Help:Editing
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[edit] Editing Tips
This page now contains several tips for editing articles here on the TIP wiki.
[edit] Links
To make a link, put double square brackets around it.
For example:
[[Page Name]].
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Page Name
To have the link text be different than the page name, use:
[[Page Name|Link Text]]
which comes out as
Link Text
Links are what give a wiki life, so link as much as you want!
[edit] Bold and Italics
To create bold font, include three apostrophes before and after a word or section.
This is '''bold''' and ''Italic'' text.
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This is bold and italic text.
[edit] Lists
To create lists, add an asterisk (*) before each listed item.
*Here is an example *Of this at work *Cool, Eh? **aoeu
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- Here is an example
- Of this at work
- Cool, Eh?
- aoeu
To create numbered lists, add a (#) before each listed item.
#This is a #list in order #by numbers
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- This is a
- list in order
- by numbers
[edit] Titles
To create titles, add double equals signs before and after each title:
=Title=
To create subtitles, add two equals signs before and after each subtitle:
==Subtitle==
[edit] Signing
To sign something quickly and easily, use this code:
~~~
producing: Anthony
To sign something with a timestamp, use this code:
~~~~
producing: Anthony 19:59, 24 September 2005 (MST)
[edit] Categories
A category is a good way of organizing content into easily navigable content structures. You can make a category by making an article with the name Category:Title. It is general convention for categories to plural (if a plural title is applicable). To put an article in a category add [[Category:Title]] to the bottom. If you want an article called The end to be alphabetized under "End, The" in the category then instead put [[Category:Title|End, The]] at the bottom. Categories are useful because it makes it easier for people to find content.
