Help:Editing

You don't need to know html in order to create Wiki pages. Here are a few things to help you learn the basics.

As a general rule...
If you don't find these pages helpful, it's always a good idea to learn by example. When you press the edit tab, you cApik123 (talk) 09:28, January 14, 2016 (UTC)an see all the source code and learn how the page works.

Categories
Please ensure that all pages that are added are tagged to an appropriate Category. To do this, place any of the following on the page: These category markers can go anywhere, but it is customary to have them at the end of the page.

Links
Links are basically created by enclosing words in square brackets. A link to an existing page will appear blue, while an broken link will appear red.
 * Agent = Agent

Bold/Italics
To make something bold or italic you need to have a set number of apostrophes at the beginning and end of your sentence, word or letter.

Examples of Italics
Italic requires two apostrophes ( '' ).
 * An entire sentence in italics = An entire sentence in italics
 * A single word in italics = A single word in italics
 * A single letter in italics = A single letter in italics

Examples of Bold
Bold requires three apostrophes ( ''' ).
 * An entire sentence in bold = An entire sentence in bold
 * A single word in bold = A single word in bold
 * A single letter in bold = A single letter in bold

Examples of Bold Italics
Bold Italic requires five apostrophes ( ' ).
 * An entire sentence in bold italics = An entire sentence in bold italics
 * A single word in bold italics = A single word in bold italics
 * A single letter in bold italics = A single letter in bold italics

Bullet Points
Put a space and then an asterisk ( * ) at the start of the sentence.
 * Example: * Bullet Points

Indented
Put a colon at the start of each sentence you want indented.
 * : Indented text

Indented and Isolated
Put a space at the start of the sentence to have your text indented and boxed in a dotted line.

New Lines
This is written in a special box to show that a single new line has no effect on a text. A double

new line does. If you don't want the 1½ line-separation, you can break the text instead. The above is written in a special box to show that a single new line has no effect on a text. A double

new line does. If you don't want the 1½ line-separation, you can

break the text instead.

Headings and Subheadings
There are four basic forms of headings in Wikis. Each of them use an equal sign ( = ) at the start and end of each heading:
 * ==This would make a level two heading==
 * ====This would make a four two heading====

This is what the first four levels of headings look like: = Level One Headings = It has one equal sign at the start and end. This text was put on the line underneath

Level Two Heading
This is a Level Two Heading and has two equal signs at the start and end of the heading.

Level Three Heading
This is a Level Three Heading. Note that this level of heading doesn't have the line to divide it across the page.

Level Four Heading
Just as with level three, level four headings becomes text that is slightly larger, and in bold.

No Contents
Having at least four headings on a page triggers the table of contents (TOC) to appear in front of the first header (or after introductory sections). Note that the above codes has two (2) underscores ( _ ) on either side.
 * Putting anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header).
 * Putting anywhere forces the TOC to disappear.
 * Putting anywhere takes away the ability to edit sections of the page.

Redirects
Sometimes a page may have two different titles. Many Super Heroes have their human name as well as a Codename. In this case, you can create a page dedicated to the hero, and then create a redirect page that will redirect people automatically if they link to their other name.

To do this, put a hashtag ( # ) and then the word "REDIRECT" (in capitals) then a space, then put the link to the page you want to redirect to.
 * 1) REDIRECT Emma Frost

Images
All image setups follow the same basic syntax, however they do not all have to be used. The basic syntax is:



However, everything after name can come in whatever order written.
 * Shield point-icon.png gives

Lists
There are two types of lists that can be created: bulleted and numbered.

Bullet Lists
To create bulleted lists, simply type the asterisk ( * ) by pressing Shift+8 on your keyboard before each item. Double asterisk will push the indent of the list. By typing: it gives the following result:
 * Title of List
 * Item 1
 * Item 2
 * Item 2.1
 * Item 2.2
 * Item 3
 * Title of List
 * Item 1
 * Item 2
 * Item 2.1
 * Item 2.2
 * Item 3

Number Lists
For numbered lists, simply type the hash symbol ( # ) by pressing Shift+3 on your keyboard before each item. Double hash will push the indent of the list. By typing: it gives the following result:
 * Title of List
 * 1) Item 1
 * 2) Item 2
 * 3) Item 2.1
 * 4) Item 2.2
 * 5) Item 3
 * Title of List
 * 1) Item 1
 * 2) Item 2
 * 3) Item 2.1
 * 4) Item 2.2
 * 5) Item 3

Step-by-Step
Title of poll Choice 1 Choice 2 etc. Example: What is your favourite color? Red Green Blue Other Result: What Is Your Favourite Color? Red Green Blue Other
 * In Edit mode for an article page, change the tab at the top of the editor from Visual to Source (if you can't see this tab, it means that you're already in Source Mode).
 * Add your content for your page.
 * Find the place on the page where you want to add a Poll.
 * Enter the following code, and replace it with the content of your poll:
 * Finally, click Publish! You're done! Now anyone can vote in your poll.

How does it work?
Votes are registered under either your username or, if you're not logged in, your IP address. This means the poll does not take a reliable count of unique individuals, and it should not be used for important purposes.

Users can change their vote at any time.

The poll will display the number and percentage of votes for each choice, the total number of votes given so far, and the date and time when the poll was created.

It is not possible to end, i.e. to 'freeze', a poll. All polls last indefinitely. To reset all votes, change either the title or one of the poll's choices (which will, in effect, create a new poll).

Since it's so easy to change and reset polls, past poll results can easily be lost. Reverting to the version prior to the reset may allow you to reclaim the information, but you should not rely on this functionality. If historical polls are important to you, it is safest to record the results in some other form of wiki-text, either one time or at intervals.

Templates
There are a number of templates created to help you your user page. Check out our List of User templates for a list of what's available.

Learning New Tricks
Using Wiki code gets easier with practice. If you see an effect on a page that you'd like to use on one of your own, go to the edit page to see how it was done. This is the easiest way to teach yourself new tricks to use in Wikis.

For more details, see: Wiki Editing, the Wiki Tables, the Wikipedia Editing Cheatsheet and the Full List of Wikipedia Markup Codes.