TV Live Wiki:About

This is a wiki all about television presentation, programmes, presenters and announcers. You are welcome to read and edit it at your leisure.

If you would like to get involved with editing and maintaining the wiki but aren't sure how to go about it, this page offers a simple how-to guide for editors who are keen to contribute but just starting out with using wikis.

Editing the wiki
To edit pages, click on the blue 'edit' link just above the page you wish to edit. This wiki uses the same notations as the English Language Wikipedia, so if you're familiar with that you should have no problem using this wiki.

Tips for first time wiki users

 * To write a heading, type the equals sign (=) twice, followed by the heading word or phrase, and followed again by another two equals signs. For example, the heading at the top of this section that reads Editing the wiki was achieved by typing ==Editing the wiki== . Typing three equals signs either side of the heading title will generate a sub-heading, four will create a sub-sub-heading, and so on.


 * To create a link to another article, put the link word in double square brackets - e.g., BBC Three . This will automatically generate a link to the BBC Three article. If you wish to link to an article via a word other than its title, follow the link location with a vertical bar (|) and then the link text to display. For example, typing BBC3 will show the words "BBC3" but link to the article BBC Three.


 * Most of the links you will see on this wiki are blue, meaning that they go to existing pages. However, some links are red. Red links point towards articles that don't exist yet. Clicking that link would allow you to edit and create the article with that title.


 * You can use bold, italics, or even bold italics. These are achieved with the following markup: bold, italics and bold italics . However, for headings it is always best to use the equals sign technique explained above, as this allows the automatic generation of tables of content, such as the one at the top of this page.


 * External links are generated with single square brackets (as opposed to the double square brackets used for internal links), and with a space separating the link and the phrase to be displayed in the article. For example, Google produces Google.

Templates

 * Templates are indicated by double curly brackets, such as . Although they can greatly simplify the markup for complex tasks such as providing more information), templates can be difficult to use for inexperienced users as they incorporate many different fields of unclear purpose. If in doubt, it's best to copy the correct template from another article and then change the fields manually.

Images

 * Images can be uploaded in one of two ways. Either click on the 'Upload file' link on the left hand side on the screen (Special:Upload), or insert a red link for an image into an article and then click the red link to go to the same upload page. The markup for an image link is the same as a standard internal link, but prefixed with "Image:"; for instance, [[Image:Gatwick Airport.jpg]] will create a red link which can be clicked to upload an image of the airport. All images must be uploaded for use in either an article or a personal page. Unused images which just waste space are likely to be deleted.

Signatures

 * To sign and date your edits on talk pages only, follow your message with four tildes ( ~ ). This will give: Example 09:41, 3 April 2009 (BST)

References to cover more than one section
Sometimes you may have to use a ref more than once in the same page, of course you can provide a like for it every time but it would clog up the page. A better way it to do the following



If you have two links that need to be spread you can do the following to the second like etc...



Useful tips
TV live wiki was only created in July,with many pages are still needing to be created while some of the current pages just need some gaps filled in. Your probley wondering what's the best way to go about achieving the improvements; To some people it will be very easy while for other the following will be a small helpful hints to gently get you on your way. Rule of thumbs:

A good starting point is to copy the content from wikipedia, but of course we expect you to build upon it. Google is very useful in finding out references; but the following website may provide more details:


 * http://www.independent.co.uk
 * http://www.marketingweek.co.uk
 * http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk
 * http://mediatel.co.uk
 * http://www.thefreelibrary.com

Hopeful you will be able to create and improve the pages on TV Live wiki.

Notability of articles
Importantly, please don't be shy in creating new articles. These can easily be modified by existing members and in very rare cases they can be deleted, although usually deletion is reserved for obvious spam non-television related pages. Additionally, please don't be worried if your article is modified. All articles grow and evolve over time to keep them and the wiki as a whole consistent and up-to-date.