Editing Help:Wiki Editing Syntax Guide (section)

==Headings==

Headings are larger, bolder, and often underlined text that denotes the beginning of a section. They use equal signs, =, around the heading text. There is a hierarchy of headings, as follows:

* <nowiki>= Primary Heading - Big, bold, underlined - often unused =</nowiki>
* <nowiki>== Secondary Heading - not as big, bold, and underlined - usually the biggest heading used in an article ==</nowiki>
* <nowiki>=== Tertiary Heading - big and bold, but not underlined - sub-sections of a secondary heading ===</nowiki>
* <nowiki>==== Minor Heading - bolded, but regular size and no underline - rarely used, a sub-section of a sub-section ====</nowiki>

Headings are strongly encouraged when writing an article. They automatically create a Table of Contents for a page, and they make the layout very easy to follow. They can also be linked to directly by other pages.

===Horizontal Rule===

Wikis can also create a line across a page using four dashes, <nowiki>----</nowiki>. In general, it's better to create a new section with its own heading, for the sake of the Table of Contents and links, but sometimes it is preferable to simply use the line to divide sections of the page.

Example:
----
And some more text afterwards to show what it's like.

===Table of Contents===
A Table of Contents is automatically created when you use 4 or more headings. If the page doesn't need one, place <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki> at the top of the page. To force one, use <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki> - also note that it appears where you place this tag, so you can change where the Table of Contents appears on the page. You can also use <nowiki>{{TOCright}}</nowiki> to place the table on the right side of the page, which can be desirable if the page has a lot of headings and the table takes up a lot of space.