This article explains gives a brief overview on how to edit articles in AoCWiki. If you're new to this wiki, you might want to read Getting Started first.
You can read up on some of the more advanced editing techniques for the general editor or if you have a semi-decent knowledge of wiki code and want to expand on that.
Then see the complete list of MediaWiki markup, here: MetaWiki - Help:Editing
Creating new Articles
It is more then one way to make an article. The easiest way is to add the name of your new article into the excisting URL. Below is an example:
I want to add a page called "Test".
http://aoc.wikia.com/wiki/Test
Another way is to type the name of the article in the search box in the left menu and press Go. If the article doesn't already exist, you'll see some text above the search results;
There is no page titled "Test". You can create this page.
Click "create this page", and you'll go directly to the edit box.
Creating new Categories
You can add new categories in the same way as you add new articles, you just prepend "Category:" in front of the name:
http://aoc.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Test
Note: You do not add articles to categories by editing the category itself. A category does not have to exist before you add articles to it.
Markup
| Type | What you type | What you get |
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| External Links | [http://www.example.com link title] | link title |
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| Internal Links to categories |
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| Italics and Bold text |
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Redirecting articles
You can redirect an article to another by adding
#REDIRECT [[article name]]
to the article.