Help:Basic editing
This page explains the bare minimum of wiki-editing.
The first thing to know in Wikiversity: a red link points to a page that doesn't yet exist; a blue link an existing page; a pale blue link points to a page on another wiki; a link like this is an external link.
To edit a page on Wikiversity, first
- You go to the page, either
- via typing the page name (case sensitive) in the search box in the top left corner of the screen or on the navigation bar at the top of your browser
- via clicking on an internal link on another wikiversity page
- Press "edit" or "create"
- write your text
- go down and press "save page" at the lower left corner
Basic wiki mark up
[edit]First of all, you don't have to use any mark up if you don't want to. Just remember that you need to skip a line when you want a line break.
And do not indent your paragraphs unless you want your text to appear like this.
Here are the basic characters: wikilinks [[]]
, section heads == Section name ==
, bullet points "*", list points "#", indentations ":"
- wiki links are created by double brackets
[[your target page name]]
. The page name is case-sensitive, except for the first letter; i.e. This link and this link point to the same page, but THIS LINK is a different page.
- Sections and subsections are marked as
== Section name ==
,=== subsection name ===
,====subsub name====
, etc
- Bullets are marked with asterisks (*)
- You can create sub-bullets with multiple asterisks (**)
- bullet points can be threaded
- A numbered list can be created with the "sharp" character "#"
- You need to make sure that you don't skip a line
- or else your numbering restarts at 1 when you skip a line
- a numbered list can be threaded
- even with a bullet list
- a numbered list can be threaded
Threaded discussions
[edit]A threaded discussion can also be carried out with indentations
- To reply to the first comment, use a colon ":"
- To reply to the previous comment, add one more colon like this "::"
The markup for the previous section
[edit]The following is the wiki-markup for the previous section. The text is sandwiched between two html-tags <pre> </pre>
.
==Basic wiki mark up== First of all, you don't have to use any mark up if you don't want to. Just remember that you need to skip a line when you want a line break. And do not indent your paragraphs unless you want your text to appear like this. Here are the basic characters: wikilinks <code>[[]]</code>, section heads <code>== Section name ==</code> , bullet points "*", list points "#", indentations ":" *[[wiki links]] are created by double brackets <code>[[your target page name]]</code>. The page name is case-sensitive, except for the first letter; i.e. [[This link]] and [[this link]] point to the same page, but [[THIS LINK]] is a different page. *Sections and subsections are marked as <code>== Section name ==</code> , <code>=== subsection name ===</code> , <code> ====subsub name====</code>, etc *Bullets are marked with asterisks (*) **You can create sub-bullets with multiple asterisks (**) **bullet points can be threaded # A numbered list can be created with the "sharp" character "#" # You need to make sure that you don't skip a line # or else your numbering restarts at 1 when you skip a line ## a numbered list can be threaded ##* even with a bullet list ===Threaded discussions=== A threaded discussion can also be carried out with indentations : To reply to the first comment, use a colon ":" :: To reply to the previous comment, add one more colon like this "::"
Signature
[edit]To sign your name on your comments, simply type four tildes like this: ~~~~
, or press the button lining the top of your edit box. The program will generate your signature for you.
External links (url)
[edit]External links, i.e. urls, can be written directly, for example, as "http://example.com". It can also be displayed as a simple icon with [http://example.com]
rendered as [1]. A description can be added to the icon with the wiki-text [http://example.com YOUR TEXT]
rendered as YOUR TEXT.
Final hints
[edit]If you have any problems, try to look for a page that you like and press the "edit" button.
If you want to ask questions, press the "history" button on the top to find some experienced wiki-writers.
In case you are lost (yes, that happens), ask at Wikiversity:Babel
Further reading
[edit]- CC BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL - the licences under which you consent to edit
- Meta:Help:Help a reference manual for MediaWiki