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There is also a nice little '''Edit''' button next to all section headers.
There is also a nice little '''Edit''' button next to all section headers.
Finally, here is a list of existing guides which you might find more helpful and detailed. These are for Wikipedia, so some differences might arise here and there, mostly in the form of <nowiki>{{ ... }}</nowiki> templates.
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Mediawiki Help:Formatting]
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Wikimedia Meta-Wiki Advanced editing]
* [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Editing_Wikitext/Tables Editing Wikitext/Tables]
(And if you need IPA characters, just use this website: [http://ipa.typeit.org/full/ http://ipa.typeit.org/full/])
=Table of Contents=
=Table of Contents=
This should be generated once you have enough section headers. How do you start a new section? By making a header! How do you do that? Like so!
This should be generated once you have enough section headers. How do you start a new section? By making a header! How do you do that? Like so!
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</nowiki>
</nowiki>
Less highly ranked headers and their following sections will be nested within higher ranked sections. So '''Header 2''' will appear as a subsection of '''Header 1''''s section.
Less highly ranked headers and their following sections will be nested within higher ranked sections. So '''Header 2''' will appear as a subsection of '''Header 1''''s section.


=Comments=
=Comments=
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This is particularly useful when making a new language page on Linguifex, since it automatically generates some sections for you that you might not want to tackle right away, but might still want to keep track of for future reference.
This is particularly useful when making a new language page on Linguifex, since it automatically generates some sections for you that you might not want to tackle right away, but might still want to keep track of for future reference.


=Tables=
=Tables=
Tables in HTML and Wiki format are ''always'' less intuitive than using a word processor or something like that. But you do have similar control. But you should plan your tables accordingly ahead of time, making sure they're formatted in a sane way you can easily make changes to later.
Tables in HTML and Wiki format are ''always'' less intuitive than using a word processor or something like that. But you do have similar control. But you should plan your tables accordingly ahead of time, making sure they're formatted in a sane way you can easily make changes to later.


==Pre-formatted==
 
==Pre-formatted using the Tool==
Let's say you just want a simple table '''''right now''''', you can do that easily just by going up to the top of the Linguifex editor pane, and clicking '''Advanced'''. At the very end of the icons that have now popped up, there is a table icon (as of 08:37, 9 March 2017 (CET) at least). This comes with checkboxes for various options, and the preview image will show you what they change. For now, let's make a 3x3 non-sortable table with headers and see what happens in the code!
Let's say you just want a simple table '''''right now''''', you can do that easily just by going up to the top of the Linguifex editor pane, and clicking '''Advanced'''. At the very end of the icons that have now popped up, there is a table icon (as of 08:37, 9 March 2017 (CET) at least). This comes with checkboxes for various options, and the preview image will show you what they change. For now, let's make a 3x3 non-sortable table with headers and see what happens in the code!
  <nowiki>
  <nowiki>
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| Example || Example || Example
| Example || Example || Example
|}
|}
==The Underlying Mechanics of the Arte o' Tabulature==


===The Table Brackets===
===The Table Brackets===
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  <nowiki>{| class="wikitable"</nowiki>
  <nowiki>{| class="wikitable"</nowiki>
This just specifies which kind of table it is. There are different version with various colours out there in the wild, so if you see one on Linguifex that you like the look of, look at the '''class''' and see if you can replace your table's class with theirs.
This just specifies which kind of table it is. There are different version with various colours out there in the wild, so if you see one on Linguifex that you like the look of, look at the '''class''' and see if you can replace your table's class with theirs.


===How Rows and Cells are Separated===
===How Rows and Cells are Separated===
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You'll have to decide in practice how you'll handle that.
You'll have to decide in practice how you'll handle that.
''Note also that I didn't use a table header there, and just used the bare brackets. It's not as pretty though when it's rendered.''
''Note also that I didn't use a table header there, and just used the bare brackets. It's not as pretty though when it's rendered.''


===Header Cells===
===Header Cells===
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! Header 4 || Normal 7 !! Header 5
! Header 4 || Normal 7 !! Header 5
|}
|}


===Spreading a Single Cell over Multiple Rows or Columns===
===Spreading a Single Cell over Multiple Rows or Columns===
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|-
|-
! 2nd Row, 1st Cell !! 2nd Row, <u>''2nd''</u> Cell
! 2nd Row, 1st Cell !! 2nd Row, <u>''2nd''</u> Cell
|}
==Some Example Tables==
Here's some no-thrills tables for you to copy and experiment with.
===Phoneme Inventory for a Random Language===
<nowiki>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonants in Mongor
|-
! colspan='2' | <!-- blank spot -->
! Labial !! Dental !! Palatal !! colspan='2' | Dorsal !! Guttural
<!-- Add in more categories as you like, just keep count! There's 5 here right now, so I should have five (actually, 6...) corresponding columns -->
|-
! rowspan='2' | Plosives !! Fortis
| p || t || č || k || q || 
|-
! Lenis
| b || d || (ž) || g || ʁ || 
|-
! colspan='2' | Nasals
| m || n || ń || ŋ || ɴ ||
|-
! colspan='2' | Fricatives <!-- Only use as many categories as you need for your language, assuming your phonology is fairly finalised -->
|  || s, z || š ||colspan='2'|  || h
|-
! colspan='2' | Sonorants
| v || l, ł || j ||colspan='2'|  || 
|}
</nowiki>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonants in Mongor
|-
! colspan='2' | <!-- blank spot -->
! Labial !! Dental !! Palatal !! colspan='2' | Dorsal !! Guttural
<!-- Add in more categories as you like, just keep count! There's 5 here right now, so I should have five (actually, 6...) corresponding columns -->
|-
! rowspan='2' | Plosives !! Fortis
| p || t || č || k || q || 
|-
! Lenis
| b || d || (ž) || g || ʁ || 
|-
! colspan='2' | Nasals
| m || n || ń || ŋ || ɴ ||
|-
! colspan='2' | Fricatives <!-- Only use as many categories as you need for your language, assuming your phonology is fairly finalised -->
|  || s, z || š ||colspan='2'|  || h
|-
! colspan='2' | Sonorants
| v || l, ł || j ||colspan='2'|  || 
|}
===Phoneme Inventory for Something like English===
<nowiki>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonants in Germanese
|-
! <!-- blank spot -->
! Labial !! Alveolar !! Post-Alveolar !! Velar !! Glottal
|-
! Plosives
| p, b || t, d ||  || k, g || (ʔ)
|-
! Affricates
| pf ||  || ch, j ||  || 
|-
! Fricatives
| f, v || s, z || sh || (gh) || h
|-
! Nasals
| m || n ||  || ng || 
|-
! Sonorants
| w || r, l || j ||  || 
|}
</nowiki>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonants in Germanese
|-
! <!-- blank spot -->
! Labial !! Alveolar !! Post-Alveolar !! Velar !! Glottal
|-
! Plosives
| p, b || t, d ||  || k, g || (ʔ)
|-
! Affricates
| pf ||  || ch, j ||  || 
|-
! Fricatives
| f, v || s, z || sh || (gh) || h
|-
! Nasals
| m || n ||  || ng || 
|-
! Sonorants
| w || r, l || j ||  || 
|}
===Example from my own conlang Qalbïlla===
<nowiki>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[User:Ceige/2_Vowels|Qalbïlla]] Consonant Phonemes
|-
! Phonation
! Labial !! Dental !! Dorsal
|-
! Plosive
| p, b || t, d, ''tˤ'' || q
|-
! Fricative
|  || s || ''h''
|-
! Nasal
| m || n ||
|-
! Sonorant
| w || l || y
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[User:Ceige/2_Vowels|Qalbïlla]] Vowel Phonemes
|-
! Openness
! Center
|-
! Closed
| ɨ~ɯ̈ ⟨ï⟩
|-
! Open
| ɑ̈ ⟨a⟩
|}
</nowiki>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[User:Ceige/2_Vowels|Qalbïlla]] Consonant Phonemes
|-
! Phonation
! Labial !! Dental !! Dorsal
|-
! Plosive
| p, b || t, d, ''tˤ'' || q
|-
! Fricative
|  || s || ''h''
|-
! Nasal
| m || n ||
|-
! Sonorant
| w || l || y
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[User:Ceige/2_Vowels|Qalbïlla]] Vowel Phonemes
|-
! Openness
! Center
|-
! Closed
| ɨ~ɯ̈ ⟨ï⟩
|-
! Open
| ɑ̈ ⟨a⟩
|}
|}
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