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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.
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.


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== How do I embed a Tweet? ==
== How do I embed a Tweet? ==
[[File:TweetEmbedExample.png|right|thumb|''A Tweet's id.'']]
[[File:TweetEmbedExample.png|right|thumb|''A Tweet's id.'']]
Inserting the following Widget code on a wiki page will embed a Tweet. The '''id''' parameter is the number after <code>/status/</code> in the Tweet's URL (see the image). You can find more detailed documentation on the [[Widget:Tweet|Widget's page]].
Inserting the following Widget code on a wiki page will embed a Tweet. The '''id''' parameter is the number after <code>/status/</code> in the Tweet's URL (see the image). You can find more detailed documentation on the [[Widget:Tweet|Widget's page]].
<syntaxhighlight lang="html+handlebars">{{#widget:Tweet|id=}}</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="html+handlebars">{{#widget:Tweet|id=}}</syntaxhighlight>


== How do I embed YouTube videos? ==
== How do I embed YouTube videos? ==
[[File:YouTube ID Example.jpg|right|thumb|''A YouTube video's id.'']]
<syntaxhighlight lang="html+handlebars">{{#widget:YouTube|id=iYtJq71CMnU}}</syntaxhighlight>
 
Inserting the following Widget code on a wiki page will embed a YouTube video. The '''id''' parameter is the number after <code>?v=</code> in the video's URL (see the image). You can find more detailed documentation on the [[Widget:YouTube|Widget's page]].
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="html+handlebars">{{#widget:YouTube|id=}}</syntaxhighlight>


== How do I add a page to a category? ==
== How do I add a page to a category? ==
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=== Examples ===
=== Examples ===


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


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


<syntaxhighlight lang="html+handlebars">#REDIRECT [[20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy]]</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight>#REDIRECT [[20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy]]</syntaxhighlight>


== What is a Stub? ==
== What is a Stub? ==
<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>
* Put definition here...
 
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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