Wiki Usage FAQ

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?[edit]

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?[edit]

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?[edit]

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

Examples[edit]

[[category:Ericisms]]

How do I make a redirect?[edit]

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

What is a Stub?[edit]

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?[edit]