Help:Game Recaps
| Game Recaps on ArmchairGM are written and edited by fans just like you. In fact, you can write a game recap right now! You can use this form for easy, push-button publishing, but you may want to read some basic tips first. The easy form is repeated at the bottom of the page for your convenience. |
Basic Editing Tips
In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.
Basic text formatting: Italicizing/Bolding Text; Starting new paragraphs/lines
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You can emphasize text by putting two apostrophes on each side. Three apostrophes will emphasize it strongly. Five apostrophes is even stronger. | You can ''emphasize text'' by putting two apostrophes on each side. Three apostrophes will emphasize it '''strongly'''. Five apostrophes is '''''even stronger'''''. |
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A single new line has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph. | A single new line has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph. |
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You can break lines | You can break lines<br> without starting a new paragraph.<br> Please use this sparingly. |
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Section headings Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.
Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with two equals signs; don't use single equals signs. | == Section headings == Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. === Subsection === Using more equals signs creates a subsection. ==== A smaller subsection ==== Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with two equals signs; don't use single equals signs. |
A newline after that starts a new paragraph. | :A colon indents a line or paragraph. ::Two colons indent it even further. A new line after that starts a new paragraph. |
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Here's a link to a page named Jose Reyes. You can put formatting around a link. Example: Jose Reyes. The first letter will automatically be capitalized, so new York Mets goes to the same place as New York Mets. Capitalization matters after the first letter. | Here's a link to a page named [[Jose Reyes]]. You can put formatting around a link. Example: ''[[Jose Reyes]]''. The ''first letter'' will automatically be capitalized, so [[new York Mets]] goes to the same place as [[New York Mets]]. '''Capitalization matters after the first letter.''' |
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You can make an external link just by typing a URL: http://www.wiki-law.org You can give it a title: Wikilaw Or leave the title blank: [1] |
You can make an external link just by typing a URL: http://www.wiki-law.org You can give it a title: [http://www.wiki-law.org Wikilaw] Or leave the title blank: [http://www.wiki-law.org] |
You can learn more about writing and editing pages at Help:Editing Overview.
Write a Game Recap
Have you watched the game and want to write about it? ArmchairGM allows anyone -- yes, even you! -- to write a game recap that will be published for an innumerable readership. To create a game recap, simply fill in the spaces below as instructed. When identifying teams, write the team's full name (e.g. use New York Mets, not Mets; use Boston Celtics; not Celtics). This will ensure that your article gets sorted into the right pages. Also, when inputting the date, please use the MM/DD/YY format (e.g. 05/16/06).
If you fill out the form and find that the recap is already written, feel free to add and edit to the page.
<createpage>category=Game Recaps</createpage>
