Editing Help:Editing

The basics of the Wiki Markup.

==As a general rule...==
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==Signature==
To sign your comments, all you need to do is write four tildes after each other, i.e. <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. The signature will consist of a link to you userpage as well as a date and time stamp. You can also sign using simply your name by using three tildes, i.e. <nowiki>~~~</nowiki> or simply with the timestamp using five tildes, i.e. <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>, however, the latter two are considered slightly rude.

Here are some visual examples:<br>
<nowiki>~~~</nowiki> = [[User:Now, Faster|Now, Faster]] ([[User talk:Now, Faster|talk]])<br>
<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> = [[User:Now, Faster|Now, Faster]] ([[User talk:Now, Faster|talk]]) 04:45, 27 January 2022 (UTC)<br>
<nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki> = 04:45, 27 January 2022 (UTC)<br>

==Bold/Italics==
To make something bold or italic you need to write a certain number of apostrophes at the beginning and end of your sentence, word or letter. Italics require two apostrophes, bold requires three, and bold+italics (referred to as "bolics" from this point on) requires five.

===Examples on italics===
Please note that it is two apostrophes next to each other, and not quotation marks
*<nowiki>''An entire sentence in italics''</nowiki> = ''An entire sentence in italics''
*<nowiki>A single ''word'' in italics</nowiki> = A single ''word'' in italics
*<nowiki>A single le''t''ter in italics</nowiki> = A single le''t''ter in italics

===Examples on bold===
*<nowiki>'''An entire sentence in bold'''</nowiki> = '''An entire sentence in bold'''
*<nowiki>A single '''word''' in bold</nowiki> = A single '''word''' in bold
*<nowiki>A single le'''t'''ter in bold</nowiki> = A single le'''t'''ter in bold

===Examples on bolics===
*<nowiki>'''''An entire sentence in bolics'''''</nowiki> = '''''An entire sentence in bolics'''''
*<nowiki>A single '''''word''''' in bolics</nowiki> = A single '''''word''''' in bolics
*<nowiki>A single le'''''t'''''ter in bolics</nowiki> = A single le'''''t'''''ter in bolics

==New Lines==
<pre>
This is written in a special
box to show that a single new line
has no effect on a text. A double

new line does. If you don't want
the 1½ line-seperation, you can<br>
break the text instead.
</pre>
The above is written in a special
box to show that a single new line
has no effect on a text. A double

new line does. If you don't want
the 1½ line-seperation, you can<br>
break the text instead.

==Headers/Sections==
The effect of the following can be seen in the table of contents.
Headers are defined by the number of equal signs used on either side of a word or sentence, similar to when making something bold or italic. The only difference is that headers cannot isolate a single letter, in which case, it just look like jum==bled tex==t. For the same reason, a header must be the only thing written on a line, else, the coding will be messed up. The following should give a basic idea of how sections work.

<pre>
==Section (example)==
===Subsection (example)===
====Sub-subsection (example)====
</pre>
It gives the following results

==Section (example)==
Biggest font, normal, has a line seperating the actual header from the rest of the section.

===Subsection (example)===
Medium sized font (of the three), bold, does not have a line seperating the header and the rest of the section.


====Sub-subsection (example)====
Smallest sixed font of the three, yet still slightly bigger than regular text, also bold and also without the seperating line.

While entirely possible to have a single-equation header (<nowiki>=Like This=</nowiki>), it is forbidden to use, at it tends to mess up a lot of things and is generally reserved for the article namespace.

==Separation/Horizontal line==
It is possible to manually create a separation line (called a "horizontal line"), like the one use in the section header. While rarely used, it's worth mentioning. It's done in a way similar to when adding a signature, but instead of tildes, you use four hyphens. So this <nowiki>----</nowiki>, yields: 
----
However, it cannot be used in the middle of a sentence, in which case it just remains as it is, four hyphens. The four hyphens must be the first thing written on a new line for it to work. Everything written after, even if on the same line, while be pushed beneath the separation line.

==Lists==
There are two types of lists that can be created: bulleted and numbered. 

To create bulleted lists, simply type the asterisk (<nowiki>*</nowiki>) by pressing Shift+8 on your keyboard before each item. Double asterisk will push the indent of the list. By typing:

<pre>
;Title of List
*Item 1
*Item 2
**Item 2.1
**Item 2.2
*Item 3
</pre>

it gives the following result:

;Title of List
*Item 1
*Item 2
**Item 2.1
**Item 2.2
*Item 3

For numbered lists, simply type the hash symbol (<nowiki>#</nowiki>) by pressing Shift+3 on your keyboard before each item. Double hash will push the indent of the list. By typing:

<pre>
;Title of List
#Item 1
#Item 2
##Item 2.1
##Item 2.2
#Item 3
</pre>

it gives the following result:

;Title of List
#Item 1
#Item 2
##Item 2.1
##Item 2.2
#Item 3

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