Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext

Sometimes wikitext (the syntax used when editing a wiki) is automatically converted to something else when you save the page.

What is signature expansion?
A signature (a link to your user page and a timestamp) is automatically created wherever you type. Signatures can be highly customized.


 * See Help:Signature.

What is a substituted template?
Normally, a template named  will appear to expand to whatever is at   when the page is saved, but if you edit the page you will still see   in the wikitext.

However, if you substitute a template, the text "" will actually be replaced with whatever is at. If you edit the page again after saving, you will no longer see  in the text.


 * See Help:Substituting templates.

What is the pipe trick?
By adding a pipe or vertical bar ("|") before the closing brackets in certain links, you can hide namespaces, clarifying words in parentheses, or words after commas.
 * is converted to.
 * is converted to.
 * is converted to.
 * is converted to.


 * See Help:Pipe trick.