Can Someone Help Me With Wiki Markup and Editing?

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Soundless Voice

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Can someone help me on basic wiki markup/code editing? There's a page that tells about it and stuff, but I'm confused. :(

I need help on this because I don't want to edit something and then screw everything up...
 
The most basic things you'll need to know are how to bold, italicize and how to add headers.

To italicize, surround the text with two single quotes.
To bold, surround the text with three single quotes.
To italicize and bold at the same time, surround with five single quotes.

As ''example''. As example.
As '''example'''.As example.
As '''''example'''''.As example.



To make headers, put the header text between the amount of equals-signs that is the level of the header (i.e. for a level 3 header put it between 3 equals-signs on each side).
Note that the highest level you should use on pages is 2. The level 1 header is always used by the page's title on top of the page.

==Level 2 header==
===Level 3 header===
====Level 4 header====
=====Level 5 header=====
======Level 6 header======

Level 6 is the lowest level. Don't skip levels.



Then linking to pages. The simple way to link is by simply surounding a word with double square brackets ([[ and ]]). When clicked on that word, it will go to the page with that name.

This is for [[Luigi]]. This is for Luigi.
A gift from [[Toad]]. A gift from Toad.

If you want to have a text that is different from the page it links to, like "the plumber" instead of "Luigi", simply put the name of the page first, then a pipe character (a |), then the displayed text.

This is for [[Luigi|the plumber]]. This is for the plumber (Luigi).
A gift from [[Toad|a kind mushroom man]]. A gift from a kind mushroom man (Toad).



There are also multiple ways to add images. The most simple one, but also least used because of how ugly it is, is by surrounding the file's name with square brackets, including the prefix File:.

This is an image: [[File:Example.png]] This is an image:

This isn't used because it appears exactly on the place where it's placed: inline in the sentence. Therefor, you have to give it extra information for where it has to appear.

This will align the image left or right from the text:
[[File:Example.png|left]]
[[File:Example.png|right]]

To resize an image, put the width after the pipe character, followed by px:
[[File:Example.png|50px]]
[[File:Example.png|120px]]

To make a thumbnail frame around the image, put the word thumb in:
[[File:Example.png|thumb]]

To add a description under a thumbnail, put the text as last parameter within the square brackets:
[[File:Example.png|thumb|This is a description.]]

You can combine multiple parameters, as long as each is separated by a pipe, and the description comes last.



I hope you have a good base with this. :)
More complicated stuff with templates and such isn't described here now, if you want that too, tell me.
 
Meh, learning wiki markup and editing comes from mostly experience, so if you want to get good with it, just look at how articles are formatted and the like and try learning from that. Because I think all of it looks confusing unless you actually try it out yourself.

Also, spare some time and use the Preview button before you save changes! If you made a minor edit, mark it as minor as well.
 
I always use the "Preview" button, no matter what I'm editing.

Also, what's considered a "Minor" change? Just wondering.

@LTQ; Thanks. :)
 
Soundless Voice said:
I always use the "Preview" button, no matter what I'm editing.
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It's a common pitifall of many new users to miss it so I'm glad you know it's there (I was guilty of missing it myself when I was a newbie)
 
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