PDB Tutorial

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Before Getting Started

For new users wanting to begin creating pages in PRIMUS Database, please be sure to review our guidelines and policies.

Primus Database Guidelines | Primus Database Terms of Service
PDB IP Policy | Vandalism

Of particular importance to those who wish to post articles of original characters that have been/are currently used in other games: PDb’s purpose is to showcase original works created by the Champions Online community. We would prefer that any text or images with direct reference to Intellectual Properties other than CO are avoided. Links to outlying websites such as the VirtueVerse wiki are recommended if you would like to provide a reference to your (character’s) exploits in other games.

Article Creation

Naming your Article

In order to create an article, it’s best to first determine if your character’s name has already been used. Type the name you wish to search for in the search text box and left-click on either the Go or Search buttons.

• If the search does not come up with a page with your chosen name, it will prompt you to create one by providing a red text link.
• If there is a page with the name already being used, do not overwrite the contents of that page with your own material! Instead, consider attaching a global name reference or the character’s real name in parentheses to your search.

Wiki Markup

In order to create articles, you’ll need to know a little about how “wiki markup” works. Wiki markup is a combination of HTML-like tags and simple markings that alter an article's formatting.

Below is a quick reference table of often-used wiki markup. For more information, please see Wikipedia's help article on wiki markup as it has an extensive list of functions that can also be used here.

''text'' '''text''' '''''text'''''	Inserting a number of apostropes before and after a section of text will italicize (two), bold (three), or do both (five) to the text.
<center>text</center>	Causes text or other items to center-align.
=text= =text= ==text== ===text===	Equals signs surrounding text will form section headers. Using more at once will create sub-sections. Generally, you do not need more than three levels of headers. After a certain amount of sections are created, a table of contents will appear at the top of the page before the first section header.
[[text]] [[text|alt text]] [[text#alt text]]	Double brackets cause the surrounded text to become a link to another article within the PRIMUS Database. Links "piped" with | (shift-backslash) will link to a page titled with text, but display as the following alternate text. Use # if you want to create a page linking to a specific section or sub-section of an article. Section links can also be piped.
[URL] [URL text]	Single brackets make links that lead offsite. The first example is an unnamed link. The second example is similar to piping an internal link, except you only need a space between your web address and the alternate text you want to use. Offsite links are marked with a symbol.
:text ::text :::text	When used at the beginning of a line, : indents text according to how many times it appears. Useful for threading conversation on talk pages.
*text *text **text ***text	Asterisks that begin a line will create a bulleted list, with more of them creating sub-bullets. Replacing the * with # will create a numbered list.
~~~~	Inserts a signature that links to your user page and related talk page, and displays the date and time of posting.
<nowiki>text</nowiki>	Nullifies wiki markup between tags and causes it to display as regular text.