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Revision as of 17:15, 25 May 2009
Contents
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:
- 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"
- 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
Section headings
To define a heading for a section just use the "=" sign to specify the heading level
= Heading 1 = (best not to use it) == Heading 2 == === Heading 3 === ...
Bullets and numbered lists
The basic syntax involves the use of "*" and "#"
* 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
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|Aleph || 1</nowiki>
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|Beth ||2
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