Formatting Articles

The following article will give you guidance on writing articles in the Grooper Wiki.

Creating a New Article

Step 1Step 2Step 3 and 4Step 5

1) Using the search bar, type the name of the article you wish to create.

2) If the article does not exist, you will see a message reading "Create the page "Article Name" on this wiki!" above the search results. Click the searched article's name in quotes to create it.

3) Use the text editor box to write your article. For more information on Mediawiki's markup formatting refer to the Writing Articles#Text Formatting - Markup Syntax section of this article.

4) Press the "Save Page" button at the bottom of the text editor to save the page.

5) If you need to edit your page further. Press the "Edit" button at the top of the article.

Text Formatting - Markup Syntax

Your article's text can be formatting using MediaWiki's markup. This is a syntax consisting of special characters, like asterisks, apostrophes and equals signs to do special things. For example, you can place a word in italics by placing a pair of apostrophies on both sides of the word, like ''this''.

Character Formatting

This is also referred to as "inline" formatting.

Format	You Type	You Get
Italics	''This is italic text''	This is italic text
Bold Text	'''This is bold text'''	This is bold text
Bold and Italics	'''''This is bold and italic text'''''	This is bold and italic text
Escape wiki markup	<nowiki>Don't use '''markup''' syntax</nowiki>	Don't use '''markup''' syntax

Sections

Section headers are useful to break up sections of information in your article. Sections and subsections are called out by pairs of equals signs on both sides of the sections name.

You Type	You Get
== Section Level 2 == === Section Level 3 === ==== Section Level 4 ==== ===== Section Level 5 ===== ====== Section Level 6 ======

Further Guidance

DO NOT use the "Level 1" section by typing a single equals sign on either side of the section name.

• For example: = Level 1 =
  • Don't do this! This is bad.

Level 1 is reserved for the page level for the article you are editing. Begin all subsections at Level 2

• For example: == Level 2 ==
  • Do this. This is good.

Do not type text on the same line of the section name. It will break the section.

You Type	You Get
== Section Name == Section info	== Section Name == Section info
== Section Name == Section info

Bullets and Indents

Bulleted lists can be created using the asterisk *.

You Type	You Get
Normal line of text. * First bullet * Second bullet * Third bullet ** First sub-bullet ** Second sub-bullet * Fourth bullet ** First sub-bullet *** First sub-sub bullet	Normal line of text. First bullet Second bullet Third bullet First sub-bullet Second sub-bullet Fourth bullet First sub-bullet First sub-sub bullet

Numbered bulleted lists can be created using the pound sign #.

You Type	You Get
Normal line of text. # First bullet # Second bullet # Third bullet ## First sub-bullet ## Second sub-bullet # Fourth bullet ## First sub-bullet ### First sub-sub bullet	Normal line of text. First bullet Second bullet Third bullet First sub-bullet Second sub-bullet Fourth bullet First sub-bullet First sub-sub bullet

Lines can be indented using the colon character :

You Type	You Get
Normal line of text. : First indented line : Second indented line : Third indented line :: First twice indented line :: Second twice indented line : Fourth indented line :: First twice indented line ::: First thrice indented line	Normal line of text. First indented line Second indented line Third indented line First twice indented line Second twice indented line Fourth indented line First twice indented line First thrice indented line

Bullets and indents can be mixed as well.

You Type	You Get
Normal line of text. # First numbered line # Second numbered line # Third numbered line #* Bullet under third numbered line #: Indent under third numbered line # Fourth numbered line ## Numbered bullet under fourth numbered line ##* First bullet under numbered bullet under the fourth numbered line	Normal line of text. First numbered line Second numbered line Third numbered line Bullet under third numbered line Indent under third numbered line Fourth numbered line Numbered bullet under fourth numbered line First bullet under numbered bullet under the fourth numbered line

Notice the leftmost character of each line is always a pound sign #. If you break this pattern, you will start a new sequence of numbers.

You Type	You Get
Normal line of text. # First numbered line # Second numbered line # Third numbered line #* Bullet under third numbered line * NEW SINGLE BULLET # New numbered sequence line. ## Numbered bullet under new numbered line ##* First bullet under numbered bullet under the new numbered line	Normal line of text. First numbered line Second numbered line Third numbered line Bullet under third numbered line NEW SINGLE BULLET New numbered sequence line. Numbered bullet under new numbered line First bullet under numbered bullet under the new numbered line

HTML Tags

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki.

Format	You Type	You Get
Fixed Width Text	Fixed width text is useful for calling out regular expressions, such as <code>[^\r\n\t\f]+</code>.	Fixed width text is useful for calling out regular expressions, such as [^\r\n\t\f]+.
Underlines	<u>This text is underlined.</u>	This text is underlined.
Strike-through	I want to <s>strike-through</s> a word.	I want to strike-through a word.
Blockquotes	Text before <blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote> Text after	Text before Blockquote Text after

Adding Images

There are two parts to inserting images into an article.

1. Uploading the file.
2. Using markup syntax to insert the image into an article.

Uploading Images

Step 1Step 2Step 3

1) On any page, find the "Tools" section in the left hand tool-bar.

2) Press the "Upload File" button.

3) On the following page, press the "Choose File" button and choose the image you wish to upload from the file browser.

4) Press the "Upload File" button at the bottom of the page to upload the image.