Help:Editing
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On a wiki, it is customary to allow readers to edit content and structure. This is a brief overview of the editing and contributing process.
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Editing basics
Type your changes
- You can just type your text. However, also using basic wiki markup (described in the next section) to make links and do simple formatting adds to the value of your contribution.
Start editing
- To start editing a wiki page, click the Edit link on the right side or the top of the page. This brings you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the wikitext - the editable code from which the server produces the finished page. If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox, not here.
Summarize your changes
- Write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box.
Preview before saving
- When you have finished, click Show preview to see how your changes will look before you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click Save page and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
Useful wiki tricks
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You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden the text. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize the text. | You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize '''''the text'''''. |
| * ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars indicate a deeper level. * Of course you can start again. |
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Use double bracket pair to create an internal link to hsa-miR-1. | Use double bracket pair to create an internal link to [[hsa-miR-1]]. |
| Use single bracket pair to create an external link to Google [1]. | Use single bracket pair to create an external link to Google [http://google.com]. |
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The weather in London is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. | [[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. |
Cite References
Just like any scientific review articles, it is important to provide relevant references to make your statements credible. Interested readers could further read those references to learn more about the subject. Here is the instruction on how to include references and make PubMed links.
- To make a PubMed link, first you need to go to PubMed website and retrieve the ID for the record. Then follow this format {{PubMed |id=specific id}}.
- To list all references at the bottom of the page, you need to put your citation in a pair of tags <ref>reference</ref>. Then at the bottom of the page include the <references/> tags. Click here to learn more on how to cite the same reference multiple times in one page.
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Link to PubMed record - PubMed link: 17174894 |
Link to PubMed record - {{PubMed |id=17174894}}
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Cite literature and list them as footnotes. Here is an example [1] References appear below:
| Cite literature and list them as footnotes. Here is an example <ref>The functions of animal microRNAs. Ambros, V. Nature (2004) 431:350-355.</ref> References appear below: <references/> |
Further reading
To learn more about wiki editing, please refer to a more comprehensive Eiditing guide from Wikipedia.
