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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
You may be wondering how to add lyrics to an article and having it actually look good. If you just type them in, you'll notice they appear on less lines than you would like. However, you ''can'' fix this. There are several known ways: | You may be wondering how to add lyrics to an article and having it actually look good. If you just type them in, you'll notice they appear on less lines than you would like. However, you ''can'' fix this. There are several known ways: | ||
| − | *You can add <nowiki><pre></pre></nowiki> tags around your lyrics | + | *You can use a colon (:) at the beginning of each line (this is for quotations, and is perhaps the proper way, but the other ways work, too) |
| + | *You can add <nowiki><pre></pre></nowiki> tags around your lyrics (this may be the easiest option, but any wiki syntax you use within the pre tags will not work: e.g. links, references and such) | ||
*You can add line breaks after each line: <nowiki><br></nowiki> | *You can add line breaks after each line: <nowiki><br></nowiki> | ||
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==Also See== | ==Also See== | ||
Latest revision as of 01:44, 30 December 2007
Creating an Article
To create an article that doesn't exist, you can either search for it and click on the link that says You can create this page, or edit an existing article, make a reference to it, and click on the reference to it (then edit it and save).
Creating Sheet Music
see sheet music
Lyrics
You may be wondering how to add lyrics to an article and having it actually look good. If you just type them in, you'll notice they appear on less lines than you would like. However, you can fix this. There are several known ways:
- You can use a colon (:) at the beginning of each line (this is for quotations, and is perhaps the proper way, but the other ways work, too)
- You can add <pre></pre> tags around your lyrics (this may be the easiest option, but any wiki syntax you use within the pre tags will not work: e.g. links, references and such)
- You can add line breaks after each line: <br>
