On a wiki, it is customary to allow readers to edit content and structure. This is a brief overview of the editing and contributing process. The editing table of contents to the right contains more information on editing functions.
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Here are the most frequently used types of wiki markup. If you need more help see Wikitext examples.
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You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden the text. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize the text. (4 apostrophes don\'t do anything special -- there\'s just \'one left over\'.) | You can \'\'italicize text\'\' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden \'\'\'the text\'\'\'. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize \'\'\'\'\'the text\'\'\'\'\'. (4 apostrophes don\'t do anything special -- there\'s just \'\'\'\'one left over\'\'\'\'.) |
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You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: | You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: * Three tildes give your user name: ~~~ * Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: ~~~~ * Five tildes give the date/time alone: ~~~~~ |
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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 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title. | == 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 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title. |
marks the end of the list.
| * \'\'Unordered lists\'\' are easy to do: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars indicate a deeper level. *: Previous item continues. ** A new line * in a list marks the end of the list. * Of course you can start again. |
A new line marks the end of the list.
| # \'\'Numbered lists\'\' are: ## Very organized ## Easy to follow A new line marks the end of the list. # New numbering starts with 1. |
A newline starts a new paragraph.
| : A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph. A newline starts a new paragraph.
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Here\'s a link to the Main page. But be careful - capitalization counts! | Here\'s a link to the [[Main page]]. |
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The weather in London is a page that doesn\'t exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. | [[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn\'t exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. |
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You can link to a page section by its title: If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section". | You can link to a page section by its title: * [[List of cities by country#Morocco]]. If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the third section named "Example section". |
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