Editing Guide

Introduction
The FFXIclopedia is a wiki, which means that anyone can easily edit any unprotected page and save those changes immediately to that page.

Editing a FFXIclopedia page is not very hard. Simply click on the "edit this page" tab at the top of a FFXIclopedia page. This will bring you to a new page with a text box containing the editable text of the original page. If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox; not here. You should write a short summary in the small field below the edit-box. When you have finished, press the Show Preview button to see how your changes will look. You can also see the difference between the page with your edits and the previous version of the page by pressing the Show Changes button. If you're satisfied with what you see, press the Save page button. Your changes will immediately be visible to other FFXIclopedia users.

You can also click on the "Discussion" tab to see the corresponding talk page, which contains comments about the page from other FFXIclopedia users. Click on the "+" tab to add a new section, or edit the page in the same way as an article page.

You should remember to sign your messages on talk pages, but you should not sign edits you make to regular articles. In page histories, the software keeps track of which user makes each change.

Creating A New Article

 * To create a new page:
 * Create a link to it on some other (related) page.
 * Save that page.
 * Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.


 * Or put  http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/index.php/  YOUR ARTICLE NAME  in the address bar of your browser and clicking the edit tab.

Tips on editing FFXIclopedia articles
Always use a neutral point of view, because FFXIclopedia is not a soapbox.

Link to your article from other articles. After making a new page, it's a good idea to use the What links here feature to check the pages that already link to your new page. Make sure that all the links are referring to your page in the right context. You should also use the search feature to find occurrences of the title of your new page—and possible variants thereof—so that you can create appropriate links.

Minor edits
When editing an article page on this site, a logged-in user can mark that edit as being "minor". Minor edits generally mean spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text.

Wiki markup
The wiki markup is the syntax system you can use to format a Wikipedia page.

In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.

You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the Sandbox. Try opening the Sandbox in a separate window or tab and keeping this page open for reference.

Examples
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" ! What it looks like ! What you type Start your sections as follows:
 * - valign="top"

New section 

Subsection 

Sub-subsection 


 * Start with a second-level heading ( == ); don't use first-level headings (=).
 * Don't skip levels (for example, second-level followed by fourth-level).
 * A Table of Contents will automatically be added to an article that has four or more sections.
 * If appropriate, place subsections in an appropriate order. If listing countries, place them in alphabetical order rather than, say, relative to population of OECD countries, or some random order.

Sub-subsection
A single newline generally has no effect on the layout. These can be used to separate sentences within a paragraph. Some editors find that this aids editing and improves the function diff (used internally to compare different versions of a page).
 * - valign="top"

But an empty line starts a new paragraph.

A single newline generally has no effect on the layout. These can be used to separate sentences within a paragraph. Some editors find that this aids editing and improves the function diff (used internally to compare different versions of a page).
 * When used in a list, a newline does affect the layout (see below).

But an empty line starts a new paragraph. You can break lines without starting a new paragraph.
 * - valign="top"

You can break lines without starting a new paragraph. marks the end of a list item.
 * Please use this sparingly.
 * Close markup between lines, do not start a link or italics or bold on one line and close it on the next.
 * - id="lists" valign="top"
 * It's easy to create a list:
 * Start every line with a star (asterisk).
 * More stars means deeper levels.
 * A newline in a list
 * A newline in a list

marks the end of a list item.
 * An empty line starts a new list.
 * It's easy to create a list:
 * Start every line with a star.
 * More stars means deeper levels.
 * A newline in a list


 * An empty line starts a new list.
 * - valign="top"
 * 1) Numbered lists are also good
 * 2) very organized
 * 3) easy to follow
 * 4) easier still
 * 1) easier still
 * 1) Numbered lists are also good
 * 2) very organized
 * 3) easy to follow
 * 4) easier still
 * - valign="top" id="definition"
 * Definition list : list of definitions
 * item : the item's definition
 * another item
 * the other item's definition
 * the other item's definition


 * Begin with a semicolon. One item per line; a newline can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing.
 * Definition list : list of definitions
 * item : the item's definition
 * another item
 * the other item's definition


 * - valign="top"
 * You can even create mixed lists
 * and nest them
 * like this
 * can I mix definition list as well?
 * yes
 * how?
 * it's easy as
 * a
 * b
 * c
 * c
 * You can even create mixed lists
 * and nest them
 * like this
 * can I mix definition list as well?
 * yes
 * how?
 * it's easy as
 * a
 * b
 * c
 * - valign="top"
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A manual newline starts a new paragraph.


 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A manual newline starts a new paragraph. When there is a need for separating a block of text the blockquote command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. This is useful for (as the name says) inserting blocks of quoted (and cited) text. The blockquote command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. Centered text. Centered text. A horizontal dividing line: this is above it
 * - valign=top
 * - valign="top"
 * - valign="top"

and this is below it.

A horizontal dividing line: this is above it

and this is below it.
 * }

Images
Only images that have been uploaded to Wikipedia can be used. To upload images, use the upload page. You can find the uploaded image on the image list.

Character formatting
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" ! What it looks like ! What you type Emphasized text Strong emphasis Even stronger emphasis Emphasized text Strong emphasis Even stronger emphasis A typewriter font for monospace text or for computer code:
 * - valign="top"
 * - id="emph" valign="top"
 * - valign="top"

A typewriter font for monospace text or for computer code: You can use small text for captions. You can use small text for captions. Better stay away from big text, unless it's within small text. Better stay away from big text, unless it's within small text. You can strike out deleted material and underline new material.
 * For semantic reasons, using  where applicable is preferable to using.
 * - valign="top"
 * - valign="top"
 * - valign="top"

You can also mark deleted material and inserted material using logical markup. For backwards compatibility better combine this potentially ignored new logical with the old physical  markup.

You can strike out deleted material and underline new material.

You can also mark deleted material and inserted material using logical markup. For backwards compatibility better combine this potentially ignored new logical with the old physical  markup.

No or limited formatting - showing exactly what is being typed
A few different kinds of formatting will tell the Wiki to display things as you typed them - what you see, is what you get!


 * }

Table of contents
At the current status of the wiki markup language, having at least four headers on a page triggers the TOC to appear in front of the first header (or after introductory sections). Putting anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header). Putting anywhere forces the TOC to disappear.

Hiding the edit links
Insert   into the document to suppress the edit links that appear next to every section header.