Wikitext Editing

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Contents 1 Using the Wikitext Editor 2 Creating Section Headings 3 Creating Ordered and Unordered Lists 4 Creating Tables

Using the Wikitext Editor

Use the Wikitext Editor to apply certain commonly used functions to your wiki page. The following table describes each of these functions and how they appear in edit mode and how they appear on the article page.

Creating Section Headings

The equal sign ("=") is used to create section and subsection headings. The more equal signs used the smaller the text size in the heading.

• ==Section Heading==

• ===Subsection===

• ====Smaller Subsection====

Creating Ordered and Unordered Lists

To create an unordered list, use the asterisk ("*") symbol before each item in the list.

* Item 1
* Item 2
* Item 3

The asterisks appear as bullets on the wiki page:

• Item 1
• Item 2
• Item 3

To create an ordered list, use a pound ("#") sign before each item in the list.

# Item 1
# Item 2
# Item 3

The pound signs appear as numbers on the wiki page:

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3

Consult the Meta-Wiki for more instruction on editing wikitext at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext.

Creating Tables

Reference the following example when creating a simple table.

{ | border=“1” cellspacing=“0” cellpadding=“4”
|+ Table Caption
|-
! Header 1
! Header 2
! Header 3
|-
| row 1, cell 1
| row 1, cell 2
| row 1, cell 3
|-
| row 2, cell 1
| row 2, cell 2
| row 2, cell 3
| }

Consult the Meta-Wiki for more instruction on creating tables at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table.

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