Editing help

Tycoon Online WIKI is a wiki, meaning that anyone can easily edit any page, and save those changes immediately to that page. After your first edit, you will be a TycoonOnline WIKI editor! 
===Introduction===
Editing most Tycoon Online WIKI pages is easy. Simply click on the "edit this page" tab at the top of a Tycoon Online WIKI page (or on a Tycoon Online WIKI: Section | section-edit link). This will bring you to a new page with a text box containing the editable text of the original page. When you are finished with an edit, you should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes and you will see the differences between the page with your edits and the previous version of the page by pressing the "Show changes" button. If you're satisfied with what you see press the "Save page" button. Your changes will immediately be visible to all Tycoon Online WIKI users.
You can also click on the "Discussion" tab to see the corresponding Tycoon Online WIKI Talk page, which contains comments about the page from other Tycoon Online WIKI users. Click on the "new section" tab to start a new section, or edit the page in the same way as an article page.
You should also remember to Sign your posts on talk pages on Tycoon Online WIKI talk pages and some special-purpose Tycoon Online WIKI project pages with four tildes (~~~~), but you should not sign edits you make to regular articles. In Tycoon Online WIKI page histories the software keeps track of which user makes each change.
==Minor edits==
A check to the "minor edit" box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the version with your edit and the previous version: typo corrections, formatting and presentational changes, rearranging of text without modifying content, etc. A minor edit is a version that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. The "minor edit" option is one of several Tycoon Online WIKI Why create an account%3F#New_editing_options|options]] available only to registered users.
==Major edits==
All editors are encouraged to be bold, but there are several things that a user can do to ensure that major edits are performed smoothly. Before engaging in a major edit, a user should consider discussing proposed changes on the article discussion/talk page. During the edit, if doing so over an extended period, the {{inuse}} tag can reduce the likelihood of an edit conflict. Once the edit has been completed, the inclusion of an edit summary will assist in documenting the changes. These steps will all help to ensure that major edits are well received by the Tycoon Online WIKI community.
A major edit should be reviewed to confirm that it is consensual to all concerned editors. Therefore, any change that affects the meaning of an article is major (not minor), even if the edit is a single word.
There are no necessary terms to which you have to agree when doing major edits, but the recommendations above have become best practice. If you do it your own way, the likelihood of your edits being reedited may be higher.
==Wiki markup==
The wiki markup is the syntax system you can use to format a Tycoon Online WIKI page; please see Help:Editing for details on it, and Help:Wikitext examples for a longer list of the possibilities of Wikitext.
===Links and URLs===
What it looks like	What you type
London has public transport.
* A link to another Wiki article.
* Internally, the first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).
* Thus the link above is to the URL en.Tycoon Online WIKI.org/wiki/Public_transport, which is the Tycoon Online WIKI article with the name "Public transport". See also Tycoon Online WIKI:Canonicalization.	
<nowiki>
London has [[public transport]].
</nowiki>
San Francisco also has 
public transportation.
* Same target, different name.
* The target ("piped") text must be placed first, then the text that will be displayed second.	
<nowiki>
San Francisco also has
[[public transport| public transportation]].
</nowiki>
San Francisco also has
public transportation.
Examples include buses, taxicabs,
and streetcars.
* Endings are blended into the link.
* Preferred style is to use this instead of a piped link, if possible.
* Blending can be suppressed by using <nowiki></nowiki> tags, which may be desirable in some instances. Example: a microsecond.	
<nowiki>
San Francisco also has
[[public transport]]ation.
Examples include [[bus]]es,
 [[taxicab]]s, and [[streetcar]]s.
a [[micro]]<nowiki>second</nowiki>
</nowiki>
See the Tycoon Online WIKI:Manual of Style.
* A link to another namespace.	
<nowiki>
See the
[[Tycoon Online WIKI:Manual of Style]].
</nowiki>
Tycoon Online WIKI:Manual of Style#Italics is a link to a section within another page.
#Links and URLs is a link to another section on the current page.
Italics is a piped link to a section within another 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 are not broken; they are treated as links to the top of the page.
* Include "| link title" to create a stylish (piped) link title.	
<nowiki>
[[Tycoon Online WIKI:Manual of Style#Italics]]
is a link to a section within another page.
[[#Links and URLs]] is a link
to another section on the
current page.
[[Tycoon Online WIKI:Manual of Style#Italics|Italics]]
is a piped link to a section within
another page.</nowiki>
Automatically hide stuff in parentheses:
kingdom.
Automatically hide namespace:
Village Pump.
Or both:
Manual of Style
But not:
* The server fills in the part after the pipe character (|) when you save the page. The next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. When previewing your edits, you will not see the expanded form until you press Save and Edit again. The same applies to links to sections within the same page (see previous entry).
* See Tycoon Online WIKI:Pipe trick for details.	
<nowiki>
Automatically hide stuff
in parentheses:
[[kingdom (biology)|]].
Automatically hide namespace:
[[Tycoon Online WIKI:Village Pump|]].
Or both:
[[Tycoon Online WIKI:
Manual of Style (headings)|]]
But not:
[[Tycoon Online WIKI:
Manual of Style#Links|]]
</nowiki>
National sarcasm society is a page
that does not exist yet.
* You can create it by clicking on the link.
* To create a new page:
*# Create a link to it on some other (related) page.
*# Save that page.
*# Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.
* For more information, see How to start a page and check out Tycoon Online WIKI's naming conventions.
* Please do not create a new article without linking to it from at least one other article.	
<nowiki>
[[National sarcasm society]]
is a page
that does not exist yet.
</nowiki>
Tycoon Online WIKI:How to edit a page is a link to this page.
* Self links appear as bold text when the article is viewed.
* Do not use this technique to make the article name bold in the first paragraph; see the Manual of Style.	
<nowiki>
[[Tycoon Online WIKI:How to edit a page]]
is a link to this page.
</nowiki>
The character tilde (~) is used when adding a comment to a Talk page.
You should sign your comment by appending four tildes (~~~~)
to the comment so as to add your user name plus date/time:
: Patricia Zhang 13:40, Jan 14, 2007 (UTC)
Adding three tildes (~~~) will add just your user name:
: Patricia Zhang
and adding five tildes (~~~~~) gives the date/time alone:
: 13:40, Jan 14, 2007 (UTC)
* The first two both provide a link to your user page.	
<nowiki>
The character tilde (~) is used
when adding a comment to a Talk page.
You should sign your comment by
appending four tildes (~~~~)
to the comment so as to add your
user name plus date/time:
: ~~~~
Adding three tildes (~~~) will add
just your user name:
: ~~~
and adding five tildes (~~~~~) gives
the date/time alone:
: ~~~~~
</nowiki>
* 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 "USA").
* It is possible to redirect to a section. For example, a redirect to United States History will redirect to the United States page, to the History section if it exists.	
<nowiki>
#REDIRECT [[United States]]
#REDIRECT [[United States#History|United
States History]] will redirect to the
[[United States]] page, to the History
section if it exists
</nowiki>
* Link to a page on the same subject in another language by placing a link of the form: [[language code:Title]] in the wiki text of the article.
For example in the article on Plankton, which is available on a lot of other wikis, the interlanguage links would look like so:
:[[de:Plankton]] [[es:Plancton]] [[ru:Планктон]] [[simple:Plankton]]
* While it does not matter where you put these links while editing, it is recommended that these links be placed at the very end of the edit box.
* These will not be visible in the main text of the article on which they are placed but appear as links in the extreme left margin column of Tycoon Online WIKI page as part of a separate box under the 'toolbox' titled 'in other languages'. You can check out the links to the corresponding page in Tycoon Online WIKIs of other languages for this Tycoon Online WIKI MOS help page itself.
* Please see Tycoon Online WIKI:Interlanguage links and the list of languages and codes.	
<nowiki>
</nowiki>
What links here and Related changes
pages can be linked as:
Special:Whatlinkshere/Tycoon Online WIKI:How to edit a page
and
Special:Recentchangeslinked/Tycoon Online WIKI:How to edit a page	
<nowiki>
What links here and
Related changes
pages can be linked as:
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/
Tycoon Online WIKI:How to edit a page]]
and
[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/
Tycoon Online WIKI:How to edit a page]]
</nowiki>
A user's Contributions page can be linked as:
Special:Contributions/UserName
or
Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0	
<nowiki>
A user's Contributions page
can be linked as:
[[Special:Contributions/UserName]]
or
[[Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0]]
</nowiki>
* To put an article in a Tycoon Online WIKI:Category, place a link like the one to the right anywhere in the article. As with interlanguage links, it does not matter where you put these links while editing as they will always show up in the same place when you save the page, but placement at the end of the edit box is recommended.	
<nowiki>
[[Category:Character sets]]
</nowiki>
* To link to a Tycoon Online WIKI:Category page without putting the article into the category, use an initial colon (:) in the link.	
<nowiki>
[[:Category:Character sets]]
</nowiki>
Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources:
# Bare URL: http://www.Tycoon Online WIKI.com/ (bad style)
# Unnamed link: Online WIKI.com/ (only used within article body for footnotes)
# Named link: Online WIKI.com Tycoon Online WIKI
:See MetaTycoon Online WIKI:Interwiki_map for the list of shortcuts.
* Square brackets indicate an external link. Note the use of a space (not a pipe) to separate the URL from the link text in the "named" version.
* In the URL, all symbols must be among:A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ \ / ~ % - + & # ? ! = ( ) @
* If a URL contains a character not in this list, it should be encoded by using a percent sign (%) followed by the hex code of the character, which can be found in the table of ASCII printable characters. For example, the caret character (^) would be encoded in a URL as %5E.
* If the "named" version contains a closing square bracket "]", then you must use the HTML special character syntax, i.e. &#93; otherwise the MediaWiki software will prematurely interpret this as the end of the external link.
* There is a class that can be used to remove the arrow image from the external link. It is used in Template:Ref to stop the URL from expanding during printing. It should never be used in the main body of an article. However, there is an exception: wikilinks in Image markup. An example of the markup is as follows:
** Markup: 
[http://www.sysinternals.com/
ntw2k/freeware/winobj.shtml WinObj]
** Display: WinObj
* See Tycoon Online WIKI:External links for style issues.	
<nowiki>
Three ways to link to
external (non-wiki) sources:
# Bare URL:
http://en.Tycoon Online WIKI.org/
(bad style)
# Unnamed link:
Online WIKI.org/
(only used within article
body for footnotes)
# Named link:
Online WIKI.org Tycoon Online WIKI
</nowiki>
Linking to other wikis:
# Interwiki link: Wiktionary:Hello
# Interwiki link without prefix: Hello
# Named interwiki link: Wiktionary definition of 'Hello'
* All of these forms lead to the URL http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hello
* Note that interwiki links use the internal link style.
* See MetaTycoon Online WIKI:Interwiki_map for the list of shortcuts; if the site you want to link to is not on the list, use an external link (see above).
* See also Tycoon Online WIKI:Wikimedia sister projects.
Linking to another language's wiktionary:
# Wiktionary:fr:bonjour
# bonjour
# fr:bonjour
* All of these forms lead to the URL http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bonjour	
<nowiki>
Linking to other wikis:
# [[Interwiki]] link:
[[Wiktionary:Hello]]
# Interwiki link without prefix:
[[Wiktionary:Hello|]]
# Named interwiki link:
[[Wiktionary:Hello|
Wiktionary definition
of 'Hello']]
Linking to another
language's wiktionary:
# [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour]]
# [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour|bonjour]]
# [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour|]]
</nowiki>
ISBN 012345678X
ISBN 0-12-345678-X
* Link to books using their ISBN. This is preferred to linking to a specific online bookstore, because it gives the reader a choice of vendors. However, if one bookstore or online service provides additional free information, such as table of contents or excerpts from the text, then a link to that source will aid the user and is recommended.
* ISBN links do not need any extra markup, provided you use one of the indicated formats.	
<nowiki>
ISBN 012345678X
ISBN 0-12-345678-X
</nowiki>
Text mentioning RFC 4321 anywhere
* Link to Internet Engineering Task Force RFCs.	
<nowiki>
Text mentioning RFC 4321
anywhere
</nowiki>
Date formats:
# July 20, 1969
# 20 July 1969
# 1969-07-20
# 1969-07-20
* Link dates in one of the above formats, so that everyone can set their own display order. If logged in, you can use Special:Preferences to change your own date display setting.
* All of the above dates will appear as "20 July 1969" if you set your date display preference to "15 January 2001", but as "July 20, 1969" if you set it to "January 15, 2001", or as "1969-07-20" if you set it to "2001-01-15".	
<nowiki>
Date formats:
# [[July 20]], [[1969]]
# [[20 July]] [[1969]]
# [[1969]]-[[07-20]]
# [[1969-07-20]]
</nowiki>
Special as-of links like this year
needing future maintenance	
<nowiki>
Special [[WP:AO|as-of]] links
like [[As of 2006|this year]]
needing future maintenance
</nowiki>
*To include links to non image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link. For images, see next section.
Some uploaded sounds are listed at Tycoon Online WIKI:Sound.	
<nowiki>
[[media:Classical guitar scale.ogg|Sound]]
</nowiki>
Link directly to edit for an existing page, or apply other link attributes.
* use {{fullurl:}}
* or use {{template:edit}} which conceals the edit label for page printing	
<nowiki>{{fullurl:page name|action=edit}}</nowiki>
===Images===
Only images that have been uploaded to Tycoon Online WIKI can be used. To upload images, use the upload page. You can find the uploaded image on the image list.
What it looks like 	What you type
A picture: 	A picture:
<nowiki>[[Image:wiki.png]]</nowiki>
With alternative text: 	With alternative text:
<nowiki>[[Image:wiki.png|Tycoon Online WIKI, The Free Encyclopedia.]]</nowiki>
* Alternative text, used when the image is unavailable or when the image is loaded in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud, is strongly encouraged. See Alternate text for images for help on choosing it.
Floating to the right side of the page using the frame attribute and a caption: 	Floating to the right side of the page
using the frame attribute and a caption:
<nowiki>[[Image:wiki.png|frame|Tycoon Online WIKI Encyclopedia]]</nowiki>
* The frame tag automatically floats the image right.
* The caption is also used as alternate text.
Floating to the right side of the page using the thumb attribute and a caption: 	Floating to the right side of the page
using the thumb attribute and a caption:
<nowiki>[[Image:wiki.png|thumb|Tycoon Online WIKI Encyclopedia]]</nowiki>
* The thumb tag automatically floats the image right.
* The caption is also used as alternate text.
* An enlarge icon is placed in the lower right corner.
Floating to the right side of the page without a caption: 	Floating to the right side of the page
without a caption:
<nowiki>[[Image:wiki.png|right|Tycoon Online WIKI Encyclopedia]]</nowiki>
* The help topic on extended image syntax explains more options.
A picture resized to 30 pixels... 	A picture resized to 30 pixels...
<nowiki>[[Image:wiki.png|30 px]]</nowiki>
* The help topic on extended image syntax explains more options.
Linking directly to the description page of an image:
:Image:wiki.png 	Linking directly to the description page
of an image:
<nowiki>[[:Image:wiki.png]]</nowiki>
* Clicking on an image displayed on a page
(such as any of the ones above)
also leads to the description page
Linking directly to an image without displaying it:
Image of the jigsaw globe logo 	Linking directly to an image
without displaying it:
<nowiki>[[:media:wiki.png|Image of the jigsaw globe logo]]</nowiki>
* To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link.
Using the div tag to separate images from text (note that this may allow images to cover text): 	<nowiki>Example:
Place images here </nowiki>
Using wiki markup to make a table in which to place a vertical column of images (this helps edit links match headers, especially in Firefox browsers):	<nowiki>Example: {| align=right
|-
|
Place images here
|}
</nowiki>
See the Tycoon Online WIKI's image use policy as a guideline used on Tycoon Online WIKI.
For further help on images, including some more versatile abilities, see the topic on Extended image syntax.
===Headings===
For a top-level heading, put it on a separate line surrounded by '=='. For example:
 ==Introduction==
Subheadings use '===', '====', and so on.
===Character formatting===
What it looks like	What you type
Italicized textBold textItalicized & Bold text	
<nowiki>
Italicized text
Bold text
Italicized & Bold text
</nowiki>
A typewriter font for monospace text
Computer code has a colored background
and more stringent formatting. Suppose we
want to define int main():
#include <iostream.h>
int main ( int argc, char **argv ) {
 cout << "Hello World!";
 return 0;
}	
<nowiki>
A typewriter font for monospace text
Computer code has a colored background
and more stringent formatting. Suppose we
want to define int main():
<source lang=c>#include <iostream.h>
int main ( int argc, char **argv ) {
 cout << "Hello World!";
 return 0;
}</source>
</nowiki>
You can use small text for captions.	
<nowiki>
You can use small text for captions.
</nowiki>
Better stay away from big text, unless
 it's within small text.	
<nowiki>
Better stay away from big text, unless
 it's within small text.
</nowiki>
You can strike out deleted material
and underline new material.
You can also mark deleted material and
inserted material using logical markup.
For backwards compatibility better combine this
potentially ignored new logical with
the old physical markup.
* When editing regular Tycoon Online WIKI articles, just make your changes and do not mark them up in any special way.
* When editing your own previous remarks in talk pages, it is sometimes appropriate to mark up deleted or inserted material.	
<nowiki>
You can strike out deleted material
and underline new material.
You can also mark deleted material and
inserted material using logical markup.
For backwards compatibility better combine this
potentially ignored new logical with
the old physical markup.
</nowiki>
Suppressing interpretation of markup:
Link → (to) the [[Tycoon Online WIKI FAQ]]
* Used to show literal data that would otherwise have special meaning.
* Escape all wiki markup, including that which looks like HTML tags.
* Does not escape HTML character references.
* To escape HTML character references such as &rarr; use &amp;rarr;	
<nowiki>
<nowiki>Link &rarr; (to)
the [[Tycoon Online WIKI FAQ]]</nowiki>
</nowiki>
Commenting page source:
not shown when viewing page
* Used to leave comments in a page for future editors.
* Note that most comments should go on the appropriate Talk page.	
<nowiki>
<!-- comment here -->
</nowiki>
Diacritical marks:
À Á Â Ã Ä Å 
Æ Ç È É Ê Ë 
Ì Í
Î Ï Ñ Ò 
Ó Ô Õ
Ö Ø Ù 
Ú Û Ü ß
à á 
â ã ä å æ
ç 
è é ê ë ì í
î ï ñ ò ó ô 
œ õ
ö ø ù ú 
û ü ÿ
* See special characters.	
<nowiki>
&Agrave; &Aacute; &Acirc; &Atilde; &Auml; &Aring;
&AElig; &Ccedil; &Egrave; &Eacute; &Ecirc; &Euml;
&Igrave; &Iacute; &Icirc; &Iuml; &Ntilde; &Ograve;
&Oacute; &Ocirc; &Otilde; &Ouml; &Oslash; &Ugrave;
&Uacute; &Ucirc; &Uuml; &szlig; &agrave; &aacute;
&acirc; &atilde; &auml; &aring; &aelig; &ccedil;
&egrave; &eacute; &ecirc; &euml; &igrave; &iacute;
&icirc; &iuml; &ntilde; &ograve; &oacute; &ocirc;
&oelig; &otilde; &ouml; &oslash; &ugrave; &uacute;
&ucirc; &uuml; &yuml;
</nowiki>
Punctuation:
¿ ¡ § ¶
† ‡ • – —
‹ › « »
‘ ’ “ ”	
<nowiki>
&iquest; &iexcl; &sect; &para;
&dagger; &Dagger; &bull; &ndash; &mdash;
&lsaquo; &rsaquo; &laquo; &raquo;
&lsquo; &rsquo; &ldquo; &rdquo;
</nowiki>
Commercial symbols:
™ © ® ¢ € ¥
£ ¤	
<nowiki>
&trade; &copy; &reg; &cent; &euro; &yen;
&pound; &curren;
</nowiki>
Subscripts:
x1 x2 x3 or
x₀ x₁ x₂ x₃ x₄
x₅ x₆ x₇ x₈ x₉
Superscripts:
x1 x2 x3 or
x⁰ x¹ x² x³ x⁴
x⁵ x⁶ x⁷ x⁸ x⁹
*The latter methods of sub/superscripting cannot be used in the most general context, as they rely on Unicode support which may not be present on all users' machines. For the 1-2-3 superscripts, it is nevertheless preferred when possible (as with units of measurement) because most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with it.
ε0 =
8.85 × 10−12
C² / J m.
1 hectare = 1 E4 m²	
<nowiki>
x1 x2 x3 or
x&#8320; x&#8321; x&#8322; x&#8323; x&#8324;
x&#8325; x&#8326; x&#8327; x&#8328; x&#8329;
</nowiki>
<nowiki>
x1 x2 x3 or
x&#8304; x&sup1; x&sup2; x&sup3; x&#8308;
x&#8309; x&#8310; x&#8311; x&#8312; x&#8313;
&epsilon;0 =
8.85 &times; 10&minus;12
C&sup2; / J m.
1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 m&sup2;]]
</nowiki>
Greek characters:
α β γ δ ε ζ
η θ ι κ λ μ ν
ξ ο π ρ σ ς
τ υ φ χ ψ ω
Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π
Σ Φ Ψ Ω	
<nowiki>
&alpha; &beta; &gamma; &delta; &epsilon; &zeta;
&eta; &theta; &iota; &kappa; &lambda; &mu; &nu;
&xi; &omicron; &pi; &rho; &sigma; &sigmaf;
&tau; &upsilon; &phi; &chi; &psi; &omega;
&Gamma; &Delta; &Theta; &Lambda; &Xi; &Pi;
&Sigma; &Phi; &Psi; &Omega;
</nowiki>
Mathematical characters:
∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞
≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥
× · ÷ ∂ ′ ″
∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø
∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇
¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀
⇒ ⇐ ⇓ ⇑ ⇔
→ ↓ ↑ ← ↔
* See also WikiProject Mathematics and TeX.	
<nowiki>
&int; &sum; &prod; &radic; &minus; &plusmn; &infin;
&asymp; &prop; &equiv; &ne; &le; &ge;
&times; &middot; &divide; &part; &prime; &Prime;
&nabla; &permil; &deg; &there4; &alefsym; &oslash;
&isin; &notin; &cap; &cup; &sub; &sup; &sube; &supe;
&not; &and; &or; &exist; &forall;
&rArr; &lArr; &dArr; &uArr; &hArr;
&rarr; &darr; &uarr; &larr; &harr;
</nowiki>
\,\! \sin x + \ln y
sinx + lny
\mathbf{x} = 0
x = 0
Ordinary text should use wiki markup for emphasis, and should not use <i> or <b>. However, mathematical formulae often use italics, and sometimes use bold, for reasons unrelated to emphasis. Complex formulae should use <math> markup, and simple formulae may use <math>; or <i> and <b>; or '' and '''. According to WikiProject Mathematics, wiki markup is preferred over HTML markup like <i> and <b>.	
<nowiki>
<math>\,\! \sin x + \ln y</math>
sinx + lny
<math>\mathbf{x} = 0</math>
x = 0
</nowiki>
Spacing in simple math formulae:
Obviously, x ² ≥ 0 is true when x is a real number.
*To space things out without allowing line breaks to interrupt the formula, use non-breaking spaces: &nbsp;.	
<nowiki>
Obviously, x&sup2;&nbsp;&ge;&nbsp;0 is true
when x is a real number.
</nowiki>
Complicated formulae:
: \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}
* See Help:Formula for how to use <math>.
* A formula displayed on a line by itself should probably be indented by using the colon (:) character.	
<nowiki>
: <math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
</nowiki>
(see also: Chess symbols in Unicode)
===No or limited formatting—showing exactly what is being typed===
A few different kinds of formatting will tell the Wiki to display things as you typed them—what you see, is what you get!
What it looks like	What you type
<nowiki> tag:
The nowiki tag ignores [[Wiki]] markup.
It reformats text by removing newlines and multiple spaces.
It still interprets special characters: →	<nowiki>
<nowiki>
The nowiki tag ignores [[Wiki]] markup.
It reformats text by removing newlines
and multiple spaces.
It still interprets special
characters: &rarr;
</nowiki>
</nowiki>
<pre> tag:
The pre tag ignores [[Wiki]] markup.
It also doesn't reformat text.
It still interprets special characters: →	<pre><nowiki>
The pre tag ignores [[Wiki]] markup.
It also doesn't reformat text.
It still interprets special characters:
 &rarr;
</nowiki></pre>
Leading space:
Leading spaces are another way
to preserve formatting. However, it will make the whole page fail to render properly in some browsers, such as IE7, thus making the page unreadable.
 Putting a space at the beginning of each line
 stops the text from being reformatted.
 It still interprets Wiki markup and
 special characters: →	<nowiki>
Leading spaces are another way
to preserve formatting.
 Putting a space at the beginning of each line
 stops the text from being reformatted.
 It still interprets [[Wiki]] markup and
 special characters: &rarr;
</nowiki>
===Invisible text (comments)===
It's uncommon, but on occasion acceptable, to add a hidden comment within the text of an article. The format is this:
 <!-- This is an example of text that won't normally be visible except in "edit" mode. -->
=== Table of contents===
At the current status of the wiki markup language, having at least four headers on a page triggers the table of contents (TOC) to appear in front of the first header (or after introductory sections). Putting __TOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header). Putting __NOTOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to disappear. See also compact TOC for alphabet and year headings.
===Tables===
There are two ways to build tables:
*in special Wiki-markup (see Help:Table)
*with the usual HTML elements: <table>, <tr>, <td> or <th>.
For the latter, and a discussion on when tables are appropriate, see Tycoon Online WIKI:When to use tables.
===Variables===
(See also Help:Variable)
Code 	Effect
{{CURRENTWEEK}} 	
{{CURRENTDOW}} 	
{{CURRENTMONTH}} 	
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} 	
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} 	
{{CURRENTDAY}} 	
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} 	
{{CURRENTYEAR}} 	
{{CURRENTTIME}} 	
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} 	
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} 	
{{PAGENAME}} 	
{{NAMESPACE}} 	
{{REVISIONID}} 	
{{localurl:pagename}} 	
{{localurl:Tycoon Online WIKI:Sandbox|action=edit}}	
{{fullurl:pagename}} 	
{{fullurl:pagename|query_string}} 	
{{SERVER}} 	
{{ns:1}} 	
{{ns:2}} 	
{{ns:3}} 	
{{ns:4}} 	
{{ns:5}} 	
{{ns:6}} 	
{{ns:7}} 	
{{ns:8}} 	
{{ns:9}} 	
{{ns:10}} 	
{{ns:11}} 	
{{ns:12}} 	
{{ns:13}} 	
{{ns:14}} 	
{{ns:15}} 	
{{SITENAME}} 	
NUMBEROFARTICLES is the number of pages in the main namespace which contain a link and are not a redirect, in other words number of articles, stubs containing a link, and disambiguation pages.
CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN is the genitive (possessive) grammatical form of the month name, as used in some languages; CURRENTMONTHNAME is the nominative (subject) form, as usually seen in English.
In languages where it makes a difference, you can use constructs like {{grammar:case|word}} to convert a word from the nominative case to some other case. For example, {{grammar:genitive|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}} means the same as {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}. 
===Templates===
The MediaWiki software used by Tycoon Online WIKI has support for templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing will appear as "This article is a stub. You can help Tycoon Online WIKI by expanding it." when the page is saved. See Tycoon Online WIKI:Template messages for the complete list. Other commonly used templates are: for disambiguation pages and like an article stub but for a section. There are many subject-specific stubs for example: , , and . For a complete list of stubs see Tycoon Online WIKI:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types.
==More information on editing wiki pages==
You may also want to learn about:
=== Getting started ===
* How to start a page
=== Helpful tips ===
* Informal tips on contributing to Tycoon Online WIKI
* Editing tasks in general at the Tycoon Online WIKI:Editing FAQ
* Tycoon Online WIKI:Cheatsheet
* Help on editing very large articles
=== Naming ===
* Rename pages boldly, at Tycoon Online WIKI:How to rename (move) a page
* Tycoon Online WIKI:Naming conventions for how to name articles themselves
* Tycoon Online WIKI:Namespace
=== Style and layout ===
* Preferred layout of your article, at Guide to layout
* Style conventions in the Tycoon Online WIKI:Manual of Style
* An article with annotations pointing out common Tycoon Online WIKI style and layout issues, at Tycoon Online WIKI:Annotated article
=== Tools ===
* Tycoon Online WIKI:Text editor support
=== See also ===
* General policies in Tycoon Online WIKI:Policies and guidelines
* If you are making an article about something that belongs to a group of objects (a city, an astronomical object, a Chinese character...) check if there is a WikiProject on the group and try to follow its directions explicitly.
How to edit a page
How to edit a page