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This page is designed to both help people new to wikis and those new to what we've made available for our members.

Editing Cheatsheet

Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic text	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Link to another page	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
Add an image	[[File:RFactor.png|thumb|alt=Alt text|Caption]]	Caption
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]]	Categories should be placed at the end of pages. The category name will display in a bar at the bottom when the page is previewed or saved.
Signature Sign your contributions when posting to a Talk Page. Do not sign when contributing to an article.	~~~~	Username (talk) 03:56, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another page Redirects must be placed at the start of the first line.	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	↳ Target page
Redirect to a section of another page Redirects must be placed at the start of the first line.	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	↳ Target page#anchorName
Section headings A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article. Do not use =Level 1=; it is reserved for page titles.	== Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ======	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bulleted list	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting text This is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent

Adding Categories

When creating pages or uploading images it helps the organization of the wiki if you add categories for the item to belongs to. You simply need to add [[Category:Category name]] at the end of a page or image description and you can add an item to as many categories as you wish.

Some examples of useful categories include:

• [[Category:Ben Warren]] - when adding an image of a particular driver
• [[Category:Draig Racing car images]] - when adding an image of a particular team
• [[Category:Melbourne images]] - when adding an image of a particular track
• [[Category:2011 images]] - when adding an image of a particular year
• [[Category:Drivers| ]] - when creating a driver page
• [[Category:Constructors]] - when creating a team page
• [[Category:Superleague teams]] - when creating a Superleague team page
• [[Category:Team owners]] - when creating a driver page of a team owner
• [[Category:Helmets]] - when adding a helmet image
• [[Category:Team logos]] - when adding a team logo

Useful Templates

Driver infobox

Adam Rouse

Nationality	British
Year Joined	2005
First Race	Malaysia 2006
Series Entered	SL, SC, Masters
Current Team(s)	Halcyon Racing
Championships	{{{Championships}}}
Wins	{{{Wins}}}
Podiums	{{{Podiums}}}
Poles	{{{Poles}}}
Fastest Laps	{{{Fastest Laps}}}

For the basic driver infobox, you should use the following template:

{{Template:Infobox driver}}

If you're creating a new driver page you can either copy and paste the following code and change the details yourself. As an example the code below produces the infobox for Adam Rouse on the right.

{{Infobox driver |
Name            = {{flagicon|ENG}} Adam Rouse |
Image           = [[File:Adam Rouse helmet.png|250px]] |
Nationality     = {{flagicon|UK}} British |
JoinYear        = 2005 |
FirstRace       = Malaysia 2006 |
Series          = SL, SC, Masters |
Team(s)         = [[Halcyon Racing]] |
}}

Editing Tables

Editing tables is one of the harder tasks at present, but the following is intended to be a basic guide.

Example

The table above is generated from the code below:

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
! Heading 1
! Heading 2
! Heading 3
! Heading 4
|-
! Row 2 Column 1
| Row 2 Column 2
| Row 2 Column 3
| Row 2 Column 4
|-
!rowspan=2| Row 3 Column 1
|rowspan=2| Row 3 Column 2
| Row 3 Column 3a
|rowspan=2| Row 3 Column 4
|-
| Row 3 Column 3b
|-
| [[Example Driver]]
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|-
| [[Example Driver 2]]
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 11
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|-
| [[Example Driver 3]]
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|AUS
<small>3</small>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|CHN
<small>1</small>
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|JAP
<small></small>
|-
|}

Basic Codes

These are the basic codes you need to create cell, row and columns in a table.

Colour codes for race results