Help:Contents/Editing the Encyclopedia

Editing

Experiment with editing pages in the sandbox. You can also carry out editing experiments "in situ" by editing the page itself and using the Show preview button. Be careful not to accidentally save the page though! If you do, then revert your changes.

How to edit a page

Extended wiki markup details

Bite sized tips for the most common tasks.

Create links and change the title of a link (pipe a link)

Use sections in an article

Use categories

Insert a picture or video

Use redirect pages

Create infoboxes

Create templates, using a quick guide and a list of available templates

Create lists

Use footnotes and references

Use tables

Use mathematical formulae

Use special characters. The display of fonts and other character sets in your browser.

Use easy timeline syntax

Valid HTML codes in wikitext

Use "magic words" and variables. These allow you to change default behaviour or automate text. For example, you can disable a Table of Contents, move its position or insert constants and timestamps.