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Create a New Page

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The official documentation for creating new pages (and for adding links to wiki pages) can be found in the following MediaWiki pages:

  1. Starting a New Page
  2. Links

Wiki Markup

The official MediaWiki documentation for the markup syntax used in this wiki can be found in the following MediaWiki pages:

  1. Text Formatting Markup
  2. Detailed Documentation

Getting Started

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Markup: quick reference

You type You get
==A Heading== Level 2 Heading
===A Heading=== Level 3 Heading
====A Heading==== Level 4 Heading
=====A Heading===== Level 5 Heading
''italic'' italic
'''bold''' bold
*List Item * unnumbered list (level 1)
**List Item .. * unnumbered list (level 2)
#List Item 1. numbered list (level 1)
##List Item .. 1. numbered list (level 2)
---- Horizontal line
[[Title of a Page]] Internal Link (to named page)
[[Title of a Page|Alternative text]] Internal Link (displaying alternative text).
[[#Heading Name]] Internal link (to heading on the page)
[[Title of Page#Heading]] Internal Link (to heading on another page
URL.domain External Link (to URL) - displays URL
[URL.domain] External Link (to URL) displays number eg. [1])
[URL.domain Alternative Text] External Link (to URL) - displays Alternative text.
~~~ Adds Signature (login name of author)
~~~~ Adds signature and time/date stamp.

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