Help:Editing

The Edit page enables a user to edit anything on the Twinsuniverse Wiki. To access the edit page, all you need to do is click on the "edit" tab, which appears on top of each article.

Editing buttons
Bold. Makes selected text bold. You can also do so manually by putting text between two pairs of 3 apostrophes. Example: Twinsen &rarr; Twinsen

Italic. Makes selected text italic. You can also do so manually by putting text between two pairs of 2 apostrophes. Example: Twinsen &rarr; Twinsen

Note: To make a text both bold and italic, use pairs of 5 apostrophes (or use both buttons): Twinsen &rarr; Twinsen

External link. Creates a link to another site. For more information, see Help:External links.

Internal link. Creates a link to an article within the Twinsuniverse Wiki. For more information, see Twinsuniverse Wiki links.

Embedded file. Linking to a (media) file (e.g. sound file) on the Twinsuniverse Wiki.

Reference. Create a reference link to and at the bottom of the page.

Signature and timestamp. Will insert your signature into the page, as well as the time you saved the page. This should only be used at discussion pages.

Link. Creates a link to an article within the Twinsuniverse Wiki or to another site. This button offers a convenient dialog that allows you to choose what kind of link you want, and that checks whether the page exists if it is internal.

Reference. Create a reference link to and at the bottom of the page (but does this using a dialog).

Lastly, the editor offers three extra toolbars, that can be folded out using the Advanced, Special characters and Help links. The editor will remember whichever toolbar you last had open. Clicking Advanced open, reveals the additional sets of buttons below.

Heading. This dropdown offers four levels of headlines. Heading 1 is not available, because it is reserved for the title of the page. See Help:Headlines for further information.

Format section
Bulleted list. Creates a bulleted list from all the selected lines, or adds one list item if nothing is selected.
 * One list item
 * Two list items

Numbered list. Creates a numbered list from all the selected lines, or adds one list item if nothing is selected.
 * 1) List item one
 * 2) List item two

Indentation. Indents the selected text one step to the right, or adds an indented line if nothing is selected.

This is normal text
 * This is indented text
 * This is further indented text

No wiki formatting. Used for showing the wiki code, without it turning into a formatted text. Example: Twinsen &rarr; Twinsen

New line. Inserts a new line.

Big. Increases the size of the selected text by one step. This works multiple times   on the same text.

Small. Decreases the size of the selected text by one step. This works multiple times   on the same text.

Superscript. Makes the selected text appear as superscript.

Subscript. Makes the selected text appear as subscript.

Insert section
Picture gallery. Inserts a gallery of images.

Table. Creates a table of the selected text, or inserts an example table if nothing is selected.

Redirect. Inserts a redirect link for redirecting pages.

Table. Opens a very convenient dialog for creating a new table.

Search and replace. Opens a dialog for searching within the current text of the editor, and for replacing the search strings with something else.

Unsupported Buttons
Horizontal line. Adds a horizontal line, similar to a  HTML code. This might interfere with the visual style of headers though, and should thus generally be avoided.

Embedded image. Adds an image to the article. For additional information, see Help:Images.

Mathematical formula. Adding a mathematical formula (shouldn't be common here).

Summarry
You can enter a short description of a few words in here of what you just changed. For example, "added external link", "fixed typos", "expansion of the Description section", etc. This summarry will appear on the History of the article, and will be helpful for those wishing to see the differences made in the article.

Minor edit
If you made only a small change to the article, tick this box. When people look at the History of articles, they will be able to see which edits are minor (marked with an m), and which are more significant. The Recent changes page shows all changes, and offers the ability to hide these minor edits.

Watching a page
If you tick this box, this page will be added to your Watch list. This list shows all the recent changes in the pages you have chosen to watch. You may also set in your preferences to automatically watch any page you have edited (i.e. to automatically tick this box). This checkbox is also available when creating a new page.

Save page
Saves the page, and goes back to read mode with your changes in effect.

Show preview
Does not save your changes but shows a preview of the page with your changes in effect, above the editor. It is very recommended that you use this button before saving, to see if everything works out as you intended and to check if you used the wiki codes correctly. You can also use your preferences to automatically turn the preview on upon entering edit mode.

Cancel
Will discard any changes and take you back to the article in read mode.

Editing help
This link takes you to this very help page.