Complete list of wikicode?

[Socob]

Hello again,
After seeing what some user are able to pull off with code on the site, I'm interested in knowing if there's a complete, or at least extensive, list of things you can do. The editing help mentions basic things, but it seems like it's far from complete. For instance, I just found out by accident that <!--text--> hides the text when the source isn't viewed, and I don't think that's mentioned in there.

 

[Doctor Oak]

Got a feeling that's unlikely to be plainly mentioned because it's actually HTML (it's the HTML for hidden comments), not Wikicode.

I do agree that Wiki formatting is incredibly convoluted and confusing though. A proper reference that's not actually written in a tl;dr encyclopaedic style would be pretty handy...

 

[AiedailEclipsed]

Hell! I'd take the encyclopedic one!

 

[TTEchidna]

{{template|parameter1=something}}
[[link]]
[[link|piped link]]
'''bold'''
''italic''
'''''bold italic'''''

{|
! table
| entry
|}

It's not really hard; just feel your way through it.

 

[Virtual-Z]

You learn by doing. That's how I did it. It gets easy.

 

[The dark lord trombonator]

LURK MOAR!!!1eleven

In seriousness, taking the time to look at the edit pane and working out what each little thing does is more helpful than you know. Take portions of code into a sandbox, and "edit" by using the Show Preview button so that your tests don't end up clogging the RecentChanges or violating the userspace policy.

And of course, ask for help if you need it. Have fun!

 

[evkl]

Yeah, I'm not very good with the wikicode but I cannibalize old templates whenever I need to make something new. Just my two cents.

 

[Socob]

Hrm... I expected something like this. Thanks for the answers anyway.

Got a feeling that's unlikely to be plainly mentioned because it's actually HTML (it's the HTML for hidden comments), not Wikicode.

So you can freely use HTML while editing? Or is this limited to certain commands?

{{template|parameter1=something}}
[[link]]
[[link|piped link]]
'''bold'''
''italic''
'''''bold italic'''''

{|
! table
| entry
|}

It's not really hard; just feel your way through it.

Well, I knew that much already. I did read the "guides".

 

[Jioruji Derako]

Metawiki's editing guide is about as comprehensive as you can get. Perhaps a little too comprehensive.

Geo - a.k.a. Jioruji Derako

 

[Doctor Oak]

So you can freely use HTML while editing? Or is this limited to certain commands?

I'd imagine it's limited to a very few commands for security reasons. Since HTML commenting is hardly dangerous, I'd guess they simply let that roll instead of coming up with an unnecessary Wikicode replacement.

 

[The dark lord trombonator]

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Help:Editing

You may have seen it, and it's badly written, but I found something.

 

[Socob]

Metawiki's editing guide is about as comprehensive as you can get. Perhaps a little too comprehensive.

Geo - a.k.a. Jioruji Derako

Thank you!
I'm really tired so I'll take a full look at it tomorrow, but from a first glance it seems to be exactly what I was looking for. And from what I saw, it does indeed seem that most of it is HTML-related...

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Help:Editing

You may have seen it, and it's badly written, but I found something.

The editing help mentions basic things, but it seems like it's far from complete.

Yes, I did. It's linked to at the bottom of every edit page, after all