VelurPedia: Editing Guide

This guide explains how to write and format articles on VelurPedia using Wikitext markup — the same format used by Wikipedia.

Contents

Basic Formatting
Headings
Links
Images
Infoboxes
Lists
References
Common Mistakes

1. Basic Formatting

What you type	What you get
`'''Bold text'''`	Bold text
`''Italic text''`	Italic text
`'''''Bold and italic'''''`	*Bold and italic*

Tip: The first mention of the article's subject should always be bold. For example: '''Velur''' is a village in Thrissur district.

2. Headings

Use = signs to create section headings. More = signs mean deeper sub-sections.

What you type	Result
`== Section ==`	Main section heading
`=== Subsection ===`	Sub-section heading
`==== Sub-subsection ====`	Sub-sub-section heading

3. Links

Internal Links (to other VelurPedia articles)

What you type	What you get
`[[velur]]`	Link to the "velur" article
`[[velur\|Velur Village]]`	Link to "velur" displayed as "Velur Village"

Important: Use the article slug (the URL name, like manimalarkavu-temple) as the link target. If the article doesn't exist yet, the link will appear in red, just like on Wikipedia.

4. Images

Images use the [[File:...]] syntax with a full web URL.

Standalone image (in article body)

[[File:https://example.com/photo.jpg]]

Image inside an Infobox

{{Infobox
| image = [[File:https://example.com/photo.jpg]]
| Location = Velur, Thrissur
}}

Critical Rule: Inside an Infobox, images must use the | image = field. A bare [[File:...]] is silently ignored.

Wrong:

{{Infobox
[[File:photo.jpg]]
}}

Correct:

{{Infobox
| image = [[File:photo.jpg]]
}}

5. Infoboxes

Infoboxes appear as a summary panel on the right side of an article. They contain key facts in a structured format.

Syntax

{{Infobox
| image = [[File:https://example.com/velur-photo.jpg]]
| Location = [[velur|Velur, Thrissur]]
| District = Thrissur
| State = Kerala
| Population = 26,045
| PIN = 680601
}}

Rules

Start with {{Infobox on its own line.
Each field: | Key = Value
Links work inside values: | District = [[thrissur|Thrissur]]
End with }} on its own line.
Place the Infobox at the very top of the article, before body text.

6. Lists

What you type	Result
`* Item one`	• Item one (bulleted)
`** Sub-item`	◦ Sub-item (nested)
`# Item one`	1. Item one (numbered)

7. References

Add inline references using HTML anchor tags:

Velur is in Thrissur district<a href="#ref-1">[1]</a>.

== References ==
<span id="ref-1">[1]</span> Kerala Government Gazette, 2020.

8. Common Mistakes

Mistake	Fix
`[[Velur` — missing closing `]]`	`[[velur\|Velur]]`
`{{Infobox \| Location = Velur` — missing `}}`	Always close with `}}` on its own line
Image not showing in infobox	Use `\| image = [[File:URL]]`
Link uses full title instead of slug	`[[manimalarkavu-temple\|Manimalarkavu Temple]]`

Quick Reference Card

'''Bold''' → Bold
''Italic'' → Italic
== Heading == → Section
[[slug|Text]] → Link
[[File:https://url/img.jpg]] → Image
* Item → Bullet
# Item → Numbered