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 insert your wiki text into it, whatever that may be. To see what your page looks like before you save it, press "Show preview". 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
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 "real" 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 and which in this 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 administrators 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.

To assist users we use a Syntax highlighter that highlights most of the important syntax. You can read about it here.

Formatted text
There are three basic formattings you can apply to text, which are explained below.

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

red text orange text yellow text green text blue text purple text black text silver text

Will output: red text orange text yellow text green text blue text purple text black text silver text

However, it is also possible to use Text here

For example, Red text

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.

Font size
To set a specified font size, enter the following code. So for example:

Enlarged text

Will output: Enlarged text

Typeface
To set a specified typeface, enter the following code. So for example:

Typeface

Will output: Typeface

Combined
A piece of text can also combine two or all three of the above. So for example:

Custom text

Will output: Custom text