Help:Editing

This page is a reference and a tutorial for Mediawiki code, which is the code used on this Wiki. Should there be something that you cannot find here, but want explained, ask here.

Linking

To add an internal link (that is, to another page in the Pikipedia), enclose the page name in double square parentheses. Correct capitalization is required for every letter but the first:

• "[[insert page name here]]"

To change the text that is displayed, a pipe character is used to separate the link and text shown:

• "[[actual page name|displayed text]]"

It is also possible to link to a specific section of a page. For that, add a number sign and then the name of the section, like this:

• "[[article name#name of section]]"

To link to a page in another Wikia Wiki, add "c:Wikiname:" to the start of the link. The Wiki name is not necessarily its title, but the subdomain it is located at, as seen in the URL. The Pikipedia, for example, is at:

• "[[c:Pikmin:Main Page]]"

External Links

To add an external link (a link to a website outside of Wikia, Mediawiki or Wikipedia), use single square parentheses:

• "[http://web adress]"

Again, it is possible to change the displayed text. This time, however, simply leave a space between the address and the text. The following example displays make the recent changes:

• "[http://pikmin.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Recentchanges the recent changes]"

Signatures

How to sign a post

To sign your name at the end of your posts, type four tildes.

• "~~~~", for me, produces Prezintenden 20:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Three tildes will only display your signature without the time, and five will only show the time without your sig.

Custom Signatures

To make a custom signature, first make a subpage to your userpage called User:(Your username)/sig. On that page, you can add a link to your userpage if you like, and edit your username as you want it to appear in your signature, maybe adding colour, a picture, or a link to your talk page.

After you fixed up your custom sig to your liking, you now (quite obviously) want to display it. To do so, save your creation, then go to your preferences screen in the upper right hand corner. In the "Nickname" field (right under your email address), add {{SUBST:User:(yourname)/sig}}, make sure that "Raw signature" is checked, and save. Now when you sign your name, your sig should be replaced by your custom sig.

• Example: Take a look at User:Goolix/sig. User:Prezintenden/sig, or User:Greenpickle/sig as examples of how to turn the coding into something nifty. If you find some other user's sig you like, you can take a look at the source by adding "/sig" at the end of the user in question's userpage.

Note that this now makes it possible to write {{User:(Your Username)/sig}} on a talk page. This will "update" your signature on pages if you perform changes to your sig. This will not display time, though, but adding ~~~~~ will make up for that if you wish.

Categories

If you want to add a page to a category, simply add [[Category:Category's name]].

If you want to make a link to a category and don't want to add the page to that specific category, add a colon in front of "Category". Shown as a visual, to make Category:2-Player Locations, type [[:Category:2-Player Locations]].

Coding

These are the most basic and most used coding markups.

If a display of wiki coding is wanted, type <nowiki>code</nowiki> (note that a "/" is displayed when the tag should be dismissed).

To redirect a page to a different one, write #REDIRECT [[Pagename to be linked to]]

If you do not wish to include something to a page, add <includeonly></includeonly> tags in front- and after the text.

To change to bold text, either type 3 ''' in front- and behind of the text, or the <b></b> tags.

For italic text, type either 2 '', or <i></i>