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[edit] Edit

Every article exposes, at the top of the page, an edit tab to modify the article.

In some protected page the edit button could be disabled, in this case you are not able to edit the page.

If an article is made up of more sections, and you want to modify only a section, you can use the edit link located at the right-top of the section.

This is the best solution to avoid the edit conflict.

[edit] Show Preview

Show preview button, at the bottm of the editing page, is a useful tool to overread your article and correct your mistakes before saving it.

[edit] Summary

In Summary box you can specify the modifications you've made.
This could be very important to help other authors to understand what kind of modification you have done to the article.

i.e if you add an internal link, you can write in the summary box "Internal link". In this way all authors can understand what you have changed in the article.

[edit] Formatting

Photopedia uses an easy markup language to edit pages.
You can also use some standard HTML tags, but we suggest you to use these easy markups.

[edit] Paragraphs title

To specify a paragraph title you can use == New Section ==.
If you want to create a Subsection you can use === Subsection ===.
For every new Sub-SubSecton you can add a new (=) level. In this way a table of contents will be automatically created with a summary of paragraph.

[edit] Bold & Italic text

You can write in italic format by using 2 apostrophes (single-quote marks) ' ' Italic text ' '
You can write in a bold format by using 3 apostrophes (single-quote marks) ' ' ' Bold text ' ' '
If you want write in an Italic-Bold format you can use 5 (2+3 = 5) apostrophes (single-quote marks) ' ' ' ' ' Italic-Bold text ' ' ' ' '

[edit] Create a list

A list can be easily created by using ( * ) (asterisk)

• you can start a list by using an asterisk
  • More asterisks means deeper levels

[edit] Create a numbered list

A numbered list can be created in the same way to a non-numbered list, but you have to use ( # ) instead of asterisks

1. you can start a list by using ( # )
   1. More ( # ) means deeper levels
2. Is easy to use

[edit] Call a Template

A template is a predefined message that you can call to show it in the top of the article.
It is used for example to inform all about that it is a draft (stub).
You can call a template using the {{Template}} remark, where template is the name of the template you want to call.

This is a list of available template:

• {{stub}} - Stub article
• {{inuse}} - Article under maintenance
• {{disambig}} - Disambiguation page
• {{PD}} - Image released under Public Domain
• {{GFDL}} - Image released under GFDL terms
• {{P}} - Image authorized to be published on Photopedia
• {{OW-PD}} - Your own work released under Public Domain
• {{OW-GFDL}} - Your own work released under GFDL terms
• {{OW-P}} - Your own work released to Photopedia

[edit] Table

A table can be built by using the HTML tags or Photopedia markup.

<table border="2" cellpadding="5">
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
  </tr>
</table>

{| border="2" cellpadding="5"
|1||2
|-
|3||4
|}

[edit] Table of Content ( TOC )

At the current status of the Photopedia 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 __TOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header). Putting __NOTOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to disappear.

[edit] Edit Conflict

While you edit an article, someone else could edit the same article too. This is called Edit conflict.