Help:Editing

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See Help:Contents for a list of helpfiles.

Editing preferences can be changed in Special:Preferences.

The best source of editing info is wikipedia.org's Help:Editing. Otherwise, read on for the basics.

Note that HTML formatting works.

To make a headline or sub-heading, enclose your text in equal signs; the more signs, the deeper the nesting and the smaller the type.
Ex:

== Headline Text ==

Triple (single) quotes for bold text.
Ex: '''Bold Text'''

Double (single) quotes for italic text.
Ex: ''Italic Text''

Quintuple (single) quotes for bold italic text.
Ex: '''''Bold Italic Text'''''

To force a carriage return, use <br>.
Ex: <br>

To force the wiki to ignore formatting, use the <nowiki> and </nowiki> tags.
Ex: <nowiki>'''Non Formatted Text'''</nowiki>

Finally, use four dashes to sign your name (in Discussion pages only, please).
Ex: ----
leading to
User:(your handle) 11:21, 6 April 2007 (CDT)

Linking

Internal Links are links to catagories and entries within the wiki. Use double brackets with the entry name.
Ex: Special:Prefences, Main Page.

External Links follow a URL to either an external website or an entry within the wiki. They can be labeled and use single brackets (see example):
Ex: [http://www.errantstory.com Errant Story] becomes Errant Story. (Note that external links are given that external linky icon-thing).

Buttons

Of course, you could just use the buttons provided with the default editing interface, but where's the fun in that?