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And finally, if you need to mark an spoiler, put it in a spoiler template, like: <code><nowiki>At the end of [[Citizen Kane]], we find out that {{spoiler| Rosebud is the name of his sled}}.''</nowiki></code><ref>This trope is called [[It Was His Sled]], since everyone has known the spoiler ending for like 50 years already.</ref>
And finally, if you need to mark an spoiler, put it in a spoiler template, like: <code><nowiki>At the end of [[Citizen Kane]], we find out that {{spoiler| Rosebud is the name of his sled}}.''</nowiki></code><ref>This trope is called [[It Was His Sled]], since everyone has known the spoiler ending for like 50 years already.</ref>


Those few things will deal with about 80% of the markup on the wiki -- check out [[Help:Editing]] for more when you need to know it.
Those few things will deal with about 80% of the markup on the wiki -- check out [[Help:Editing]] for more when you need to know it. [[Help:Formatting]] provides the best overview.


=== Copying TV Tropes ===
=== Copying TV Tropes ===
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=== Creating New Pages ===
=== Creating New Pages ===


In general, you should select a boilerplate for the type of page you're making: work, trope, trope YMMV subpage, etc. It's a little menu just above the edit box. Don't copy paste from the current version of TV Tropes (see the section above). We don't use [[CamelCase]], we do use spaces and proper punctuation (e.g. ''[[Mars Attacks!]]''), and names are case-sensitive (except for the first letter). And if you're making subpages, they do not go in a different namespaces, as in TV Tropes. Instead, they are just normal subpages, like <code>Work Name/Trivia</code> or <code>Work Name/Recap/Episode 1</code>.
In general, you should select a boilerplate for the type of page you're making: work, trope, trope YMMV subpage, etc. It's a little menu just above the edit box; it's also automatically loaded from the "Create New" menu.

Don't copy paste from the current version of TV Tropes (see the section above). We don't use [[CamelCase]], we do use spaces and proper punctuation (e.g. ''[[Mars Attacks!]]''), and names are case-sensitive (except for the first letter). And if you're making subpages, they do not go in a different namespaces, as in TV Tropes. Instead, they are just normal subpages, like <code>Work Name/Trivia</code> or <code>Work Name/Recap/S1/Episode 1</code>.


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=== Happiness is no longer mandatory ===
=== Happiness is no longer mandatory ===
Dissent is okay. Telling the ATT administrators that they're [[Idiot Ball]]-carrying [[Baka]]s on the wiki is okay. We want a community where everyone allowed to express an opinion.
Dissent is okay. Telling the ATT administrators that they're [[Idiot Ball]]-carrying [[Baka]]s on the wiki is okay. We want a community where everyone allowed to express an opinion. <small>More Info: [[All The Tropes:Policy for Wiki Staff]]</small>


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