Help:Contents

First time contributor? Take a look at Creating an Item Page for some of the basics.

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Formatting

Formatting content on UOGuide is really easy. Here are some basic notations from the Wikipedia quick format guide:

Description	You type	You get
Applies anywhere
No table of contents	__NOTOC__
Italicize text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within UOGuide)	[[Name of Page]] [[Name of Page|Display Text]] #REDIRECT [[Target Page]]	Name of Page Display Text Target Page
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.com] [http://www.example.com display text] http://www.example.com	[1] display text http://www.example.com
Escape wiki markup	''markup'' <nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>	markup no ''markup''
Sign your posts on talk pages	~~~~	Username 23:00, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Image	[[Image:Kingdom reborn icon.jpg]]
Thumbnail image	[[Image:Kingdom reborn icon.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]	Caption text
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different sizes A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	=Level 1= ==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6======	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bullet list	* one * two ** two point one * three	one two two point one three
Numbered list	# one # two ## two point one # three	one two two point one three
Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2
Unformatted text	a space at the   beginning of each line   creates unformatted   monospaced text	a space at the beginning of each line creates unformatted monospaced text
Horizontal line	----

Editing Guidelines

If you become a regular contributor to the site it is recommended you familiarize yourself with the general editing guidelines. It will help keep pages consistent throughout the site and make editing easier for yourself and other people.

• Help:Page Layout - How each page should be setup
• Help:Images - All about images
• Help:Categories - All about categories
• Help:Templates - All about templates

If you would like to help edit but don't know where to start, see the UOGuide Priorities page.