Wikipedia:How to edit a page (concise)

Start your sections with header lines:

Note: Single equal signs work for formatting headings, however as a convention for this wiki, do not use them.

New section

Subsection

Sub-subsection

New section
= Subsection =
== Sub-subsection ==

A line break (i.e. pushing the enter key) needs to be done twice to create a new paragraph.

A single

newline

has no

effect on the

layout.

But an empty line

starts a new paragraph.

A single
newline
has no
effect on the
layout.
But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.

• Lists are easy to do:
• start every line with a star
• more stars means deeper levels
• A newline
• in a list

marks the end of the list.

• Of course
• you can
• start again.

* Lists are easy to do:


start every line with a star
more stars means deeper levels
A newline
in a list

marks the end of the list.

Of course
you can
start again.

1. Numbered lists are also good
2. very organized
3. easy to follow
4. A newline
5. in a list

marks the end of the list.

1. New numbering starts
2. with 1.

# Numbered lists are also good


very organized
easy to follow
A newline
in a list

marks the end of the list.

New numbering starts
with 1.

• You can even do mixed lists
• # and nest them
• #* like this
  or have newlines
  inside lists

* You can even do mixed lists


# and nest them
#* like this
or have newlines
inside lists

• You can also
• break lines
  inside lists
  like this

* You can also


break lines
inside lists
like this

; Definition list : list of definitions

; item : the item's definition

; Definition list : list of definitions

; item : the item's definition

: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.

IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN

it will be formatted exactly
as typed;
in a fixed-width font;
lines won't wrap;
ENDIF
this is useful for:
* pasting preformatted text;
* algorithm descriptions;
* program source code
* ASCII art;
* chemical structures;

WARNING If you make it wide,

you force the whole page to be wide and

hence less readable. Never start ordinary lines with spaces.

{{center|(see also below)}}

 IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN

it will be formatted exactly
as typed;
in a fixed-width font;
lines won't wrap;
ENDIF
this is useful for:
* pasting preformatted text;
* algorithm descriptions;
* program source code
* ASCII art;
* chemical structures;

{{center|Centered text.}}

----

and below.

(However, in most cases a section header is more useful. The horizontal dividing line should only be used if what follows is logically part of the same section; otherwise that part would be hidden in the TOC.)

A horizontal dividing line: above

----
and below. 

• First letter of target is automatically capitalized.
• Internally spaces are automatically represented as underscores (typing an underscore has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).

Thus the link above is to http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_policy, which is the page with the name "Video policy".

Sue is reading the .

Link to a section on a page, e.g.

List of cities by country#Morocco; when section linking does not work the link is treated as link to the page, i.e. to the top; this applies for:

• links to non-existent sections
• links in redirects

List of cities by country#Morocco.

(This is called a piped link).

Same target, different name:

answers

Endings are blended

into the link: official positions, genes

Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: kingdom.

Automatically hide namespace: Village pump.

The server fills in the part after the | when you save the page. Next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. A preview interprets the abbreviated form correctly, but does not expand it yet in the edit box. Press Save and again Edit, and you will see the expanded version. The same applies for the following feature.

Automatically hide stuff in parentheses:

. 

Automatically hide namespace:

.

you should sign it. You can do this by

adding three tildes for your user name:

: Example

or four for user name plus date/time:

: Example 08:10 Oct 5, 2002 (UTC)

or five for just the date/time:

: 08:10 Oct 5, 2002 (UTC)

When adding a comment to a Talk page,

you should sign it. You can do this by
adding three tildes for your user name:
: ~~~
or four for user name plus date/time:
: ~~~~
or five for date/time:
: ~~~~~

• You could create it by clicking on the link (but please do not create this particular page).
• To create a new page:
• #Create a link to it on some other page.
• #Save that page.

The weather in and for a few miles around London is a page

that doesn't exist yet.

Redirect one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line.

#REDIRECT United States

Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page and

Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page

[[Special:Whatlinkshere/
Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] and
[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/
Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]

External links:

[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia],
[http://www.nupedia.com]

• In the URL all symbols must be among: A-Z a-z 0-9 ._\/~%-+&#?!=()@ \x80-\xFF. If a URL contains a different character it should be converted; for example, ^ has to be written %5E (to be looked up in ASCII). A blank space can also be converted into an underscore.

Or just give the URL:

http://www.nupedia.com.

To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link.

Sound

Sound

July 20, 1969 , 20 July 1969

and 1969-07-20

• For many projects, only images that have been uploaded to the same project or the Commons can be used. To upload images, use the upload page. You can find the uploaded image on the image list

A picture: File:Wiki.png

or, with alternative text (strongly encouraged)

[[File:Wiki.png|Wikipedia

- The Free Encyclopedia]] 

Web browsers render alternative text when not displaying an image -- for example, when the image isn't loaded, or in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud. See Alternative text for images for help on choosing alternative text. See Extended image syntax for more options.

Clicking on an uploaded image (file) displays a description page, which you can also link directly to: :File:Wiki.png

:File:Wiki.png

To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link.

Image of a Tornado

Image of a Tornado

Emphasize, strongly, very strongly.

• These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes.

Emphasize, strongly,

very strongly.

You can also write italic and bold

if the desired effect is a specific font style

rather than emphasis, as in mathematical formulas:

:F = ma

• However, the difference between these two methods is not very important for graphical browsers, and many people choose to ignore it.

You can also write italic

and bold if the desired effect is a
specific font style rather than emphasis, as
in mathematical formulas:
:F = ma

You can use small text

for captions.

and underline new (inserted) material.

You can strike out deleted material

and underline new (inserted) material.

Commenting page source:

not shown in page

• Used to leave comments in a page for future editors.