Help:How to use a Wiki
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What this wiki is for
This wiki is for the writing of documents (e.g. position papers, policy papers, etc) and the viewing of existing documents, statutes, job descriptions, contact lists, etc. It is also ment as a place where everyone can propose position papers for discussion and feedback.
When can I change text
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How to write in a wiki
Wikipedia maintains a very comprehensive guide on wiki syntax. Check it out, and just contact one of the CommonFuture:Wiki gurus if you still have problems. Here are some essentials:
- To make major subheadings, write your words in between two equals signs e.g. ==hello there==;
- To make minor subheadings, write your words in between three equals signs e.g. ===hello there===;
- To make something italic, put two apostophes (NOT one double quote) around the word(s) - e.g. ' ' hello there' ' will come out as: hello there;
- To make something bold, put three apostrophes at each end of the word(s) e.g. ' ' ' hello there' ' ' will come out as: hello there;
- To make something bold and italic, put five apostrophes around the word(s) e.g. ' ' ' ' ' hello there' ' ' ' ' will come out as: hello there;
- To make an internal link (to another Wikipedia article) put the title of the article in double square brackets (make sure it's spelt exactly correctly) - e.g. [[hello there]] will link to the article called "Hello there";
- To make an external link (to somewhere else on the web,) put the entire URL within single square brackets (make sure it's exactly correct) - e.g. [1] (must have "http") will link to the webpage at http://www.hello-there.com;
- To indent a paragraph, put a colon (:) beginning the line (2 colons = double indent);
- To do bullet points, put a star (*) at the start of each line;
- To do a numbered list, put a hash (#) at the start of each line
