Help:Editing
The basics of the Wiki Markup.
As a general rule...
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Signature
To sign your comments, all you need to do is write four tildes after each other, i.e. ~~~~. The signature will consist of a link to you userpage as well as a date and time stamp. You can also sign using simply your name by using three tildes, i.e. ~~~ or simply with the timestamp using five tildes, i.e. ~~~~~, however, the latter two are considered slightly rude.
Here are some visual examples:
~~~ = Bawitdaba (talk)
~~~~ = Bawitdaba (talk) 04:45, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
~~~~~ = 04:45, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Bold/Italics
To make something bold or italic you need to write a certain number of apostrophes at the beginning and end of your sentence, word or letter. Italics require two apostrophes, bold requires three, and bold+italics (referred to as "bolics" from this point on) requires five.
Examples on italics
Please note that it is two apostrophes next to eachother, and not quotation marks
- ''An entire sentence in italics'' = An entire sentence in italics
- A single ''word'' in italics = A single word in italics
- A single le''t''ter in italics = A single letter in italics
Examples on bold
- '''An entire sentence in bold''' = An entire sentence in bold
- A single '''word''' in bold = A single word in bold
- A single le'''t'''ter in bold = A single letter in bold
Examples on bolics
- '''''An entire sentence in bolics''''' = An entire sentence in bolics
- A single '''''word''''' in bolics = A single word in bolics
- A single le'''''t'''''ter in bolics = A single letter in bolics
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-seperation, you can<br> 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-seperation, you can
break the text instead.
Headers/Sections
The effect of the following can be seen in the table of contents. Headers are defined by the number of equal signs used on either side of a word or sentence, similar to when making something bold or italic. The only difference is that headers cannot isolate a single letter, in which case, it just look like jum==bled tex==t. For the same reason, a header must be the only thing written on a line, else, the coding will be messed up. The following should give a basic idea of how sections work.
==Section (example)== ===Subsection (example)=== ====Sub-subsection (example)====
It gives the following results
Section (example)
Biggest font, normal, has a line seperating the actual header from the rest of the section.
Subsection (example)
Medium sized font (of the three), bold, does not have a line seperating the header and the rest of the section.
Sub-subsection (example)
Smallest sixed font of the three, yet still slightly bigger than regular text, also bold and also without the seperating line.
While entirely possible to have a single-equation header (=Like This=), it is forbidden to use, at it tends to mess up a lot of things and is generally reserved for the article namespace.
Separation/Horizontal line
It is possible to manually create a separation line (called a "horizontal line"), like the one use in the section header. While rarely used, it's worth mentioning. It's done in a way similar to when adding a signature, but instead of tildes, you use four hyphens. So this ----, yields:
However, it cannot be used in the middle of a sentence, in which case it just remains as it is, four hyphens. The four hyphens must be the first thing written on a new line for it to work. Everything written after, even if on the same line, while be pushed beneath the separation line.
Lists
There are two types of lists that can be created: bulleted and numbered.
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:
;Title of List *Item 1 *Item 2 **Item 2.1 **Item 2.2 *Item 3
it gives the following result:
- Title of List
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 2.1
- Item 2.2
- Item 3
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:
;Title of List #Item 1 #Item 2 ##Item 2.1 ##Item 2.2 #Item 3
it gives the following result:
- Title of List
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 2.1
- Item 2.2
- Item 3
