Talk:Main Page

I moved (renamed) the entries on the different types of cannons to singular form (Combustion cannon, Hybrid cannon etc), it's standard in wikis and makes linking much easier. Edit: removed capitalization in the titles as well, should not be used unless neccessary (such as in person names) since wiki is picky about capitals. I put redirects in place. --GalFisk 18 October 2005 04:22 (CDT)

Formatting

Question: should the preferred formatting of lists be like that on the cannon pages

*item 1
*item 2
*etc

or the default one, like this

• item 1
• item 2
• etc

The second one is more common, but the first one has precedence on this page. I prefer the second one since it's more integrated with the rest of the text (same font/size) and think the other should be reserved for ascii drawings and the like that needs a monospace font. It would be nice to have a rule either way though, have the pages edited to correspond to that rule, and so set a consistant basis for future articles. -- GalFisk 18 October 2005 09:04 (CDT)

Whatever you please

If you think the second way is better then go with it. I'm still trying to get used to using a Wiki and it seems that you've been on more than be so you've had more experience.

Have fun :)

Thanks a lot.

Ok, I'll change the formatting in the affected articles to the way I like it then. I've edited a bit on Wikipedia and I enjoyed it, I'll be adding/fixing stuff here whenever I feel like it.

I see that the box formatting can creep in by simply custting and pasting from Wikipedia, it's created by adding a space in front of a line and that can creep in during that operation for some reason.

You can sign your posts by putting three tildes (~~~) at the end, or sign it with date using four tildes. Remember to be logged in then of course. Preview is a good tool when trying out stuff.

Result: GalFisk 18 October 2005 11:47 (CDT)

duplicate articals

There are multiple articals that are exactly the same, but with slightly different names. What's up with this?

Some items redirect to other articles, if you search for ignition you're redirected to ignition source for instance. some articles were also renamed, when that is done a redirect is automatically placed on the old name. If you have been redirected, it will say so at the top of the page.

The reason for having redirects is to make searching and linking easier, as well as not losing all previous links to a page if it gets renamed for some reason.

If you find genuine duplicate identical articles, delete one and place a redirect from that to the other one. A redirect consists of the following text:

#redirect [[article name]]

--GalFisk 18 October 2005 17:35 (CDT)