Tips and Hints

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Assistance with Wiki markup

Unfortunately wiki markup codes (i.e. 'tags') a) are not the same as phpBB codes and b) there is no universal wiki markup standard. This could be confusing however wiki markup is mostly straightforward and there are aids available:

1. CastleCopsWiki edit buttons: The top of the CastleCopWiki edit page includes several buttons which inject wiki markup at the prompt position.
2. Examine existing pages: Just check out the formatting used at a page that already exists by clicking the edit tab of that page.
3. MediaWiki documentation: The MediaWiki Editor Handbook covers a lot of ground but markup codes are not referenced in one place.
4. WikiPedia documentation: The How to Edit a Page: Wiki markup table and following text is a comprehensive source of markups and example usage. WikiPedia markup matchs CastleCopsWiki markup behaviour.
5. If using FireFox: The WikiPedia extension can assist with many less common markup codes: http://www.bananeweizen.de/mozilla/wikipedia/firefox_wikipedia.html

Making Changes

Each wiki page has a corresponding discussion page. When adding or making changes to a page, kindly add your comments to the discussion page. These comments might typically be a summary of the changes you made and the rationale for those changes.

Also, to conclude those comments, please add your name, time and date when you posted. In the edit screen, the second button from the right will insert wiki markup characters that convert to your username as well as a time/date stamp when saving the page.