- Help:Editing -

Table of contents

2.1 Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines
2.2 Character formatting

General

To edit a page, click on the "edit" link. This will bring you to a page with a text box to add content.

After adding to or changing the wikitext it is useful to press "Preview", which produces the corresponding webpage in your browser but does not make it publicly available yet (not until you press "Save"). Errors in formatting, links, tables, etc., are often much easier to discover from the rendered page than from the raw wikitext.

The wiki markup

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. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the Sandbox.

Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines

What it looks like	What you type
Start your sections with header lines: Name of code, or short description of game reviewed. Review category.	== Name of code, or short description of game reviewed. == ==== Review category. ====
A single newline has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph. (<p> disables this paragraphing until </p> or the end of the section)	A single newline has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
You can break lines without starting a new paragraph. Sufficient as wikitext code is <br>, the XHTML code <br /> is not needed, the system produces this code. also works	You can break lines<br> without starting a new paragraph. <HR> also works

What it looks like

What you type

Start your sections with header lines:

Name of code, or short description of game reviewed.

Review category.


== Name of code, or short description of game reviewed. ==

==== Review category. ====

A single newline has no effect on the layout.

But an empty line starts a new paragraph.

(<p> disables this paragraphing until </p> or the end of the section)

A single newline has no effect on the layout.

But an empty line

starts a new paragraph.

You can break lines
without starting a new paragraph.

Sufficient as wikitext code is <br>, the XHTML code <br /> is not needed, the system produces this code.

also works

You can break lines<br>
without starting a new paragraph.

<HR>
also works

Character formatting

What it looks like	What you type
Use <nowiki> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup, but interpret character references and remove newlines and multiple spaces: <PRE>This is text<BR> <H2>Not big here!!</H2></PRE>	<nowiki> <PRE>This is text<BR> <H2>Not big here!!</H2></PRE> </nowiki>
Use <pre> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup and keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font, but interpret character references: ZESNLLLE 10 power points GOSNLLLA 20 power points TOSNLLLE 30 power points	<pre> ZESNLLLE 10 power points GOSNLLLA 20 power points TOSNLLLE 30 power points </pre>

What it looks like

What you type

Use <nowiki> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup, but interpret character references and remove newlines and multiple spaces:

Use <pre> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup and keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font, but interpret character references:

ZESNLLLE        10 power points
GOSNLLLA        20 power points
TOSNLLLE        30 power points

<pre>
ZESNLLLE        10 power points
GOSNLLLA        20 power points 
TOSNLLLE        30 power points
</pre>

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General

The wiki markup

Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines

Character formatting