Help:Editing

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Creating a page

A red link such as Non-existent page indicates that the page does not exist. Clicking on it will bring you to a page where the first version of it can be written and saved.

Another way to create a new page is to navigate to the URL directly. For example, typing out http://wiki.shardsofdalaya.com/index.php/Non-existent page onto the browser's URL address bar and hitting the enter button will achieve the same effect as clicking on the red link above.

Editing syntax

Description	You type	You get
Applies anywhere
Italicise text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within SoDWiki)	[[name of page]] [[name of page|display text]]	name of page display text
Redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	↳ Target page
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org] [http://www.example.org display text] http://www.example.org	[1] display text http://www.example.org
Sign your posts on talk pages	~~~~	Your username 16:17, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article. The appearance of headers will be different on articles than shown here.	== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ======	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Indented lines and paragraphs	First paragraph.</nowiki> Second paragraph.</nowiki> Third paragraph. </nowiki>	First paragraph. Second paragraph. Third paragraph.
Bullet list	* one * two ** two point one * three	one two two point one three
Numbered list	# one # two ## two point one # three	one two two point one three

Before saving changes

Once you've edited in your changes, before actually saving them, make use of the "Show preview" button to preview how your changes would look like after you saved. Avoid saving too often or saving just to see what it looks like. Each page save will generate an entry in recent changes. Repeated trivial and unnecessary saves tend to clutter up that list and inconvenience users who make use of that list to watch for vandals or misinformed edits.

See also

• Use our public Sandbox for experimentation with editing, or consider creating one within your namespace if you plan on using it a LOT.
• Table help on MetaWiki
• Template help on MetaWiki
• Cheatsheet for Editing Pages on Wikipedia
• MediaWiki Handbook, on editing