Portal Wiki:Cheatsheet

Basic formatting
{|align="center" class="wikitable" style="width:100%"  italic  italic  bold  bold  bold & italic  bold & italic
 * class="header" width="25%" style="text-align:center;"|Description
 * class="header" style="text-align:center;"|You type
 * class="header" width="25%" style="text-align:center;"|You get
 * Italic text
 * Italic text
 * Italic text
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #FFE4C4;"|
 * Bold text
 * Bold text
 * Bold text
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 * Bold and italic
 * Bold and italic
 * Bold and italic
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #FFE4C4;"|
 * Internal link
 * Internal link
 * Internal link

(within the wiki)  GLaDOS 

 Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System 

 Atlas and P-Body 

 Gels  GLaDOS

Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System

Atlas and P-Body

Gels Category:Mechanics
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #FFE4C4;"|
 * Categorization
 * Categorization
 * Categorization

Category:Mechanics/fr (on French pages) Places the page in Category:Mechanics

Places the page in Category:Mechanics/fr
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 * External link
 * External link
 * External link

(to other websites)  Text to display 

 </tt>

 http://www.example.org </tt> Text to display



http://www.example.org  Portal on Wikipedia </tt>  Portal 2 on Wikipedia </tt> Portal 2 on Wikipedia Portal 2 on Wikipedia
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #FFE4C4;"|
 * Link to Wikipedia
 * Link to Wikipedia
 * Link to Wikipedia
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 * Citation Needed
 * Citation Needed
 * Citation Needed

 #REDIRECT Target page </tt> Target page  #REDIRECT Target page/x </tt> where   is the language's code (de, fr, es, ru...) Target page/x
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 * Redirect to another page
 * Redirect to another page
 * Redirect to another page
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 * Redirect to a non-english page
 * Redirect to a non-english page
 * Redirect to a non-english page
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 * Section headings
 * Section headings
 * Section headings

A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.  == Level 1 == </tt>

 === Level 2 === </tt>

 ==== Level 3 ==== </tt>

 ===== Level 4 ===== </tt>

 ====== Level 5 ====== </tt>

Level 5
* One</tt>
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 * Bulleted list
 * Bulleted list
 * Bulleted list

* Two</tt>

** Two point one</tt>

* Three</tt>
 * One
 * Two
 * Two point one
 * Three
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 * Numbered list
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 * Numbered list
 * Numbered list

Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1. # One</tt>

<tt># Two</tt>

<tt>## Two point one</tt>

<tt># Three</tt>

<tt> no indent (normal) </tt> <tt> :first indent </tt> <tt> ::second indent </tt> <tt> :::third indent </tt> no indent (normal)
 * 1) One
 * 2) Two
 * 3) Two point one
 * 4) Three
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 * Indenting text
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 * Indenting text
 * Indenting text
 * first indent
 * second indent
 * third indent

<tt> </tt> <tt> </tt>
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 * Image
 * Image
 * Image
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 * Thumbnail image
 * Thumbnail image
 * Thumbnail image

<tt> ~ </tt> Username (talk), 27 August 2024 (UTC)
 * colspan="3" style="text-align:center;background-color:#C9DCFF" | For Talk Pages
 * Sign your posts on talk pages
 * Sign your posts on talk pages
 * Sign your posts on talk pages

<tt> File:01-Science is Fun.mp3 </tt> <tt> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGo8b_frsac </tt> <tt> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsxAlL9WAbk </tt> File:01-Science is Fun.mp3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGo8b_frsac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsxAlL9WAbk <tt> </tt> <tt> </tt> <tt> </tt>
 * colspan="3" style="text-align:center;background-color:#C9DCFF" | Portal Wiki Exclusive syntax
 * Using MediawikiPlayer This extension adds a number of commands for embedding media into an article. The following examples include embedding YouTube content via this extension, however we prefer people to use the Template:Youtube template for that.
 * Using MediawikiPlayer This extension adds a number of commands for embedding media into an article. The following examples include embedding YouTube content via this extension, however we prefer people to use the Template:Youtube template for that.
 * Using MediawikiPlayer This extension adds a number of commands for embedding media into an article. The following examples include embedding YouTube content via this extension, however we prefer people to use the Template:Youtube template for that.
 * Using Template:Youtube
 * Using Template:Youtube


 * }

Creating a page
There are three ways to create a new page on the Portal Wiki:

Firstly, you can simply type the name of the new page you wish to create into the Search box on the left navigation menu. If the page does not currently exist, the page displayed will advise you that
 * You may create the page "<font color="FF000">[page you searched for] ", but consider checking the search results below to see whether it is already covered.

Click the red text of "<font color="FF000">[page you searched for] " to begin creating the new page.

Secondly, you can navigate to the URL of the new page directly. For example, typing out <tt> https://theportalwiki.com/wiki/New_page </tt> into your browser's URL address bar and hitting the enter button will take you to a New page document. On that page you can click the CREATE tab to bring up the editing box.

Alternatively, any page that contains a red link such as example page indicates that the page does not exist. Clicking on the link will take you to a page where the first version of the page can be written and saved.

Creating a subpage
Subpages can be thought of as children of articles in the document tree. As such they should be used when you wish to create an article that is intrinsically linked to the parent article. Articles that have been translated into different languages use subpages to store the separate content. For example, the Main Page has a Main Page/pl which has the translated content in Polish.

To create a subpage, the same procedure should be used as above using the forward slash (/) to indicate the separation between the original page, and the subpage. Example:-  .

Saving pages
Once edited, before actually saving your changes, make good use of the 'Show preview' button to preview the changes. Avoid saving too often or saving just to see what it looks like. Each page save will generate an entry in recent changes. Repeated trivial and unnecessary saves tend to clutter up that list and inconvenience users who make use of that list to watch for vandals or misinformed edits. Once you are happy with your changes, enter a brief summary of what changes you have made in the 'Summary:' text box and click the 'Save page' button.

The 'This is a minor edit' tick box should be used if small changes (for example, grammar corrections) have been made. The 'Watch this page' tick box is useful to keep an eye on changes to that article. These will show up in your 'My Watchlist' (found at the top right of the wiki when you are logged in) if any changes have been made.