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Each table begins with "{|" and ends with "|}" in separate lines. Columns are separated with "||" and  a new row starts with "|-" in a new line. Table headings start with “!” for the first column or "!!" for the remaining columns . To add a border, the first line should be "{| - border ="1" ". Here’s a simple example:
 
Each table begins with "{|" and ends with "|}" in separate lines. Columns are separated with "||" and  a new row starts with "|-" in a new line. Table headings start with “!” for the first column or "!!" for the remaining columns . To add a border, the first line should be "{| - border ="1" ". Here’s a simple example:
 
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Revision as of 17:10, 25 May 2009

Introduction

This is a very brief summary of the most basic functionality of the Mediawiki platform, the same that powers Wikipedia. A more through description can be found here

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ

Section 4.1, is particularly useful for the first steps:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing


Create a new page

There are 2 basic ways:

    1. Search for the new page in the search box (in the left of the page) – if the term does not exist it will allow the creation of this page, by pressing the link "You can create this page"
    2. When editing a page, inserting a link to a specific definition (see below, even if the page does not exist, will allow the creation of this new page by following the link.

Editing a page

These are some of the more common formatting issues

Headers , just use the "=" sign to specify the heading level

<nowiki>= Heading 1 = (best not to use it)

== Heading 2 ==

=== Heading 3 ===

...

Bullets and numbered lists

* a bulleted item

** a bulleted item in another level

# - an item in a numbered list

## an item in a numbered list in level 2


Tables

Each table begins with "{|" and ends with "|}" in separate lines. Columns are separated with "||" and a new row starts with "|-" in a new line. Table headings start with “!” for the first column or "!!" for the remaining columns . To add a border, the first line should be "{| - border ="1" ". Here’s a simple example:

{| border ="1"

!Letter !! Number

|-

|Aleph || 1

|-

|Beth ||2

<code>|}</code>
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