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This page is intended to serve as a quick guide to editing with the source editor.

Simple editing

To edit a page with the source code editor, click the "Edit source" button above the article or add ?action=edit to the end of a page URL. Once the editing suite appears, make the desired additions or changes then click "Save changes".

In more detail: Wiki markup

If you want to add more than plain text, you'll need to learn markup code. Don't worry, it's really simple, easy to type and easy remember.

Description What you type What you get
Basic formatting
Italic text ''Italic text'' Italic text
Bold text '''Bold text''' Bold text
Bold and italic text '''''Bold and italic text'''''' Bold and italic text
Strike text <s>Strike text</s> Strike text
Underlined text <u>Underlined text</u> Underlined text
More formatting - only at the beginning of the line
Section headings
Skip level one, it is page name level.
== Level 2 ==

=== Level 3 ===

==== Level 4 ====

===== Level 5 =====

====== Level 6 ======

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5
Level 6
Horizontal rule
Text before
----
Text after
Text before

Text after

Bullet list
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
  • Start each line
  • with an asterisk (*).
    • More asterisks give deeper
      • and deeper levels.
  • Line breaks
    don't break levels.
      • But jumping levels creates empty space.

Any other start ends the list.

Numbered list
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
  1. Start each line
  2. with a number sign (#).
    1. More number signs give deeper
      1. and deeper
      2. levels.
  3. Line breaks
    don't break levels.
      1. But jumping levels creates empty space.
  4. Blank lines
  1. end the list and start another.

Any other start also ends the list.

Indent text
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent>
Single indent
Double indent
Multiple indent

For more detailed formatting, visit Help:Formatting on MediaWiki.

Adding links

Description What you type What you get
Internal links
Simple link [[Kingda Ka]] Kingda Ka
Piped link [[Kingda Ka|Different text]] Different text
Pipe trick
[[Viper (Six Flags Magic Mountain)|]]

[[Help:Contents|]]
Viper

Contents

Link-trailing
[[Help]]s

[[Help]]ing

[[Help]]ers

[[Help]]almostanylettersyoulikehere
Helps

Helping

Helpers

Helpalmostanylettersyoulikehere

External links
Basic link
A plain URL automatically turns into a link.
https://google.com/ https://google.com/
Link with a title [https://google.com/ Google] Google

Images

Any image that has been uploaded to Coasterpedia may be included in an article. To create an image thumbnail, type the following:

[[File:Infusion (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) 2019 01.jpg|thumb|A caption can go here]]

Notice that "File:Infusion (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) 2019 01.jpg" is the name of a file which has already been uploaded to Coasterpedia.

Simple gallery syntax is as follows:

<gallery>
File:Infusion (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) 2019 01.jpg|Optional captions here
File:Infusion (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) 2019 02.jpg|[[Infusion]] at [[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]]
File:Infusion (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) 2019 03.jpg
</gallery>

This creates the following:

Templates

Templates are added using curly brackets. For example, {{Cedar Point}} creates the following:

Articles on Cedar Point