Wiki Usage
Wiki is a platform for working together on constructing web pages. The principles are simple.
- A text is written and saved.
- Later, another person may read that text and think of some additions or
    corrections that could be made. They choose "Edit" and make their changes to the page. 
- After saving their new version, it is available globally.
With a wiki, it is also easily possible to add a page or link to existing pages.
- A link is created by a WikiWord. This is one word with at least two capital letters. If a page with this name already exist, it will be linked automatically, if not, it will be displayed with a question mark.
- Clicking on this question mark, will start a new blank page with that name, ready to edit.
Wiki formatting rules
 Paragraphs
  
  -  separate paragraphs inside the text with empty lines
-  use three percent signs %%% to enforce a line break
-  if you prepend text with spaces or tabs it will get indented  
 !! Headlines
  
  -  use an exclamation mark ! at the beginning of a line to create a small headline
-  !! for medium
-  !!! for large headlines  
Text style
  
  -  if you want to emphasize text enclose it in two single-quotes '' (usually looks italic)
-  text gets bold with two underscores __ (or if enclosed with two asterisks **)
-  to make text big enclose it in hash characters ##
-  you can get  smaller text  using "ยตยต" likewise
-  a typewrite like font will be used if you enclose text in two equal == signs  
Lists
  
  -  start a line with an asterisk * to begin a list
-  use # instead for numerated lists
    
    -  you can create sublists
-  subsequent list points should start with the same mix of * and #    
 
 HyperLinks
  
  -  just enter a WikiWord inside your text to create a new hyper link
-  enclose some words in [square brackets] to create a HyperLink inside the WikiWikiWeb which is not made up of a valid WikiWord
-  any valid internet address (starting with http:/) like http://www.example.com/ inside the text will be made clickable automatically
-  enclose a www address or a WikiLink inside square brackets and assign it a neat title using quotation marks or the | character
    
    -  [title | http://example.com]
-  [WikiWord "title"] or ["title for" WikiLink]    
 
-  if you don't want a WikiWord or a http://www-address (or [anything] inside square brackets) to become a HyperLink then just prepend it with a exclamation mark or a tilde
    
    -  !NoHyperLink, ~NoHyperLink
-  ![no hyperlink], !http://nolink.org/    
 
 Tables with |
| just enclose | things with the dash | character | 
| to build a | table structure  | 
| browsers usually | leave out the missing | cells | 
Please always put an empty line before and after a table, so it stands out from other text in its own paragraph.
 Pictures
  
  -  to include an image into a page enclose its absolute www-address in square brackets, like [http://www.example.com/pics/image.png] 
-  alternatively you could use the image uploading function.
Further readings
There are more possibilities for Wiki mark-up. Please consult the Erfurt Wiki Homepage for more information.