Help:Editing

This page covers the basics of editing. It covers how to edit a page, formatting, links, and various MediaWiki variables.

Basic info
Typing and clicking are the essential tools needed to edit the wiki.
 * 1) Find a page to improve.
 * 2) Click "edit" (for the VisualEditor) or "edit source" (for the source editor).
 * 3) An edit box will open, type your new content or corrections.
 * 4) Hit the preview button to view your changes.
 * 5) Click "save".
 * 6) You're now a contributor!

Formatting
In the source editor, formatting is simplified, so no information of HTML is needed.

Boldface and italics
Boldface and italics are added by surrounding a word or a phrase with single apostrophes
 * Italics are rendered with  (2 single apostrophes, not a double apostrophe!)
 * Boldface is rendered with  (3 single apostrophes)
 * Combining the two is also possible, Boldface and italic text is rendered with  (5 single apostrophes)

Headings
There are currently five types of headings. A heading is created by surrounding text with equal signs.

Always order them properly. Heading 3 should be after a heading 2. Do not mix and match headings in the wrong order.

Indenting
Indenting is done with the character.

Example
 * One indent
 * Two indent

Result


 * One indent
 * Two indent

Bullet
Bullet lists are created with the symbol

Example


 * Item
 * Item 2
 * Item 2a
 * Item 3

'''Result


 * Item
 * Item 2
 * Item 2a
 * Item 3

Numbered
Numbered lists are created with.

Example


 * 1) Item
 * 2) Item 2
 * 3) Item 2a
 * 4) Item 3

'''Result


 * 1) Item
 * 2) Item 2
 * 3) Item 2a
 * 4) Item 3

Links
Links are important on wikis to help readers navigate your site.

Internal links
You can extensively cross-reference wiki pages using internal links. You can add links to existing titles, and also to titles you think ought to exist in future. Links to existing pages on the wiki are blue whereas links to nonexistent pages are red.

To make a link to another page on the same wiki, just put the title in double square brackets.

For example, if you want to make a link to, say, the Main Page, it would be:
 *  Main Page 

If you want to use words other than the article title as the text of the link, you can add an alternative name by adding it after a pipe "|" divider (Shift + Backslash on most English keyboards).

For example, if you wanted to make a link to the Main Page, but wanted it to say "home page" you would write it as such:
 * View the home page ...

It would appear as:
 * View the home page...