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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Text formatting markup
| Description | You type | 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'' |
| Fixed width text |
<tt>Fixed width text</tt> |
Fixed width text |
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| Indent text |
:Single indent |
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| Headings of different levels [1] |
=level 1=[2] |
Level 1 |
| 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 |
| Preformatted text with no indentation |
<pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre> |
some preformatted text with no indentation |
| Blockquotes |
Body <blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote> text text text text text text text text text text text text |
Body quote quote quote quote quote quote text text text text text text text text text text text text |
| Comment |
<!--This is comment--> |
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- ↑ An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.
- ↑ Use of a level 1 heading is highly discouraged as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.
Paragraphs
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
Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>.
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Tip for wiki admins: If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting $wgRawHtml = true; in LocalSettings.php.
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Other formatting
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:
