This is a tutorial for basic codes used on wikis.

Symbol	Function	Example(s) and notes
{{ }}	Template	{{Wikipedia|Sonny Corinthos}} gives This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors). (it provides the "Wikipedia" template, which shows the page was copied from Wikipedia. Click here for a list of useful templates.)
[[ ]]	Link within the wiki	[[Sonny Corinthos]] gives Sonny Corinthos (it provides a link to his page on General Hospital Wiki, you can have it display different text by putting | and then the text to appear (e.g. [[Sonny Corinthos|Sonny]] gives Sonny)
[ ]	Link outside the wiki	[http://soapcentral.com/gh/whoswho/maxie.php] gives [1] (it gives an external link, you can show different text by putting a space then what you want to appear (e.g. [http://soapcentral.com/gh/whoswho/maxie.php Maxie] gives Maxie)
= =	Creates new section	==Storylines== gives (for each additional subsection, use an additional = on each end of the section title)
|	Separator	[[Sonny Corinthos|Sonny]] gives Sonny (it separates what the link is from what you want it to say)
< >	A function	<small>Sonny</small> gives Sonny (another common function is <br>, which creates a line break)
/	The end of the function	<small>Sonny</small> gives Sonny (Shows that the function is over)
<!-- -->	The information in the middle won't appear on the page	<!--This will not appear--> gives (it does not show on the page, only the edit page)
'' ''	Italics	''Sonny Corinthos'' gives Sonny Corinthos
''' '''	Bold	'''Sonny Corinthos''' gives Sonny Corinthos
*	Bullet	*First creates a bullet (but not in a table like this one.)