Help:Editing

Editing a Wiki page is very easy! Let me show you how.


 * 1) Click the "Edit" tab at the top of the desired page.
 * 2) Use the text box to enter text or wiki code.
 * 3) Click "Save Page" to add your material.

See below for details.

Basic
The following are codes you'll use all the time.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" ! What it looks like ! What you type
 * - valign="top"
 * New section 

Subsection 

Sub-subsection 


 * Start with a second-level heading ( == ); don't use first-level headings (=).
 * Don't skip levels (for example, second-level followed by fourth-level).
 * A table of contents will automatically be added to an article that has four or more sections.

Sub-sub-subsection
This is emphasized.
 * - valign="top"

This is bold.

This is extreme! This is emphasized. This is bold. This is extreme! marks the end of a list item.
 * - id="lists" valign="top"
 * It's easy to create a list:
 * Start every line with a star (asterisk).
 * More stars means deeper levels.
 * A newline in a list
 * A newline in a list

marks the end of a list item.
 * An empty line starts a new list.
 * It's easy to create a list:
 * Start every line with a star.
 * More stars means deeper levels.
 * A newline in a list


 * An empty line starts a new list.
 * - valign="top"
 * 1) Numbered lists are also good
 * 2) very organized
 * 3) easy to follow
 * 4) easier still
 * 1) easier still
 * 1) Numbered lists are also good
 * 2) very organized
 * 3) easy to follow
 * 4) easier still
 * - valign="top"
 * You can even create mixed lists
 * and nest them
 * like this
 * like this
 * You can even create mixed lists
 * and nest them
 * like this
 * - valign="top"
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A manual newline starts a new paragraph.


 * This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on Talk Pages.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A manual newline starts a new paragraph. Centered text.
 * - valign="top"

Centered text. A horizontal dividing line:
 * Please note the American spelling of "center."
 * - valign="top"

this is above it

and this is below it.

A horizontal dividing line: this is above it
 * Mainly useful for
 * disambiguation - but to be used sparsely, only when separating completely different, unrelated (groups of) meanings
 * separating threads on Talk pages.

and this is below it.
 * }

Images
Only images that have been uploaded to Wikipedia can be used. To upload images, use the upload page. You can find the uploaded image on the image list.

See the Wikipedia's image use policy as a guideline used on Wikipedia.

For further help on images, including some more versatile abilities, see the topic on Extended image syntax.

Character formatting
(see also: Chess symbols in Unicode)

Table of contents
At the current status of the wiki markup language, having at least four headers on a page triggers the TOC to appear in front of the first header (or after introductory sections). Putting anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header). Putting anywhere forces the TOC to disappear. See also compact TOC for alphabet and year headings.

Tables
There are two ways to build tables:
 * in special Wiki-markup (see Help:Table)
 * with the usual HTML elements: &lt;table&gt;, &lt;tr&gt;, &lt;td&gt; or &lt;th&gt;.

For the latter, and a discussion on when tables are appropriate, see How to use tables.

Acknowledgment
The vast majority of this material was taken from the wikipeida editing page.