Help:Editing

Begin Editing

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

Then enter your Wikitext 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.

Summary

The Summary is a summary of what you've 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.

The Wiki Markup

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, you can do so in the Sandbox.

Sections, Paragraphs, Lists, and Lines

What You See	What You Type
Section Headings Look Like This: New section Subsection Sub-subsection	Section Headings Look Like This: == New section == === Subsection === ==== Sub-subsection ====
New line: A single new line has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph.	New line: A single new line has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
You can break lines without starting a new paragraph.	You can break lines<br> without starting a new paragraph.
Bulleted lists are easy; Just start every line with a star more stars means deeper levels	* Bulleted lists are easy; ** Just start every line with a star *** more stars means deeper levels
Numbered lists are also good very organized easy to follow A newline in a list marks the end of the list. New numbering starts with 1.	# Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow #A newline #in a list marks the end of the list. #New numbering starts #with 1.
You can even do mixed lists and nest them like this or have newlines inside lists	* You can even do mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this<br>or have newlines<br>inside lists
You can also break lines inside lists like this	* You can also **break lines<br>inside lists<br>like this
Definition list list of definitions item the item's definition	; Definition list : list of definitions ; item : the item's definition
IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN it will be formatted exactly as typed; in a fixed-width font; lines won't wrap; ENDIF this is useful for: * pasting preformatted text; * algorithm descriptions; * program source code * ASCII art; * chemical structures; WARNING: if you make the text wide, it won't wrap, and force the whole page to be wide and hence less readable.	IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN it will be formatted exactly as typed; in a fixed-width font; lines won't wrap; ENDIF this is useful for: * pasting preformatted text; * algorithm descriptions; * program source code * ASCII art; * chemical structures;
Centered text.	<center>Centered text.</center>
Column 1 Column 2	{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ==Column 1== {{col-2}} ==Column 2== {{col-end}}

Links, URLS

Joe is playing Halo on Xbox. Jane is playing Halo on PC. Spaces are treated like underscores (typing an underscore is the same as typing a space, but is not recommended).	Joe is playing Halo on [[Xbox]].<br> Jane is playing [[Halo PC|Halo on PC]].
When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it. You can do this by adding three tildes for your user name: Wheresthebrain or four for user name plus date/time: Wheresthebrain 01:49, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)	When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it. You can do this by adding three tildes for your user name: : ~~~ or four for user name plus date/time: : ~~~~
Redirect one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line.	#REDIRECT [[Master Chief]]
External links: Bungie, [1]	External links: [http://www.bungie.net Bungie], [http://www.bungie.net]
Or just give the URL: http://www.bungie.net	Or just give the URL: http://www.bungie.net
To connect in between Wikis use the Interwiki code Halo on Wikipedia	[[Wikipedia:Halo|Halo on Wikipedia]]
If you are linking from another wikia to Halopedia then use the following code:	[[w:c:halo]]
If you are linking from Halowiki.net to Halopedia then use the following code:	[[Halopedia:Main Page]] or [[Halopedia:Article Name]]

Colored Text

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

<font color="purple">purple</font>
<font color="green">green</font>
<font color="red">red</font>
<font color="grey">grey</font>
<font color="black">black</font>
<font color="pink">pink</font>
<font color="orange">orange</font>
<font color="yellow">yellow</font>
<font color="blue">blue</font>
<font color="silver">silver</font>

Will output:purple green red grey black pink orange yellow blue silver

For a complete list of possible colors, see Wikipedia's article on web colors. Simply copy the hex code next to your preferred color, paste in the appropriate spot, and remove the spaces in the hex code. For example:

<font color="blue">This text is blue.</font>

Will give this: This text is blue.