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Creating a Page

Using links

If you or any other contributor create a link to an article that does not exist yet, the link will be colored red, like this.

Clicking a red link will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created.

Once the page has been created, the link will automatically change from red to blue (or purple for pages you've already visited) indicating that the article now exists.

Usually this is the best way to create a new page, because it means that right from the start, the page will be linked from at least one other place on the wiki (and typically you will want to mesh it into other related pages later).

If you are creating a new page without creating any link to it, you may need to ask yourself: Does this page really fit in with the topics already covered in the wiki?

Also, how are you expecting visitors to find this page? Normally there is no reason to create a page without first creating a red link to it.


From the search box

If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box in the top right of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.



Using the URL

You can also use a URL for creating a new page. The URL to an article of the wiki usually looks like this:  

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Game_ModesARTICLE  

If you replace ARTICLE with the name of the page you want to create, you will be taken to a blank page, indicating that no article of that name exists yet.

Clicking the "Create" Tab at the top right of the page (next to the search function) will then take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.


Formatting

You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two pairs of apostrophes like ''this''.

Text formatting markup

Description You type You get
Character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere
Italic text
''italic''

italic

Bold text
'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic
'''''bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Escape wiki markup
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>

no ''markup''

Section formatting – only at the beginning of the line
Section Headings of different levels

=== 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 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.


* combine bullet list
** with definition 
::- definition
** creates empty space

* combine bullet list
** with definition 
*:- definition
** without empty spaces
*bullet list
:- definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition

  • Start each line
  • with an (*).
    • 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.

  • combine bullet list
    • with definition
- definition
    • creates empty space
  • combine bullet list
    • with definition
    - definition
    • without empty spaces
  • bullet list
- definition
  • sublist that doesn't create empty
  • spaces after definition