General information
- For the basics about MediaWiki please read MediaWiki FAQ
- Add at least one category to every topic
- In the beginning, the Cheetsheat is very useful
Structuring an article
Text formatting
Descriptive text
Descriptive text should be left aligned and in the standard font, without any additional formatting.
If you want to emphasize something, use bold style. If you want to refer to the exact name of something in the UI of UBIK, use italic style.
Lists
There are two types of lists that can be used:
Bullets
Use a bullets if you want to list several (short) statements of the same area, which are not chronologically connected. Do not use punctuation for bulleted items.
- Statement
- Another Statement
Numbered list
Use numbered list if the items are chronologically connected and have to be executed one after the other. Do not use punctuation for bulleted items.
- Do this first
- then do this
- end finally, do this
Tables
Use the WikiTable like in the following example:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Columns 1!! Column 2
|-
| Row 1.1|| Row 1.2
|-
| Row 2.1|| Row 2.2
|-
| Row 3.1|| Row 3.2
|-
|}
will result in
| Columns 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Row 1.1 | Row 1.2 |
| Row 2.1 | Row 2.2 |
| Row 3.1 | Row 3.2 |
Code
Use a leading blank to format text as source code, or the <code>-Tag.
Tips and hints
Attention
Use the Attention template to draw attention to a certain sentence:
 | Please don't miss this sentence! |
Colors
Colors should be used very sparingly and only if they really contribute to the better understanding of a text.
Other Useful templates
- The KeyPress template allows you to display keyboard commands, so
{{key press|Ctrl|W}}will result in Ctrl+W - Use the UBIK MetaModel template to refer to the data model:
- UBIK® MetaModel
- A descriptive model, where objects provide information about the aspects of the data, is also called “Metamodel”.