Wiki Editing 101

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Starting a New Page

To start a new page, you can click a Red Link on an existing page. This takes you to edit mode of the non-existing blank page, which allows creation. You might not be able to create a new page unless you are logged in.

Links to non-existing pages are common. They are typically created in preparation for creating the page, and/or to encourage other people to do so. Links are not only convenient for navigation, but also make people aware of the new page (those who read a related page and also those who watch the related page). New page links are not really broken, as long as the name correctly identifies the intended content. (A new page link with a "wrong" or misspelled name, or that duplicates content found under another name is "broken". but in a different sense.)

If you wish to create a link to a non-existent page you would type [[New page name]] from the wiki editor of a previously created page. (In this case, the empty page "New page name" would be created).

Organization and Formating

Editing Toolbar

The following can be found at the top of your Wiki Editor:

(apart from the last two examples, these pieces of wikitext are created by typing abc, selecting it and clicking the buttons on the toolbar)

Icon	Function	What it shows when editing	What it shows on the page
	Bold or strong emphasis	'''abc'''	abc
	Italic or emphasis	''abc''	abc
	Internal link	[[abc]]	abc
	External link	[abc.com]
	Section heading	== abc ==	[edit] abc
	Insert image	[[Image:abc.jpg]]
	Insert media	[[Media:abc.ogg]]	Media:abc.ogg
	Mathematical formula	<math>abc</math>	<math>abc</math>
	Ignore wiki formatting	<nowiki>abc '''[[Bold text]]'''</nowiki>	abc '''[[Bold text]]'''
	Sign talk comments (with time stamp)	--~~~~	--Gareth Aus 22:49, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
	Horizontal line	----

Sections

A page can be divided into sections, using the section header syntax.

Creation and numbering of sections

Sections are created by creating their headers, as below:

==Section==

===Subsection===

====Sub-subsection====

Please do not use only one equals sign on a side (=text here=); this causes a title the size of the page name, which is taken care of automatically.

With the preference setting Auto-number headings sections are numbered.

Table of contents (TOC)

For each page with more than three headings, a table of contents (TOC) is automatically generated from the section headings, unless:

• (for a user) preferences are set to turn it off
• (for an article) in the edit box the magic word __NOTOC__ is added

With __FORCETOC__ or __TOC__ in the wikitext a TOC is added even if the page has fewer than four headings.

• Wikitext
• CSS
• Lists
• Tables
• HTML in Wikitext
• Image File Upload

Referencing

• Links
• URL's
• Interwiki Linking
• Footnotes

Fixing Mistakes and Saving Your Work

• Show Preview
• Reverting Edits

Communication

• Edit Summary
• Talk Pages