Help:How to edit wikipages

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Need instructions for wiki editing?

  • You can find it here (1 = basic, 5 = most advanced)
  1. A basic guide to wiki editing - for the newcomer
  2. Quick reference - see below!
  3. Wikipedia CheatSheet - adding links, images, references
  4. More comprehensive help in MediaWiki User's Guide
  5. Very extensive help pages in Wikipedia
  • Other useful pages/tools:
  1. Sandbox - to play around with editing
  2. Word to Wiki converter
  3. Table (Excel/Word) to Wiki converter

Quick reference for editing:

Description What you type What you get
Applies everywhere within a wikipage:
Italic ''italic text'' italic text
Bold '''bold text''' bold text
Bold & italic '''''bold & italic text''''' bold & italic text
Line break

Line 1

Line 2

Textline 1
<BR><BR>
Textline 2

Line 1
Line 2

Textline 1

Textline 2

Applies only in the beginning of new lines:
Heading levels

Notice! Level 1 is preserved for article title
==Level 1==
===Level 2===
====Level 3====
=====Level 4=====

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4
Horizontal rule

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Bullet list

* one
* two
* three

  • one
  • two
  • three
Numbered list

# one
# two
# three

  1. one
  2. two
  3. three
Indentations

Normal text
: one indentation
: : two indentations
: : : three indentations

Normal text

one indentation
two indentations
three indentations
Definition list

;Definition
:item 1
:item 2

Definition
item 1
item 2
Text box

  a space at the
  beginning of the
  line creates
  a text box

a space at the 
beginning of the
line creates
a text box