Multiversal Omnipedia:How to edit a page

Editing a wiki page is very easy. Simply click on the "edit this page" tab at the top (or the edit link on the right or bottom) of a Wiki page. This will bring you to a page with a text box containing the editable text of that page. If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox; not here. When you have finished, press "Show preview" to see how your changes will look. You can also see what changes you have made in comparison to the previous version by pressing the "Show changes" button. If you're happy with what you see, then press "Save" your changes will be immediately applied to the article. Don't "sign" edits you make to regular articles (the software keeps track of who makes every change).

You can also click on the "Discussion" tab to see the corresponding Talk page, which contains comments about the page from other Wikipedia users. Click on the "+" tab to add a new section, or edit the page in the same way as an article page. When editing talk pages, please sign your change.

Minor edits

When editing a page, a logged-in user can mark that edit as being "minor". Minor edits generally mean spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text. It is possible to hide minor edits when viewing Recent Changes. Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad behavior, and even more so if it involves the deletion of some text. If one has accidentally marked an edit as minor, the person should edit the source once more, mark it major (or, rather, ensure that the check-box for "This is a minor edit" is not checked), and, in the summary, state that the previous change was a major one.

Wiki markup

The wiki markup is the syntax system you can use to format a Multiversal Omnipedia page.

In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.

Examples

What it looks like	What you type
Start your sections as follows: New section Subsection Sub-subsection Start with a second-level heading (==); don't use first-level headings (=). Don't skip levels (for example, second-level followed by fourth-level). A Table of Contents will automatically be added to an article that has four or more sections. If appropriate, place subsections in an appropriate order.	== New section == === Subsection === ==== Sub-subsection ====
A single newline generally has no effect on the layout. These can be used to separate sentences within a paragraph. Some editors find that this aids editing and improves the function diff (used internally to compare different versions of a page). But an empty line starts a new paragraph. When used in a list, a newline does affect the layout.	A single newline generally has no effect on the layout. These can be used to separate sentences within a paragraph. Some editors find that this aids editing and improves the function ''diff'' (used internally to compare different versions of a page). But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
You can break lines without starting a new paragraph. Please use this sparingly. Close markup between lines, do not start a link or italics or bold on one line and close it on the next.	You can break lines<br> without starting a new paragraph.
It's easy to create a list: Start every line with a star (asterisk). More stars means deeper levels. A newline in a list marks the end of a list item. An empty line starts a new list.	* It's easy to create a list: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars means deeper levels. **** A newline in a list marks the end of a list item. * An empty line starts a new list.
Numbered lists are also good very organized easy to follow easier still	# Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow ### easier still
You can even create mixed lists and nest them like this	* You can even create mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this
Definition list  list of definitions item  the item's definition another item the other item's definition One item per line; a newline can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing.	; Definition list : list of definitions ; item : the item's definition ; another item : the other item's definition
A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph. This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on Talk pages.	: A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
Centered text. Please note the American spelling of "center."	<center>Centered text.</center>
A horizontal dividing line: this is above it and this is below it. Mainly useful for disambiguation - but to be used sparsely, only when separating completely different, unrelated (groups of) meanings separating threads on Talk pages.	A horizontal dividing line: this is above it ---- and this is below it.

Links and URLs

What it looks like	What you type
Superman is a superhero. A link to another Multiversal Omnipedia article. Internally, the first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended). Thus the link above is to the URL moa.dracandros.com/Superman, which is the Multiversal Omnipedia article with the name "Superman".	[[Superman]] is a superhero.
Many realities have Supermen. Same target, different name. This is a piped link. The "piped" text must be placed first, the text that will be displayed, second.	Many realities have [[Superman|Supermen]].
Economics#See also is a link to a section within another page. #Links and URLs is a link to a section on the current page. #example is a link to an anchor that was created using an id attribute The part after the number sign (#) must match a section heading on the page. Matches must be exact in terms of spelling, case, and punctuation. Links to non-existent sections are not broken; they are treated as links to the top of the page. Identifiers may be created by attaching an id="..."> attribute to almost any HTML element.	[[Economics#See also]] is a link to a section within another page. [[#Links and URLs]] is a link to a section on the current page. [[#example]] is a link to an anchor that was created using <div id="example">an id attribute </div>
Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: kingdom. or automatically hide namespace: Sandbox. But not: [[Multiversal Omnipedia:Sandbox#Links|]] The server fills in the part after the pipe character (|) when you save the page. The next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. When previewing your edits, you will not see the expanded form until you press Save and Edit again. The same applies to links to sections within the same page (see previous entry).	Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[kingdom (biology)|kingdom]]. or automatically hide namespace: [[Multiversal Omnipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]]. But not: [[Multiversal Omnipedia:Sandbox#Links|]]
The weather in London is a page that does not exist yet. You can create it by clicking on the link (but please do not do so with this particular link). To create a new page: Create a link to it on some other (related) page. Save that page. Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing. For more information, see How to start a page and check out Wikipedia's naming conventions. Please do not create a new article without linking to it from at least one other article.	[[The weather in London]] is a page that does not exist yet.
Wikipedia:How to edit a page is this page. Self links appear as bold text when the article is viewed.	[[Multiversal Omnipedia: How to edit a page]] is this page.
When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it by adding three tildes to add your user name: Jeb or four to add user name plus date/time: Jeb 00:18, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC) Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 00:18, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC) The first two both provide a link to your user page.	When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it by adding three tildes to add your user name: : ~~~ or four for user name plus date/time: : ~~~~ Five tildes gives the date/time alone: : ~~~~~
Redirect one article title to another by placing a directive like the one shown to the right on the first line of the article (such as at a page titled "USA"). Note that, while it is possible to link to a section, it is not possible to redirect to a section. For example, "#REDIRECT [[United States#History]]" will redirect to the United States page, but not to any particular section on it. This feature will not be implemented in the future, so such redirects should not be used.	#REDIRECT [[United States]]
What links here and Related changes pages can be linked as: [[Special:Whatlinkshere/ Multiversal Omnipedia:How to edit a page]] and [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/ Multiversal Omnipedia:How to edit a page]]	'''What links here''' and '''Related changes''' pages can be linked as: [[Special:Whatlinkshere/ Multiversal Omnipedia:How to edit a page]] and [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/ Multiversal Omnipedia:How to edit a page]]
A user's Contributions page can be linked as: Special:Contributions/UserName or Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0	A user's '''Contributions''' page can be linked as: [[Special:Contributions/UserName]] or [[Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0]]
To put an article in a Category, place a link like the one to the right anywhere in the article. As with interlanguage links, it does not matter where you put these links while editing as they will always show up in the same place when you save the page, but placement at the end of the edit box is recommended.	[[Category:Character sets]]
To link to a Category page without putting the article into the category, use an initial colon (:) in the link.	[[:Category:Character sets]]
Two ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources: Bare URL: http://www.nupedia.com/ (bad style) Named link: Nupedia (good style)

Character formatting

What it looks like	What you type
Emphasize, strongly, very strongly. These are double, triple, and quintuple apostrophes (single-quote marks), not double-quote marks.	''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''.
You can use small text for captions.	You can use <small>small text</small> for captions.
You can strike out deleted material and underline new material. You can also mark deleted material and inserted material using logical markup rather than visual markup. When editing regular Wikipedia articles, just make your changes and do not mark them up in any special way. When editing your own previous remarks in talk pages, it is sometimes appropriate to mark up deleted or inserted material.	You can <s>strike out deleted material</s> and <u>underline new material</u>. You can also mark <del>deleted material</del> and <ins>inserted material</ins> using logical markup rather than visual markup.

Table of Contents

At the current status of the wiki markup language, having at least four headers on a page triggers the TOC to appear in front of the first header (or after introductory sections). Putting __TOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header). Putting __NOTOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to disappear.

Variables

Code	Effect
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	11
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	November
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}	November
{{CURRENTDAY}}	22
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Friday
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2024
{{CURRENTTIME}}	17:49
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	17,784
{{PAGENAME}}	How to edit a page
{{NAMESPACE}}	Multiversal Omnipedia
{{REVISIONID}}	8072
{{SITENAME}}	Multiversal Omnipedia

NUMBEROFARTICLES is the number of pages in the main namespace which contain a link and are not a redirect, in other words number of articles, stubs containing a link, and disambiguation pages.

CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN is the genitive (possessive) grammatical form of the month name, as used in some languages; CURRENTMONTHNAME is the nominative (subject) form, as usually seen in English.

Templates

The MediaWiki software used by this site has support for templates. This means standardized text chunks can be inserted into articles. For example, typing {{stub}} will appear as "This article is a stub. You can help Multiversal Omnipedia by expanding it." when the page is saved. See Multiversal Omnipedia:Templates for the complete list.

Hiding the edit links

Insert __NOEDITSECTION__ into the document to suppress the edit links that appear next to every section header.