How to edit pages

The wiki platform is written with wiki-based language. For basic formatting of your inputs, you can either type out the wiki tags like in html, or use the basic text editor, which are the 9 buttons above the text input field. They work just like your regular email editor, except that in the interest of having standardized formatting across the wiki, you don't have the options of, for example, font type or font size.

The editor is also not WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get, i.e. visual); when you put something in bold, it will show as '''your bold text'''. No matter - hit the 'Show preview' button at the bottom to see the formatted page. Do this as often as you like.

Quick-start to 90% of the pages you want to create:

Sections
== Write your sub-headings as level-2 headlines (big 'A' button) ==. The list of contents is created automatically.

Internal link
[[A page title that you insert here will create a link to that internal page. If it already exists, the link will be blue, if it doesn't, red]]. You can also use the blue 'Ab' button for this.

To put text on the next line
Leave a blank line between paragraphs. If for some reasons your paragraphs stick together, put a <br> tag at the point where you want a paragraph break. The <br> tag results in slightly smaller line spacing than a blank line.

Structure
Take a few minutes to think about your article before you start. Some pointers:

• Introduce your subject with a very short summary. 
• Divide the subject into just a few main sections (3 are ideal). 
• This is a knowledge base, not an encyclopaedia, don't bother with in-line quotations (we can add them to controversial statements later). 
• Nonetheless, put a  == References ==  section at the very end, where you list all your sources. 
• Add a retrieval date to any web links you put in this section. 

And don't forget to have a bit of fun, too!