena - Victor "DrDooM" Shin
*Red Herring - Matt Sparling
*Roadkill - Matt Finnerty
*The Sands of Normandy - Nathan "Dynamo" Hoying
*Shadows - Brad Crawford
*Supplies! Supplies! - Jeff Montgomery
*Surprise - Eser Guven
*Survivors - Colin "IceFire" Czerneda
*Test of Honor - Brad Crawford
*Virginia's Run - Christopher Vann Cox

FS Abbrevations

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==General Abbreviations==

* FRED - FReespace EDitor. The program created by Volition to make the mission and campaigns for both Freespace games. Released to the public along with said games.
* SEXP - Symbolic EXPressions. Special function strings within FRED that allow for complex mission objectives and other things to be carried out by a mission bulider.
* FS1 - Descent: Freespace, The Great War. Also called Conflict: Freespace, The Great War in Europe. The first game of the series.
* FS2 - Freespace 2. The second game of the series.
* FS3 - Freespace 3. Would be the third game of the series, but it won't happen. There is no FS3.
* FS2_Open - The open source version of FS2.
* SCP - Source Code Project. The people responsible for creating, maintaining and debugging FS2_Open.
* VBB - Volition Bulletin Board. The boards Volition maintained as a center for the FS community. Now defunct.
* HLP - Hard Light Productions, the hub of the Freespace community.
* VW - Volition Watch, developer fansite covering the Freespace, Red Faction and Summoner series. Awaiting demolition.

==Designation Prefixes==
* GT_ - Galactic Terran
* NT_ - Neo-Terran
* GV_ - Galactic Vasudan
* PV_ - Parliamentary Vasudan
* S_ - Shivan

==Designation Suffixes==
* _A - AWACS
* _B - Bomber
* _C - Cruiser
* _Ca - Carrier *
* _Cv - Corvette
* _D - Destroyer
* _Dr - Drone
* _Dn - Dreadnaught *
* _EP - Escape Pod
* _F - Fighter
* _Fg - Frigate *
* _Fr or FR - Freighter
* _G - Gas Miner
* _I - Installation
* _J - Juggernaut
* _M - Medical Ship
* _NB - Navigation Buoy
* _S - Support Ship
* _SG - Sentry Gun
* _T - Transport
* _W - Weapon

Star indicates a non-canon ship designation.

A ship with no prefix designation has either been stripped of its rank and is in active rebellion (such as the HoL and rebel GTI factions) or is a non-commissioned civilian craft.

Help:Editing

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==General==
To edit a [[MediaWiki]] page, click on the "'''Edit this page'''" (or just "'''edit'''") link at one of its edges. This will bring you to a page with a text box containing the ''[[wikitext]]'': the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage.

The edit link of a page showing an old version leads to an edit page with the old wikitext. This allows [[Help:Reverting a page to an earlier version|restoring the old version]]. However, the edit link of a [[diff]] page gives the current wikitext, even if the diff page shows an old version below the table of differences.

After adding to or changing the wikitext it is useful to press "Show preview", which produces the corresponding webpage in your browser but does not make it publicly available yet (not until you press "Save"). Errors in formatting, links, tables, etc., are often much easier to discover from the rendered page than from the raw wikitext.

If you are not satisfied you can make more changes and preview the page as many times as necessary. Then write a short [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] in the small text field below the edit-box and when finished press "Save". Depending on your system, pressing the "Enter" key while the edit box is not active (i.e., there is no typing cursor in it) may have the same effect as pressing "Save".

You may find it more convenient to copy and paste the text first into your favorite [[en:text editor|text editor]], edit and spell check it there, and then paste it back into your [[en:web browser|web browser]] to preview. This way, you can also keep a local backup copy of the pages you have edited. It also allows you to make changes offline, but before you submit your changes, ''please make sure nobody else has edited the page'' since you saved your local copy (by checking the [[Help:page history|page history]]), otherwise you may accidently revert someone else's edits. If someone ''has'' edited it since you copied the page, you'll have to merge their edits into your new version (you can find their specific edits by using the "[[Help:diff|diff]]" feature of the page history). These issues are handled automatically by the Mediawiki software if you edit the page in your web browser.

See also [[MediaWiki architecture]].

== Dummy edit and null edit==

If the wikitext is not changed no edit will be recorded and the edit summary is discarded.

A '''dummy edit''' is a change in wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page, such as changing the number of [[w:newline|newline]]s at some position from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 or conversely (changing from 1 to 2 makes a difference, see below). This allows an edit summary, and is useful for correcting a previous edit summary, or an accidental marking of a previous edit as "minor" (see below).

To refresh the cache of some item in the database a lesser kind of dummy edit, called a '''null edit''', may be sufficient: one that does not cause any change in the wikitext, and no entry in the history, in Recent Changes, etc.: this can be done by opening the edit window and saving; a section edit is sufficient. See also [[Help:Category#A_category_tag_in_a_template.3B_caching_problem|A category tag in a template; caching problem]].

== Minor edits ==
When editing a page, a [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Logging-in|logged-in]] user has the option of flagging the edit as a "minor edit". This feature is important, because users can choose to ''hide'' minor edits in their view of the [[MediaWiki User's Guide: The Recent Changes page | Recent Changes page]], to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level.

When to use this is somewhat a matter of personal preference. The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that consists of spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a "minor edit". A major edit is basically something that makes the entry worth revisiting for somebody who wants to watch the article rather closely. So any "real" change, even if it is a single word, should be flagged as a "major edit".

The reason for not allowing a user who is not logged in to mark an edit as minor is that vandalism could then be marked as a minor edit, in which case it would stay unnoticed longer. This limitation is another reason to log in.

== The wiki markup ==
In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.

You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[Sandbox]].

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Start your sections with header lines:






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== New section ==

=== Subsection ===

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[[en:newline|Newline]]:

A single
newline
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effect on the
layout.

But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.

(<nowiki></nowiki> disables this paragraphing until <nowiki></nowiki> or the end of the section)

(in Cologne Blue two newlines and a div tag give just one newline; in the order newline, div tag, newline, the result is two newlines)

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<pre><nowiki>

A single
newline
has no
effect on the
layout.

But an empty line
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<tr valign="top"><td>You can break lines 
without starting a new paragraph.
Sufficient as wikitext code is , the XHTML code is not needed, the system produces this code.</td>
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* Lists are easy to do:
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<td><pre><nowiki>* 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
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# Numbered lists are also good
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<td><pre><nowiki># Numbered lists are also good
## very organized
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* You can also
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; Definition list : list of definitions
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<td><pre><nowiki>; Definition list : list
of definitions
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:A colon indents a line or paragraph.
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
* This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on [[Help:Talk page|Talk page]]s.
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<td><pre><nowiki>: A colon indents a line or paragraph.
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
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<pre><nowiki>IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN
it will be formatted exactly
as typed;
in a fixed-width font;
lines won't wrap;
ENDIF
this is useful for:
* pasting preformatted text;
* algorithm descriptions;
* program source code
* ASCII art;
* chemical structures;</nowiki></pre>

WARNING If you make it wide,
you [[en:page widening|force the whole page to be wide]] and
hence less readable. Never start ordinary lines with spaces. 
<center>(see also below)</center>
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it will be formatted exactly
as typed;
in a fixed-width font;
lines won't wrap;
ENDIF
this is useful for:
* pasting preformatted text;
* algorithm descriptions;
* program source code
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<td><pre><nowiki><center>Centered text.</center></nowiki></pre>
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<td>A [[en:horizontal dividing line|horizontal dividing line]]: above
----

and below.

Mainly useful for separating threads on Talk pages.
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<td><pre><nowiki>A horizontal dividing line: above
----
and below. </nowiki></pre>
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Summarizing the effect of a single newline: no effect in general, but it ends a list item or indented part; thus changing some text into a list item, or indenting it, is more cumbersome if it contains newlines, they have to be removed; see also [[w:Wikipedia:Don't use line breaks]].

=== Links, URLs ===

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<tr valign="top"><td>Sue is reading the [[video policy]].
*First letter of target is automatically capitalized.
*Internally spaces are automatically represented as underscores (typing an underscore has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).
Thus the [[link]] above is to <nowiki>http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_policy</nowiki>, which is the page with the name "Video policy".
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<td><pre><nowiki>Sue is reading the [[video policy]].</nowiki></pre>
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<tr><td>
Link to a section on a page, e.g.
[[List_of_cities_by_country#Morocco]]; when section linking does not work the link is treated as link to the page, i.e. to the top; this applies for:
*links to non-existent sections
*links in redirects
*interwiki links</td><td>
<pre><nowiki>[[List_of_cities_by_country#Morocco]].</nowiki></pre></td>
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<tr valign="top"><td>Link target and link label are different: [[User:Larry Sanger|answers]].

(This is called a [[piped link]]).
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<td><pre><nowiki>Same target, different name:
[[User:Larry Sanger|answers]]</nowiki></pre>
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<td>Endings are blended into the link: [[official position]]s, [[gene]]s</td>
<td>
<pre><nowiki>Endings are blended
into the link: [[official position]]s, [[gene]]s</nowiki></pre>
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Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[kingdom (biology)|kingdom]].
Automatically hide namespace: [[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]].
The server fills in the part after the | when you save the page. Next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. A preview interprets the abbreviated form correctly, but does not expand it yet in the edit box. Press Save and again Edit, and you will see the expanded version. The same applies for the following feature.
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<pre><nowiki>Automatically hide stuff in parentheses:
[[kingdom (biology)|]]. </nowiki></pre>
<pre><nowiki>Automatically hide namespace:
[[Wikipedia:Village pump|]].</nowiki></pre>
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<td>When adding a comment to a Talk page,
you should sign it. You can do this by
adding three tildes for your user name:
: [[User:Karl Wick|Karl Wick]]
or four for user name plus date/time:
: [[User:Karl Wick|Karl Wick]] 08:10 Oct 5, 2002 (UTC)
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<td><pre><nowiki>When adding a comment to a Talk page,
you should sign it. You can do this by
adding three tildes for your user name:
: ~~~
or four for user name plus date/time:
: ~~~~</nowiki></pre>
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<tr valign="top"><td>[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist yet.
*You can create it by clicking on the link.
*To create a new page:
*#Create a link to it on some other page.
*#Save that page.
*#Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.
*Have a look at [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Starting a new page|how to start a page]] guide and the naming conventions page for your project.
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<td><pre><nowiki>[[The weather in London]] is a page
that doesn't exist yet.</nowiki></pre>
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[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using redirects|Redirect]] one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line.
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<td><pre><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[United States]]</nowiki></pre>
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A link to the page on the same subject in another language or, more generally, to a page on another wiki:
[[fr:WikipÃ©dia:Aide]].
For more info see [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Interwiki linking]].
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<td><pre><nowiki>[[fr:WikipÃ©dia:Aide]], [[:fr:WikipÃ©dia:Aide]]</nowiki></pre></td>
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<td>"What links here" and "Related changes" can be linked as: 
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] and
[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]
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<td><pre><nowiki>
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/
Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] and
[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/
Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]</nowiki></pre>
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<tr valign="top"><td>External links: [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia], [http://www.nupedia.com]
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<td><pre><nowiki>External links:
[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia],
[http://www.nupedia.com]</nowiki></pre>
</td>
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<tr valign="top"><td>Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com.
*In the [[en:URL|URL]] all symbols must be among: A-Z a-z 0-9 ._\/~%-+&#?!=()@ \x80-\xFF. If a URL contains a different character it should be converted; for example, ^ has to be written %5E (to be looked up in [[en:ASCII|ASCII]]). A blank space can also be converted into an underscore.
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<td><pre><nowiki>Or just give the URL:
http://www.nupedia.com.</nowiki></pre>
</td>
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<td>
To link to books, you can use [[en:ISBN|ISBN]] links.
ISBN 0123456789X See [[Help:ISBN links]]
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<pre><nowiki>ISBN 0123456789X</nowiki></pre>
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Link to [[w:Request for Comments|Request for Comments]]: RFC 123 (URL specified in [[mediawiki:Rfcurl]])
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<pre><nowiki>RFC 123</nowiki></pre>
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<td>
To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link.
 [[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]
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<pre>
<nowiki>
[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]
</nowiki></pre>
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<td>Use links for dates, so everyone can set their own display order. Use [[Special:Preferences]] to change your own date display setting.
</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>[[July 20]], [[1969]] , [[20 July]] [[1969]]
and [[1969]]-[[07-20]]
</nowiki></pre>will all appear as [[20 July]] [[1969]] if you set your date display preference to 1 January 2001.
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=== Images ===

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<th>What it looks like</th>
<th>What you type</th>
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<tr valign="top"><td>A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png|Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia]]
* For many projects, only images that have been uploaded to the same project or [[commons:|the Commons]] can be used. To upload images, use the [[Special:Upload|upload page]]. You can find the uploaded image on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]]
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<td><pre><nowiki>
A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png]]</nowiki></pre>
or, with alternate text (''strongly'' encouraged) 
<pre><nowiki>[[Image:Wiki.png|Wikipedia
- The Free Encyclopedia]] </nowiki>
</pre>
[[en:Web browser|Web browser]]s render alternate text when not displaying an image -- for example, when the image isn't loaded, or in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud. See [[en:Wikipedia:Alternate text for images|Alternate text for images]] for help on choosing alternate text. See [[en:Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax|Extended image syntax]] for more options.
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[[:Image:Wiki.png]]
</nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>
To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link.
 [[media:Tornado.jpg|Image of a Tornado]]
</td>
<td>
<pre>
<nowiki>
[[media:Tornado.jpg|Image of a Tornado]]
</nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>

</table>

=== Character formatting ===

<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<th>What it looks like</th>
<th>What you type</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>
''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''.
*These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes.
</td>
<td>
<pre><nowiki>''Emphasize'', '''strongly''',
'''''very strongly'''''.</nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>
You can also write italic and bold
if the desired effect is a specific font style
rather than emphasis, as in mathematical formulae:
:F = ma
*However, the difference between these two methods is not very important for graphical browsers, and many people choose to ignore it.
</td>
<td>
<pre><nowiki>You can also write italic
and bold if the desired effect is a
specific font style rather than emphasis, as
in mathematical formulas:
:F = ma</nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td>A typewriter font for <tt>technical terms</tt>.
</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>A typewriter font for
<tt>technical terms</tt>.</nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td>You can use small text for captions.
</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>You can use small text
for captions.</nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike>
and underline new material.
</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike>
and underline new material.</nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>
'''Umlauts and accents:''' (See [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters]]) 
Ã¨ Ã© Ãª Ã« Ã¬ Ã 
 
À Á Â Ã Ä Å 
Æ Ç È É Ê Ë 
Ì Í
Î Ï Ñ Ò 
Ó Ô Õ
Ö Ø Ù 
Ú Û Ü ß
à á 
â ã ä å æ
ç 
è é ê ë ì í 
î ï ñ ò ó ô 
&oelig; õ
ö ø ù ú 
û ü ÿ
</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>

Ã¨ Ã© Ãª Ã« Ã¬ Ã

&Agrave; &Aacute; &Acirc; &Atilde; &Auml; &Aring;
&AElig; &Ccedil; &Egrave; &Eacute; &Ecirc; &Euml;
&Igrave; &Iacute; &Icirc; &Iuml; &Ntilde; &Ograve;
&Oacute; &Ocirc; &Otilde; &Ouml; &Oslash; &Ugrave;
&Uacute; &Ucirc; &Uuml; &szlig; &agrave; &aacute;
&acirc; &atilde; &auml; &aring; &aelig; &ccedil;
&egrave; &eacute; &ecirc; &euml; &igrave; &iacute;
&icirc; &iuml; &ntilde; &ograve; &oacute; &ocirc;
&oelig; &otilde; &ouml; &oslash; &ugrave; &uacute;
&ucirc; &uuml; &yuml;</nowiki></pre></td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td>
'''Punctuation:''' 
¿ ¡ « » § ¶ 
&dagger; &Dagger; • - – —
</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>
&iquest; &iexcl; &laquo; &raquo; &sect; &para;
&dagger; &Dagger; &bull; - &ndash; &mdash;</nowiki></pre></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>
'''Commercial symbols:''' 
™ © ® ¢ € ¥ 
£ ¤</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>
&trade; &copy; &reg; &cent; &euro; &yen;
&pound; &curren;
</nowiki></pre></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" id="subscript"><td>Subscript: x2 
Superscript: x2 or x²

*The latter method of superscript can't be used in the most general context, but is preferred when possible (as with units of measurement) because most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with it.
ε0 =
8.85 × 10−12
C² / J m.
 
 
1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 mÂ²]]
</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>Subscript: x2
Superscript: x2 or x&sup2;

or in projects with the templates sub and sup:

Subscript: x{{sub|2}}
Superscript: x{{sup|2}}

&epsilon;0 =
8.85 &times; 10&minus;12
C&sup2; / J m.

1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 mÂ²]]
</nowiki></pre></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>'''Greek characters:''' 
α β γ δ ε ζ 
η θ ι κ λ μ ν 
ξ ο π ρ σ &sigmaf; 
τ υ φ χ ψ ω 
Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π 
Σ Φ Ψ Ω
</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>
&alpha; &beta; &gamma; &delta; &epsilon; &zeta;
&eta; &theta; &iota; &kappa; &lambda; &mu; &nu;
&xi; &omicron; &pi; &rho; &sigma; &sigmaf;
&tau; &upsilon; &phi; &chi; &psi; &omega;
&Gamma; &Delta; &Theta; &Lambda; &Xi; &Pi;
&Sigma; &Phi; &Psi; &Omega;
</nowiki></pre></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>
'''Math characters:''' 
∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ 
≈ &prop; &equiv; ≠ ≤ ≥ 
× · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ 
∇ &permil; ° &there4; &alefsym; ø 
∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ &sube; &supe; 
¬ &and; &or; ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ 
→ ↔ ↑ 
</td>
<td valign="middle"><pre><nowiki>
&int; &sum; &prod; &radic; &minus; &plusmn; &infin;
&asymp; &prop; &equiv; &ne; &le; &ge;
&times; &middot; &divide; &part; &prime; &Prime;
&nabla; &permil; &deg; &there4; &alefsym; &oslash;
&isin; &notin; &cap; &cup; &sub; &sup; &sube; &supe;
&not; &and; &or; &exist; &forall; &rArr; &hArr;
&rarr; &harr; &uarr;
</nowiki></pre></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>x2   ≥   0 true.
*To space things out, use non-breaking spaces - <tt>&nbsp;</tt>.
*<tt>&nbsp;</tt> also prevents line breaks in the middle of text, this is useful in formulas.
</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>
x2&nbsp;&nbsp;&ge;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 true.
</nowiki></pre></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
'''Complicated formulae:''' 
  <math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
* See [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Editing mathematical formulae:TeX markup|TeX markup]]
</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>
<math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
</nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
'''For comparison for the following examples:'''

arrow →

''italics''
[[link]]
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<pre><nowiki>arrow &rarr;

''italics''
[[link]]</nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
'''Use <nowiki> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup, but interpret character references and remove newlines and multiple spaces:'''

<nowiki>arrow →

''italics''
[[link]]
</nowiki>
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<pre><nowiki><nowiki>arrow &rarr;

''italics''
[[link]]</nowiki></nowiki></pre>

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
'''Use <pre> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup and keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font, but interpret character references:'''

<pre>arrow →

''italics''
[[link]]
</pre>
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<pre><nowiki><pre>arrow &rarr;

''italics''
[[link]]</pre></nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
'''Use leading space on each line to keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font:
arrow →

''italics''
[[link]]
</pre>
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<pre> <nowiki>arrow &rarr;

''italics''
[[link]]</nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
'''Use typewriter font:'''

<tt>arrow →</tt>

<tt>''italics''</tt>
<tt>[[link]]</tt>

</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<pre><nowiki><tt>arrow &rarr;</tt>

<tt>''italics''</tt>
<tt>[[link]]</nowiki></tt></pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
'''Show character references:'''

&rarr;
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
&amp;rarr;</pre>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
'''Commenting page source:''' 
''not shown in page''
* Used to leave comments in a page for future editors.
</td>
<td>
<pre><nowiki></nowiki></pre>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

=== HTML Tables ===

[[en:HTML|HTML]] tables can be quite useful as well. For details on how to use them and discussion about when they are appropriate, see [[m:Help:Table]].

==Templates==

Some part of a page may correspond in the edit box to just a reference to another page, in the form <nowiki>{{</nowiki>''name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, referring to the page "Template:''name''" (or if the name starts with a namespace prefix, it refers to the page with that name; if it starts with a colon it refers to the page in the main namespace with that name without the colon). This is called a [[help:template|template]]. For changing that part of the page, edit that other page. Sometimes a separate edit link is provided for this purpose. A convenient way to put such a link in a template is with a template like [[m:Template:ed]]. Note that the change also affects other pages which use the same template.

==Page protection==

In a few cases the link labeled "{{MediaWiki:Editthispage}}" is replaced by the text "{{MediaWiki:Protectedpage}}" (or equivalents in the language of the project). In that case the page cannot be edited.

==Position-independent wikitext==

Wikitext for which the result does not depend on the position in the wikitext page:

*[[interlanguage link]]s (see also above) - the mutual order is preserved, but otherwise the positions within the page are immaterial
*[[category]] specification - ditto
*<nowiki>__NOTOC__, __FORCETOC__</nowiki>, see [[Help:Section]]

==Separating edits==

When moving or copying a piece of text within a page or from another page, and also making other edits, it is useful to separate these edits. This way the [[Help:Diff|diff function]] can be usefully applied for checking these other edits.

==See also==

*[[Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext]]
*[[Help:Calculation]]
*[[Help:Editing toolbar]]
*[[Help:Html in wikitext]]
*[[Help:Administration#Page_protection| Protecting pages]]
*[[Help:Starting a new page]]
*[[Help:Variable]]
*[[Parser testing]]
*[[en:UseModWiki|UseModWiki]] and [[en:Wikipedia:PHP script|Wikipedia:PHP script]].
*[[en:HTML tag|HTML tag]].

==External links==
*[http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/keyboard_shortcuts.html Special characters in HTML]

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