Help:Editing BoyWiki 101

Basic Editing Help

The fundamental principle of editing BoyWiki or any wiki is aiming to a "neutral point of view":

In short, the neutrality of point of view leads to an objective, "scientific" discourse, whereas non-neutrality leads to one-sided views and propaganda.

An important point is perhaps to understand that specific sympathies are not incompatible with a neutral point of view: you can like a country, a person, an amorous preference, and nevertheless be able of an objective discourse about it.

Only objectivity is credible. That's why it is vital for BoyWiki. We don't "promote", we explain and illustrate.

This pages is intended to be a basic overview of editing pages on BoyWiki. You can cut and paste the page layout below to your new page as a template to get started.

Page layout

''' First word''' (which is generally the page title is made bold) ==References== {{reflist}} ==See also== ==External links==

Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
Link to a section	[[Boylover#Characteristics of boylovers]] [[Boylover#Characteristics of boylovers|the characteristics of boylovers]]	Boylover#Characteristics of boylovers the characteristics of boylovers
Red link	[[something missing]]	something missing
References and footnotes Sources in the article will appear where {{reflist}} is put, typically under a level 2 section heading towards the bottom of the page; text between {{}} is for a template. For more advanced reference templates see: Category:Citation templates	<ref>[https://www.boywiki.org/en/Main_Page]</ref> <ref>http://www.boychat.org/</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}	BoyWiki. BoyChat. References
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 13:09, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
Plain website	http://www.BoyWiki.org	http://www.BoyWiki.org
Link a website	[http://www.BoyWiki.org]	[1]
Link and name a website	[http://www.BoyWiki.org BoyWiki]	BoyWiki
Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	<s>This topic isn't notable.</s>	This topic isn't notable.
Hide text somewhere for editors	<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->
Show an image	[[File:BLogo 930x818.png|thumb|Caption]]	Caption
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]] place near the bottom of a page	shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another page redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	Target page#anchorName
Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article. However, you can force a TOC by adding   __TOC__   or remove the TOC by adding   __NOTOC__	==Level 2 Section headings== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6====== *do not use  =Level 1=  as it is for page titles	Level 2 Section headings Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bulleted 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
Indenting text this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent ::::fourth indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent

See also

• Help:Editing
• Help:Images
• Help:Magic words
• Help:Talk pages
• Help:User page

External links

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout
• Wikipedia:Cheatsheet
• Wikipedia:Help:Wiki markup
• Wikipedia:Neutral point of view