Since Diffen uses MediaWiki (the software that powers the popular Wikipedia website), editing articles on Diffen is pretty much the same as editing articles on Wikipedia.

Editing the comparison table

Editing the descriptive text

If you are including a new external link while editing a descriptive section, there will be a reCAPTCHA to protect against spam bots. You can use LaTeX expressions for mathematical formulae in the descriptive sections. Such expressions should be surrounded by the <math> </math> tags.

Editing tables

This is the syntax for tables inside essays:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Header 1
! Header 2
! Header 3
|-
| row 1, cell 1
| row 1, cell 2
| row 1, cell 3
|-
| row 2, cell 1
| row 2, cell 2
| row 2, cell 3
|}

Embedding Videos

YouTube videos

You can embed relevant YouTube videos in the content of the article. The syntax for embedding a YouTube video is <youtube v=123456 /> where 123456 is the YouTube ID of the video. If you want the video to begin 15 seconds in, use <youtube v=123456 start=15 />

Other videos

Vimeo, Hulu, DailyMotion and C-Span videos can also be embedded. For example,

Remember that other good samaritans may edit the content you posted to improve the article. The world values your contribution. Or so we think. Happy editing!

Embedding a News Widget

For certain current topics, it is advisable to add a News widget. To add a news widget for the topic Republicans vs Democrats, for example, write <news q="Democrats Republicans" />.