Help:Advanced Editing

1 Editing In General
2 Wiki markup

Editing In General

ArmchairGM is a wiki, which means that anyone can easily edit any unprotected article and have those changes posted immediately to that page.

Editing an ArmchairGM page is quite simple. Just click on the "edit this page" tab at the top or bottom of an ArmChairGM 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 instead of on other pages. You should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box, and when you have finished, press the Show preview button to see how your changes will look. You can also see the difference between the page with your edits and the previous version of the page by pressing the Show changes button. If you're happy with what you see, press the Save page button. Your changes will immediately be visible to other ArmchairGM users.

Wiki markup

The wiki markup is the syntax system you can use to format an ArmchairGM 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.

You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference, or take a screen-shot of it.

If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the Sandbox. Try opening the Sandbox in a separate window or tab and keeping this page open for reference.

Creating Sections and Subsections; Starting new paragraphs and lines; indenting lines.

What it looks like	What you type
Start your sections as follows: New section Subsection Sub-subsection Sub-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.	== New section == === Subsection === ==== Sub-subsection ==== ===== Sub-sub-subsection =====
A single new line 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 new line does affect the layout.	A single new line 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. * 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.
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. Two colons indents a line or paragraph even more A manual new line starts a new paragraph. This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on Talk pages. If a line starts with a space, then it will be formatted exactly as typed; in a fixed-width font; lines will not wrap;	: A colon indents a line or paragraph. :: Two colons indents a line or paragraph even more A manual new line starts a new paragraph.
When there is a need for separating a block of text the blockquote command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. This is useful for (as the name says) inserting blocks of quoted (and cited) text.	<blockquote> The '''blockquote''' command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. </blockquote>
Centered text.	<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; signing pages; redirecting pages; adding pages to categories

What it looks like	What you type
Doug Flutie is a quarterback. A link to another ArmchairGM 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 http://armchairgm.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Doug_Flutie, which is the ArmchairGM article with the name "Doug Flutie".	[[Doug Flutie]] is a quarterback.
The article on Doug Flutie can be found here. Same target, different name. This is a piped link. The "piped" text must be placed first, the text that will be displayed, second.	The article on Doug Flutie can be found [[Doug Flutie \| here]].
Jose Reyes#Opinions is a link to a section within another page. #Wiki markup is a link to a section on the current page.	[[Jose Reyes#Opinions]] is a link to a section within another page. [[#Wiki markup]] is a link to a section on the current page.
Mike Piazza's Equipment 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 create a new page. Please do not create a new article without linking to it from at least one other article.	[[Mike Piazza's Equipment]] is a page that does not exist yet.
When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it by adding three tildes to add your user name: User:Roblefko or four to add user name plus date/time: User:Roblefko 00:18, Jan 25, 2006 (UTC) Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 00:18, Jan 25, 2006 (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 Washington Nationals 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 "Montreal Expos").	#REDIRECT [[Washington Nationals]]
NO USE! #REDIRECT Washington Nationals#Current Roster Note that, while it is possible to link to a section, it is not possible to redirect to a section. For example, "#REDIRECT [[Washington Nationals#Current Roster]]" will redirect to the Washington Nationals 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.	NO USE! #REDIRECT [[Washington Nationals#Current Roster]]
What links here and Related changes pages can be linked as: Special:Whatlinkshere/Editing Help:Advanced Editing and Special:Recentchangeslinked/Editing Help:Advanced Editing	'''What links here''' and '''Related changes''' pages can be linked as: [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Editing Help:Advanced Editing]] and [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Editing Help:Advanced Editing]]
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 ArmchairGM Category, place a link like the one to the right anywhere in the article. Replace "Namespace" with the name of the category. 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. To learn more about categories, click here.	[[Category:Namespace]]
To link to a ArmchairGM Category page without putting the article into the category, use an initial colon (:) in the link. To learn more about categories, click here.	[[:Category:Character sets]]
Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources: Bare URL: http://www.wiki-law.org/ (bad style) Unnamed link: [1] (second worse style) Named link: Wikilaw (best style)	Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources: # Bare URL: http://www.wiki-law.org/ (bad style) # Unnamed link: [http://wiki-law.org] (second worse style) # Named link: [http://wiki-law.org Wikilaw] (best style)
Date formats: July 20, 1969 20 July 1969 1969-07-20 1969-07-20 When linking to a specific date in history, please use the regular bracket method, such as December 13, 1977.	Date formats: # [[July 20]], [[1969]] # [[20 July]] [[1969]] # [[1969]]-[[07-20]] # [[1969-07-20]] When linking to a specific date in history, please use the regular bracket method, such as [[December 13, 1977]].

Images

Only images that have been uploaded to ArmchairGM can be used. To upload images, use the upload page found on the menu next to the "Edit" button (click thd down arrow). You can find the uploaded image on the image list.

What it looks like	What you type
A picture:	A picture: [[Image:armchair.gif]]
With alternative text:	With alternative text: [[Image:armchair.gif \|ArmchairGM Logo]] Alternative text, used when a mouse hovers over the image, when the image is loaded in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud, is strongly encouraged.
Floating to the right side of the page and with a caption: ArmchairGM Logo	Floating to the right side of the page and with a caption: [[Image:armchair.gif\|right\|frame\|ArmchairGM Logo]] The frame tag automatically floats the image right. The caption is also used as alternate text.
Floating to the right side of the page without a caption:	Floating to the right side of the page ''without'' a caption: [[Image:armchair.gif \|right\|ArmchairGM Logo]]
Linking directly to the description page of an image: Image:armchair.gif	Linking directly to the description page of an image: [[:Image:armchair.gif]] Clicking on an image displayed on a page (such as any of the ones above) also leads to the description page
Linking directly to an image without displaying it: Image of the ArmchairGM logo	Linking directly to an image without displaying it: [[media: armchair.gif \|Image of the ArmchairGM logo]] To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link.

See our image use policy as a guideline used on ArmchairGM.

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'''''.
A typewriter font for `monospace text` or for computer code: `int main()` For semantic reasons, using `<code>` where applicable is preferable to using `<tt>`.	A typewriter font for <tt>monospace text</tt> or for computer code: <code>int main()</code>
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 ArmchairGM 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.
Diacritical marks: À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ	À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô &oelig; õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ
Punctuation: ¿ ¡ § \| † ‡ • – — ‹ › « » ‘ ’ “ ”	¿ ¡ § ¶ ¦ &dagger; &Dagger; • – — &lsaquo; &rsaquo; « » ‘ ’ “ ”
Commercial symbols: ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤	™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤
Subscripts: x₁ x₂ x₃ or x₀ x₁ x₂ x₃ x₄ x₅ x₆ x₇ x₈ x₉ Superscripts: x¹ x² x³ or x⁰ x¹ x² x³ x⁴ x⁵ x⁶ x⁷ x⁸ x⁹ The latter methods of sub/superscripting cannot be used in the most general context, as they rely on Unicode support which may not be present on all users' machines. For the 1-2-3 superscripts, it is nevertheless preferred when possible (as with units of measurement) because most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with it. ε₀ = 8.85 × 10⁻¹² C² / J m.	x<sub>1</sub> x<sub>2</sub> x<sub>3</sub> or <br/> x₀ x₁ x₂ x₃ x₄ <br/> x₅ x₆ x₇ x₈ x₉ x<sup>1</sup> x<sup>2</sup> x<sup>3</sup> or <br/> x⁰ x¹ x² x³ x⁴ <br/> x⁵ x⁶ x⁷ x⁸ x⁹ ε<sub>0</sub> = 8.85 × 10<sup>−12</sup> C² / J m.
Greek characters: α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω	α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ &sigmaf; τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω
Mathematical characters: ∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ → ↔	∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ &prop; &equiv; ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ &permil; ° &there4; &alefsym; ø ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ &sube; &supe; ¬ &and; &or; ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ → ↔
Commenting page source: not shown when viewing page Used to leave comments in a page for future editors. Note that most comments should go on the appropriate Talk page.	<!-- comment here -->

Having at least four headers on a page triggers a "table of contents" (a clickable list of section headers) to appear just before the first header, after any introductory text. You can modify this behavior by putting one of the following tags in the page:

__TOC__ - places a table of contents at the exact spot on the page where this tag is positioned.
__NOTOC__ - disables the automatic table of contents
__FORCETOC__ - a table of contents is added even if the page has fewer than four headings

Tables

There are two ways to build tables:

in special Wiki-markup (see Help:Table)
with the usual HTML elements: <table>, <tr>, <td> or <th>.

Variables

Code	Effect
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	12
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	December
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}	December
{{CURRENTDAY}}	1
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Tuesday
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2009
{{CURRENTTIME}}	08:18
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	89,079
{{PAGENAME}}	Advanced Editing
{{NAMESPACE}}	Help
{{REVISIONID}}	243771
{{localurl:pagename}}	/Pagename
{{localurl:ArmchairGM:Sandbox\|action=edit}}	/index.php?title=ArmchairGM:Sandbox&action=edit
{{SERVER}}	http://armchairgm.wikia.com
{{ns:1}}	Talk
{{ns:2}}	User
{{ns:3}}	User_talk
{{ns:4}}	ArmchairGM
{{ns:5}}	ArmchairGM_talk
{{ns:6}}	Image
{{ns:7}}	Image_talk
{{ns:8}}	MediaWiki
{{ns:9}}	MediaWiki_talk
{{ns:10}}	Template
{{ns:11}}	Template_talk
{{ns:12}}	Help
{{ns:13}}	Help_talk
{{ns:14}}	Category
{{ns:15}}	Category_talk
{{SITENAME}}	ArmchairGM

NUMBEROFARTICLES is the number of pages in the main namespace which contain a link and are not a redirect--in other words, it is the 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.

In languages where it makes a difference, you can use constructs like {{grammar:case|word}} to convert a word from the nominative case to some other case. For example, {{grammar:genitive|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}} means the same as {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}.

Links to editing pages

The variables mentioned above can be used to create links to talk, editing, history, and other useful pages associated with an article. (Generally to be avoided in articles, but sometimes useful in project pages.)

[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=edit}} edit]
[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=history}} history]
[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=watch}} watch]
[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=unwatch}} unwatch]
[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=purge}} purge]

Hiding the edit links

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

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