Help:Editing

Subpages

• To make a subpage, precede the link with a slash. So for example, if the link [[/Projects]] was added to the User:Mestys page, then the created page would be at User:Mestys/Projects. To link back to the user page from the Projects page, the link [[../]] could be used.

Formatting

• To make something bold, surround it with three apostrophes: '''text to be bolded'''

• italics - Use two apostrophes: ''Text to italicize''

• Bullet point lists have a leading "*" on the line.
  • Progressively indented bullet points (like this line) can be made with additional asterisks on the same line.

• To indent, put a colon in the left hand margin: ":"

Headers

• Headers are set off by putting equal signs around them. The more signs, the lower the header: == Header ==

Linking

• Internal links: [[<page name> | <name of link>]]

• External links: [URL <name of link>]

Superscript/Subscript Tags

Superscript: xⁿ --> xⁿ

Subscript: x_n --> x_n

Uploading

• To upload an image, click on the "Upload file" link in the lefthand menu. Then link to it by using the tag: [[Image:<imagefile>]]. So to display an image called "balloon.gif", the syntax would be: [[Image:balloon.gif]]

Signing

• A series of four tildas (~~~~) will leave your username and a timestamp on a page.

 Mestys 18:01, 19 December 2005 (CST)

Other Questions

For all other editing questions, please see the MediaWiki help guide at:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide:_Editing_overview