Help:Editing

Template:HelpThe Edit page enables a user to edit whatever they wish in the Twinsuniverse. To access the edit page, all you need to do is click on the "edit" tab, which appears on top of each article.

Editing buttons

File:Button bold.png Bold. Makes the text bold. You can also do so manually by putting the text you wish to make bold between 3 apostrophes. Example:

'''Twinsen''' → Twinsen

File:Button italic.png Italic. Makes the text italic. You can also do so manually by putting the text you wish to italicize between 2 apostrophes. Example:

''Twinsen'' → Twinsen

Note: To make a text both bold and italic, use 5 apostrophes:

'''''Twinsen''''' → Twinsen

File:Button link.png Internal link. Creates a link to an article inside the database. For more information, see Help:Links.

File:Button extlink.png External link. Creates a link to another site.

File:Button headline.png Level 2 headline. Creates a level 2 headline. See Help:Headlines for further information.

File:Button image.png Embedded image. Adds an image to the article. For additional information, see Help:Images.

File:Button media.png Media file link. Linking to a media file (e.g. sound file) on the server.

File:Button math.png Mathematical formula. Adding a mathematical formula (should hardly be in use here).

File:Button nowiki.png Ignore wiki formatting. Used for showing the wiki code, without it turning into a formatted text. Example:

<nowiki>'''[[Twinsen]]'''</nowiki> → '''[[Twinsen]]'''

File:Button sig.png Your signature with timestamp. Will insert your signature into the document, as well as the time you saved the page. This should only be used at discussion pages.

File:Button hr.png Horizontal line. Adds an horizontal line, similar to an <hr> HTML code. This is not common in articles, and should generally be avoided.

Bottom of the edit page

Summarry

Here, enter a short description of what you just edited. For examples, "added external link", "fixed typos", "expansion of the Description section", etc. This summarry will appear on the History of the article, and will be helpful for those wishing to see the differences made in the article.

Minor edit

If you made just a small edit in the article, tick this box. When people will look at the History of articles, they will be able to see which edits are minor (marked with an m), and which are more significant. In the Recent changes page, it is possible to hide minor edits.

Watching a page

If you tick this box, this page will be added to your Watch list. This list shows all the recent changes in the pages you have chosen to watch and follow. You may also set in your preferences to automatically watch any page you have edited (i.e. to automatically tick this box).

Save page

Saves the page, and takes you back to the article, with the new version created by you.

Show preview

Showing exactly how the article will look like, but without saving it. It is very recommended that you use this button before saving, to see if everything is in order. Also, it can be helpful for checking if you typed the wiki codes correctly.

Cancel

Will take you back to the article, without saving anything.

Editing help

Will take you to this very help page.