Help:Quick wiki editing and usage tips

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There are half a dozen things that a casual user of BTWiki might really like to know about editing and about using the articles here.

[edit] Editing tips

To start editing, click the Edit tab at the top of the page. Then you can just type text, using the following notation for specific formatting.

Use the following notation for specific formatting:

To do this:	Use this:	Example:
Indicate a heading line	Surround it with equal signs; start with double equal signs and then add more equal signs for lower-level headings.	==Editing tips==
Link to another article, such as adding a new article	Surround with double square brackets	[[adding a new article]]
Bold text	three single quotation marks	'''bold'''
Italicize text	two single quotation marks	''bold''
Bullet Indented bullet	left-justified asterisk (*)	Single bullet *Multiple asterisks for nested lists
Numbered list item Another numbered item	Left-justified pound sign (#)	#Numbered list item. #Another numbered item.
Indent a line: Here's an indent.	Left-justified colon (more for more indents)	:Here's an indent.
Monospaced example box Like this.	Indent a line one or more spaces.	Like this

TIP: Put articles in categories using [[Category:catgname]]; for example: [[Category:Help]]

TIP: To see the formatting markup for any page, click the Edit tab.

TIP: You can experiment with editing and saving in the sandbox! So please do!

TIP: Sign your wiki username and date on talk pages (or anywhere else) using four tildes: ~~~~ (three tildes gives just your username)

Reviewing article changes: You can see what other users have changed in an article, and when, by clicking the history tab and comparing various versions with the current version, last (previous) version, or two selected versions.
Overall activity: You can see what people have been doing all over BTWiki lately by clicking Recent changes on the left.
Key-page tracking: You can use your watchlist (my watchlist link at top right) to see who has changed articles of particular interest to you by watching the articles ("watch this page" when editing the page, or watch tab at top of page).
Emailing users: You can email any registered user by going to their user page (for example, by clicking their username in a History page) and clicking "E-mail this user" on the left.