Help:Editing

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Most frequent Wiki markup explained
Here are the most frequently used types of wiki markup. If you need more help see Wikitext examples.

{| class="wikitable" ! width="50%" | What it looks like ! width="50%" | What you type apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden the text. apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden the text.
 * You can italicize text by putting 2
 * You can italicize text by putting 2
 * You can italicize text by putting 2
 * You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
 * Three tildes give your user name: User (talk)
 * Three tildes give your user name: User (talk)


 * Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: User (talk) 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Five tildes give the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 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:
 * colspan=2 |
 * colspan=2 |

Section headings
! style="width: 50%" | What it looks like ! style="width: 50%" | What you type 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.
 * colspan=2 |
 * colspan=2 |

Lists and indents
! style="width: 50%" | What it looks like ! style="width: 50%" | What you type marks the end of the list. marks the end of the list. A new line 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
 * A new line
 * in a list
 * Of course you can start again.
 * 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
 * in a list
 * Of course you can start again.
 * 1) Numbered lists are:
 * 2) Very organized
 * 3) Easy to follow
 * 4) Previous item continues
 * 1) Easy to follow
 * 2) Previous item continues
 * 1) New numbering starts with 1.

A new line marks the end of the list.
 * 1) Numbered lists are:
 * 2) Very organized
 * 3) Easy to follow
 * 4) Previous item continues
 * 1) Previous item continues
 * 1) New numbering starts with 1.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A newline starts a new paragraph. Often used for discussion on talk pages.
 * We use 1 colon to indent once.
 * We use 2 colons to indent twice.
 * 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.


 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A newline starts a new paragraph. Often used for discussion on talk pages.
 * We use 1 colon to indent once.
 * We use 2 colons to indent twice.
 * 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.


 * colspan=2 |
 * colspan=2 |

Links
! style="width: 50%" | What it looks like ! style="width: 50%" | What you type Here's a link to the Main Page.

But be careful – capitalization counts! If a linked page does not exist yet, you can create it by clicking on the link.
 * Here's a link to the Main Page.

But be careful – capitalization counts! If a linked page does not exist yet, you can create it by clicking on the link. You can link to a page section by placing a "#" before its title:


 * Help:Editing.


 * You can link to a page section by its title:


 * Help:Editing.
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