PotC Wiki:FAQ

Welcome to the Pirates of the Caribbean wiki. This page will attempt to answer some frequently asked questions in regard to navigating and editing this collaborative online encyclopedia. If you have a question that is not answered here, feel free to ask it on the discussion page.

Add my Signature
It is highly recommended all users sign their posts on Talk pages. To do this, type four tildes ( ~ ) at the end of every post. This will produce a unique variant of: Kwenn 20:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Create a Userpage?
In order to create a userpage, you must be a registered user of this wiki. Once you are signed in, your account name will appear at the top of the page as a redlink. Click on it and you will be taken to a blank page, which you can edit. Save this, and it will appear as your userpage. Clicking on the discussion tab will create your User talk page.

Upload images
Simply click the "Upload file" link located on the sidebar, under the "Toolbox" menu. You will then be taken to the upload screen, where a set of instructions will guide you through the upload process. Note that only registered users may upload files.

Link to images
To link to an image, the following format is used:  . So, for example, you would add   to a page to display that image. Remember that only images uploaded to this wiki, under the specified filename, will appear on a page.

You can further customize images as presented on a page. You can display it as a thumbnail by simply using this format extension:  . Additionally, you may add a caption beneath the image by simply typing your desired text after the formatting:  , which will produce the caption "Captain Jack Sparrow."

You can also set the size of the image in pixels:  , so for example, to set an image to the standard 250 pixels, you would type:   .

You can also dictate which side of the page the image will appear on, using simple left, right or center commands. For example,   will show the image on the left side of the screen.

Create non-inclusive links
If you want to link to an image or category, without displaying the image itself or including the page in that category, simply use a colon, thus:

Image:Jack_Sparrow.jpg or Category:Pirates, which will produce:

Image:Jack_Sparrow.jpg and Category:Pirates