Help:Editing

You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like ''this''

Adding References

Add a footnote (endnote) reference by inserting in the text where the footnote (endnote) should go:

< ref >links and/or text< /ref > (without the spaces within the brackets).

Then to make sure the shows up at the bottom of the page, insert a heading for "References" by clicking the oversized "A" button on the toolbar and inserting "References" there as a heading, and then a few lines lower add:

<references/ > (without the space before the bracket)

Paragraphs

Mediawiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a newline with the HTML tag <br />.

HTML

Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>.

Recapitulative table

Description	You type	You get
applies anywhere
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Escape wiki markup	<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>	no ''markup''
only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different sizes	==level 1== ===level 2=== ====level 3==== =====level 4=====	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Horizontal rule	----
Bullet list	* one * two * three ** three and one-third ** three and two-thirds	one two three three and one-third three and two-thirds
Numbered list	# one # two # three ## three point one ## three point two	one two three three point one three point two
Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2
Preformatted text	preformatted text is done with   a space at the   beginning of the line	preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line

Links

To create a link, surround the word you would like to make a link with two sets of brackets like this: [[Link]]

To create a link with a title that is different than the page it is linked to format the link like this:[[Page linked to|title]]

Signature

To sign your username, type three tildes(~~~). To sign your username with a timestamp, use four tildes (~~~~)