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This page provides answers to commonly asked questions on how to use this wiki. For a more extensive Help resource, visit the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents official Mediawiki.org help pages]. Note that not everything documented there will apply to this wiki.
This page provides answers to commonly asked questions on how to use The Portal Wiki. For a more extensive Help resource, visit the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents official Mediawiki.org help pages]. Note that not everything documented there will apply to this wiki.


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<syntaxhighlight lang="html+handlebars">[[category:Ericisms]]</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="html+handlebars">[[category:Ericisms]]</syntaxhighlight>


== How to Make a Redirect ==
== How do I make a redirect? ==


<syntaxhighlight lang="html+handlebars">#REDIRECT [[20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy]]</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="html+handlebars">#REDIRECT [[20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy]]</syntaxhighlight>
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<div class="stub" style="margin-top: 10px">[[File:MW-Icon-Warning.png]] This article is a stub. You can help us by '''editing''' this page and expanding it.</div>
<div class="stub" style="margin-top: 10px">[[File:MW-Icon-Warning.png]] This article is a stub. You can help us by '''editing''' this page and expanding it.</div>


Pages with the <code><nowiki>{{Stub}}</nowiki></code> label need development. If you see a page with this label, consider adding to it.
Pages with the <code><nowiki>{{Stub}}</nowiki></code> label need development. Typically, this is due to a lack of content, transcript, or an insufficiently deep treatment of the page's subject.
 
== Where are those dang Admin pages we always forget? ==
* https://theportal.wiki/wiki/MediaWiki:Sidebar
* https://theportal.wiki/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css
* https://theportal.wiki/wiki/MediaWiki:Mobile.css
* https://theportal.wiki/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js


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Latest revision as of 18:46, 7 August 2021

This page provides answers to commonly asked questions on how to use The Portal Wiki. For a more extensive Help resource, visit the official Mediawiki.org help pages. Note that not everything documented there will apply to this wiki.

How do I embed a Tweet?

A Tweet's id.

Inserting the following Widget code on a wiki page will embed a Tweet. The id parameter is the number after /status/ in the Tweet's URL (see the image). You can find more detailed documentation on the Widget's page.

{{#widget:Tweet|id=}}

How do I embed YouTube videos?

A YouTube video's id.

Inserting the following Widget code on a wiki page will embed a YouTube video. The id parameter is the number after ?v= in the video's URL (see the image). You can find more detailed documentation on the Widget's page.

{{#widget:YouTube|id=}}

How do I add a page to a category?

You can add any page to a category by using the [[category:]] tag.

Examples

[[category:Ericisms]]

How do I make a redirect?

#REDIRECT [[20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy]]

What is a Stub?

MW-Icon-Warning.png This article is a stub. You can help us by editing this page and expanding it.

Pages with the {{Stub}} label need development. Typically, this is due to a lack of content, transcript, or an insufficiently deep treatment of the page's subject.

Where are those dang Admin pages we always forget?