Help:Editing: Difference between revisions

To begin editing a page, click on ''"Edit this page"'' or the ''"edit"'' tab at the top. To edit an individual section, look at the section header for ''"<nowiki>[edit]</nowiki>"''.

Then insert your wiki text into it, whatever that may be. To see what your page looks like before you save it, press "Show preview". If that all looks good, enter a Summary (see below), mark whether it's a minor edit, and if you want to watch the page. Then, when you're finished, press "Save page." Your changes will be visible immediately.

A logged in user has the option of flagging the edit as a "minor edit". When to use this is some what a matter of personal preference. The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that is spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a "minor edit".  A major edit is basically something that makes the entry worth relooking at for somebody who wants to watch the article rather closely, so any "real" change, even if it is a single word. This feature is important, because users can choose to ''hide'' minor edits in their view of the [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level.

== Summary ==

The Summary is a summary of what you have done to change the page. Whether it be creating the page or fixing a spelling error, you should always fill out the summary, so administrators know what you've done.

In this section, we will show everything about how to make a good wiki page--formatting, links and more.

You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm to Halopedia or its users, you can do so in the [[Halopedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]].

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Joe is playing Halo on [[Xbox]].<br />

Spaces are treated like underscores (typing an underscore is the same as typing a space, but is not recommended).

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To connect in between wikis use the Interwiki code

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''Emphasize'', '''strongly''',

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There are three basic formattings you can apply to text, which are explained below.

Using colored text is highly discouraged but in some cases useful.  To color your text enter the following code.  So for example:

Will give this: <span style="color:#0000FF;">This text is blue.</span>

To set a specified font size, enter the following code. So for example:

Will output:<span style="color: Blue; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 120%;">Custom text</span>

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