User blog:Godisme/The Ultimate Wiki Markup Guide

So after I introduced the Bleach Wiki:Arena, I came to realize that not many people understand wiki markup and so this is my guide to understanding what wiki markup is and how to use it. This will be constantly updated as I have more time to work on it and if you have any questions on how to do something, leave it in the comments and I will add it in.

What is it?
So when I say wiki markup, you are likely not really sure what I mean. Wiki markup is the code that wikis run on. When certain characters are entered into a wiki, the wiki will automatically format it into something special. So if you enter #Hi in the editor, the wiki will automatically format that as #Hi. This is wiki markup. So in this blog, I am going to run down a lot of the essentials of wiki markup, what they do and how to use them.

#
# : The pound symbol is the code for a numbered list. If you type the pound symbol, it will replace that with the next number in the list.

Example:


 * 1) This is number 1.
 * 2) This is number 2.
 * 3) This is number 3

Will automatically format to:


 * 1) This is number 1.
 * 2) This is number 2.
 * 3) This is number 3

Make sure that you don't have any blank lines between each pound sign or else the list won't continue and there will be another number one, such as if you were to do this:


 * 1) This is number 1.


 * 1) This is number 2.
 * 2) This is number 3.

Will format to:


 * 1) This is number 1.


 * 1) This is number 2.
 * 2) This is number 3.

Blank Lines
One of the more abstract things is the use of blank lines in wiki markup. Basically it boils down to this: This is text This is text as well

Formats to:

This is text This is text as well

But if you were to throw a blank line in there:

This is text

This is text as well

You would end up getting:

This is text

This is text as well.

Using a blank line is the only way to get two lines of text to be on a separate lines.

To be continued