Help:Editing

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This is the only serious page of the whole wiki. Please read carefully.

How to edit

To add plain text, simply enter it. If you want to do something more fancy, look how others have done certain things on the page you are editing, or go to one of the links below. Once you are done editing, click on the save button at the bottom, and you will have changed the page.

The easiest way to do simple things is using the editing buttons, shown below. When you click edit, they are displayed at the top. (For some functions, you might want to highlight text before you click a button). Below is a list of what the buttons do, in order of their appearance on the button bar.

• Bold - make your text bold.
• Italics - make your text italicized.
• Internal link - link to a page inside the wiki you are editing. If you want to do it without the button, do something like this [[Main Page]]. This will show up as Main Page. CaSe MattErS!
• External link - link to a web page not part of the wiki you are editing. If you want to do it without the button, do something like this [http://www.google.com Google Homepage]. This will show up as Google Homepage.
• Create new section within the page.
• Insert image from this wiki. Note: To insert an image that is not already part of this wiki, you may upload it using the upload file option in the toolbox on the sidebar. You must be logged in to do this. Some wikis have upload limits, however, and you may need to use a picture alread on the internet. If so, just insert the url of the picture, for example, http://example.com/image.jpg. If your picture is not on the internet already, you can host it on one of the websites listed here. You can also upload an image by clicking on the upload file link in the toolbox.
• Link to a media file (sound or movie). If your video file is not on the internet already, you can host it on one of the websites listed here.
• Mathematical formula Help:Math - we currently do not provide help for this feature. So stop moaning.
• Ignore wikipedia formatting - what was used to show http://example.com/image.jpg in plain text instead of as a picture.
• Your signature - only if you are signed in (you don't have to register or log in to edit this wiki, but you can).
• Horizontal line - use sparingly.

Templates

If you have an idea for a template, or want one made (hey, if you know HOW to make them go ahead!) - speak to either Mike or Jasmine on their user talk pages. We encourage the use of templates, especially the Red Socking one:

RED SOCK ALERT! This page has been socked by Rich Costey. You could be next.

The code for the template is {{redsocks}}.