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How to Use This Wiki

When you register with the IAIA Wiki, you will be able to edit, update, and create pages. Please be mindful of your edits and additions. Any inappropriate changes will be removed by the administrator. Multiple violations will result in your loss of editing privileges.


Editing Existing and Updating Pages

Editing and updating an existing is relatively simple.

  1. Click the "Edit" page tab at the top of the page.
  2. Make changes to the text. See "Useful Markup Commands" below to learn how to format your text.
  3. In the "Summary" box, enter a brief description/note of your changes
  4. Click the "Show preview" button to preview your changes. Or, click the "Show changes" button to preview the page with your edits highlighted in red.
  5. Click the "Save page" button.


Useful Markup Commands

You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two pairs of single quotes like ''this''.

Description Command Result
character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere
Italic text
''italic''
italic
Bold text
'''bold'''
bold
Bold and italic
'''''bold & italic'''''
bold & italic
section formatting – only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different levels
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5
Level 6
Horizontal rule
Text above
----
Text below

Text above


Text below

Bullet list
* Start each line with an asterisk (*).
** More asterisks gives deeper
*** and deeper levels.
  • Start each line with an asterisk (*).
    • More asterisks gives deeper
      • and deeper levels.
Numbered list
# Start each line with a hash mark/number sign (#).
## More number signs gives deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
  1. Start each line with a hash mark/number sign (#).
    1. More number signs gives deeper
      1. and deeper
      2. levels.
Definition list
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
item 1
definition 1
item 2
definition 2-1
definition 2-2
Indent text
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::: Multiple indent
Single indent
Double indent
Multiple indent


Adding HTML symbols

An HTML symbol entity is a sequence of characters that produces one particular character. For example, → produces a right arrow "" and — produces an em dash "". HTML symbol entities are used to insert characters not normally available on keyboards:

© → ©
δ → δ

and to prevent the parser from interpreting and displaying HTML tags and symbols:

€ → €
€ →
&lt;span style="color:green;">Green&lt;/span> → <span style="color:green;">Green</span>
<span style="color:green;">Green</span> → Green

The following is a list of characters that can be produced using HTML symbols. Hover any character to find out the symbol that produces it. Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.

HTML Symbol Entities
Á á Â â ´ Æ æ À à Α α & Å å Ã ã Ä ä Β β ¦ Ç ç ¸ ¢
Χ χ ˆ © ¤ ° Δ δ ÷ É é Ê ê È è Ε ε Η η
Ð ð Ë ë ƒ ½ ¼ ¾ Γ γ > Í í Î î ¡ Ì ì Ι ι
¿ Ï ï Κ κ Λ λ « < ¯ µ · Μ μ  
¬ Ñ ñ Ν ν Ó ó Ô ô Œ œ Ò ò Ω ω Ο ο ª º Ø ø Õ õ Ö
ö Φ φ Π π ϖ ± £ Ψ ψ " » ® Ρ ρ
Š š § ­ Σ σ ς ¹ ² ³ ß Τ τ Θ θ ϑ Þ þ ˜
× Ú ú Û û Ù ù ¨ ϒ Υ υ Ü ü Ξ ξ Ý ý ¥ ÿ Ÿ Ζ ζ


Copying and Pasting Chinese Characters

The IAIA Wiki is Unicode compliant! Therefore, you can enter or copy and paste Chinese characters directly into the page. For example, 姊.


Creating New Pages

To create a new page:

  1. Enter the name of the page you wish to create in the "Search" box in the upper right.
  2. Press the "Go" button.
  3. You will be given a link with your title in red. Click the link and begin editing the page.
  4. In the "Summary" box, enter a brief description/note of your changes
  5. Click the "Show preview" button to preview your changes. Or, click the "Show changes" button to preview the page with your edits highlighted in red.
  6. Click the "Save page" button.

Note: To create a link to your new page, use double square brackets around the name of the page. For example, to create a link to the Main Page, you must type:

[[Main Page]]

.