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:Standards before contributing.

Cheatsheet
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)	[[Bilbo Baggins]] [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]]	Bilbo Baggins Bilbo
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000453/ IMDb] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Holm] [[Wikipedia:Ian Holm|Wikipedia]]	IMDb [1] Wikipedia
Referencing	Simple: Fact<ref>Source</ref> Source used more than once:<ref name="tralala">Source 2</ref> Reusing such a note: <ref name="tralala"/> (at the end of the article, create a section "References", and insert <references/>	Simple: Fact Source used more than once: Reusing such a note:
Section headers	== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ====	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Adding bullets	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Thumbnail image	[[Image:Parma.gif|thumb|The Tengwa Parma]] To change the location add |left or |right, and to change the size, add |{number}px.	The Tengwa Parma