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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 <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt> | 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 <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt> | ||
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<tt><nowiki>=====level 4=====</nowiki></tt> | <tt><nowiki>=====level 4=====</nowiki></tt> | ||
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==Level 1== | ==Level 1== | ||
===Level 2=== | ===Level 2=== | ||
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{{Admin tip|tip=If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting <code>[[Manual:$wgRawHtml|$wgRawHtml]] = true;</code> in [[Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php]].}} | {{Admin tip|tip=If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting <code>[[Manual:$wgRawHtml|$wgRawHtml]] = true;</code> in [[Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php]].}} | ||
== Other formatting == | == Other formatting == | ||
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*[[Help:Tables|Tables]] | *[[Help:Tables|Tables]] | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_Page_Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting_Text#Underlining More Formatting from Wikipedia] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_Page_Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting_Text#Underlining More Formatting from Wikipedia] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:13, 17 November 2013
Template:TOCright 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''
Text formatting markup[edit]
| Template:Hl2 |Description | Template:Hl2 |You type | Template:Hl2 |You get |
| applies anywhere | ||
| Italic text | ''italic'' | italic |
| Bold text | '''bold''' | bold |
| Bold and italic | '''''bold & italic''''' | bold & italic |
| Escape wiki markup | <nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki> | no ''markup'' |
| only at the beginning of the line | ||
| Headings of different sizes <ref>Use of a heading created by single equal signs is discouraged as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.</ref><ref>An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.</ref> |
==level 1== |
Level 1[edit]Level 2[edit]Level 3[edit]Level 4[edit] |
| Horizontal rule |
---- |
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| Bullet list |
* one |
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| Numbered list |
# one |
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| Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists |
# one |
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| Definition list |
;Definition |
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| Preformatted text |
preformatted text is done with |
preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line |
Notes: <references/>
Paragraphs[edit]
MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a new line with the HTML tags <br> or <br/>.
HTML[edit]
Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>.
Other formatting[edit]
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:
