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Problem with the info on font colors

Uh... yeah. Guys, don't use the HTML FONT tag. It's deprecated -- for those who aren't experienced with web development, that means that the FONT tag

Sucks -- CSS is much more powerful.
It's outdated, it's obsolete.
Support for it will be dropped in the future -- web browsers will stop supporting it, and it will stop working.

SPAN tags with CSS are much better for a few reasons.

They're not deprecated -- they will, for all of the foreseeable future, always work.
You can use multiple properties on them without requiring multiple elements. The code "Italic bold red text" is more memory-efficient for users than "Italic bold red text", even though it's longer.
You can specify the color as a name (color:red, though the choices are limited), hex triplet (color:#FF0000), shorthand hex triplet (color:#F00 = color:#FF0000), or RGB (color:rgb(255,0,0)) -- it's much more flexible.

So, in summation, try to stay away from FONT tags, and this article needs to be changed to stop recommending them. DavidJCobb 22:05, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Renaming a page

How do you rename a page? Is there a template that lets you change it, for example, "automaticly" to "automatically"? Specops306, Kora 'Morhek

There should be a tab on the upper righht hand corner of a page which sys "Move". It is next to the "History" and "Watch" tabs. You can use this to move pages. --E D File:ArmyROTC.gif 01:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[moved into a section]

Reverting edits

How do you revert edits?Thunderstream328 _{Here me rawr} _{Stuff I've done} 18:52, 19 May 2008 (UTC) THIS IS G@Y

What does "You can not create a poll until you have at least 3 edits" mean?

What does "You can not create a poll until you have at least 3 edits" mean? i dont get it! I just joined halopedia because it looked awesome...and it says "You cannot create a poll til you have atleast 3 edits...I DONT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!

It means exactly what it says. Edit three articles - improving spelling, adding new information, or rewording a sentence/paragraph/section to be better. -- Councillor Specops306 - Kora 'Morhek 20:47, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

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+==Problem with the info on font colors==
+Uh... yeah. Guys, don't use the HTML FONT tag. It's '''deprecated''' -- for those who aren't experienced with web development, that means that the FONT tag
+*Sucks -- CSS is much more powerful.
+*It's outdated, it's obsolete.
+*Support for it will be dropped in the future -- web browsers will stop supporting it, and it will stop working.
+SPAN tags with CSS are much better for a few reasons.
+*They're not deprecated -- they will, for ''all'' of the foreseeable future, always work.
+*You can use multiple properties on them without requiring multiple elements. The code "<code>&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: red">Italic bold red text&lt;/span></code>" is more memory-efficient for users than "<code>&lt;b>&lt;i>&lt;font color="red">Italic bold red text&lt;/font>&lt;/i>&lt;/b></code>", even though it's longer.
+*You can specify the color as a name (<code>color:red</code>, though the choices are limited), hex triplet (<code>color:#FF0000</code>), shorthand hex triplet (<code>color:#F00</code> = <code>color:#FF0000</code>), or RGB (<code>color:rgb(255,0,0)</code>) -- it's much more flexible.
+So, in summation, try to stay away from FONT tags, and this article needs to be changed to stop recommending them. [[User talk:DavidJCobb|DavidJCobb]] 22:05, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
+==Renaming a page==
 How do you rename a page? Is there a template that lets you change it, for example, "automaticly" to "automatically"? '''[[User:Specops306|<font color=purple>Specops306]]</font>''', '''''[[User talk:Specops306|<font color=blue>Kora]]</font> [[Special:Contributions/Specops306|<font color=purple>'Morhek</font>]]'''''
 :There should be a tab on the upper righht hand corner of a page which sys "Move". It is next to the "History" and "Watch" tabs. You can use this to move pages. --<b>[[User:ED|<font color="black">E</font>]][[User talk:ED|<font color="black">D</font>]][[Image:ArmyROTC.gif|15px]]</b> 01:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
+::''[moved into a section]''
 == Reverting edits ==