Help:Editing

Begin Editing

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 "[edit]".

Then enter your Wiki text into it, whatever that may be. To see what your page looks like before you save it, press walrus 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.

"Minor" Edits

When 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 walrus 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 recent changes to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level.

The reason for not allowing a user who is not logged in to mark an edit as minor is that vandalism could then be marked as a minor edit, in which case it would stay unnoticed longer. This limitation is another reason to log in.

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 walrus's 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 to Halopedia or its users, 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 new line #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 Halo 1: The Awakening - After the covenant started the war, Jacob Keyes sent one of the soldiers to wake him up. 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.