User:Osprey1990/How to edit a wiki

How to edit a wiki Hello, if you’ve stumbled upon this, then you’ve probably been linked to it by me. You ask, “I want to learn how to edit a wiki!”, then you’ve come to the right place. I’m going to try my hardest to teach you how to.

The text “language” Wikipedia and wikis in general use what’s called “Wiki markup”, which is kind of like HTML. Wiki markup includes some HTML but has its own symbols.

Bold text

 * This is bold text, it consists of three apostrophes. In order for it to be "closed", it also has to end in three apostrophes.
 * How to use: Bold text

Italic text

 * This is italic text, it consists of two apostrophes. In order for it to be "closed", it also has to end in two apostrophes.
 * How to use: Italic text

Bold italic text

 * This is bold italic text, it consists of five apostrophes. In order for it to be "closed", it also has to end in five apostrophes.
 * How to use: Bold iitalic text

Enternal links

 * This is a link to a page. It requires two left square brackets and two right square brackets.
 * How to use: Example link to a page

=This is a level one header, it consists of one equals sign. In order for it to be "closed", it also has to end in one equals sign.=
 * How to use: =Level one header=

This is a level two header, it consists of two equals signs. In order for it to be "closed", it also has to end in two equals signs.

 * How to use: ==Level two header==

This is a level two header, it consists of three equals signs. In order for it to be "closed", it also has to end in three equals signs.

 * How to use: ===Level three header===

This is a level four header, it consists of four equals signs. In order for it to be "closed", it also has to end in four equals signs.

 * How to use: ====Level four header====

This is a level five header, it consists of five equals signs. In order for it to be "closed", it also has to end in five equals signs.

 * How to use: =====Level five header=====