Help:Formatting
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You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like ''this''
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[edit] Text formatting markup
| Description | You type | You get |
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| character formatting - applies anywhere | ||
| Italic text |
''italic'' |
italic |
| Bold text |
'''bold''' |
bold |
| Bold and italic |
'''''bold & italic''''' |
bold & italic |
| Escape wiki markup |
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no ''markup'' |
| section formatting - only at the beginning of the line | ||
| Headings of different levels |
=level 1= ==level 2== ===level 3=== ====level 4==== =====level 5===== ======level 6====== An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents. |
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
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| Horizontal rule |
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| Bullet list |
* one * two * three ** three point one ** three point two Inserting a blank line will end the first list and start another. |
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| Numbered list |
# one # two |
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| Definition list |
;item 1 :definition 1 ;item 2 :definition 2-1 :definition 2-2 |
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| Adopting definition list to indent text |
:Single indent ::Double indent :::::Multiple indent This adoption may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility. |
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| Mixture of different types of list |
# one # two #* two point one #* two point two # three #; three item one #: three def one # four #: four def one #: this rather looks like the continuation of # four #: and thus often used instead of The usage of |
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| Preformatted text |
preformatted text is done with a '''space''' at the ''beginning'' of the line This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting, and character formatting markups are still effective. |
preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line |
[edit] Paragraphs
MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tags
[edit] HTML
Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example Fixed width text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text Text can only be viewed in the edit window. Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references: English , and . These apply anywhere you insert them.
Description
You type
You get
Strikethrough
Strikethrough
Strikethrough
Fixed width text
Fixed width text
Blockquotes
text text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text text
quote quote quote quote quote quote
text text text text text text text text text text text text
quote quote quote quote quote quote
Comment
Completely preformatted text
this way, all markups are '''ignored'''
this way, all markups are '''ignored'''
20px
Tip for wiki admins: If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting
$wgRawHtml = true; in LocalSettings.php.
[edit] Other formatting
Language:
