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==Useful tools==
There's a wikipedia page on tools: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools
I think this VBA code (with instructions on how to use it) is the best way to convert tables from excel to wiki: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Technik/Text/Basic/EXCEL-Tabellenumwandlung/en
==Quick Hints==
Wiki pages are written in a very simple markup language. You can click the edit button on any page and enter marked-up content into the box and click save, and the new changes will appear instantly on the page. You can probably deduce all of the markup that you need by looking at an existing page, but as a quick reference the most used syntax is provided below. (Note that if you look at the source code, you will see that the <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></nowiki>tag is used to prevent the wiki from interpreting the code.
===Making tables using data from Excel===
For now, use [http://excel2wiki.net/wikipedia.php| this website] to paste data from Excel and then convert it to a format usable in Wiki. At a later date or possibly later today Carlin will figure out how to do this without using an external website (possibly by using a plugin).
Alternatively utilize regular expressions and [[Winner's Curse in Acquisitions (Academic Paper)]] as a reference for table making in wikis.
===Bullets, Indents and Boxes===
===Images===
First, [[Special:Upload|upload a file]] (there's a link in the toolbox to the right). Then link to that file. More information on how to align, scale, or otherwise process images is available from [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Imagesmediawiki's help pages]
===Math===
You might also want to see the [[Help using LaTeX]] page!
===Transclusion===
Transclusion is a way to include pages, or text from pages in other pages. See: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Transclusion
On the source page you can:
*Include tags like <nowiki> <onlyinclude> ... </onlyinclude></nowiki> so that only the selected section will appear on transcluded pages
*Include links to the pages itself, like <nowiki> [[Editing Content]]</nowiki>. On the source page these 'links' will appear as bold text, but on the transcluded page they appear as a link.
On the target page, you can include the transcluded page (or section thereof) by using:
*<nowiki>{{:PageName}}</nowiki>
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