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The following is a comprehensive guide to editing Moon Guard Wiki pages via the source editor in a universal language called wikitext. Editing with the source editor, opposed to the visual editor, can allow you to manipulate pages easier and quicker once you've gotten the hang of it.

In this guide, I'll be covering all of the main aspects of wikitext as well as some of the Moon Guard Wiki's templates.

Opening the Source Editor
There are two main "editors" on Wikia, both of which allowing source mode editing; the visual editor, which is default, and the classic editor. I recommend the classic editor for source mode editing because it's better designed for it. The visual editor's source mode is more designed for quick tweaks while mainly editing a page in visual mode.

Text Formatting
Raw text in wikitext is simply that: raw text. To type unformatted text, you simply do so as if editing in visual. The three basic text formats are italics, bold, and bold-italics.

Bold is usually used at the start of pages in the first reference of the page title and any alternate names of what that is. Italics are usually used for speech emphasis (such as when writing dialogue) or the titles of certain things, such as vessels, books, plays, and song titles. Bold-italics are used when a combination thereof is needed, like when writing an article about a book.

To type bold text, simple add three apostrophes before and after the text you want to bold. For italics, use two apostrophes, and for bold-italics, five apostrophes.

Wikilinks
To link to another page on the Moon Guard Wiki that has the same name as the text you're linking, simple add two square brackets before and after the text. However, if you want to link text to a page that does not have the same name as the text it's being linked from, use a pipe after the page name, enter the text you wish to be the link, and then add the final square brackets.

If you want to link to a page on another Wikia wiki, use  as the article name. Wikipedia is also supported; simply use. The pipe can still be used on both and should be because else it will show the special code and not just the article name.

Lastly, to link to somewhere outside of the Loon Guard Wiki, another Wikia wiki, or Wikipedia, you can use the external link feature. This involves simple one square bracket on either side of the link, and the link is instead the full address of the website and page. You can still link to alternate text as well, but instead of a pipe, use a space.