Help:Editing

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Adding An Article to a Category

Put the text [[Category:Category Name]] at the bottom of whichever page you would like to be in a category. The main category page will update itself automatically.

For example, the page A Brief Poetic Guide to Dragon Mythology is part of the category "Mythology" because it has the text [[Category:Mythology]] at the bottom.

Format Text

''italic'' (Enclosed in two single quote marks)
'''bold''' (Enclosed in three single quote marks)
'''''bold and italic''''' (Enclosed in five single quote marks)

Format Headings

==heading== (Enclosed in two equals signs)
===heading level 2=== (Enclosed in three equals signs)
====heading level 3==== (Enclosed in four equals signs)
=====heading level 4===== (Enclosed in five equals signs)

Create Internal Wiki Links

[[Link to a Page on the Wiki]]
[[Link to a Page on the Wiki|Page Title]]

Create External Links

http://www.google.com/
[http://www.google.com/]
[http://www.google.com/ Google Search] (Give the link a Formal Title)

Create Lists

* Bulleted List Item
# Numbered List Item
; Definition List Item

Preformatted or Highlighted Text

(Put a space at the beginning of a line to preformat it)

Other Editing Help Resources

Wikipedia's Cheatsheet
MediaWiki Formatting Help