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  then it shows up monospaced, like this :
 
  great for code examples.
 
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===<nowiki>===</nowiki>equals signs for headings<nowiki>===</nowiki>===
 
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Here's a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup wiki markup cheat sheet] from Wikipedia.
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Here's a [http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Wikitext wiki markup cheat sheet] from Wikia.
  
 
==User Pages==
 
==User Pages==

Latest revision as of 18:25, 17 October 2012

About the Wiki

If you see a red link, then there's nothing on that page yet. If you follow the link, you can create the page.

How to write wiki code

To make a link in your text, put [[double square brackets]] around a word or phrase.

  • Carriage returns are not shown unless you make two of them
If you start a line with a space 
then it shows up monospaced, like this :
great for code examples.

For larger preformatted text passages you can use the <pre>a lot of text</pre> tag.

  • Use stars for bullet points
  1. Use hashes for numbered lists
  2. like this.

===equals signs for headings===

Here's a wiki markup cheat sheet from Wikia.

User Pages

A list of all the user pages

By the way, if you want to make a link to your user page, there is a automatic way - type three tildes like this ~~~.