Help:Editing

First and foremost capitalization matters! Main Page is not the same as main page is not the same as MaIn paGE! That applies to not only page names, but all options, magic words, templates, and functions.

Please see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing for detailed generic wiki editing/syntax/formatting information

ClubWiki:Creating_a_Trail has information on how to add (or modify) a trail specific to this site

ClubWiki:Using GMaps has information on how to add the Google maps to the site (or just copy/paste/modify from other uses)

Typically used syntax for this site

Categorization

When creating or modifying trail or park pages, applying wiki categories are not used. The templates will appropriately apply the single category of Trails or Parks. The typical Wikipedia use of categories has been replaced by Semantic Properties which are much easier to define and later search by the site. Please see ClubWIKI:Categorization Plan for the categories in use on this site.

Links

Description	You type	You get
Internal link	[[Main Page]]	Main Page
Internal link with different label	[[Main Page|different text]]	different text
External link	http://mediawiki.org	http://mediawiki.org
External link with different label	[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]	MediaWiki
Numbered external link	[http://mediawiki.org]	[1]
External links with file icons	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi video] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ogg sound] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pdf document]	video sound document
Mailto link	[mailto:info@example.org email me]	email me
Mailto named with subject line and body	[mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&body=Body%20Text info]	info
Link directly to an internal file (not page)	[[Media:Doe_River_Gorge_Visitor_Registration_Form.pdf‎|visitor release form]]	visitor release form

Formatting

Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Escape wiki markup	<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>	no ''markup''
section or line formatting – only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different levels	== Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ======	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Horizontal rule	Text above ---- Text below	Text above Text below
Bullet list	* Start each line * with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*). ** More asterisks gives deeper *** and deeper levels. * Line breaks<br />don't break levels. *** But jumping levels creates empty space. Any other start ends the list.	Start each line with an asterisk (*). More asterisks gives deeper and deeper levels. Line breaks don't break levels. But jumping levels creates empty space. Any other start ends the list.
Numbered list	# Start each line # with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#). ## More number signs gives deeper ### and deeper ### levels. # Line breaks<br />don't break levels. ### But jumping levels creates empty space. # Blank lines # end the list and start another. Any other start also ends the list.	Start each line with a number sign (#). More number signs gives deeper and deeper levels. Line breaks don't break levels. But jumping levels creates empty space. Blank lines end the list and start another. Any other start also ends the list.
Definition list	;item 1 : definition 1 ;item 2 : definition 2-1 : definition 2-2	item 1 definition 1 item 2 definition 2-1 definition 2-2
Indenting (Useful for discussions)	: Single indent :: Double indent ::::: Multiple indent	Single indent Double indent Multiple indent

Paragraphs

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tags <br>.

Other

Description	You type	You get
Signing (Useful for discussions)	: Your user name: ~~~ : Your user name plus timestamp: ~~~~ : Five tildes give a timestamp: ~~~~~	Your user name: Tim Your user name plus timestamp: Tim 20:48, 1 March 2011 (EST) Five tildes give a timestamp: 20:48, 1 March 2011 (EST) Note: The server will fill in the link after you save.
Photo captions	[[Image:Pinnacle Mt Firetower - view of radio shack.jpg|Caption]]
Image sizing	[[Image:Pinnacle Mt Firetower - view of radio shack.jpg|200px]]
Image placement with bottom captions	Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah [[Image:Pinnacle Mt Firetower - view of radio shack.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Caption]] After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada	Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah Caption After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada