Help:Editing
For those users not familiar with editing a Wiki, this page lists some basic syntax. For a full list, see Wikipedia's Cheatsheet and "How to edit a Wiki page".
Tolkien Gateway has set standards for the use of syntax. Please read Tolkien Gateway:Manual of Style before contributing. You can try out at our Sandbox.
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Description | You type | You get | |||
Italic text |
''italic'' |
italic | |||
Bold text |
'''bold''' |
bold | |||
Bold and italic text |
'''''bold and italic''''' |
bold and italic | |||
Internal link (within Tolkien Gateway)
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[[Bilbo Baggins]] |
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External link (to other websites)
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[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000453/ IMDb] |
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Referencing | Simple: Fact<ref>Source</ref> Source used more than once:<ref name="tralala">Source 2</ref> (at the end of the article, type {{references}}
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Simple: Fact[1] |
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Section headers |
== Level 1 == |
Level 1Level 2Level 3 | |||
Adding bullets |
* One |
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Numbered list
Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.
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# One |
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Thumbnail image See also Help: Images.
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[[Image:Parma.gif|thumb|The Tengwa Parma]] |
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Poem extension | <poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
The text Of the Poem Goes here </poem> |
The text |