Help:Editing Articles

This help article is part of a series, "Getting Started" Editing articles is the primary way of improving the Wiki, and the basics are easy to understand and apply. To begin editing an article, click the bold text "Edit" under the title of the article.

You will notice that the page becomes a white box that may or may not contain text, depending on whether you are creating a page or editing an existing one, and the title changes to "Editing [Article Name]". This is where editing takes place, and while the possibilities are vast, there are some common things to do:


 * Bold text: to bolden text, close the text in  and .
 * Italic text: to italicize text, close the text in  and .
 * Internal link: to create a link to somewhere within the Wiki, use: Link title.
 * External link: to create a link to an external site (i.e. not part of the wiki), use: link title.
 * Embedded file: to place an embedded file (e.g. an image), use: [[File:Example.jpg]] (the file must have already been uploaded using the Wiki's "Upload file" feature).
 * Reference: to place a reference or note (see YYG:Citing sources), use:
 * Heading: to place headers (titles for sections of an article), use: == Example header == and for smaller headers add =, such as: === Example header underneath ===.
 * Bulleted list: to create a list whose points are bullets (this list is a bulleted list), use: * and to increase the indent add more, such as: **.
 * Numbered list: same as previous, replacing * with #

The following shows an edit page which contains all of the above functions:



If the above was to be saved, then it would produce the following:



Which brings us onto the final part of editing an article. To make your changes visible to everyone, scroll down to the bottom of the page:


 * Summary box: what you write in here will become visible alongside your actual edit in the article's "History". Use it to tell others what changes you have made to the article.
 * This is a minor edit: "minor edits" are edits that do not substantially change the article, and are usually correcting grammar or formatting. Tick if applicable to your edit.
 * Watch this page: ticking this box adds the article to your "watchlist", which lists changes made to articles you are watching.
 * Save page: saves the changes you are made so that they are visible to everyone. The edit is logged in the article's history.
 * Show preview: shows the article as it will appear when the changes are saved.
 * Show changes: compares in plain text the article in its last version and the version you have made (if applicable).