Help:Editing
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Prior to editing any pages, please read the MeritBadgeDotOrg:Usage standards.
General editing help
The following editing rules apply to this web site and may not apply to others. Please pay special attention to this web site's way of creating numbering lists (most specifically for award requirements). Our system is different from other standard MediaWiki sites.
Description | You type | You get |
Applies anywhere | ||
Italicise text |
''italic'' |
italic |
Bold text |
'''bold''' |
bold |
Bold and italic |
'''''bold & italic''''' |
bold & italic |
Internal link (within MeritBadgeDotOrg) |
[[name of page]] | |
Redirect to another page |
#REDIRECT [[Target page]] | |
External link (to other websites) |
[http://www.example.org] | |
Sign your posts |
~~~~ |
Your username 01:10, |
Applies only at the beginning of the line | ||
Headings A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four or more headings are added to an article. |
== Level 1 == |
Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5 |
Bullet list |
* one |
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Making real asterisks (remove the spaces |
< nowiki >*< /nowiki > one |
* one |
MeritBadgeDotOrg's modified numbered list |
:1. one |
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MediaWiki's standard numbered list (DO NOT USE) |
# one |
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Additional notes on page formatting
Requirements pages for Ranks, Awards, and Merit Badges have a somewhat formal structure. Award requirements are usually listed first under the == Award requirements == heading. The next section will most likely be == Notes ==. The page should end with == Help with these requirements == and == External links ==. Additional headings can be inserted as needed if they would be of considerable benefit. Based on the above, the following four headings will be used most often with any additional headings inserted between the first two and the last two:
== Award requirements ==
== Notes ==
== Help with these requirements ==
== External links ==
External links
More extensive editing information can be found at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing
Information on topics such as starting a new page and inserting images can be found at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
Wikipedia also has an extensive page editing help section at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page