Board Thread:Support Requests - Designing Your Wikia/@comment-27704197-20160323222848/@comment-27073024-20160325194812

The  (asterisk and number sign) creates a new top-level tab.

The  (two asterisks) creates a new lower-level tab within the top-level tab.

The  (three asterisks) creates a drop down menu item within the lower-level tab.

Use the  (vertical pipe) to define the link and displayed text. For example:

However, if you're not linking to anything and just want to display text, you need a vertical pipe character after the asterisk / number sign symbols. For example:

Important: You should not have any line breaks in the source editor. From what you pasted above, it looks like you do, which may be causing problems.

Hope this helps you out!