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MediaWiki Help Pages.

Quick Start

To create a new page:

1. Navigate to the page where you want to add the link to your new page.
2. Click the Edit tab.
3. Navigate to where you wish to add a link.
4. Type the name of your new page in double brackets [[new page name]].
5. Click Save.
6. Click on the link to the new page to edit the new page content.

NOTE: You can select existing text as the name of the page by highlighting the text and clicking on the Ab editing tool or surrounding the existing text in double bracket [[text]].

ALSO NOTE: You can name the page something different then the text and still have the text as the link in the existing page with the following: [[new name for page | link text]].

To edit an existing page:

1. Navigate to the page you want to edit.
2. Click the Edit tap for the section or the page you want to edit.
3. The editable page with the existing markup will appear.
4. use the Wiki markup language to make your edits.
5. Click Save.

Wikipedia Cheatsheet
Description	You type	You get
Italicise text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within Wikipedia)	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org Text to display] [http://www.example.org] http://www.example.org	Text to display [1] http://www.example.org
Redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	30pxTarget page
Section headings Applies only at the very beginning of lines. A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ======	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Bulleted list" Empty lines between list items discouraged, (see numbered lists).	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Thumbnail image	[[Image:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption text]]	Caption text
For Talk Pages
Signature	~~~~	Your username 12:40, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
Indenting Text	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent

Getting started Wipipedia Links

Note: These links will take you to Meta-MediaWiki Help. You will need to use the back button to return to the Soft-Matter web site.

• Starting a New Page
• Editing a Page
• Creating Lists
• Working with Images
• Tables
• General Help

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