Fallout Wiki:The Vault Academy 2.0/TVA/Format basics

Start your sections as follows:

New section

Subsection

Sub-subsection

• Start with a second-level heading (==); do not use first-level headings (=).
• Do not skip levels (e.g., second-level followed by fourth-level).
• A Table of Contents will automatically be added to an article that has four or more sections.

==New section==

===Subsection===

====Sub-subsection====

• To remove a table of contents
• To place the table on contents in a different place

__NOTOC__

__TOC__

You can break lines
without starting a new paragraph.

• Please use this sparingly.

You can break lines<br />
without starting a new paragraph.

• Lists are easy to do:
  • Start every line with a star.
    • More stars mean deeper levels.
• An empty line starts a new list.

* Lists are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars mean deeper levels.

* An empty line starts a new list.

A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A manual newline starts a new paragraph.

• This is primarily for displayed material but is also used for discussion on Talk pages.

: A colon indents a line or paragraph.
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.

<center>Centered text</center>

A horizontal dividing line: this is above it

and this is below it.

• Mainly useful for separating threads on Talk pages.
• Also used to disambiguate within an article without creating a separate page.

A horizontal dividing line:
this is above it
----
and this is below it.

Kate really loves editing the wiki.

• A link to another wiki article.
• First letter of first word can be decapped with no impact on link.

[[Kate]] really loves editing the wiki. 

Kate likes to wear party hats.

• Same target, using a vertical link.
• This is a piped link.
• Required with links that have parenthesis in the article title or some plurals.

[[Kate (dog)|Kate]] likes to wear party hats.

Kate likes to wear party hats.

Kate dislikes giant rats.

• Endings are blended into the link.
• Preferred style is to use this instead of a piped link for plurals.

[[Kate (dog)|Kate]] likes to wear [[party hat]]s.

[[Kate (dog)|Kate]] dislikes [[Giant rat (Fallout: New Vegas)|giant rats]].

Kate's appearances is a link to a section within the page.

• The part after the number sign (#) must match a section heading on the page. Matches must be exact in terms of spelling, case, and punctuation. Links to non-existent sections aren't broken; they are treated as links to the top of the page.

[[Kate (dog)#Appearances|Kate's appearances]] is a link to a section within the page.

Automatically hide stuff in parentheses or with "the":

Automatically hide namespace:

Automatically hide stuff in parentheses or with "the":
[[The Hub|Hub]].

Automatically hide namespace:
[[Help:Contents|Contents]]. 

Fallout 5: Kate's Revenge is a page that doesn't exist yet.

• You can create it by clicking on the link (but please don't do so with this particular link).

[[Fallout 5: Kate's Revenge]] is 
a page that doesn't exist yet.

Fallout Wiki:The Vault Academy 2.0/TVA/Format basics is this page.

• If you link to the article you are on, they appear as bold text.
• Do not use this technique to make the article name bold in the first paragraph

• Redirect one article title to another by placing a directive like the one shown to the right on the first line of the article (such as at a page titled "FEV"). Make sure to add [[Category:Redirects]] once completed. Remove the space between "redirect" and "#."

# REDIRECT [[Forced Evolutionary Virus]]

• To put an article in a Category, place a link like the one to the right at the bottom of the page.

[[Category:Perks]]

• To link to a Category page without putting the article into the category, use an initial colon (:) in the link.

[[:Category:Perks]]

Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources:

1. Bare URL: https://theluckythirtykate.com/ (bad style)
2. Unnamed link: [1] (bad style)
3. Named link: Courier's Guide to the Mojave Wasteland

Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources:
# Bare URL: https://theluckythirtykate.com/ (bad style)
# Unnamed link: [https://theluckythirtykate.com/] (bad style)
# Named link: [https://theluckythirtykate.com/ Courier's Guide to the Mojave]

Avoiding overlinking is important. Each article should have a link to another article only once. The exception would be for in the notable loot section, where locations can be linked again.