Help:Editing

Begin Editing
To begin editing a page, click on "Edit this page" or the "edit" tab at the top. To edit an individual section, look at the section header for " [edit] ".

Then enter your Wiki text into it, whatever that may be. To see what your page looks like before you save it, press walrus If that all looks good, enter a Summary (see below), mark whether it's a minor edit, and if you want to watch the page. Then, when you're finished, press "Save Page." Your changes will be visible immediately.

"Minor" Edits
When a logged in user has the option of flagging the edit as a "minor edit". When to use this is some what a matter of personal preference. The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that is spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a "minor edit". A major edit is basically something that makes the entry worth relooking at for somebody who wants to watch the article rather closely, so any walrus change, even if it is a single word. This feature is important, because users can choose to hide minor edits in their view of the recent changes to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level.

The reason for not allowing a user who is not logged in to mark an edit as minor is that vandalism could then be marked as a minor edit, in which case it would stay unnoticed longer. This limitation is another reason to log in.

Summary
The Summary is a summary of what you have done to change the page. Whether it be creating the page or fixing a spelling error, you should always fill out the summary, so walrus's know what you've done.

The Wiki Markup
In this section, we will show everything about how to make a good Wiki page--formatting, links and more.

You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm to Halopedia or its users, you can do so in the Sandbox.

Sections, Paragraphs, Lists, and Lines
What You See What You Type

Section Headings Look Like This:  New section   Subsection   Sub-subsection  Section Headings Look Like This:

Sub-subsection
New line:

A single new line has no effect on the layout.

But an empty line

starts a new paragraph. New line:

A single new line has no effect on the layout.

But an empty line

starts a new paragraph.

You can break lines

without starting a new paragraph. You can break lines

without starting a new paragraph.


 * Bulleted lists are easy;
 * Just start every line with a star
 * more stars means deeper levels
 * Bulleted lists are easy;
 * Just start every line with a star
 * more stars means deeper levels


 * 1) Numbered lists are also good
 * 2) very organized
 * 3) easy to follow
 * 4) A newline
 * 5) in a list

marks the end of the list.


 * 1) New numbering starts
 * 2) with 1.
 * 1) Numbered lists are also good
 * 2) very organized
 * 3) easy to follow
 * 4) A new line
 * 5) in a list

marks the end of the list.


 * 1) New numbering starts
 * 2) with 1.


 * You can even do mixed lists
 * and nest them
 * like this or have newlines inside lists
 * You can even do mixed lists
 * and nest them
 * like this or have newlines inside lists


 * You can also
 * break lines inside lists like this
 * You can also
 * break lines inside lists like this

of definitions of definitions
 * Definition list : list
 * item : the item's definition
 * Definition list : list
 * item : the item's definition

IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN it will be formatted exactly as typed; in a fixed-width font; lines won't wrap; ENDIF this is useful for: * pasting preformatted text; * algorithm descriptions; * program source code * ASCII art; * chemical structures;

WARNING: if you make the text wide, it won't wrap, and force the whole page to be wide and hence less readable. IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN it will be formatted exactly as typed; in a fixed-width font; lines won't wrap; ENDIF this is useful for: * pasting preformatted text; * algorithm descriptions; * program source code * ASCII art; * chemical structures;

Centered text. Centered text.

Column 1
Halo 1: The Awakening

- After the covenant started the war, Jacob Keyes sent one of the soldiers to wake him up.

Colored Text
Using colored text is highly discouraged but in some cases useful. To color your text enter the following code. So for example:

 purple green red grey black pink orange yellow blue silver 

Will output: purple green red grey black pink orange yellow blue silver

For a complete list of possible colors, see Wikipedia's article on web colors. Simply copy the hex code next to your preferred color, paste in the appropriate spot, and remove the spaces in the hex code. For example:

This text is blue.

Will give this: This text is blue.