Help:Editing
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Editing an article can be confusing if you don't know what your doing, but it is only confusing because wikis have their own formatting. It is different from forums and is very unique. However, wikiformatting is used so that users do not have to know html and to make creating and editing articles easier for beginners.
[edit] Start Editing
To start editing an article, just click on the "Edit" tab located at the top of the page. If you want to create an article you can just click on the red links through out an existing article, or use the create article box on the front page.
[edit] Organization
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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 newline * in a list marks the end of the list. * Of course you can start again. |
A newline marks the end of the list.
| # ''Numbered lists'' are: ## Very organized ## Easy to follow A newline marks the end of the list. # New numbering starts with 1. |
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Another kind of list is a definition list:
| Another kind of list is a ''definition list'': ; Word : Definition of the word ; Here is a longer phrase that needs a definition : Phrase defined ; A word : Which has a definition : Also a second one : And even a third |
| * You can even do mixed lists *# and nest them *# inside each other *#* or break lines<br />in lists. *#; definition lists *#: can be *#;; nested too |
A newline after that starts a new paragraph.
| : A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph. A newline after that starts a new paragraph. <br /> This is often used for discussion on talk pages. : We use 1 colon to indent once. :: We use 2 colons to indent twice. ::: We use 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on. |
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You can make horizontal dividing lines (----) to separate text. But you should usually use sections instead, so that they go in the table of contents. | You can make horizontal dividing lines (----) to separate text. ---- But you should usually use sections instead, so that they go in the table of contents. |
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You can add footnotes to sentences using the ref tag -- this is especially good for citing a source.
For details, see Wikipedia:Footnotes and Help:Footnotes. |
You can add footnotes to sentences using the ''ref'' tag -- this is especially good for citing a source. :There are over six billion people in the world.<ref>CIA World Factbook, 2006.</ref> <br /> References: <references/> For details, see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] and [[Help:Footnotes]]. |