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Quotes

2007-07-14T14:40:02Z

Sarah: /* General quotes */

This page is for people to write down memorable quotes.

==Rules for this page==
* Do not remove content from this page.
* Do not post personal attacks toward any person, pep band related or not.
* Keep this page PG-13.
* If you find any quote objectionable, please post in this page's discussion.

=General quotes=
"A flute is a deadly weapon."

"Does that shirt have a knob on it?" -Brian Menyuk

"Tim -sleeps with- Tony" -the whole band

"Ellery, stop banging Jen against the glass!"

"If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing." -old band saying

"Does it look like I have the capacity to lay eggs!?" -Conan O'Brien

"Where's your cane, Ray?"

"Are we there yet, Daddy Ray?" -old (no pun intended) band saying

"It's not a tuba, it's a sousaphone!" -Dave Schroeder

"Looking at red will make you go blind." -Jason Shapiro

"Forwards, not backwards; upwards, not forwards; and always twirling, twirling, twirling." -The Simpsons

"Gangrenous Defenestration, get jiggy with it!" -The 3 Musketeers (Jason, Dave, and Jen)

"Stop throwing your brain around and put it back in your pants where it belongs!"

"Flying Fucking Piano Zowie" -Bill Ruhsam

"THERE IS ONLY ONE "E" in ENDOR YOU FOOLS!!! IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!" -Sebastian Corbisiero

"JAIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Jim Cronen [upon seeing a trumpet-player after making his trumpet debut sight-reading all the music at the Hartford Civic Center in front of 8,000 people]

"It's not how you finger, it's how you blow." -Joan Gitnick

"LOOK! I'VE GOT EXPLOSIVES! HA HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!" -Brian Menyuk

"Look over there, it's the Coast Guard Rescue Chopper!!!" -Joe Gillman, as a helicopter flew by while the RPI football team was kicking some major Coast Guard ass.

"Joan kicked Jason in the cowbell." -Dave Schroeder

"Tickle THIS Delwo!" -in reference to Dartmouth's goalie

"No, we need toilet paper... the round kind." -Kristian Mayville, on the Harvard/Brown trip

"WASSSUUUUPPPP!!!!" -Budweiser commercials

"Jeezus, dude! Get some pants!" -some guy to Justin Becker

"JOOOOLEEEE" -poor Julie :)

"If only I had some Andrea-snacks." -Kristian Mayville

"Snap into a Slim Jim! Oooooh yeeaah!" or, just "Snap into it!"

"Angle AJ, Angle!"

"Put your fingers in the holes!" -Nick, Jeff and Bob, simultaneously

"I can choke it." -Mikey

"I'm keeping this head!" -Mikey, again

"How many of us really need to pull it out?" -Mark Doherty

"This van needs 'Oh $h!t' handles." -Jeff Carroll

"You could mate her." -Jim Felicito

"The ice must have been slippery." -Joan Gitnick

"Does he have to eat the hair that came in his beer?" "No, it didn't come in my beer, it came from one of his balls."

"Without you, your life has no meaning." -some drunk Fiji brother at either UVM or Dartmouth, as heard by Dave Nangle and [[Eric Lynn]]

"I'll ground your round." - Andrew Bickford, in Providence

"Hey Walsh, I slept with your wife!" - Neil Havlak, to St. Lawrence coach Joe Marsh

"Where's your messiah now?" - Unknown, at an RPI/Sacred Heart Game

"Give me an E!" -Tim Tesluk 
"E!" -Band 
"Thanks." -Tim

(while at the Alumni Lasagna Party before [[Freakout 2007]]) 
-cellphone ring- 
"Tickets.com, this is Yuri" -Yuri Koester 
-the room breaks out in laughter-

"Tim, my esophagus feels all Christmassy" -Mike Joseph, after many shots of Peppermint Schnapps

"I'm thinking of a number between one, and asshole." -Mike Joseph 
"That number is douchebag, my friend" -Jim Scott [his roommate]

"You see this many people walk in with the same shirt on, and it's either a sports team, a fraternity, or...a cult." -Steve Mulick at TGI Friday's, when 16 of us went for dinner after a game 
"We're totally the third one!" -Chris Behrens

"That's no excuse, get it back in your pants!" - Andrew Bickford

"Warm up the sheep!" -Neil Havlak, after a Colgate band chant of "Warm up the bus!".

"What ''haven't'' I done to Rachel Ray?" - Andrew Bickford

"It's like Clarkson and The Final Countdown had an ugly baby." -Steve Mulick, commenting on an über version of [http://www.rpi.edu/~malins/DieClarksonDie.mp3 The Clarkson Death March]

"You don't need a gong for James Bond, it just helps."

=Manager quotes=
"I'm not as dumb as I am." -Dave Schroeder

"We're one giant, inbred, dysfunctional family." -Jason Shapiro

"Tell Sebastian to stop poking me with his light saber." -Andrea Catenaro

"I'm a transsectional!" -Jen Bernfeld

"Shut up, you're just a figurehead." -Jen Bernfeld, to Sebastian

"You only need one of Hiscock." -Erica Baer, after Corey stated, "He's even better than Stay, Long, and Harder."

"I'm not useless! I can break rocks!" -Mark Matarazzo

"We're discussing the best way to finger." -Erica Baer

"I'm the master of the rim job." -Gary Russinko

"I am as content as a platypus eating carrots in spring, in June" -Chris Behrens

"We've got to maintain denausible pliability" -Gary Russinko

"There's so much head!" -Gary Russinko

"Wait, did you just say the dragon had 7 heads and 10 horns?" -Andrew Bickford 
"Yeah." -Steve Mulick 
"That's not an even number of horns per head." -Andrew Bickford 
"It's the f***ing bible. What do you expect?" -Gary Russinko 

"Trumpets! 1, 3!... 2. Shit." -Gary Russinko

"Yeah, you can feel all of that heat coming out of the laptop when it's on your lap." -Dan Schwarting 
"Feel all those Joules... on your jewels..." -Gary Russinko

"Ti he he he he he hee!" -Gary Russinko, sissy laugh after bowling

=Conductor quotes=
"Pull it out and keep it out." -Bill von Achen

"It's too cold for me to just whip it out." -Sebastian Corbisiero

"I may be a guy, but I'm not stupid." -Sebastian Corbisiero

"142, Give Me Some Lovin'! (NO!) That's ok; I have the Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Edition!" -Tim Vanderpoel

"Baby Jesus is watching us." -Tim Vanderpoel

"If Vickie is a verb, then how do you do ''Vickie''?" -Victoria Myers

"Sounds like someone wants a beat down" -Victoria Myers
"oh yeah!" -The Band

"I'm 'sucks', dammit!!" -Sarah Toner

"Up at the break: 142 - Gimme' Some Lovin'" - Dan Schwarting ''"NO!"'' - The Band "438 - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" - Dan ''"NO!"'' - The Band

"So back on topic, bowling with midgets?" - Dan Schwarting

Chris Sommers

2007-03-09T02:01:11Z

Sarah: /* About this song */ s/song/cheer/

{{stub}}
=About this cheer=

=Instrumentation requirements=
This cheer is started by a single trombone.

=History=
This cheer is not (actively) called by the conductor. It is used extensively by the trombone section to veto a cheer (most typically [[Tarantella]]) that they either aren't ready to play or don't want to play. It is also used to fill any quiet moments when there is no cheer called and there is no music playing on the PA system (exceptions being times when the quiet is appropriate, such as a moment of silence, a player down, etc). It can only be started by a trombone, per tradition. The louder and more annoying, the better. Some band members finish this cheer by saying "Down at Fraggle Rock!", because of the similarity of this cheer to the theme song for Fraggle Rock.
[[Category:Cheer Sheets]][[Category:Active Cheer Sheets]]

User:Sarah

2007-03-09T01:59:51Z

Sarah: categorize me, baby

Sarah can be reached via e-mail to sarah at sarahtoner dot com.

If you want an account, please include:
* your full name
* class year (if you have one)
* preferred username and a valid e-mail address
* affiliation with the pep band

[[Category:Sysops|Sarah]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Mellophones]]
[[Category:Conductors]]

Yuri Koester

2007-03-09T01:58:15Z

Sarah:

AKA Yur!
* Former manager (twice!)
* Awesome

Probably could use more description, but I'll make funny category tags to make up for it.

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Managers]]
[[Category:Trombones]]
[[Category:Drunks]]

Yuri Koester

2007-03-09T01:57:31Z

Sarah: New page: AKA Yur! Former manager (twice!) Trombone Probably could use more description, but I'll make funny category tags to make up for it. Category:People Category:Managers [[Category:...

AKA Yur!
Former manager (twice!)
Trombone

Probably could use more description, but I'll make funny category tags to make up for it.

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Managers]]
[[Category:Trombones]]
[[Category:Drunks]]

User talk:Trick trickster

2007-03-09T01:53:30Z

Sarah:

I think it's awesome that [[Random Colgate fan in the green shirt who was being an asshole and pretend conducting when Dan was conducting the band]] is now a wanted page. [[User:Sarah|Sarah]] 20:53, March 8, 2007 (EST)

User talk:Trick trickster

2007-03-09T01:53:08Z

Sarah: New page: I think it's awesome that "Random Colgate fan in the green shirt who was being an asshole and pretend conducting when Dan was conducting the band" is now a wanted page. ~~~~

I think it's awesome that "Random Colgate fan in the green shirt who was being an asshole and pretend conducting when Dan was conducting the band" is now a wanted page. [[User:Sarah|Sarah]] 20:53, March 8, 2007 (EST)

Princeton University

2007-03-07T21:02:45Z

Sarah: where not to stay

{{Road trip|
Destination=Princeton University|
Location=Princeton, NJ|
Distance=195 mi.|
Venue=Hobey Baker Rink}}

As of 1997, the band traditionally never traveled to Princeton due to rumors of bad blood between the Hobey Baker Rink staff and the band. Conductor [[Jim Cronen]] and about fifteen members of the band were attending a New Year's Eve party at the home of John Cloninger, and the multi-day party was extended to the following Saturday, January 3, 1998. [[Mike Brown]] and others borrowed instruments (including a bass drum and a tuba) from [[West Hall]] and schlepped them to New Jersey.

Through the [[Houston Field House]] box office staff, [[Jim Cronen|Jim]] was able to acquire tickets to the January 3 game for a group of fifteen. It was not mentioned to the Field House staff nor to the Hobey Baker Rink staff that the band would be making an appearance.

The small but instrumentally complete band descended on Baker Rink on the evening of Saturday, January 3, 2006. Despite arriving at the game unannounced, the band encountered little resistance with the Princeton team, staff, students, or fans. This is likely due to the fact that the trip occurred at a less-attended game during the Christmas break. RPI fans attending the game were impressed to see the small but devoted band.

Since 1998, the band has made several trips back to Princeton University.

=Recent Trips=
*[[2001-2002|February 15, 2002]]
*[[2005-2006|February 17, 2006]]

=Where '''NOT''' to stay=
Howard Johnson at 2 Albany St, New Brunswick, NJ - "featured" tiny rooms with unstable ceilings and walls, as well as abysmal showers and pathetic breakfast. General consensus was to check out the Holiday Inn Express up the road instead next time.
{{stub}}

[[Category:Road trips]]

Talk:2003-2004

2007-03-07T20:55:28Z

Sarah: Prince!

"The game was played in the middle of exams, in Minnesota, so the band didn't go."

"Prince, it's two in the morning, in Minnesota, and you can't have a camel." (Is it sad that's the first thing that popped into my head?) - [[User:Sarah|Sarah]] 15:55, March 7, 2007 (EST)

Handjive

2007-01-18T16:20:26Z

Sarah: /* Instrumentation requirements */

{{stub}}
=About this song=
=Instrumentation requirements=
* bass drum
* low brass
* multiple trumpets (and ones willing to solo)

=History=
[[Category:Cheer Sheets]][[Category:Active Cheer Sheets]]

Help:Special pages

2007-01-04T04:30:20Z

Sarah:

'''Special pages''' are pages that are created by the software on demand. They are located in their own [[Help:Namespaces|namespace]] ''Special:'' and are not editable directly as other pages.

Some special pages depend on the [[Help:Preferences|preferences]] that have been set by a user, e.g. the number of titles which is displayed on a user's
watchlist.

==List of special pages==
Clicking the link ''[[Special:Specialpages]]'' will take you to a list of all special pages on a wiki.

[[Category:Help|Special pages]]

Help:Contents

2007-01-04T04:29:07Z

Sarah: removed some irrelevant links

== Getting started ==

* You must have an account to edit pages. This is so stupid spam bots can't put in junk and we won't get vandalized.
* Accounts must be requested. They can only be created by [[Special:Listusers/sysop|sysops]].
* Go to the [[docroot:accountrequest.html|sign up page]] to request an account.

== Help contents ==
;Reading
:[[Help:Navigation|Navigation]]
:[[Help:Searching|Searching]]
:[[Help:Tracking changes|Tracking changes]]
;Editing
:[[Help:Editing pages|Editing pages]]
:[[Help:Starting a new page|Starting a new page]]
:[[Help:Formatting|Formatting]]
:[[Help:Links|Links]]
:[[Help:Categories|Categories]]
;Advanced Editing
:[[Help:Images|Images]]
:[[Help:Tables|Tables]]
:[[Help:Templates|Templates]]
:[[Help:Variables|Variables]]
:[[Help:Managing files|Managing files]]
;Customizing
:[[Help:Preferences|Preferences]]
;Administration
:[[Help:Interwiki linking|Interwiki linking]]
:[[Help:Namespaces|Namespaces]]
:See Meta / Mediawiki / Wikipedia for help with user rights or page management
[[Category:Help|!]]

Help:Special pages

2007-01-04T04:22:43Z

Sarah:

'''Special pages''' are pages that are created by the software on demand. They are located in their own [[Help:Namespaces|namespace]] ''Special:'' and are not editable directly as other pages.

Some special pages depend on the [[Help:Preferences|preferences]] that have been set by a user, e.g. the number of titles which is displayed on a user's [[Help:Watchlist|watchlist]].

==List of special pages==
Clicking the link ''[[Special:Specialpages]]'' will take you to a list of all special pages on a wiki.

[[Category:Help|Special pages]]

Hockey

2007-01-04T04:20:43Z

Sarah: placeholder

{{stub}}
Sport.

Template:Lts

2007-01-04T04:18:49Z

Sarah: fixed linkage problems

[[:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|Template:{{ucfirst:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}]] <tt>(</tt>[{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=edit}} edit] [{{fullurl:Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|limit=500}} links] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=history}} history]<tt>)</tt>
<noinclude>
Puts the pretty short links next to the pagename.

Here's the code for it:

<nowiki></nowiki>
<nowiki>[[:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|Template:{{ucfirst:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}]] </nowiki>
<nowiki><tt>(</tt></nowiki>
<nowiki>[{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=edit}} edit]</nowiki>
<nowiki> [[:Template_talk:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|talk]] # I got rid of this one </nowiki>
<nowiki> [{{fullurl:Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|limit=500}} links]</nowiki>
<nowiki> [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=history}} history]</nowiki>
<nowiki><tt>)</tt></nowiki>
<nowiki></nowiki>

</noinclude>

Help:Interwiki linking

2007-01-04T04:08:10Z

Sarah:

'''Interwiki links''' are links to pages of other projects, using a prefixed internal link style.

Interwiki links make it possible, to link to pages of (e.g.) Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikinews etc. or to your wiki-project in different languages (WikiFamily).

A link like <code><nowiki>[[W:Main Page]]</nowiki></code> will appear like this: [[W:Main Page]] and redirect you to Wikipedia's Main Page.

For setting up interwiki links, you might need to edit the Database.

==Interwiki links to other projects==
===Default===
Several Wikimedia-Projects (and others) are ready for interwiki linking by default, so you can use them without editing your database. However, the mother of all Wikimedia-projects — the Wikipedia itself — is for some reason missing.
{| {{prettytable}}
|{{Hl3}} align="center"|'''prefix'''
|{{Hl3}} align="center"|'''direction'''
|{{Hl3}} align="center"|'''usage example'''
|-
|commons
|<nowiki>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[commons:MediaWiki]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|mediazilla
|<nowiki>http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[mediazilla:1209]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|meta
|<nowiki>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[meta:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|mw
|<nowiki>http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[mw:Help:Contents]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikibooks
|<nowiki>http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikibooks:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikimedia
|<nowiki>http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikimedia:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikinews
|<nowiki>http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikinews:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikiquote
|<nowiki>http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikiquote:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikisource
|<nowiki>http://sources.wikipedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikisource:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikispecies
|<nowiki>http://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikispecies:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wiktionary
|<nowiki>http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wiktionary:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|}

===Adding more===
As the Wikipedia isn't set up by default, you might want to add it (and other projects of your need).

You have to edit your database.
Go to table <code>interwiki</code> and add a new line:
*'''<code>iw_prefix</code>''': choose a prefix, which is used for interwiki linking, e.g. "Wikipedia" or "wp" for linking to Wikipedia
*'''<code>iw_url</code>''': enter the project's URL, e.g. <code><nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1</nowiki></code> for Wikipedia. Don't forget the <code>$1</code> as it is replaced with the article's name you are linking to (<code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Main Page]]</nowiki></code> links to <code><nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>'''Main_Page'''</code>).
*'''<code>iw_local</code>''': if 1, your wiki will redirect even external links of the form iw_prefix:title, not only those from its own pages. you need this if you want to use the redirect functionality from outside your wiki or other wikis use your transwiki functions for nested transwiki links (like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Accueil)
*'''<code>iw_trans</code>''': "transwiki transclusion" - set to 1 if you want to use pages from the other wiki as templates. You will also need to set ''$wgEnableScaryTranscluding = true'' in your ''LocalSettings.php''

{{admin tip|tip=
Several help pages link to MediaWiki.org's ''Manual'' namespace. To make these links work on your local wiki, add an interwiki link with ''iw_prefix=manual'' and ''iw_url=http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$1''
}}

==Interwiki links to other languages==
If you have installed a Wiki family, you can link from an article in English to an article in German (if you have a German project, too). You can set up MediaWiki, to show those links in the sidebar, just below the toolbox.

In your filesystem, there is a subfolder of your MediaWiki installation, called "languages". Go there and have a look at "<code>Names.php</code>" as it contains a list of known languages and their prefixes. E.g. you want to add your German project, search "<code>Names.php</code>" for "Deutsch" and note the prefix "de".

If you know the "right" prefix, edit your database by adding a new line to table <code>interwiki</code>:
*'''<code>iw_prefix</code>''': language-prefix (e.g. "de" for German), which is listed in "<code>Names.php</code>"
*'''<code>iw_url</code>''': URL to your wiki-project (e.g. <code><nowiki>http://de.your-wiki.org/index.php/$1</nowiki></code>)
*'''<code>iw_local</code>''': ''same as above "Adding More"''
*'''<code>iw_trans</code>''': ''same as above "Adding More"''

Now, you can link an article to the same in other languages. Adding <code><nowiki>[[de:Hauptseite]]</nowiki></code> on your english Main_Page will create a link "Deutsch" below the toolbox, which leads to the Main_Page of the German wiki (Hauptseite).

Note, that this link is shown in Sidebar's section, '''only''', and not inside of the article. If you want to create a link inside of the text, you have to add a colon previous to the prefix: <code><nowiki>[[:de:Hauptseite]]</nowiki></code>.

[[Category:Help|Interwiki linking]]

Help:Templates

2007-01-04T04:07:27Z

Sarah: fixed Someuser example

If you have standard texts you want to include on several pages, the MediaWiki template feature comes into play (like the tag above which is included in the pages of the Help namespace).

==Creating a template==
Template names are prefixed with <code>Template:</code>, you create them like any other wiki page.

==Using a template==
Templates are wiki pages which can be used in other pages in three ways:
:<code><nowiki>{{Name}}</nowiki></code> includes the current content of the page <nowiki>"[[Template:Name]]"</nowiki>.
:<code><nowiki>{{subst:Name}}</nowiki></code> inserts the content of the page <nowiki>"[[Template:Name]]"</nowiki> when you save your text.
:<code><nowiki>{{msgnw:Name}}</nowiki></code> includes the template in raw wiki syntax, like <code><nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></code> does

==Using parameters in templates==
<div style="float:right">
{| {{Prettytable}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} colspan="2" align="center" |'''Template with numbered parameters'''
|-
| colspan="2" |
<pre><nowiki>
'''A little thank you...''' 
for {{{1}}}. 
hugs, {{{2}}}
</nowiki></pre>
|-
|{{Hl2}}|'''You type'''
|{{Hl2}}|'''You get'''
|-
|<code><nowiki>{{Thankyou|all|~~~}}</nowiki></code>
|
{{Thankyou|all|Someuser}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} colspan="2" align="center" |'''with named parameters'''
|-
| colspan="2" |
<pre><nowiki>
'''A little thank you...''' 
for {{{reason}}}. 
hugs, {{{signature}}}
</nowiki></pre>
|-
|{{Hl2}}|'''You type'''
|{{Hl2}}|'''You get'''
|-
|<pre><nowiki>{{Thankyou
|reason=all
|signature=~~~}}</nowiki></pre>
|
{{Thankyou|all|Someuser}}
|}
</div>
You can define parameters in templates either numbered as <code><nowiki>{{{1}}}</nowiki></code> or named <code><nowiki>{{{param}}}</nowiki></code>.

'''Example:''' you want a little thank you note you can put other users on their talk page with a reason and your signature. In the [[Template:Thankyou]] you enter your text.

When using the template on a page, you fill in the parameter values, separated by a pipe char (|): <code><nowiki>{{Thankyou|all|~~~}}</nowiki></code> or - if you have used named parameters <code><nowiki>{{Thankyou|reason=all|signature=~~~}}</nowiki></code>. The advantage of using named parameters in your template is that they are flexible in order. It also makes the template easier to understand if you have many parameters. If you want to change the order of numbered parameters, you have to mention them explicitly: <code><nowiki>{{Thankyou|2=~~~|1=all}}</nowiki></code>.

==Control template inclusion==
You can control template inclusion by the use of <code><nowiki><noinclude></nowiki></code> and
<code><nowiki><includeonly></nowiki></code> tags.

Anything between <code><nowiki><noinclude></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki></noinclude></nowiki></code> will be processed and
displayed only when the page is being viewed directly, not included.

Possible applications are:
* Categorising templates
* Interlanguage links to similar templates in other languages
* Explanatory text about how to use the template

The converse is <code><nowiki><includeonly></nowiki></code>. Text between <code><nowiki><includeonly></nowiki></code> and
<code><nowiki></includeonly></nowiki></code> will be processed and displayed only when the page is
being included. The obvious application is to add all pages containing a given template to a category.

Note that the usual update problems apply -- if you change the
categories inside a template, the categories of the referring pages
won't be updated until those pages are edited.

[[Category:Help|Templates]]

Template:Thankyou

2007-01-04T04:05:58Z

Sarah: silly example template page

'''A little thank you...''' 
for {{{1}}}. 
hugs, {{{2}}}

Help:Starting a new page

2007-01-04T04:05:09Z

Sarah: killed bad links, updated website example to match site

There are several ways to start a new page

== Using Wikilinks ==
APBWiki makes it very easy to link wiki pages using a standard syntax (see [[Help:Links|Links]]). If you (or anyone else) creates a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be coloured red, like this.

Clicking a red link, will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created.

Once the page has been created, the link will change from red to blue (purple for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists.

== Using the URL ==
You can use the wiki's URL for creating a new page. The URL to an article of the wiki is usually something like this:
*<code><nowiki>http://apbwiki.jlauser.net/</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code>

If you replace <code>'''ARTICLE'''</code> with the name of the page you wish to create, you will be taken to a blank page which indicates that no article of that name exists yet. Clicking the "''edit''" [[Help:Navigation#Page Tabs|page tab]] at the top of the page will take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.

== From the search page ==
If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and 'go' button on the left of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page. (Note that this technique doesn't work if you use the 'search' button).

== Using the Inputbox extension ==
{{Admin tip|tip=You need to download and install the "inputbox extension" for this method to work.}}
If the Inputbox extension is available on the wiki you can start a new page by typing in your article's name and clicking the "create article" button, as in the example below.
{| align="center" style="border:1px solid black" width="60%"
|
<inputbox>
type=create
width=45
</inputbox>
|}

== Create redirects to your new page ==
Don't forget to setup redirects when you create a page. If you think another person may search for the page you've created by using a different name or spelling, please create the proper redirect(s).

== Protect your new page ==
If desired, once you create your new page, you should protect the page and allow only the type of users you would like to edit the page.

[[Category:Help|Starting a new page]]

Help:Navigation

2007-01-04T04:03:04Z

Sarah: bad links killed

If you look at a page in APBWiki, you'll find three main navigation elements: The sidebar on the left gives you access to important pages in the Wiki like recent changes or file upload. At the top of the page are the links which belong to the page currently displayed: its associated discussion page, the version history, and - most notably - the edit link. In the top right corner you'll find the link to login. As a logged-in user you have a collection of personal links, like the one to your user page or your preferences.

== Sidebar ==
[[Image:M-en-sidebar.png|framed|right|Example sidebar, shown on the left of the page]]
The sidebar is displayed on the left edge of the page below the site logo. This sidebar gives you access to important pages in the Wiki like recent changes or file upload.

=== Navigation ===
A click on the logo brings you back to the start page of the wiki. The links take you to important pages in the wiki, they can be configured by site administrators of the individual wikis

{{Admin tip|tip=You can customize the links in the navigation section via Special:Allmessages. For example edit APBWiki:Sitesupport (displayed name) and APBWiki:Sitesupport-url (target page). Or create a menu on your own in APBWiki:Sidebar.}}

=== Toolbox ===
The toolbox contains a selection of links which change depending on what type of page you are viewing.

On all pages (except special pages):
* ''What links here'' takes you to a special page that lists the pages on this wiki which contain a link to the current page. This is helpful when you are looking for pages of related information. The ''What links here'' information can also be useful when you are refactoring wiki pages and need to check whether links to this page are still relevant after changes in the current page.
* The ''Related changes'' tool lists all recent changes in the pages linked to from the current page. Recent changes to all relevant template pages are included in the resulting page list. The "Hide minor edits" option that can be set in the user [[Help:Preferences|preferences]] applies, among other things, to ''Related Changes''.

On all pages (including special pages):
* ''Upload file'' displays a special page that allows logged-in users to upload images and other files to the wiki. Uploaded files can be linked-from or embedded-in wiki pages. Uploading files, viewing files on the server, including them in wiki pages and managing the uploaded files is discussed in the [[Help:Managing files|managing files]] section of this manual. This is not displayed if file uploading has been disabled or not enabled in the first place.
{{Admin tip|tip=To enable file uploading someone with access to the MediaWiki installation files needs to edit the <code>LocalSettings.php</code> file and uncomment or add the option <code>$wgEnableUploads = true;</code>. Uploaded files will be stored in the images folder specified by the <code>$wgUploadPath</code> variable in the <code>LocalSettings.php</code>. This directory must be writable if file uploads is enabled. The [[metawikipedia:LocalSettings.php#Upload_Location|upload location]] and [[metawikipedia:LocalSettings.php#Image_Uploads#Image_Uploads|image uploads]] settings are described in more detail on the MetaWiki [[metawikipedia:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php]] page.}}
* The ''Special pages'' tool lists the APBWiki special pages. In APBWiki terminology, a special page is one that presents information about the Wiki and/or allows access to administration activities for the wiki. For example, a list of users registered with the wiki, statistics about the wiki such as the number of pages and number of page edits, system logs, a list of orphaned pages, and so on. These special pages are commonly generated when the special page is loaded rather than being stored in the wiki database.

:''The function and use of the default special pages can be found in the [[Help:Special pages|special pages]] section of this manual.''

== Page Tabs ==
[[Image:M-en-pagetabs.png|framed|right|Default page tabs at the top of the page]]
The page tabs are displayed at the top of the article to the right of the site logo (if using the default MonoBook skin). These tabs allow you to perform actions or view pages that are related to the current article. The available default actions include: viewing, editing, and discussing the current article. The specific tabs displayed on your pages depend on whether or not you are logged into the wiki and whether you have sysop (administrator) privileges on the wiki. On special pages only the namespace tab is displayed.

;Default for all users
: ''[[Help:Namespaces|namespace]]'' (article, help, special page, template, user page etc.)
: ''discussion''
: ''edit'' (may be view source if anonymous editing is enabled, the page is in the APBWiki namespace or the page is protected)
: ''history''

;Extra tabs for logged in users:
: ''move''
: ''watch''

;Extra tabs for sysops:
: ''protect''
: ''delete''

Extra tabs may be added, or some taken away, by wiki administrators using JavaScript or adding extensions so these may be different depending on which wiki you are using.

== User Links ==
[[Image:M-en-userlinks.png|framed|right|Default user links at the top right of the page]]
The user links are displayed at the top far right of the article (if using the default MonoBook skin). These tabs allow the logged-in user to view and edit their user page and wiki preferences. Additionally, the user links allow the user to quickly access their contributions to the wiki and logout.

For anonymous users the user links is replaced by a link to the wiki login page or, if enabled, a link to your ip address and your ip address's talk page.

* ''<username>''
*: This links to your user page which is where you can put information about yourself, store bits of information you want to remember or whatever else you fancy.
* ''my talk''
*: This links to your discussion page, where people can leave messages for you.
* ''preferences''
*: Allows you to change your personal site preferences.
* ''my watchlist''
*: A list of all pages that you are watching. Pages can be added to this list by clicking 'watch' at the top of the page.
* ''my contributions''
*: A list of all contributions you have made to the wiki.
* ''log out''
*: Click this link to log out of the wiki.

[[Category:Help|Navigation]]

Template:Lts

2007-01-04T04:02:01Z

Sarah: added description

[[:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|Template:{{ucfirst:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}]] <tt>(</tt>[{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=edit}} edit] [{{fullurl:Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|limit=500}} links] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=history}} history]<tt>)</tt>
<noinclude>
[[:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|Template:{{ucfirst:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}]] <tt>(</tt>[{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=edit}} edit] [[:Template_talk:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|talk]] [{{fullurl:Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|limit=500}} links] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=history}} history]<tt>)</tt>

Puts the pretty short links next to the pagename.
</noinclude>

Template:Lts

2007-01-04T04:00:08Z

Sarah:

[[:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|Template:{{ucfirst:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}]] <tt>(</tt>[{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=edit}} edit] [[:Template_talk:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|talk]] [{{fullurl:Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|limit=500}} links] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=history}} history]<tt>)</tt>

Template:Lts

2007-01-04T03:59:02Z

Sarah:

[[:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|Template:{{ucfirst:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}]] <tt>(</tt>[{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=edit}} edit] [[:Template talk:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|talk]] [{{fullurl:Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|limit=500}} links] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}|action=history}} history]<tt>)</tt>

Template:-

2007-01-04T03:58:52Z

Sarah:

<noinclude>
{{Lts}} "clears" both margins; it is often used before a header to make sure that header will be the full width of the page.
</noinclude>

Help:Magic words

2007-01-04T03:54:51Z

Sarah: more link fixage

This is an organised index of Magic words used in MediaWiki. Tags such as "'''[MW1.5+]'''" indicate the version that first supported the magic word. "XYZ" indicates user input, which is used in the example.

== Table of contents ==
:''For details look it up with Google or at Mediawiki or Wikipedia.''
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="79%"
! Word
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>
| Hides ToC on the current page.
|-
|<nowiki>__FORCETOC__</nowiki>
| Forces the table of contents to appear.
|-
| <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki>
| Places a ToC here (overriding any <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>).
|} 

=== More magic ===
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="79%"
! Word
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>__NOEDITSECTION__</nowiki>
| Hides the edit links beside headings.
|-
| <nowiki>__NEWSECTIONLINK__</nowiki>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Gives a "+"-link next to the edit-tab to make a new section on a non-talk page.
|-
| <nowiki>__NOCONTENTCONVERT__</nowiki> <nowiki>__NOCC__</nowiki>
| Don't perform the content language conversion (character and phase) in article display; for example, Chinese zh with zh_cn, zh_tw, zh_sg, zh_hk.
|-
| <nowiki>__NOGALLERY__</nowiki>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' This magic word allows images in category pages to be displayed as inline links instead of gallery.
|-
| <nowiki>__NOTITLECONVERT__</nowiki> <nowiki>__NOTC__</nowiki>
| Like <nowiki>__NOCC__</nowiki> but affecting article title only.
|-
| <nowiki>__END__</nowiki>
| Allows for trailing whitespace to be included in the page save.
|-
| <nowiki>__START__</nowiki>
| This magic word has no effect but an ID in <tt>MagicWord.php</tt> (<code>MAG_START</code>).
|} 

== Variables ==
:''For details look it up with Google or at Mediawiki or Wikipedia.''

===Time===
The time in UTC.
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
! Word
! Example
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTDAY}}</code>
| Displays the current day in numeric form.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY2}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTDAY2}}</code>
| '''[MW1.6+]''' Same as <nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}}</nowiki>, but with leading zero (01 .. 31).
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}</code>
| Name of the day in the language of the project or English.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTDOW}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTDOW}}</code>
| Same as <nowiki>{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}</nowiki>, but as a number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTH}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTMONTH}}</code>
| The number 01 .. 12 of the month.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}</code>
| '''[MW1.5+]''' Same as <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTH}}</nowiki>, but in abbreviated form as Jan .. Dec.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</code>
| Same as <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTH}}</nowiki>, but in named form January .. December.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTTIME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTTIME}}</code>
| The current time (00:00 .. 23:59).
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTHOUR}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTHOUR}}</code>
| The current hour (00 .. 23).
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTWEEK}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTWEEK}}</code>
| Number of the current week (1-53) according to [[w:en:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] with no leading zero.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</code>
| Returns the current year.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' [[w:en:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] time stamp.
|}

===Local time===
The time depending on the local timezone of the wiki. (All words '''[MW1.8+]''' )
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
! Word
! Example
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALDAY}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALDAY}}</code>
| Displays the local day of the month in numeric form.
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALDAY2}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALDAY2}}</code>
| Same as <nowiki>{{LOCALDAY}}</nowiki>, but with a leading zero (01 .. 31).
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALDAYNAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALDAYNAME}}</code>
| Name of the day in the language of the project or English.
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALDOW}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALDOW}}</code>
| Same as <nowiki>{{LOCALDAYNAME}}</nowiki>, but as a number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALMONTH}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALMONTH}}</code>
| The number 01 .. 12 of the month.
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}</code>
| Same as <nowiki>{{LOCALMONTH}}</nowiki>, but in abbreviated form as Jan .. Dec.
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALMONTHNAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALMONTHNAME}}</code>
| Same as <nowiki>{{LOCALMONTH}}</nowiki>, but in named form as January .. December.
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALTIME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALTIME}}</code>
| The local time (00:00 .. 23:59).
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALHOUR}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALHOUR}}</code>
| The local hour (00 .. 23).
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALWEEK}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALWEEK}}</code>
| Number of the local week (1-53) according to [[w:en:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] with no leading zero.
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALYEAR}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALYEAR}}</code>
| Returns the local year.
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}</code>
| [[w:en:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] time stamp.
|}

*See also the ParserFunction #time: (Again, look it up elsewhere.)

=== Statistics ===
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
! Word
! Example
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTVERSION}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTVERSION}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-i18n/2006-May/000026.html]
|-
| <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</code> <code>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}</code>
| A variable which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki.
|-
| <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}</code> <code>{{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Returns the total number of pages. [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-i18n/2006-May/000026.html]
|-
| <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFFILES:R}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</code> <code>{{NUMBEROFFILES:R}}</code>
| '''[MW1.5+]''' Returns the number of uploaded files (rows in the image table).
|-
| <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFUSERS:R}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}</code> <code>{{NUMBEROFUSERS:R}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Returns the number of registered users (rows in the user table).
|-
| <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}</code> <code>{{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Returns the number of administrators (sysop, bureaucrat, steward and checkuser).
|-
| <nowiki>{{PAGESINNAMESPACE}}</nowiki>
| '''disabled here'''
| Longer alias of PAGESINNS
|-
| <nowiki>{{PAGESINNS:ns}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{PAGESINNS:ns:R}}</nowiki>
| '''disabled here'''
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Returns the number of pages in the given namespace. Disabled by default, enable with AllowSlowParserFunctions.
|}

=== Page names and related info ===
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
! Word
! Example
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{PAGENAME}}</code>
| Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle).
|-
| <nowiki>{{PAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{PAGENAMEE}}</code>
| More URL-friendly percent encoded special characters (To use an articlename in an external link).
|-
| <nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SUBPAGENAME}} {{SUBPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| '''[MW1.6+]''' Name of the current page, excluding parent pages ("Subtitle" on "Title/Other/Subtitle") in namespaces supporting subpages, see [[Help:Links|Help:Links]].
|-
| <nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{BASEPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' The basename of a subpage ("Title/Other" on "Title/Other/Subtitle"), see [[Help:Links|Help:Links]].
|-
| <nowiki>{{NAMESPACE}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{NAMESPACEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{NAMESPACE}} {{NAMESPACEE}}</code>
| Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in.
|-
| <nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAME}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{FULLPAGENAME}} {{FULLPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| '''[MW1.6+]''' Shorthands for NAMESPACE+PAGENAME
|-
| <nowiki>{{TALKSPACE}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{TALKSPACEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{TALKSPACE}} {{TALKSPACEE}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Name of next odd namespace (e.g. 4 => 5)
|-
| <nowiki>{{SUBJECTSPACE}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{SUBJECTSPACEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SUBJECTSPACE}} {{SUBJECTSPACEE}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Name of last even namespace (e.g. 5 => 4)
|-
| <nowiki>{{ARTICLESPACE}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{ARTICLESPACEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{ARTICLESPACE}} {{ARTICLESPACEE}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' An alias for SUBJECTSPACE(E)
|-
| <nowiki>{{TALKPAGENAME}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{TALKPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{TALKPAGENAME}} {{TALKPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' FULLPAGENAME in its TALKSPACE
|-
| <nowiki>{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}} {{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' FULLPAGENAME in its SUBJECTSPACE
|-
| <nowiki>{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}} {{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' An alias for SUBJECTPAGENAME(E)
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONID}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONID}}</code>
| '''[MW1.5+]''' The unique identifying number of a page revision.
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONDAY}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONDAY}}</code>
| '''[MW1.8+]''' The day on which the page was last modified.
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONDAY2}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONDAY2}}</code>
| '''[MW1.8+]''' The day on which the page was last modified, but with a leading zero (01 .. 31).
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONMONTH}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONMONTH}}</code>
| '''[MW1.8+]''' The month in which the page was last modified.
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONYEAR}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONYEAR}}</code>
| '''[MW1.8+]''' The year in which the page was last modified.
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}</code>
| '''[MW1.8+]''' [[w:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] time stamp, indicating when the page was last modified.
|-
| <nowiki>{{SITENAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SITENAME}}</code>
| As given in config file.
|-
| <nowiki>{{SERVER}}</nowiki>
| {{SERVER}}
| As given in config file.
|-
| <nowiki>{{SCRIPTPATH}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SCRIPTPATH}}</code>
| '''[MW1.5+]''' As given in config file.
|-
| <nowiki>{{SERVERNAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SERVERNAME}}</code>
| '''[MW1.5+]''' As given in config file.
|-
|}

==Parser functions==

:''For details blah blah blah''

=== Namespaces and URLs ===
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
! Word
! Example
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{ns:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{ns:4}}</nowiki> = <code>{{ns:4}}</code> <nowiki>{{ns:project}}</nowiki> = <code>{{ns:project}}</code>
| Returns the name of a given namespace number.
|-
| <nowiki>{{localurl:x y @}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{localurle:x y @}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{localurl:a|b=c}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{localurl:x y @}} {{localurle:x y @}} {{localurl:a|b=c}}</code>
| Returns the local URL of a page (might not exist). Optional ''query'' parameter.
|- 
| <nowiki>{{urlencode:x y @}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{urlencode:x y @}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Encodes variable values for use in external links. [http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=rev&revision=14273]
|- 
| <nowiki>{{anchorencode:x #y @}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{anchorencode:x #y @}}</code>
| '''[MW1.8+]''' Encodes variable values for use in external links. [http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=rev&revision=16279]
|-
| <nowiki>{{fullurl:x y @}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{fullurle:x y @}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{fullurl:m:a|b=c}}</nowiki>
| {{fullurl:x y @}} {{fullurle:x y @}} {{fullurl:m:a|b=c}}
| '''[MW1.5+]''' Returns the full URL of a given page. Optional ''query'' parameter as for <tt>localurl:</tt>.
|}

=== Formatting ===
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
! Word
! Example
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{#language:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{#language:da}}</nowiki> = <code>{{#language:da}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Native name of language code.
|-
| <nowiki>{{lc:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{lc:AbC dEf}}</nowiki> = <code>{{lc:AbC dEf}}</code>
| '''[MW1.5+]''' LowerCase
|-
| <nowiki>{{lcfirst:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{lcfirst:Ab Cd}}</nowiki> = <code>{{lcfirst:Ab Cd}}</code>
| '''[MW1.5+]''' LC first char.
|-
| <nowiki>{{uc:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{uc:aBc DeF}}</nowiki> = <code>{{uc:aBc DeF}}</code>
| '''[MW1.5+]''' UpperCase
|-
| <nowiki>{{ucfirst:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{ucfirst:aB cD}}</nowiki> = <code>{{ucfirst:aB cD}}</code>
| '''[MW1.5+]''' UC first char.
|-
| <nowiki>{{formatnum:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{formatnum:-299792458.56789}}</nowiki> = <code>{{formatnum:-299792458.56789}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Add [[w:Decimal_separator#Thousands_separator|decimal separators]] according to the wiki's default locale. Leading minus and plus are recognized.
|-
| <nowiki>{{padleft:}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{padright:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{padleft:bcd|6|a}}</nowiki> = <code>{{padleft:bcd|6|a}}</code> <nowiki>{{padright:bcd|6|a}}</nowiki> = <code>{{padright:bcd|6|a}}</code>
| '''[MW1.8+]''' Pads a string with a character to the specified width.
|}

Padding does not seem to work for characters with a multi-character code, such as &nbsp;, which would be useful with padleft for sorting tables with Javascript.

== Template modifiers ==
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
! Usage
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{:xyz}}</nowiki>
| A bare colon is not a template modifier, it's the prefix for the main namespace. Test e.g. article {{:UTC}} vs. template {{UTC}}. Using this syntax you include the text of the main namespace article xyz in another article.
|-
| <nowiki>{{int:xyz}}</nowiki>
| Shorthand for <nowiki>{{MediaWiki:xyz}}</nowiki>, rendered as {{int:xyz}} if <nowiki>[[MediaWiki:xyz]]</nowiki> doesn't exist.
|-
| <nowiki>{{msg:xyz}}</nowiki>
| Try <nowiki>{{Template:xyz}}</nowiki> before [[Help:Magic words|magic word]] xyz, without this modifier it's the other way around. No additional effect if there is no template xyz.
|-
| <nowiki>{{msgnw:xyz}}</nowiki>
| The unevaluated wikitext is rendered. Look up msgnw.
|-
| <nowiki>{{raw:xyz}}</nowiki>
| '''[MW1.6+]''' Like <code>{{msg:}}</code> {{unclear}} [http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=rev&revision=12925]
|-
| <nowiki>{{subst:xyz}}</nowiki>
| In the wikitext, the tag is substituted by the ''content'' (single-level evaluation only).
|}

== Image modifiers ==
:''For details see [[w:en:Wikipedia:Extended image syntax]].''
These are image modifiers used in <code><nowiki>[[Image:title.ext|modifier|...|modifier]]</nowiki></code> links. Some are mutually exclusive, and then the last specified wins.

=== Size ===
The last unrecognized modifier is used as '''caption''' for ''framed'' images or together with ''thumbnail''s. It's also used as description <tt>alt=</tt>''text''.
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
! Word
! Usage
! Explanation
|-
| framed frame enframed
| <nowiki>[[Image:Mediawiki.png|framed]]</nowiki>
| Places an image in a ''frame'' with a description. Uses original size.
|-
| thumbnail thumb
| <nowiki>[[Image:Mediawiki.png|thumbnail]]</nowiki>
| Modifies image size, sets it to dependant on user's favourite thumbnail size in their preferences.
|-
| thumb=''xyz''
| <nowiki>[[Image:Mediawiki.png|thumb=Wiki.png]]</nowiki>
| Manualthumb: instead of displaying an automatically-sized thumbnail for <var>Mediawiki.png</var>, display the image <var>Wiki.png</var>.
|-
| ''width'' px
| <nowiki>[[Image:Mediawiki.png|40px]]</nowiki>
| Scales image to given ''width''  in pixels
|}

=== Position ===
The positions are mutually exclusive, the last specified wins. [[:Template:-]] can stop floating. For inline images only modifier ''px'' (see above) is supported.
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
! Word
! Usage
! Explanation
|-
| right
| <nowiki>[[Image:Mediawiki.png|right]]</nowiki>
| Modifies position, floats the image to the right.
|-
| <nowiki>left</nowiki>
| <nowiki>[[Image:Mediawiki.png|left]]</nowiki>
| Modifies position, floats the image to the left.
|-
| <nowiki>none</nowiki>
| <nowiki>[[Image:Mediawiki.png|none]]</nowiki>
| Explicitly states that the image should not float.
|-
| center centre
| <nowiki>[[Image:Mediawiki.png|center]]</nowiki>
| Modifies position, like ''none'' but centered.
|}

== Miscellany ==

{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
! Word
! Example
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:</nowiki>''xyz''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
| '''default disabled'''
| '''[MW 1.7+]''' Set the page's title [http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=rev&revision=13572], see AllowDisplayTitle.
|-
| <nowiki>{{DIRMARK}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{DIRECTIONMARK}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{DIRMARK}}</code> <code>{{DIRECTIONMARK}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' u+200E left to right or u+200D right to left mark
|-
| <nowiki>{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}</code>
| '''[MW1.7+]''' Default content LanguageCode
|-
| <nowiki>#redirect</nowiki>
| <code>#REDIRECT [[target]]</code> at top of source page
| Creates a redirect to another page.
|}

===Language-dependent word conversions===
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
! Word
! Example
! Explanation
|-
| {{ CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN }}
| <code>{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}</code>
| [[w:genitive case|Genitive form]] of month name used for Czech, Polish, Ukrainian[http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/languages/]
|-
| {{grammar:''case | word'' }}
| <nowiki>{{grammar:7sg|Wikipedie}}</nowiki> on cs is <code>Wikipedií</code>.
| Derived word forms in inflected languages like Czech [http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/languages/LanguageCs.php]
|-
| {{plural:''count |form1 |form2'' }} {{plural:''count |1st | 2nd | 3rd ''}}
| <nowiki>{{plural: 2 | is | are }}</nowiki> outputs <code>{{plural: 2 | is |are }}</code> <nowiki>{{plural: 0 | this | these }}</nowiki> outputs <code>{{plural: 0 |this | these }}</code>
| ''count'' '''1''' yields ''form1'' (singular), [[w:Plural|plural]] transformations are used for languages like Russian [http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/languages/LanguageRu.php] based on "count mod 10".
|}

"Grammar" and "Plural" are language-dependent functions, defined in [http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/languages/LanguageCs.php], [http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/languages/LanguageRu.php], etc. (note that in PHP, the modulo operator is the percent sign).

"Grammar" can either be applied to predefined words only, or to arbitrary words, depending on whether the definition is just a 2D array, or involves string manipulations.

"Plural" is a project-dependent switch function, e.g. giving the first text if ''count'' = 1, the second if ''count'' = 2,3, or 4, and else the third.
See also [[mediazilla:5805]] for the use of "plural" in system messages.

===See also===
*Parser functions '''#expr:''', '''#if:''', '''#ifeq:''', etc.
*[http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/languages/Language.php Source for Language.php]
*[http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/MagicWord.php Source for MagicWord.php]

Template:Unclear

2007-01-04T03:49:31Z

Sarah:

(unclear)

Talk:Main Page

2007-01-04T03:28:43Z

Sarah:

[[Chris Schierer|Schiec]] Can we add a history link on the main page? This would allow connection to the manager and conductor history pages... as it is their orphans. - [[User:James]] Done. There is now a link to [[History]], but as of right now, that page does not exist. Feel free to make it. ;-)

== Click the plus sign ==

Clicking the plus sign adds a new discussion comment like this to the talk page. 
Please remember to sign all your comments with the <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> 4 tilde special character. [[User:Sarah|Sarah]] 01:14, 12 December 2006 (EST)

Note: need to update the interwiki linking help to match what's actually in the database. I know we added wikipedia. [[User:Sarah|Sarah]] 22:28, January 3, 2007 (EST)

Help:Interwiki linking

2007-01-04T03:26:58Z

Sarah: removed unnecessary links

'''Interwiki links''' are links to pages of other projects, using a prefixed internal link style.

Interwiki links make it possible, to link to pages of (e.g.) Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikinews etc. or to your wiki-project in different languages (see [[Manual:Wiki family]]).

A link like <code><nowiki>[[W:Main Page]]</nowiki></code> will appear like this: [[W:Main Page]] and redirect you to Wikipedia's Main Page.

For setting up interwiki links, you might need to edit the Database.

==Interwiki links to other projects==
===Default===
Several Wikimedia-Projects (and others) are ready for interwiki linking by default, so you can use them without editing your database. However, the mother of all Wikimedia-projects — the Wikipedia itself — is for some reason missing.
{| {{prettytable}}
|{{Hl3}} align="center"|'''prefix'''
|{{Hl3}} align="center"|'''direction'''
|{{Hl3}} align="center"|'''usage example'''
|-
|commons
|<nowiki>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[commons:MediaWiki]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|mediazilla
|<nowiki>http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[mediazilla:1209]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|meta
|<nowiki>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[meta:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|mw
|<nowiki>http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[mw:Help:Contents]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikibooks
|<nowiki>http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikibooks:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikimedia
|<nowiki>http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikimedia:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikinews
|<nowiki>http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikinews:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikiquote
|<nowiki>http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikiquote:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikisource
|<nowiki>http://sources.wikipedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikisource:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wikispecies
|<nowiki>http://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wikispecies:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|wiktionary
|<nowiki>http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/</nowiki>
|<code><nowiki>[[wiktionary:Main Page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|}

===Adding more===
As the Wikipedia isn't set up by default, you might want to add it (and other projects of your need).

You have to edit your database.
Go to table <code>interwiki</code> and add a new line:
*'''<code>iw_prefix</code>''': choose a prefix, which is used for interwiki linking, e.g. "Wikipedia" or "wp" for linking to Wikipedia
*'''<code>iw_url</code>''': enter the project's URL, e.g. <code><nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1</nowiki></code> for Wikipedia. Don't forget the <code>$1</code> as it is replaced with the article's name you are linking to (<code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Main Page]]</nowiki></code> links to <code><nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>'''Main_Page'''</code>).
*'''<code>iw_local</code>''': if 1, your wiki will redirect even external links of the form iw_prefix:title, not only those from its own pages. you need this if you want to use the redirect functionality from outside your wiki or other wikis use your transwiki functions for nested transwiki links (like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Accueil)
*'''<code>iw_trans</code>''': "transwiki transclusion" - set to 1 if you want to use pages from the other wiki as templates. You will also need to set ''$wgEnableScaryTranscluding = true'' in your ''LocalSettings.php''

{{admin tip|tip=
Several help pages link to MediaWiki.org's ''Manual'' namespace. To make these links work on your local wiki, add an interwiki link with ''iw_prefix=manual'' and ''iw_url=http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$1''
}}

==Interwiki links to other languages==
If you have installed a Wiki family, you can link from an article in English to an article in German (if you have a German project, too). You can set up MediaWiki, to show those links in the sidebar, just below the toolbox.

In your filesystem, there is a subfolder of your MediaWiki installation, called "languages". Go there and have a look at "<code>Names.php</code>" as it contains a list of known languages and their prefixes. E.g. you want to add your German project, search "<code>Names.php</code>" for "Deutsch" and note the prefix "de".

If you know the "right" prefix, edit your database by adding a new line to table <code>interwiki</code>:
*'''<code>iw_prefix</code>''': language-prefix (e.g. "de" for German), which is listed in "<code>Names.php</code>"
*'''<code>iw_url</code>''': URL to your wiki-project (e.g. <code><nowiki>http://de.your-wiki.org/index.php/$1</nowiki></code>)
*'''<code>iw_local</code>''': ''same as above "Adding More"''
*'''<code>iw_trans</code>''': ''same as above "Adding More"''

Now, you can link an article to the same in other languages. Adding <code><nowiki>[[de:Hauptseite]]</nowiki></code> on your english Main_Page will create a link "Deutsch" below the toolbox, which leads to the Main_Page of the German wiki (Hauptseite).

Note, that this link is shown in Sidebar's section, '''only''', and not inside of the article. If you want to create a link inside of the text, you have to add a colon previous to the prefix: <code><nowiki>[[:de:Hauptseite]]</nowiki></code>.

[[Category:Help|Interwiki linking]]

Template:PD Help Page

2007-01-04T03:24:44Z

Sarah:

<div style="color:#000000; border:solid 1px #A8A8A8; padding:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0.7em; margin:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#FFFFFF;font-size:95%; vertical-align:middle;">
{|
| style="padding: 0.4em 0.2em 0 0;" valign="top" | [[Image:PD-icon.png|20px|left|PD]] || '''Important note:''' When you edit this page, you agree to release your contribution into the public domain. If you don't want this or can't do this because of license restrictions, please don't edit. This page is one of the Public Domain Help Pages, which can be freely copied into fresh wiki installations and/or distributed with MediaWiki software; see [[Help:Contents]] for an overview of all pages.
|}</div>
<noinclude>[[Category:Style and Navigation|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>

Template:Languages

2007-01-04T03:23:18Z

Sarah: got rid of a bunch of stuff 'cause we don't need it

Sarah (Toner) Lauser

2006-12-14T05:06:19Z

Sarah: Redirecting to User:Sarah

#REDIRECT [[User:Sarah]]

Template:PD

2006-12-14T05:02:11Z

Sarah:

{| align="center" style="width:95%; background-color:#f8f8f8; border:2px solid #e0e0e0; padding:5px;"
|-
| [[Image:PD-icon.png|50px|PD]]
| align="center" | ''This file has been released into the '''[[w:public domain|public domain]]''' by the [[w:Copyrights|copyright]] holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide.''
|}
<includeonly>[[Category:PD images|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>
<noinclude>[[Category:Style and Navigation|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>

Template:PD

2006-12-14T05:01:38Z

Sarah: 1 revision(s)

{| align="center" style="width:95%; background-color:#f8f8f8; border:2px solid #e0e0e0; padding:5px;"
|-
| [[Image:PD-icon.svg|50px|PD]]
| align="center" | ''This file has been released into the '''[[w:public domain|public domain]]''' by the [[w:Copyrights|copyright]] holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide.''
|}
<includeonly>[[Category:PD images|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>
<noinclude>[[Category:Style and Navigation|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>

084 - The Stripper

2006-12-14T04:59:03Z

Sarah:

=About the song=
Arranged by John [illegible]
=Roadmap=
Vamp from A to the first ending as necessary.
=Dances=
Yeah... It's a dance, of sorts...
=History=
A long-standing tradition of the band... This song is played exactly once per year, at the [[Big Red Freakout]]. The band will start playing the song, while one or more [[List of Freakout strippers|strippers]] will "dance" for the crowd (and the band) at the front of the stage. The song will vamp for as long as necessary.

The new [[podium]] was designed with an internal support structure to accomodate holding up a stripper pole, but this feature has not been taken advantage of... yet.

The song is played as a reference to a scene in the 1977 movie Slap Shot, where Michael Ontkean's character starts stripping on the ice, and a marching band that was in attendance starts playing The Stripper.

[[Category:Songs]][[Category:Active Songs]]

Template:Languages

2006-12-14T04:57:51Z

Sarah: removed tag for nonexistent geography logo

== Template ==
<onlyinclude><div class="LanguageLinks">
<table width="100%" style="clear: both; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0.2em; margin: 0; font-size: 85%; margin: 0 1px;">
<tr valign="top" style="background: #EEF3E2">
<td style="width: 25px; padding-left: 0.5em;"></td>
<td style="width: 10px; white-space: nowrap; padding: 4px 1em 0 0.5em; border-right: 1px solid #aaaaaa;">'''[[Project:Language policy|Languages]]:''' </td><td style="padding: 1px 1em 0; background: #F6F9ED;">
[[{{{1|{{#if: {{NAMESPACE}} | {{NAMESPACE}}:}}{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}}|English]]

</td></tr></table></div></onlyinclude>

== Syntax ==
<nowiki>{{{Languages|PageName}}}</nowiki>

* '''PageName''' (optional) - the name of the page to display language links for. If omitted then the English version of the current page is used. This parameter can normally be omitted, as it is only required if you want to link to a page other than the one you place the template on, which is very uncommon. If this parameter is used on a sub-page make sure you supply the root name, not the full page name (e.g. on [[MediaWiki/fr]] you would need to use <code><nowiki>{{{Languages|MediaWiki}}}</nowiki></code> and not <code><nowiki>{{{Languages|MediaWiki/fr}}}</nowiki></code>).

== Usage ==

The template should only be placed on pages that exist in more than one language, and it should be placed in the same location on each translation of the page.

The English version of a page is always the main version, with all other languages as sub-pages, named using the appropriate language code (see below).

For example, on the Main Page you would include the text <code><nowiki>{{{Languages}}}</nowiki></code>, both on [[Main Page]] itself, and on each of its language sub-pages. The template automatically creates links to any language sub-pages that exist, e.g. <tt>Main Page/ja<tt>, <tt>Main Page/fr</tt>, and ignores non-existant languages.

See [[Project:Language policy]] for further details about translating pages.

== Supported languages ==
This shows you the name of each language's sub-page (using ''Main Page'' as an example). Other languages may be added easily as necessary. Please use the appropriate [[meta:List of Wikipedias|prefix, as used on Wikipedia]] when adding a new language. Please do ''not'' add languages for which no pages exist yet, as this will increase the time needed to include the template without adding any benefit (languages are only displayed to the user when the relevant page exists).

{| border="1" cellpadding="5"
! Page Name || Language
|-
| Main Page || English
|-
| Main Page'''/de''' || German
|-
| Main Page'''/es''' || Spanish
|-
| Main Page'''/fi''' || Finnish
|-
| Main Page'''/fr''' || French
|-
| Main Page'''/it''' || Italian
|-
| Main Page'''/he''' || Hebrew
|-
| Main Page'''/ja''' || Japanese
|-
| Main Page'''/ko''' || Korean
|-
| Main Page'''/no''' || Norwegian
|-
| Main Page'''/pl''' || Polish
|-
| Main Page'''/pt''' || Portugese
|-
| Main Page'''/ru''' || Russian
|-
| Main Page'''/sq''' || Albanian
|-
| Main Page'''/zh''' || Chinese
|}

== Example ==
Here is how the language bar looks on the [[MediaWiki]] page:
*Example removed because we don't care.

Template:Languages

2006-12-14T04:57:16Z

Sarah:

== Template ==
<onlyinclude><div class="LanguageLinks">
<table width="100%" style="clear: both; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0.2em; margin: 0; font-size: 85%; margin: 0 1px;">
<tr valign="top" style="background: #EEF3E2">
<td style="width: 25px; padding-left: 0.5em;">[[Image:Geographylogo.png|25px|]]</td>
<td style="width: 10px; white-space: nowrap; padding: 4px 1em 0 0.5em; border-right: 1px solid #aaaaaa;">'''[[Project:Language policy|Languages]]:''' </td><td style="padding: 1px 1em 0; background: #F6F9ED;">
[[{{{1|{{#if: {{NAMESPACE}} | {{NAMESPACE}}:}}{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}}|English]]

</td></tr></table></div></onlyinclude>

== Syntax ==
<nowiki>{{{Languages|PageName}}}</nowiki>

* '''PageName''' (optional) - the name of the page to display language links for. If omitted then the English version of the current page is used. This parameter can normally be omitted, as it is only required if you want to link to a page other than the one you place the template on, which is very uncommon. If this parameter is used on a sub-page make sure you supply the root name, not the full page name (e.g. on [[MediaWiki/fr]] you would need to use <code><nowiki>{{{Languages|MediaWiki}}}</nowiki></code> and not <code><nowiki>{{{Languages|MediaWiki/fr}}}</nowiki></code>).

== Usage ==

The template should only be placed on pages that exist in more than one language, and it should be placed in the same location on each translation of the page.

The English version of a page is always the main version, with all other languages as sub-pages, named using the appropriate language code (see below).

For example, on the Main Page you would include the text <code><nowiki>{{{Languages}}}</nowiki></code>, both on [[Main Page]] itself, and on each of its language sub-pages. The template automatically creates links to any language sub-pages that exist, e.g. <tt>Main Page/ja<tt>, <tt>Main Page/fr</tt>, and ignores non-existant languages.

See [[Project:Language policy]] for further details about translating pages.

== Supported languages ==
This shows you the name of each language's sub-page (using ''Main Page'' as an example). Other languages may be added easily as necessary. Please use the appropriate [[meta:List of Wikipedias|prefix, as used on Wikipedia]] when adding a new language. Please do ''not'' add languages for which no pages exist yet, as this will increase the time needed to include the template without adding any benefit (languages are only displayed to the user when the relevant page exists).

{| border="1" cellpadding="5"
! Page Name || Language
|-
| Main Page || English
|-
| Main Page'''/de''' || German
|-
| Main Page'''/es''' || Spanish
|-
| Main Page'''/fi''' || Finnish
|-
| Main Page'''/fr''' || French
|-
| Main Page'''/it''' || Italian
|-
| Main Page'''/he''' || Hebrew
|-
| Main Page'''/ja''' || Japanese
|-
| Main Page'''/ko''' || Korean
|-
| Main Page'''/no''' || Norwegian
|-
| Main Page'''/pl''' || Polish
|-
| Main Page'''/pt''' || Portugese
|-
| Main Page'''/ru''' || Russian
|-
| Main Page'''/sq''' || Albanian
|-
| Main Page'''/zh''' || Chinese
|}

== Example ==
Here is how the language bar looks on the [[MediaWiki]] page:
*Example removed because we don't care.

Template:PD Help Page

2006-12-14T04:55:59Z

Sarah:

<div style="color:#000000; border:solid 1px #A8A8A8; padding:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0.7em; margin:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#FFFFFF;font-size:95%; vertical-align:middle;">
{|
| style="padding: 0.4em 0.2em 0 0;" valign="top" | [[Image:PD-icon.png|20px|left|PD]] || '''Important note:''' When you edit this page, you agree to release your contribution into the [[:en:Public domain|public domain]]. If you don't want this or can't do this because of license restrictions, please don't edit. This page is one of the [[Project:PD help|Public Domain Help Pages]], which can be freely copied into fresh wiki installations and/or distributed with MediaWiki software; see [[Help:Contents]] for an overview of all pages.
|}</div>
<noinclude>[[Category:Style and Navigation|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>

File:PD-icon.png

2006-12-14T04:55:37Z

Sarah:

Template:PD Help Page

2006-12-14T04:51:41Z

Sarah:

<div style="color:#000000; border:solid 1px #A8A8A8; padding:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0.7em; margin:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#FFFFFF;font-size:95%; vertical-align:middle;">
{|
| style="padding: 0.4em 0.2em 0 0;" valign="top" | [[Image:PD-icon.svg|20px|left|PD]] || '''Important note:''' When you edit this page, you agree to release your contribution into the [[:en:Public domain|public domain]]. If you don't want this or can't do this because of license restrictions, please don't edit. This page is one of the [[Project:PD help|Public Domain Help Pages]], which can be freely copied into fresh wiki installations and/or distributed with MediaWiki software; see [[Help:Contents]] for an overview of all pages.
|}</div>
<noinclude>[[Category:Style and Navigation|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>

Help:Templates

2006-12-14T04:51:08Z

Sarah:

If you have standard texts you want to include on several pages, the MediaWiki template feature comes into play (like the tag above which is included in the pages of the Help namespace).

==Creating a template==
Template names are prefixed with <code>Template:</code>, you create them like any other wiki page.

==Using a template==
Templates are wiki pages which can be used in other pages in three ways:
:<code><nowiki>{{Name}}</nowiki></code> includes the current content of the page <nowiki>"[[Template:Name]]"</nowiki>.
:<code><nowiki>{{subst:Name}}</nowiki></code> inserts the content of the page <nowiki>"[[Template:Name]]"</nowiki> when you save your text.
:<code><nowiki>{{msgnw:Name}}</nowiki></code> includes the template in raw wiki syntax, like <code><nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></code> does

==Using parameters in templates==
<div style="float:right">
{| {{Prettytable}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} colspan="2" align="center" |'''Template with numbered parameters'''
|-
| colspan="2" |
<pre><nowiki>
'''A little thank you...''' 
for {{{1}}}. 
hugs, {{{2}}}
</nowiki></pre>
|-
|{{Hl2}}|'''You type'''
|{{Hl2}}|'''You get'''
|-
|<code><nowiki>{{Thankyou|all|~~~}}</nowiki></code>
|
{{Thankyou|all|[[User:Someuser|Someuser]]}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} colspan="2" align="center" |'''with named parameters'''
|-
| colspan="2" |
<pre><nowiki>
'''A little thank you...''' 
for {{{reason}}}. 
hugs, {{{signature}}}
</nowiki></pre>
|-
|{{Hl2}}|'''You type'''
|{{Hl2}}|'''You get'''
|-
|<pre><nowiki>{{Thankyou
|reason=all
|signature=~~~}}</nowiki></pre>
|
{{Thankyou|all|[[User:Someuser|Someuser]]}}
|}
</div>
You can define parameters in templates either numbered as <code><nowiki>{{{1}}}</nowiki></code> or named <code><nowiki>{{{param}}}</nowiki></code>.

'''Example:''' you want a little thank you note you can put other users on their talk page with a reason and your signature. In the [[Template:Thankyou]] you enter your text.

When using the template on a page, you fill in the parameter values, separated by a pipe char (|): <code><nowiki>{{Thankyou|all|~~~}}</nowiki></code> or - if you have used named parameters <code><nowiki>{{Thankyou|reason=all|signature=~~~}}</nowiki></code>. The advantage of using named parameters in your template is that they are flexible in order. It also makes the template easier to understand if you have many parameters. If you want to change the order of numbered parameters, you have to mention them explicitly: <code><nowiki>{{Thankyou|2=~~~|1=all}}</nowiki></code>.

==Control template inclusion==
You can control template inclusion by the use of <code><nowiki><noinclude></nowiki></code> and
<code><nowiki><includeonly></nowiki></code> tags.

Anything between <code><nowiki><noinclude></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki></noinclude></nowiki></code> will be processed and
displayed only when the page is being viewed directly, not included.

Possible applications are:
* Categorising templates
* Interlanguage links to similar templates in other languages
* Explanatory text about how to use the template

The converse is <code><nowiki><includeonly></nowiki></code>. Text between <code><nowiki><includeonly></nowiki></code> and
<code><nowiki></includeonly></nowiki></code> will be processed and displayed only when the page is
being included. The obvious application is to add all pages containing a given template to a category.

Note that the usual update problems apply -- if you change the
categories inside a template, the categories of the referring pages
won't be updated until those pages are edited.

[[Category:Help|Templates]]

Help:Starting a new page

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There are several ways to start a new page

== Using Wikilinks ==
APBWiki makes it very easy to link wiki pages using a standard syntax (see [[Help:Links|Links]]). If you (or anyone else) creates a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be coloured red, like this.

Clicking a red link, will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created.

Once the page has been created, the link will change from red to blue (purple for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists.

== Using the URL ==
You can use the wiki's URL for creating a new page. The URL to an article of the wiki is usually something like this:
*<code><nowiki>http://www.my-wiki.org/index.php/</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code>    or
*<code><nowiki>http://www.my-wiki.org/wiki/</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code>

If you replace <code>'''ARTICLE'''</code> with the name of the page you wish to create, you will be taken to a blank page which indicates that no article of that name exists yet. Clicking the "''edit''" [[Help:Navigation#Page Tabs|page tab]] at the top of the page will take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.

== From the search page ==
If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and 'go' button on the left of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page. (Note that this technique doesn't work if you use the 'search' button).

== Using the Inputbox extension ==
{{Admin tip|tip=You need to download and install the [[meta:Inputbox|"inputbox extension"]] for this method to work.}}
If the Inputbox extension is available on the wiki you can start a new page by typing in your article's name and clicking the "create article" button, as in the example below.
{| align="center" style="border:1px solid black" width="60%"
|
<inputbox>
type=create
width=45
</inputbox>
|}

== Create redirects to your new page ==
Don't forget to setup redirects when you create a page. If you think another person may search for the page you've created by using a different name or spelling, please create the proper redirect(s).

== Protect your new page ==
If desired, once you create your new page, you should protect the page and allow only the type of users you would like to edit the page.

[[Category:Help|Starting a new page]]

APBWiki:Language policy

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Sarah:

Use English.

Main Page

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Sarah: added things to do links

<big>'''Welcome to the America's Pep Band Wiki!'''</big>

This will be a repository of all information about or related to the RPI Pep Band.

We want stuff about people, music, road trips... ''whatever''.

If it has anything at all to do with America's Pep Band, we want it here.

== Getting started ==

* You must have an account to edit pages. This is so stupid spam bots can't put in junk and we won't get vandalized.
* Accounts must be requested. They can only be created by [[Special:Listusers/sysop|sysops]].
* Go to the [[docroot:accountrequest.html|sign up page]] to request an account.

==Sections==
* [[:Category:Songs|Songs]]
** [[:Category:Active Songs|Active songs]]
* [[:Category:Vocal cheers|Vocal cheers]]
* [[Quotes]]
* [[:Category:Road trips|Road trips]]
* [[History]]

==Looking for something to help with?==
Check out [[:Special:Wantedpages|Wanted pages]] and [[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]].

Freakout strippers

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{{stub}}

Every year at the [[Big Red Freakout]], the band plays [[084 - The Stripper|The Stripper]], while one or more strippers (usually, but not always band members) (usually, but not always female) strip at the front of the stage.

This page is dedicated to them...

*[[Freakout 2006|2006]] - Carlos Perea (trombone) and other Go Be Red! winning team members
*[[Freakout 2005|2005]] - Laurel White (piccolo) and Michael Joseph (who stripped with his sousaphone)
*[[Freakout 2004|2004]] -
*[[Freakout 2003|2003]] -

Help:Navigation

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Sarah: trying to fix the bug with Help:Contents

If you look at a page in APBWiki, you'll find three main navigation elements: The sidebar on the left gives you access to important pages in the Wiki like recent changes or file upload. At the top of the page are the links which belong to the page currently displayed: its associated discussion page, the version history, and - most notably - the edit link. In the top right corner you'll find the link to login. As a logged-in user you have a collection of personal links, like the one to your user page or your preferences.

== Sidebar ==
[[Image:M-en-sidebar.png|framed|right|Example sidebar, shown on the left of the page]]
The sidebar is displayed on the left edge of the page below the site logo. This sidebar gives you access to important pages in the Wiki like recent changes or file upload.

=== Navigation ===
A click on the logo brings you back to the start page of the wiki. The links take you to important pages in the wiki, they can be configured by site administrators of the individual wikis

{{Admin tip|tip=You can customize the links in the navigation section via [[Special:Allmessages]]. For example edit [[APBWiki:Sitesupport]] (displayed name) and [[APBWiki:Sitesupport-url]] (target page). Or create a menu on your own in [[APBWiki:Sidebar]].}}

=== Toolbox ===
The toolbox contains a selection of links which change depending on what type of page you are viewing.

On all pages (except special pages):
* ''What links here'' takes you to a special page that lists the pages on this wiki which contain a link to the current page. This is helpful when you are looking for pages of related information. The ''What links here'' information can also be useful when you are refactoring wiki pages and need to check whether links to this page are still relevant after changes in the current page.
* The ''Related changes'' tool lists all recent changes in the pages linked to from the current page. Recent changes to all relevant template pages are included in the resulting page list. The "Hide minor edits" option that can be set in the user [[Help:Preferences|preferences]] applies, among other things, to ''Related Changes''.

On all pages (including special pages):
* ''Upload file'' displays a special page that allows logged-in users to upload images and other files to the wiki. Uploaded files can be linked-from or embedded-in wiki pages. Uploading files, viewing files on the server, including them in wiki pages and managing the uploaded files is discussed in the [[Help:Managing files|managing files]] section of this manual. This is not displayed if file uploading has been disabled or not enabled in the first place.
{{Admin tip|tip=To enable file uploading someone with access to the MediaWiki installation files needs to edit the <code>LocalSettings.php</code> file and uncomment or add the option <code>$wgEnableUploads = true;</code>. Uploaded files will be stored in the images folder specified by the <code>$wgUploadPath</code> variable in the <code>LocalSettings.php</code>. This directory must be writable if file uploads is enabled. The [[metawikipedia:LocalSettings.php#Upload_Location|upload location]] and [[metawikipedia:LocalSettings.php#Image_Uploads#Image_Uploads|image uploads]] settings are described in more detail on the MetaWiki [[metawikipedia:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php]] page.}}
* The ''Special pages'' tool lists the APBWiki special pages. In APBWiki terminology, a special page is one that presents information about the Wiki and/or allows access to administration activities for the wiki. For example, a list of users registered with the wiki, statistics about the wiki such as the number of pages and number of page edits, system logs, a list of orphaned pages, and so on. These special pages are commonly generated when the special page is loaded rather than being stored in the wiki database.

:''The function and use of the default special pages can be found in the [[Help:Special pages|special pages]] section of this manual.''

== Page Tabs ==
[[Image:M-en-pagetabs.png|framed|right|Default page tabs at the top of the page]]
The page tabs are displayed at the top of the article to the right of the site logo (if using the default MonoBook skin). These tabs allow you to perform actions or view pages that are related to the current article. The available default actions include: viewing, editing, and discussing the current article. The specific tabs displayed on your pages depend on whether or not you are logged into the wiki and whether you have sysop (administrator) privileges on the wiki. On special pages only the namespace tab is displayed.

;Default for all users
: ''[[Help:Namespaces|namespace]]'' (article, help, special page, template, user page etc.)
: ''discussion''
: ''edit'' (may be view source if anonymous editing is enabled, the page is in the APBWiki namespace or the page is protected)
: ''history''

;Extra tabs for logged in users:
: ''move''
: ''watch''

;Extra tabs for sysops:
: ''protect''
: ''delete''

Extra tabs may be added, or some taken away, by wiki administrators using JavaScript or adding extensions so these may be different depending on which wiki you are using.

== User Links ==
[[Image:M-en-userlinks.png|framed|right|Default user links at the top right of the page]]
The user links are displayed at the top far right of the article (if using the default MonoBook skin). These tabs allow the logged-in user to view and edit their user page and wiki preferences. Additionally, the user links allow the user to quickly access their contributions to the wiki and logout.

For anonymous users the user links is replaced by a link to the wiki login page or, if enabled, a link to your ip address and your ip address's talk page.

* ''<username>''
*: This links to your user page which is where you can put information about yourself, store bits of information you want to remember or whatever else you fancy.
* ''my talk''
*: This links to your discussion page, where people can leave messages for you.
* ''preferences''
*: Allows you to change your personal site preferences.
* ''my watchlist''
*: A list of all pages that you are watching. Pages can be added to this list by clicking 'watch' at the top of the page.
* ''my contributions''
*: A list of all contributions you have made to the wiki.
* ''log out''
*: Click this link to log out of the wiki.

[[Category:Help|Navigation]]

Category:Style and Navigation

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Sarah:

Templates and other style stuff goes in this category.

Category:Stubs

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Sarah: made description for stubs

These articles need more information before we'll consider them anywhere near done. Please help us by adding what you know!

Talk:Main Page

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Talk:Main Page

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Sarah: /* Click the plus sign */

[[Chris Schierer|Schiec]] Can we add a history link on the main page? This would allow connection to the manager and conductor history pages... as it is their orphans. - [[User:James]] Done. There is now a link to [[History]], but as of right now, that page does not exist. Feel free to make it. ;-)

== Click the plus sign ==

Clicking the plus sign adds a new discussion comment like this to the talk page. Please remember to sign all your comments with the <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> 4 tilde special character. [[User:Sarah|Sarah]] 01:14, 12 December 2006 (EST)

Talk:Main Page

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Sarah: Click the plus sign