Help talk:Funtoo Editing Guidelines

Please keep DISQUS chats at the top of talk pages.

console output

there are no examples of console output.

<console>###i## some command
output
output
</console>

produces

root # some command
output
output

Fancy Boxes

TODO: Describe fancy* boxes, and explain the most fool-proof way of using them. Use this format, exactly:

   Important

Now you can put lots of funky stuff in here, like html tags, etc, and not have a problem with the parameter getting passed as the first parameter.

Cool!

ebuild documentation

http://www.funtoo.org/Adding_an_Ebuild_to_the_Wiki

i think the first part should have a link to adding the build wiki info. the pages should be linked against each other. & or transclusion at the bottom of this help article. (and a very minor note that the file stuff should be bundled into the fancy notes at the bottom.) =D <3 u guys

Special Characters

To produce pipes:

{{!}}

generates: |

To produce equals:

{{=}}

generates: =

delete template

to flag a page as a candidate for deletion, insert

{{delete}}

at the top of a page.

   Warning

This page has been proposed for deletion because it does not meet the Editing Guidelines.
If you disagree, please discuss it here.

Threesixes (talk) 16:54, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Minor edits

Check minor edits to note that your commit is a small commit. A minor edit can be filtered out of logs when searching through them.

video playlists

i have several examples of how to embed playlists in Programming but there are no examples in how to wiki. im moving some of these issues to upstreams bug tracker.... the - links & stub edits are really problems upstream should be dealing with.

how to talk pages

we need a section explaining how to indent for step2 of talk threads

ie conversation 2

ie convo 3

we need info on using tilde's to sign and date etc... noting that its good practice to sign with 4 ~

   Tip

~~~ && ~~~~ && ~~~~~

produces Threesixes (talk) && Threesixes (talk) 22:41, 26 September 2014 (UTC) && 22:41, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

we need a note about user talk pages being a messaging system.... (i put a disqus on my talk page so i get email notifications when people say things to me) Threesixes (talk) 22:41, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

template requests

external resources

I would like a sexy little widget for by the top of the page with links to: tldp, wikipedia, ohloh, cvedetails, github, sourceforge, etc with sexy little icons. It will make our pages feel more interwoven with the larger linux community. ;-) Threesixes (talk) 23:30, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

http://www.cvedetails.com/vendor/12010/Mariadb.html

fortune of the day

I'd like a daily fortune rotation on my user page to show im looney tunes ;-) Threesixes (talk) 23:30, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

widget requests

1. http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Widget:Ohloh_Project for dynamic language summary on packages
2. http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Alexa <-this ones pretty rad
3. http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/AddThis