User:Someone the Person/The Plain English Guide to Wiki Syntax

Whoa, where did the contents come from?

Linking
The most basic of all wiki functions is the link. Linking on Wikipedia is very easy: just put stuff in double brackets. But wait, if you just used double brackets why isn't it linking? For example, if you type blue and hit "save," it'll show up in blue and link to the article "Blue."

But what if I want it to link somewhere else?
You put a pipe (you know, one of these: | ) in the middle of your brackets, and put what you want to link to on the left, and what you want it to say on the right. So the link in this sentence says dinosaur, but if you hover your mouse over it you'll see that it's actually a link to somewhere else. And if you hit "edit" and look at the wikitext that I typed (or don't, because I'll just tell you), you'll find out that I made it by typing dinosaur.

If it shows up in red?
...then you're probably doing it wrong, because that article that you're linking to doesn't exist. Hover your mouse to see what you did wrong, or just hit "edit" and look at what you typed.

How do I get contents?
Contents pop up automatically when an article has enough sections.

The anti-formatter
You might be wondering what you do if you want to write stuff