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For more see  [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight]
 
For more see  [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight]
  
== How to insert citations ==
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== How to insert citations ? ==
 
Wrap reference inside <code><nowiki> <ref> </ref> </nowiki></code>
 
Wrap reference inside <code><nowiki> <ref> </ref> </nowiki></code>
 
example:
 
example:

Revision as of 00:57, 27 April 2018

How to create a new page

On the browser address bar type : cepm.cs.odu.edu/<name of page> or cepm.cs.odu.edu/<namespace> : <name of page>

How does formatting work ?

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

How to insert code snippets with syntax highlight ?

Warp them in <syntaxhighlight> </syntaxhighlight> tags

example:

<syntaxhighlight lang="python" line='line'>
def quickSort(arr):
	less = []
	pivotList = []
	more = []
	if len(arr) <= 1:
		return arr
	else:
		pass
</syntaxhighlight>
def quickSort(arr):
	less = []
	pivotList = []
	more = []
	if len(arr) <= 1:
		return arr
	else:
		pass

For more see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight

How to insert citations ?

Wrap reference inside <ref> </ref> example:

The Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref> The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref>''R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>

<references />

The Sun is pretty big.[1] The Moon, however, is not so big.[2]

References

  1. E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.
  2. R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.

For more see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite#Usage