Help:Editing

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Basic text formatting
You should avoid HTML in favor of Wiki markup whenever possible.

Organizing your writing
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" !What it looks like !What you type Section headings

Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.

Subsection

Using more equals signs creates a subsection.

A smaller subsection

Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with two equals signs; don't use single equals signs.

Section headings
Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.

Subsection
Using more equals signs creates a subsection.

A smaller subsection
Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with two equals signs; don't use single equals signs. marks the end of the list. marks the end of the list. A newline marks the end of the list.
 * Unordered lists are easy to do:
 * Start every line with a star.
 * More stars indicate a deeper level.
 * A newline
 * in a list
 * A newline
 * in a list
 * Of course you can start again.
 * Unordered lists are easy to do:
 * Start every line with a star.
 * More stars indicate a deeper level.
 * A newline
 * in a list
 * in a list
 * Of course you can start again.
 * 1) Numbered lists are also good:
 * 2) Very organized
 * 3) Easy to follow
 * 1) Very organized
 * 2) Easy to follow
 * 1) New numbering starts with 1.

A newline marks the end of the list. Another kind of list is a definition list:
 * 1) Numbered lists are also good:
 * 2) Very organized
 * 3) Easy to follow
 * 1) Easy to follow
 * 1) New numbering starts with 1.
 * You can even do mixed lists
 * and nest them
 * or break lines in lists.
 * * You can even do mixed lists
 * and nest them
 * or break lines in lists.
 * and nest them
 * or break lines in lists.
 * word : definition of the word
 * longer phrase
 * phrase defined

Another kind of list is a definition list:
 * word : definition of the word
 * longer phrase
 * phrase defined


 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A newline after that starts a new paragraph.
 * This is often used for discussion on Talk pages.


 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A newline after that starts a new paragraph.
 * This is often used for discussion on talk pages.

You can make horizontal dividing lines to separate text.

But you should usually use sections instead, so that they go in the table of contents. You can make horizontal dividing lines to separate text.

But you should usually use sections instead, so that they go in the table of contents.
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Links
You will often want to make clickable links to other pages.

Just show what I typed
A few different kinds of formatting will tell the Wiki to display things as you typed them.