Help:Editing wiki articles

There are half a dozen things that a casual COLLADA wiki user might really like to know about editing and about using the articles here.

Editing and saving changes

To start editing, click the Edit tab at the top of the page.

To finish editing:

1. Click Show preview at the bottom of the page, make sure everything looks OK, and type any additional changes.
2. Type a brief note about what you edited in the Summary: box.
3. Click Save page.

Formatting

Use the following notation for specific formatting:

• Indicate a heading line by surrounding it with equal signs; start with double equal signs like this: ==Editing tips== and then add more equal signs for lower-level headings.
• Link to another article--for example, naming wiki articles--like this: [[naming wiki articles]]
• Bold text like this: '''bold''' (three single quotation marks)
• Italicize text like this: ''bold'' (two single quotation marks)
• Make a bullet using a left-justified asterisk (*).
  • Multiple asterisks for nested list items like this one.
• Make a numbered list item using a left-justified pound sign (#).
• Make a code example box by indenting a line one or more spaces.

Looks like this.

• Put articles in categories using [[Category:catgname]]; for example: [[Category:Help]]

TIP: To see the formatting markup for any page, click the Edit tab.

TIP: You can experiment with editing and saving in the sandbox! So please do!

TIP: Sign your wiki username and date on talk pages (or anywhere else) using four tildes: ~~~~ (three tildes gives just your username)

Usage tips

• Reviewing article changes: You can see what other users have changed in an article, and when, by clicking the history tab and comparing various versions with the current version, last (previous) version, or two selected versions.
• Overall activity: You can see what people have been doing all over this wiki lately by clicking Recent changes on the left.
• Key-page tracking: You can use your watchlist (my watchlist link at top right) to see who has changed articles of particular interest to you by watching the articles ("watch this page" when editing the page, or watch tab at top of page).
• Emailing users: You can email any registered user by going to their user page (for example, by clicking their username in a History page) and clicking "E-mail this user" on the left.

See also

• Adding a new article