Editing File:Sook-Yin-Lee.jpg (section)

= Editing wikis =

* Wikis typically use their own markup (syntax)
* Rich/wysiwyg editors create messes
** Typical word processors adding junk, can't re-use for headings, can't compare versions
** No re-usable meaning added

== Progressive learning ==

<div style="float: right; width: 48%">
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/MediaWiki_logo_without_tagline.png
</div>

* text - just enter it, with a blank line between paragraphs
* <nowiki>= Heading 1 =</nowiki>
* <nowiki>* Bullet point</nowiki>
* <nowiki>[[Wiki link]]</nowiki>
* View source to learn from others
* Edit sections to compartmentalize changes

Brackets must be matched!!!!

<br class="cleared" />

== Elements of markup ==

* Headings, bullets, tables, dividers
** HTML code - http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page
* Links - onsite and off
* Templates
** Consistent appearance and content <nowiki>{{City|Population=30,000}}</nowiki>
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal Montreal] , [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa Ottawa]