Here at WikiSummary, we lack the resources to write the sorts of details help pages that they have over at Wikipedia. But as it turns out, WikiSummary is powered by the same software as Wikipedia. What that means for you is this: If the brief editing help below doesn't answer your questions, take a look at Wikipedia's editing help, where even your most detailed questions will be answered. The best starting point is Wikipedia's brief tutorial.
Brief Editing Guide
Use wiki markup, or wikitext, to insert formatting into your summaries. When editing, you'll notice a small toolbar above the editing box with icons you can click to make editing easier. Experienced editors generally find it much faster to simply type their markup, though, rather than use the buttons.
Here are the most frequently used types of wiki markup. If you need more help see Wikipedia's Wikitext examples.
What it looks like
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What you type
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Text formatting
You can italicize text by putting 2
apostrophes on each side.
3 apostrophes will embolden the text.
5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize
the text.
(4 apostrophes doesn't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'.)
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How to do it
You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side.
3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''.
5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize '''''the text'''''.
(4 apostrophes doesn't do anything special -- there's just ''''one left over''''.)
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Bulleted Lists
Unordered lists are easy to do. Start every line with a star. More stars indicate a deeper level. A new line marks the end of the list.
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
- Item 4
New line
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How to do it
Unordered lists are easy to do. Start every line with a star. More stars indicate a deeper level. A new line marks the end of the list.
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Deeper
** Deeper again
* Item 3
* Item 4
New line
* New list
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Numbered Lists
Numbered lists are the same, but use # instead of *.
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Deeper
- Deeper again
- Item 3
- Item 4
New line
- New list
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How to do it
Numbered lists are the same, but use # instead of *.
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Deeper
## Deeper again
# Item 3
#* Bullet 1
#* Bullet 2
# Item 4
New line
# New list
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Links
Use double brackets for internal links, single brackets for external ones.
Here's a link to the Main Page. Or I could call it the grand poobah (note the pipe).
Capitalization matters. "Main Page" exists, but "Main page" does not.
You can also make external links, for example, here's a link to Wikipedia (note the space).
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How to do it
Use double brackets for internal links, single brackets for external ones.
Here's a link to the [[Main Page]]. Or I could call it the [[Main Page|grand poobah]] (note the pipe).
Capitalization matters. "[[Main Page]]" exists, but "[[Main page]]" does not.
You can also make external links, for example, here's a link to [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] (note the space).
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Tables
Tables can be tricky. Start and end the table with curly braces and pipes. Start a new row with a pipe and a hyphen. Start a new cell (within a row) with just a pipe. Make sure you have the same number of cells in each row, or it will look funny.
| Upper-left
| Upper-right
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| Lower-left
| lower-right
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How to do it
{|
|Upper-left
|Upper-right
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|Lower-left
|lower-right
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Table with Headings
Tables can also have heading cells. Use a ! instead of |, like this:
| State
| Population
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| California
| 40 zillion
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| Wyoming
| 4,230
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How to do it
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!State
!Population
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|California
|40 zillion
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|Wyoming
|4,230
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Section Headings
Section headings are easy to make; simply use 2-4 equals signs around your heading and put the heading on its own line.
Please use headings so that the wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.
Biggest Heading
Two equals signs.
Subsection
Three equals signs.
Smallest section
Use sparingly, if at all.
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How to do it
Section headings are easy to make; simply use 2-4 equals signs around your heading and put the heading on its own line.
Please use headings so that the wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.
==Biggest Heading==
Two equals signs.
===Subsection===
Three equals signs.
====Smallest section====
Use sparingly, if at all.
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Blockquotes
You'll need to use some HTML to make a blockquote, like this:
Look, a blockquote. Make sure you use blockquotes only in accordance with the style guide.
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How to do it
You'll need to use some HTML to make a blockquote, like this:
<blockquote>Look, a blockquote. Make sure you use blockquotes only in accordance with the [[Project:Styleguide#Blockquotes|style guide]].</blockquote>
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Talk Pages
You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
- Three tildes give your user name: Adam
- Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: Adam 13:43, 25 July 2007 (MST)
- Five tildes give the date/time alone: 13:43, 25 July 2007 (MST)
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How to do it
You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
- Three tildes: ~~~
- Four tildes: ~~~~
- Five tildes: ~~~~~
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