Wikicode for Beginners

Help & Contribute (Edit)
Before You Start	Editor's Creed - Wikicode for Beginners - How to use Templates
Existing Entries	Advice on what sort of content should go under each heading - Style Guide
Create new templates	Create a new weapon or model ability - Create a new Spell template
Setting up new articles	New models - Weapon templates
Other	Report a Bug - Request a Feature

This is only a basic run through of wikicode. I have no desire to go through every advanced feature, since it's all documented on the "real" wikipedia anyway. If you do want to learn more advance techniques, I suggest you try exploring what's available on this website.

Page formatting

What you want to do	The code to do it	What it looks like	Comments
Headers	Use equals signs. The more signs, the lower the heading. =Level 1 header= ==Level 2 header== ===Level 3 header=== ====Level 4 header====	Level 1 header Level 2 header Level 3 header Level 4 header	Generally 3 levels are enough. If you feel the need to subdivide your article into smaller and smaller chunks, I'd suggest that you need to re-think how you're organising your article because you're no longer communicating effectively.
Bold Text	3 apostrophes This is '''bold''' text.	This is bold text.
Italic Text	2 apostrophes This is ''italic'' text.	This is italic text.	You can combine bold and italic with 5 apostrophes
Underlined Text	Use of quasi-html code <u> and </u> This is <u>underlined</u> text.	This is underlined text.
Bulleted list	Use asterisks. The more asterisks, the more indents. * This is one indent. * This is also one indent. ** This has two indents *** This has three ** Back to two	This is one indent. This is also one indent. This has two indents This has three Back to two
Numbered list	Use hash. The more hash, the more indents. # This is one indent. # This is also one indent. ## This has two indents ### This has three ## Back to two	This is one indent. This is also one indent. This has two indents This has three Back to two
Combined list	Use a mix of hash and asterisks. # This is numbered list with bullets #* aaa #* bbb * This is bulleted list with numbers *# ccc *# ddd * This is gibberish #* eee *# fff	This is numbered list with bullets aaa bbb This is bulleted list with numbers ccc ddd This is gibberish eee fff

Links

What you want to do	The code to do it	What it looks like	Comments
Link to an article	Use square brackets, [ [[Commander Coleman Stryker]]	Commander Coleman Stryker
Link to an article, and rename the link	Use square brackets, [, and separate with a pipe | [[Commander Coleman Stryker|Styker1]]	Stryker1	Pipes can be found on your keyboard between the backspace and the enter keys.

Categories

What you want to do	The code to do it	What it looks like	Comments
Add a page to a category	Just write it in kind of like a normal link [[Category:Help]]		Nothing will appear in the example, because categories are listed at the bottom of the page instead.
Link to a category	Use a colon before the category. [[:Category:Help]]	Category:Help
Link to a category and rename it	Use a colon and pipe [[:Category:Help|Click here for help]]	Click here for help

Templates

Main article: How to use Templates

What you want to do	The code to do it	What it looks like	Comments
Add a template into a page	Use curvy brackets, { {{Undead}}	Undead
Link to a template	Use a colon before the template. [[:Template:Undead]]	Template:Undead
Link to a category and rename it	Use a colon and pipe [[:Template:Undead|Zombies]]	Zombies

Images

Main article: Mediawiki

What you want to do	The code to do it	What it looks like	Comments
Insert an image	Write it in kind of like a link: [[File:ForgeMasterSyntherion WEB.jpg]]
Resize an image to a specific pixel size	Use a pipe and ###px [[File:ForgeMasterSyntherion WEB.jpg|100px]]
"Float" an image on the right of text	Use a pipe and the word right First paragraph [[File:ForgeMasterSyntherion WEB.jpg|right|100px]] Second paragraph	First paragraph Second paragraph	Note that the top of the image will be aligned with whatever the previous line of code is doing. In this case, the top of the text of "First paragraph" lines up with the top of the image.
Image with a caption	Turn it into a thumb, then put the text in with a pipe [[File:ForgeMasterSyntherion WEB.jpg|thumb|Caption text here|200px]]	Caption text here	Be careful this doesn't interfere with other images/tables on the page. You can end up with boxes jumping all over the place.