Help:Editing

The following table shows some of the main codes used when editing a page. It is a modified version of the equivalent page on Wikipedia.

Checklist for editing
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic text	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Link to another page on this Wiki	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
Link internal heading	[[#Heading name]] [[#Heading name2|Name2]]	#Heading name Name2
Show an image	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]	Caption
Size an image	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|60px|Cap]] (option "60px" means 60 pixels wide)	Cap
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]] (place near the bottom of a page)	Shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved.
Signature Sign your contributions when posting to a Talk Page.	~~~~ (Do not sign in an article, only on talk-pages.)	Username (talk) 16:01, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another page Redirects must be placed at the start of the first line.	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	Target page#anchorName
A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6====== (Do not use  =Level 1=  as it is for page titles)	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Nonindexed headers (left out of Table of Contents)	; Header name (has a leading semicolon ";" in front)	Header name (will not appear in Table of Contents)
Bulleted list	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting text	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent
Adding footnote references
Insert footnotes as references in a page to list at page bottom	Hello,<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> ==References== <references>	Hello, World. References <references>