Help:Editing

For a more complete guide, see the Wikipedia page, but here just a few tricks:

Most importantly

• Use Show preview to check your edit before saving.
• Check your links. Check links to empty pages (coloured red) to see whether you linked to the right page.
• Don't create an article of just a few lines solely to have created it. It's better to invest your time in existing articles which need attention.
• If you do create or edit a page, make sure the proper categories are assigned.
• Use templates to easily add commonly used formatting and information. Below the save/preview buttons the most commonly used templates are linked. (Character Data, Book Data, Stub, etc)
• Never use material that you don't have permission to publish under the license this wiki uses.
• If you think an article could potentially contain much more information which you couldn't include, add the {{stub}} template.

All this makes editing easier and the result of your efforts better. It also saves others time, as someone else will have to correct omissions.

Formatting

The toolbar above your editing area allows you to make the text bold or italics, but you can also put the text within '' '' to italicize it, or ''' ''' to bold-font it.

Linking

Type the article name within [[ ]] to link it. For example, [[genetics]] shows up as genetics.

The vertical bar | (usually found below the backspace key on a keyboard ) can be used to separate the linked article's name and the way you want it to show up in the content you're writing. For example, [[genetics|genetic stuff]] shows up as genetic stuff. To save yourself from typing, just a | with no given text, will automagically strip away the Namespace: and (things between brackets) in the article title. For example, [[Ankh (river)|]] gives Ankh, and [[Book:Thud!|]] gives Thud!.

To link to a Category: page, add a colon before Categeory: and the | at the end like this: [[:Category:Wizards|]] = Wizards.

For Books

Special templates have been generated in order to make links to books consistent. The table below contains the books and their template code.

Template	Book
{{COM}}	The Colour of Magic
{{TLF}}	The Light Fantastic
{{ER}}	Equal Rites
{{M}}	Mort
{{S}}	Sourcery
{{WS}}	Wyrd Sisters
{{P}}	Pyramids
{{G!G!}}	Guards! Guards!
{{E}}	Eric
{{MP}}	Moving Pictures
{{RM}}	Reaper Man
{{WA}}	Witches Abroad
{{SG}}	Small Gods
{{LL}}	Lords and Ladies
{{MAA}}	Men at Arms
{{SM}}	Soul Music
{{IT}}	Interesting Times
{{M!!!}}	Maskerade
{{FOC}}	Feet of Clay
{{H}}	Hogfather
{{J}}	Jingo
{{TLC}}	The Last Continent
{{CJ}}	Carpe Jugulum
{{T5E}}	The Fifth Elephant
{{TT}}	The Truth
{{TOT}}	Thief of Time
{{TLH}}	The Last Hero
{{TAM}}	The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
{{NW}}	Night Watch
{{WFM}}	The Wee Free Men
{{MP}}	Moving Pictures
{{HFOS}}	A Hat Full of Sky
{{GP}}	Going Postal
{{W}}	Wintersmith
{{T!}}	Thud!
{{MM}}	Making Money
{{SOD1}}	The Science of Discworld
{{SOD2}}	The Science of Discworld II: the Globe
{{SOD3}}	The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch
{{GO}}	Good Omens
{{TUC}}	The Unadulterated Cat

For Characters and others

Most characters, locations, objects, concepts etc can be linked directly by [[ ]] - use full name if known. The book templates then have to be used to link to a book that has the same name as a character or location or things, for example the 4th novel, Mort, as distinguished from the character named Mort; other examples include pyramids, moving pictures, and the fifth elephant.