Help:Editing

This article or section has been nominated for a cleanup The content on this page may be overwritten or contradictory. You can help LGPedia by cleaning it up.

Most frequent wiki markup explained

What it looks like	What you type
You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will bold the text. 5 apostrophes will bold and italicize the text. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'.)	You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will bold '''the text'''. 5 apostrophes will bold and italicize '''''the text'''''. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just ''''one left over''''.)
You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: - Three tildes gives your user name: Dharmabum420 - Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: Dharmabum420 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) - Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)	You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: <br> - Three tildes gives your user name: ~~~ <br> - Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: ~~~~ <br> - Five tildes gives the date/time alone: ~~~~~ <br>
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.	== 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 newline 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.
Numbered lists are: Very organized Easy to follow A new line marks the end of the list. 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 a page named Daniel. You can even say Daniels and the link will show up correctly.	Here's a link to a page named [[Daniel]]. You can even say [[Daniel]]s and the link will show up correctly.
Bree's feet is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.	[[Bree's feet]] 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: First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails#Transcript. 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: *[[First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails#Transcript]]. If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the third section named "Example section".

References

Providing references to facts in your articles is an important part of being a thorough editor. On LGPedia you can use Cite.php to easily and consistently document your references in an organized way. See Help:Footnotes for more information.