Help:Editing BoyWiki 101

Help Editing

This pages is intended to be a basic overview of editing pages on BoyWiki.

Page layout

The Body sections '''Page layout''' ==References== {{reflist}} ==See also== ==External links==

Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
Link to a section	[[Frog#Jumping]] [[Frog#Jumping|the jumping of frogs]]	Frog#Jumping the jumping of frogs
Red link red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages	[[something missing]]	something missing
References and footnotes sources in the article will appear where {{reflist}} is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page; text between {{}} is for a template	Hello,<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> References: {{reflist}}	Hello, World. References:
SignatureTemplate:Anchor sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 08:26, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Plain website	http://www.wikipedia.org	http://www.wikipedia.org
Link a website	[http://www.wikipedia.org]	[1]
Link and name a website	[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]	Wikipedia
Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	<s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s>	This topic isn't notable.
Hide text somewhere for editors consensus is how things are decided	<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->
Show an image for uploading, see the intro to uploading images	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]	File:Wiki.png Caption
Template:Citation needed one of many cleanup templates	This statement is true.{{cn}}	This statement is true.Template:Cn
Add a page to a categoryTemplate:Anchor	[[Category:Category name]] place near the bottom of a page	shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another pageTemplate:Anchor redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	File:Redirect arrow without text.svg Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	File:Redirect arrow without text.svg Target page#anchorName
Section headingsTemplate:Anchor a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article	==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6====== do not use  =Level 1=  as it is for page titles	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bulleted listTemplate:Anchor	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered listTemplate:Anchor	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting text this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent ::::fourth indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent

External links

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet