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\def\<#1>{$\langle${\rm #1}$\rangle$}

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\def\threecol#1#2#3{\hskip\keyindent\relax#1\hfil&\kbd{#2}\quad
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%**end of header

\title{WikiMedia Reference Card}

\section{Starting a new page}
{\bf from an existing page:} Add a link to a new
(not yet existing) page and save the document. All pages
that do not yet exist will have a red hyperlink. To 
create that page, click on the red hyperlink. See below
for link syntax.

{\bf from MS Word document:} Go to {\tt http://www.infpro.com\-/downloads/downloads/wordmedia.htm} and follow the instructions there. Note that images
will not be converted.

\section{Basic Formatting}
\metax{'{}'emphasized text'{}'}{2 single quotes}
\metax{'{}'{}'very emphasized text'{}'{}'}{3 single quotes}
\metax{'{}'{}'{}'very very emphasized text'{}'{}'{}'}{4 single quotes}
\metax{empty line}{Paragraph}
\metax{\~{ }\~{ }\~{ }\~{ }}{Insert username and date}
\metax{Start line with a space to avoid reformatting}{}
\metax{$<$nowiki$>$text w/o wikification$<$/nowiki$>$}{in box}
\metax{$<$pre$>$block of text w/o reformatting$<$/pre$>$}{\ \ \ in box}

\section{Headings}
\metax{==Section==}{}
\metax{===Subsection===}{}
\metax{====Subsubsection====}{}

\section{Lists}
\metax{* itemized list}{List with dots}
\metax{** second level}{}
\metax{*** third level}{}
\metax{\# numbered list}{Numbered list}
\metax{\#\# second level}{}
\metax{\#\#\# third level}{}
\metax{; DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid}{Definition list}
\metax{;; rDNA: Ribosomal DNA}{}
\metax{: colon indents line}{}
\metax{:: more indented line}{}
\metax{-{}-{}-{}-}{horizontal line}

\section{Links}
\metax{we reserach [[rice]] here}{Internal link}
\metax{we research [[Golden Rice]] here}{}
Note: Links to pages that don't exist, will be in red. To create that 
page, simply click on that link to create it. An edit window will appear.\par

\metax{[[Rice$\vert$Oryza sativa]] is\dots}{Alternative text}
\metax{[http://www.yahoo.com Yahoo!!]}{External link}
\metax{see also [http://www.yahoo.com]}{see also [1]$\nearrow$}
\metax{other wiki [[:Wikipedia:PCR$\vert$PCR]]}{Interwiki link}
\metax{\#REDIRECT [[Official position]]}{abbrevs, aliases}
\metax{$\rightarrow$ full details at}{Help:Editing}

\section{Multimedia}
\metax{Here is a pic [[Image:wiki.png]]}{}
\metax{[[Image:wiki.png$\vert$frame$\vert$Caption]]}{with frame}
\metax{[[Image:wiki.png$\vert$thumb$\vert$Caption]]}{with thumb}
\metax{[[Image:wiki.png$\vert$thumb$\vert$300px$\vert$Caption]]}{300px wide}
\metax{[[Image:wiki.png$\vert$thumb$\vert$left$\vert$300px$\vert$Cap]]}{text floating}
\metax{All other media: [[Media:video.asf$\vert$Video]]}{}
\metax{PDF: [[Media:filename.pdf$\vert$PDF]]}{}
\metax{$\rightarrow$ full details at}{Wikimedia:Extended\_image\_syntax}
\metax{$\rightarrow$}{Help:Images\_and\_media}

\section{Tables}
\metax{$\{\vert$}{Simple 3x3 table}
\metax{$\vert$ topleft $\vert\vert$ topmiddle $\vert\vert$ topright}{}
\metax{$\vert$-}{new row}
\metax{midleft $\vert\vert$ midmiddle $\vert\vert$ midright}{3 cells of row 2}
\metax{$\vert$-}{new row}
\metax{bottomleft $\vert\vert$ bottommiddle $\vert\vert$ bottomright}{3 cells of row 3}
\metax{$\vert\}$}{end of table}
%
\metax{\phantom{x}}{ }
%
\metax{$\{\vert$ border=1}{Start framed table}
\metax{$\vert$+ Student List}{caption}
\metax{$\vert$- bgcolor=grey}{first row has grey background}
\metax{! Name !! Age !! Sex}{header}
\metax{$\vert$-}{new row, no parameters}
\metax{$\vert$ Peter $\vert\vert$ align=right $\vert$ 8 $\vert\vert$ m}{3 cells of 1st row}
\metax{$\vert$-}{new row, no parameters}
\metax{$\vert$ Paul $\vert\vert$ align=right $\vert$ 12 $\vert\vert$ m}{3 cells of 2nd row}
\metax{$\vert$-}{new row, no parameters}
\metax{$\vert$ Mary $\vert\vert$ align=right $\vert$ 9 $\vert\vert$ f}{3 cells of 3rd row}
\metax{$\vert\}$}{end}

\metax{$\rightarrow$ full details at}{Help:Table}


\section{Categories}

\metax{[[Category:CatName]]}{Add cat to article}
\metax{Note: new categories are created automatically}{ }
\metax{[[:Category:CatName]]}{Link to cat}
\metax{[[Category:People$\vert$Einstein, Albert]]}{Sort under Einstein}
Categories can be member of other categories. This
way you create a hierachy of categories.\par
\metax{Special:Categories}{Lists all categories}
\metax{Note: Images can be part of a category}{}
\metax{$\rightarrow$ full details at}{Help:Category}

\section{Math}
$<$math$>\backslash$ sum\_$\{$n=0$\}\hat{ } \backslash\hbox{infty}\backslash$frac$\{$x\^{ }n$\}\{$n!$\}<$/math$>$\par

\metax{$\displaystyle \sum_{n=0}^\infty {x^n\over n!}$}{La\TeX\ style math}
\metax{$\rightarrow$ full details at}{Help:Math}


\section{Special Characters}
\metax{\`A \&Agrave; \`E \&Egrave; \`o \&ograve; \dots}{accent grave}
\metax{$\acute A$ \&Aacute; $\acute E$ \&Eacute; $\acute o$ \&oacute; \dots}{accent aigu}
\metax{\^A \&Acirc; \^E \&Ecirc; \^o \&ocirc; \dots}{accent circonflexe}
\metax{\~A \&Atilde; \~N \&Ntilde; \~n \&ntilde; \dots}{tilde}
\metax{\"A \&Auml; \"E \&Euml; \"o \&ouml; \dots}{umlaut}
\metax{$\beta$ \&szlig; \oe \&oelig; \o \&oslash;}{specials}
\metax{?` \&iquest; !` \&iexcl; $\dagger$ \&dagger; --- \&mdash;}{}
\metax{$\alpha$ \&alpha; $\beta$ \&beta; $\gamma$ \&gamma; \dots}{greek}
\metax{$\rightarrow$ full details at}{Help:Special\_characters}

\section{Templates}

To insert a block of text from a template type $\{\{$Template name$\}\}$.
The template can be found under\par
Template:Template\_name.\par

\metax{$\rightarrow$ full details at}{Help:Template}

\section{Policies}

{\bf Naming articles} The name of the article is at the same time the
article headline as well as the link for the article. The first
character is always automatically capitalized. Lowercase second and
subsequent words, except if it's a name. Prefer singular nouns. Use
spelled-out phrase and use redirect for acronyms and abbreviations.

The following characters are not allowed in page titles: \# + $<$ $>$
[ ] $\vert$ $\{$ $\}$ /. The first character is automatically
capitalized. The maximum length is 255 characters.

\metax{$\rightarrow$ full details at}{Wikipedia:Naming\_conventions}

{\bf Editing} Be bold in updating articles. If you see a mistake,
content, spelling or grammar, please edit the page and correct it
immediately. But don't be reckless. Don't make the contributer
angry.% Stay at a neutral point of view.

Perfection is not required. This is a community and incomplete
articles or random collection of facts. Save them for others to add
their knowledge and edit your article. Avoid duplication, irrelevancy,
nonsense and inaccuracy.

\metax{$\rightarrow$ full details at}{Wikipedia:Wikiquette}

\section{Help Pages}

Help pages mentioned above, are available at\par
{\tt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help} or under the mentioned help section, e.\
g.\ {\tt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table}.


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