Help:Editing

You can edit any page where you can see an edit link. The changes that you make will show on the page as soon as you save.

In pictures




Video walkthrough
Please visit our online demos page for videos demonstrating how to edit and more - Help:Video demos!

Some other editing tips

 * Explain your edit in the 'Summary' box. This is between the edit window and the bottom row of grey buttons.  You only need to type a short message here, for example 'added introduction'.
 * Use the 'Show preview' button to check your edit before saving. Remember to save your preview before moving on.
 * If you are logged in, you can mark an edit as minor by checking the 'This is a minor edit' box. This lets other editors know your edit is very small.
 * Pages that start with 'User:' are personal pages. It's considered polite to ask before doing major edits to other people's user pages.

Formatting
Most text formatting is usually done with wiki markup, so you don't have to learn HTML.

See Help:Formatting and Help:HTML.

Links
Links are important on wikis to help readers navigate your site. The more your pages are linked to each other, the easier it is for readers to find what they're looking for.

See Help:Links, Help:External link and Category:Link help.

Wiki variables and templates
Use to see the current Wikia. For instance,   on this site prints out as .

That and a few other templates are common to MediaWiki sites. For a complete list of these "magic words", see magic words on Meta.

You can create templates. After you create the page Template:XXX, using the command  will include that content in your current page. So, if you have something that needs to be included on many other pages, you might want to use a template.

Most templates available on the Central Wikia can be used on individual wikia with just "wikia:" prefixed to the name. See the help page on Central at Help:Shared templates.