How You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to code for beginners format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>
== Adding References ==
<nowiki>To find out how to add references using footnotes, see [[CategoryConservapedia:AFootnotes - technical help|this Help page]]</nowiki> adds an article to Category, A.
<nowiki>[[Image:A.GIF]]</nowiki> loads the picture A.GIF on an article== Paragraphs ==
Mediawiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a newline with the HTML tag <tt><nowiki>{{Car}}<br /></nowiki> adds the template Car to an article</tt>.
<nowiki>#Redirect[[A]]</nowiki> redirects an article to the article, A== HTML ==
Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki>{{SUBST:ABC}}<code></nowiki> substitutes all the information from Template:ABC into the article</tt>, note all future changes to the template:ABC will not be shown on the article<tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki></tt>.
<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki> puts your signature on a page== Recapitulative table ==
<nowiki>{| align="center" {welcome{Prettytable}} |-||'''Description'''||'''You type''' ||'''You get'''|-| colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere''|-~~~~| Underlined text|<tt><nowiki><u>underlined</u></nowiki> welcomes </tt>|<u>underlined</u>|-|Italic text|<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt>|''italic''|-|Italic text|<tt><nowiki><i>italic</i></nowiki></tt>|''italic''|-| Bold text|<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt>|'''bold'''|-| Bold text|<tt><nowiki><b>bold</b></nowiki></tt>|<b>bold</b>|-| Bold and italic|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt>|'''''bold & italic'''''|-| Bold and italic|<tt><nowiki><b><i>bold & italic</i></b></nowiki></tt>|<b><i>bold & italic</i></b>|-| Bold and italic|<tt><nowiki><i><b>bold & italic</b></i></nowiki></tt>|<i><b>bold & italic</b></i>|-|assign a user color to Conservapedia, note this should only be put on your text|<tt><nowiki><font color=blue>blue text</font></nowiki></tt>|<font color=blue>blue text</font>|-|assign a user'size to your text|<tt><nowiki><font size=5>size 5 text</font></nowiki></tt>|<font size=5>size 5 text</font>|-|bigger text|<tt><nowiki><big>big text</big></nowiki></tt>|<big>big text</big>|-|even bigger text|<tt><nowiki><big><big>bigger text</big></big></nowiki></tt>|<big><big>bigger text</big></big>|-|striked through text|<tt><nowiki><s talk >striked through text</s></nowiki></tt>|<s>striked through text</s>|-|display name of page|<tt><nowiki>{{SUBST:PAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>|Deborah/sandbox|-|Escape wiki markup|<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki></nowiki></tt>|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>|-| colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line''|-|Headings of<br />different sizes|<tt><nowiki>==level 1==</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>===level 2===</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>====level 3====</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>=====level 4=====</nowiki></tt>|==Level 1=====Level 2=======Level 3=========Level 4=====|-|Horizontal rule|<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>|----|-|Bullet list|* one<br>* two<br>* three<br>** three and one-third<br>** three and two-thirds<br>|* one* two* three** three and one-third** three and two-thirds|-|Numbered list|# one<br /># two<br /># three<br />## three point one<br />## three point two<br />|# one# two# three## three point one## three point two|-|Definition list|;Definition<br />:item 1<br />:item 2<br />|;Definition:item 1:item 2|-|Preformatted text| preformatted text is done with<br /> a space at the<br /> beginning of the line<br />| preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line|}
==References==
<nowiki><ref>[nick.com]</ref></nowiki> cites nick.com as a reference for an article's claim
<nowiki>{{Reflist}}</nowiki> makes a list of all the references used in an article__NOTOC____NOEDITSECTION__
==ProposalsLinks==<nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> propose deletion of an article
To create a link to an article, surround the word you would like to make a link with two sets of brackets like this: <nowiki>{{merge with|A}}[[Link]]</nowiki> propose merging an article with the article, A
==Linking==To create a link with a title that is different than the page it is linked to format the link like this:<nowiki>[[Page linked to|title]]</nowiki>
To create an external link surround the web address with <nowiki>[[Car]and a ]</nowiki> links for example to make an external link to fox.com, you would do the article Car using the word Car following <nowiki>[fox.com]</nowiki>
To create a link to a category after the <nowiki>[[Car|Hello]]put an :</nowiki> links for example to create a link to the article Car with category, Conservapedians, do the word Hello following: <nowiki>[[:Category:Conservapedians]]</nowiki> you can also change the default text like this: <nowiki>[[:Category:Conservapedians|WXYZ]]</nowiki>
To create a link to an image after the <nowiki>[[put an :Category</nowiki> for example to create a link to the image, Cat.jpg, do the following: <nowiki>[[:Image:ACat.jpg]]</nowiki> links to you can also change the Category, A default text like this: <nowiki>[[:Image:Cat.jpg|WXYZ]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>[[:Category:Conservapedians|WXYZ]]</nowiki> To create a list of links to the categoryput an * in front of each link, Conservapedians, using the word WXYZfor example:
<nowiki>[[:Image:A.GIF]]</nowiki> links to the picture A.GIF
<nowiki>[www.nick.com]</nowiki> links to an external site, nick.com
==Font==
<nowiki>''Car''</nowiki> italicizes the word Car
<nowiki>'''Car'''</nowiki> Bolds the word Car
<nowiki>'''''Car'''''</nowiki> Bolds and Italicizes the word Car
<nowiki><big>abc</big></nowiki> makes the text abc bigger
<nowiki><big><big>abc</big></big></nowiki> makes the text abc even bigger
<nowiki><u>Hello</u></nowiki> underlines the word Hello
<nowiki><s>abc</s></nowiki> strikes through abc
<nowiki><font color=blue>Word</font></nowiki> makes Word blue
<nowiki><font size=55>abc</font></nowiki> sets abc to the font size of 55
==Use a reference more than once in an article==
<nowiki><ref name="a">[nick.com]</ref></nowiki> is used for the first time
after that simply use <nowiki><ref name="a"/></nowiki>
==Creating a list of internal links==
<nowiki>*[[A]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>*[[D]]</nowiki>
==Proposals==
<nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> propose deletion of an article
==Making templates==<nowiki>{{{1}merge with|A}}</nowiki> creates a parameter for a templatepropose merging an article with the article, A
<nowiki>{{{1|car}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter for a template whose default is car
==Creating redirects==To create a redirect put a <nowiki>{{{myage}}}#Redirect[[ then the name of the page for it to be redirected then ]]</nowiki> creates a parameter named myage for a templateexample to redirect this page to the article on Bear, you'd put: <nowiki>#Redirect[[Bear]]</nowiki>
==Other==<nowiki>{{{myage|car}}}[[Category:A]]</nowiki> creates a parameter named myage for a template whose default is car adds an article to Category, A <nowiki>[[Image:A.GIF]]</nowiki> loads the picture A.GIF on an article
<nowiki>{{Car}}</nowiki> adds the template Car to an article
<nowiki>{{SUBST:ABC}}</nowiki> substitutes all the information from Template:ABC into the article, note all future changes to the template:ABC will not be shown on the article
<nowiki>{{welcome}} --~~~~</nowiki> welcomes a user to Conservapedia, note this should only be put on a user's talk page
named parameters for example <nowiki>{{myage}}</nowiki> versus <nowiki> {{{1}}} or {{{2}}} or {{{3}}}</nowiki> do not have to be put in any particular order
==Signature==
for example let us say there is a template called Template:User ageTo sign your username, that looks like thistype three tildes<nowiki>(~~~)</nowiki>. To sign your username with a timestamp, use four tildes <nowiki>{{{1}}} is my age(~~~~)</nowiki>
you would ===Making a custom signature===first make a subpage of user page which has your custom signature for example, User:Deborah/sig go to, my preferences click on raw signatures and put <nowiki>{{Subst:User age|12:Deborah/sig}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 12 is my age
another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{1}}} is my age, I was born in the month, {{{2}}}</nowiki>== Creating articles ==
you would put <nowiki>{{User agePlease see [[Help:How to create a new article|12|December}}</nowiki> for the template How to display, 12 is my age I was born in the month Decembercreate a new article]] for help on this.
== Categories ==
See [[Help:Category tag|Category tag]] for help on assigning articles to categories.
another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{myage}}} is my age</nowiki>== Editing etiquette ==
you would put <nowiki>{{User ageObserve good [[help:editing etiquette|myage=19}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 19 is my ageediting etiquette]] when editing.
== Templates ==
another example let us say there is a template called TemplateSee [[help:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{myage}}} is my age, I was born in the month, {{{mymonth}}}</nowiki>templates|here]] for a list of templates with brief descriptions.
you would put <nowiki>{{User ageSee [[help:creating templates|myage=19|my month=January}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 19 is my age, I was born in the month, January you also could put <nowiki>{{User age|my month=January|myage=19}}</nowiki> here]] for the same resultcreating templates.
==How do you make a custom signature==first make a subpage of user page which has your custom signature for example, User[[Category:Deborah/siggo to, my preferences click on raw signatures and put <nowiki>{{SUBST:User:Deborah/sig}}</nowiki>Help|Formatting]]