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

Click edit at the top of the page you want to edit

An "edit box" will open, type your new sentences or corrections

Click Show preview to check what you have written

Click Save page to save your writing

If you like pictures, you'll love videos

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 {{SITENAME}} to see the current Wikia. For instance, {{SITENAME}} on this site prints out as Wikia Help.

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 {{XXX}} 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.