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Editing basics
Review policy and conventions
Make sure that you submit information which is relevant to the specific purpose of the wiki, or your content might be deleted. You can always use the talk pages to ask questions or check to see if your idea will be accepted. Please make note of the license your contributions will be covered with.
Start editing
To start editing a MediaWiki page, click the Edit this page (or just edit) link at one of its edges. This brings you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the wikitext - the editable code from which the server produces the finished page. If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox, not here.
Type your changes
You can just type your text. However, also using basic wiki markup (described in the next section) to make links and do simple formatting adds to the value of your contribution. Wikimedia wikis have style guidelines available. If you follow these, your contributions will be more valuable as they won't need to be cleaned up later.
Summarize your changes
Write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in the edit summary legend.
Preview before saving
When you have finished, click Show preview to see how your changes will look before you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click Save page and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
Formatting Your Text
Text formatting markup Description You type You get applies anywhere Italic text italic italic Bold text bold bold Bold and italic bold & italic bold & italic Escape wiki markup no ''markup'' no markup only at the beginning of the line Headings of
different sizes
==level 1==
level 2
level 3
level 4
Level 1
Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Horizontal rule ----
Bullet list * one
- two
- three
- three and one-third
- three and two-thirds
one
two three three and one-third three and two-thirds
Numbered list # one
- two
spanning several lines
without breaking the numbering - three
- three point one
- three point two
one
two spanning several lines without breaking the numbering three three point one three point two
Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists # one
- two
- two point one
- two point two
one
two two point one two point two
Definition list ;Definition
- item 1
- item 2
Definition
item 1 item 2 Preformatted text preformatted text is done with
a space at the beginning of the line
preformatted text is done with
a space at the beginning of the line
Paragraphs
MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a new line with the HTML tag
.
HTML
Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example ,
, and .
Tip for wiki admins: If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting $wgRawHtml = true; in LocalSettings.php.