Help:Editing
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This site is a Wiki. This means that everybody can help improve it by editing it's pages. You'll need to log in for that, which is a trivially quick step.
This page intends to be a quick run-down of formatting rules for this wiki. This information is taken from MediaWiki's help, as this site is based on MediaWiki. That link will provide much more information than what you'll find here.
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How to Edit
Once you've created an account and logged in, you will be able to click on the "edit" link at the top of each page, except for those that have been protected. Type in or modify the text you want in the text area, then preview your changes. If the result is satisfactory, add a summary in the summary area at the bottem, check the "minor edit" checkbox if you think your edit is a small one, then click on the "Save Page" button. You're done!
Special Markup
Emphasize
You can make emphasize, emphasize more and emphasize most. For that, include your text in ''triple simple quotes'' '''triple simple quotes''', and '''''quintuple simple quotes'''''.
Newlines
Inserting a newline in the text has no effect on markup. You can insert an empty line
to create a new paragraph. You can can insert<br>
tags to force a newline.
Section Headings
You can organize text with =Section headings=, ==Subsection== and ===Sub-subsections===. The Wiki software will automatically create a table of contents when there are four or more section elements.
Items
You can
- * also
- * make
- * items
- ** and
- *** subitems
- ** and
and
- # numbered
- # lists
- ## are fun!
Have a look at the Mediawiki help for more possibilities.
Linking
You can make links to other places in the wiki: [[Main Page]]. You can change the name of the link by adding a '|' (pipe) character in the link: [[Main Page|link]] becomes link. A link to an empty page will be in another color.
External links are easy to do: [http://www.google.com Google] becomes Google. Naked urls will also work: http://www.google.com
Categories
It is good practice to have pages organized in categories. You can put a page into a category by adding [Category:something] in the text. It is a convention to put it at the end. You can also link to a category: [:Category:something] (note the colon at the beginning).
Source code and other formatted text
Sample code or text that should retain it's formatting can be put in a block by indenting each line with one or more spaces. Example:
example
Pictures
To include a picture, just add a link with an Image prefix: [[Image:link.jpg]]. This will create a link to an empty Image page. Once you've saved your changes, follow that link and you will be able to upload a picture. On the original page, the link will have become the picture:
Alternatively, you can first upload a file first, then insert the link. You can upload a file by following the "Upload file" link in the toolbox on the left of the page, which leads to the Special:Upload page.
Conclusion
You've got the basics! There are lots of other powerful possibilities, like templates. Have a look at the mediawiki help linked below for a wealth of information!
