Help:Editing
The following table shows some of the main codes used when editing a page on the LGBT UK History Project. It is a modified version of the equivalent page on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet).
Checklist for editing | ||
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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]] |
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Link internal heading |
[[#Heading name]] |
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Show an image |
[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]] |
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Size an image |
[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|60px|Cap]] |
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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.
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~~~~ |
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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.
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#REDIRECT [[Target page]] |
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Redirect to a section of another page |
#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]] |
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A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.
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==Level 2== |
Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6 |
Nonindexed headers (left out of Table of Contents)
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; Header name (has a leading semicolon ";" in front)
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Header name (will not appear in Table of Contents)
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Bulleted list |
* One |
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Numbered list |
# One |
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multi-column list using the {{columns-list}} template |
{{columns-list|3| |
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Indenting text |
no indent (normal) |
no indent (normal)
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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>
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Hello,[1] World.[2]
References
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