Help:Editing

You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side.

Use 3 apostrophes to create bold text.

Use 5 apostrophes to create bold and italic text.

(4 apostrophes doesn't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'.)

You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 
apostrophes on each side. 

Use 3 apostrophes to create '''bold text'''. 

Use 5 apostrophes to create
'''''bold and italic text'''''.

(4 apostrophes doesn't do anything
special -- there's just ''''one left
over''''.)

You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
- Three tildes give your user name: Karl Wick
- Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: Karl Wick 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- Five tildes give the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

You should "sign" your comments 
on talk pages: <br>
- Three tildes give your user
name: ~~~ <br>
- Four tildes give your user 
name plus date/time: ~~~~ <br>
- Five tildes give the 
date/time alone: ~~~~~ <br>

Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.

Using more equals signs creates a subsection.

Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.

Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title.

== Section headings ==

''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
The Wiki software can automatically generate
a table of contents from them.

=== Subsection ===

Using more equals signs creates a subsection.

==== A smaller subsection ====

Don't skip levels, 
like from two to four equals signs.

Start with 2 equals signs not 1 
because 1 creates H1 tags
which should be reserved for page title.

• Unordered lists are easy to do:
  • Start every line with a star.
    • More stars indicate a deeper level.

  Previous item continues.

  • A new line
• in a list

marks the end of the list.

• Of course you can start again.

* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
*: Previous item continues.
** A new line
* in a list  
marks the end of the list.
* Of course you can start again.

1. Numbered lists are:
   1. Very organized
   2. Easy to follow

A new line marks the end of the list.

1. New numbering starts with 1.

# ''Numbered lists'' are:
## Very organized
## Easy to follow
A new line marks the end of the list.
# New numbering starts with 1.

Here's a link to the Main page.

Here's a link to the [[Main page]].

The weather in London is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.

[[The weather in London]] is 
a page that doesn't exist
yet. You could create it by 
clicking on the link.

You can link to a page section by its title:

• List of cities by country#M.

If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section".

You can link to a page section by its title:

* [[List of cities by country#M]].

If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
third section named "Example section".

Footnotes

Here is the easy way to create footnotes. Put the text of the footnote at the point where you want the footnote number to appear, surrounded by opening and closing "ref" tags: ^[1]

Most Christian denominations believe in the Holy Trinity.^[2]

Towards the bottom of the page, create a section titled ==Footnotes==, ==Notes==, or less often ==References==, type the

1. ↑ ...
2. ↑ The Trinity consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost.

after the section name.

[edit] Notes

'''Footnotes'''

Here is the easy way to create footnotes.  
Put the text of the footnote at the point 
where you want the footnote number to 
appear, surrounded by opening and 
closing "ref" tags: <ref>...</ref>

Most Christian denominations believe 
in the Holy Trinity.<ref>The Trinity 
consists of the Father, the Son, and 
the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost.</ref>

Towards the bottom of the page, create 
a section titled ==Footnotes==, ==Notes==, 
or less often ==References==, type the 
single tag <references/> on the line 
after the section name.

==Notes==
<references/>