Help

Here's where to find simple help on adding and editing pages. For more detailed help please visit https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents

Adding (Starting) a Page

MediaWiki software makes it very easy to link wiki pages using a standard syntax. If you (or anyone else) create a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be colored red, like this. Clicking a red link will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created. Once the page has been created, the link will change from red to blue (purple for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists.

• Usually this is the best way to create a new page, because it means that right from the start, the page will be linked from at least one other place on the wiki (and typically you will want to mesh it into other related pages later).
  • If you are creating a new page without creating any link to it, you may need to ask yourself: Does this page really fit in with the topics already covered in the wiki?
  • Also, how are you expecting visitors to find this page?
  • Normally there is no reason to create a page without first creating a red link to it.
• Create a Page From the search page - If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box above) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.

Simple Formatting

Bold	'''This is bold text'''	This is bold text
Italics	''Italics italics italics''	Italics italics italics
Bold and Italics	''Italics '''bold''' italics''	Italics bold italics
Teletype	<tt>Teletype text</tt>	Teletype text
Small	<small>Small text</small>	Small text
Big	<big>Big text</big>	Big text

Headings and Paragraphs

There is no special syntax for paragraphs. To create a new paragraph, just leave a space between two blocks of text.

Heading 2	== This is heading two ==	This is heading two
Heading 3	=== This is heading three ===	This is heading three
Heading 4	==== This is heading four ====	This is heading four
Heading 5	===== This is heading five =====	This is heading five

Lists

There are two kinds of lists that can be used: bullet lists and numbered lists. Lists may be nested in various ways.

Make sure there is no space between each list entry or it won't look correctly.

Bulleted list	* One * Two * Three ** Sublist One ** Sublist Two ** Sublist Three * Four	One Two Three Sublist One Sublist Two Sublist Three Four
Numbered list	# One # Two # Three ## Sublist One ## Sublist Two ## Sublist Three # Four	One Two Three Sublist One Sublist Two Sublist Three Four
Combined together	* One * Two * Three *# Sublist One *# Sublist Two *# Sublist Three * Four	One Two Three Sublist One Sublist Two Sublist Three Four

Links

There are two kinds of links: links to other EAA974 Wiki pages and links to other websites.

Link to an EAA 974 Wiki page Note: Use double brackets.	[[What EAA974 Members are building]]	What EAA974 Members are building
Link to wiki page with different text Note: Use a pipe | to separate the link and the text.	[[What EAA974 Members are building | A listing of project pages]]	A listing of project pages
Link to other website Note: No brackets required.	http://www.eaa.org	http://www.eaa.org
Link to other website with different text Note: Use a space to separate the link and the text.	[http://www.eaa.org]	Experimental Aircraft Association

External Links

• MediaWiki Formatting Help