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== Text formatting markup == | == Text formatting markup == | ||
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|{{Hl2}} |'''Description''' | |{{Hl2}} |'''Description''' | ||
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|{{Hl2}} |'''You get''' | |{{Hl2}} |'''You get''' | ||
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− | | colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere'' | + | |{{Hl2}} colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere'' |
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|Italic text | |Italic text | ||
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|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt> | |<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt> | ||
|'''''bold & italic''''' | |'''''bold & italic''''' | ||
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+ | | Large Text | ||
+ | | <tt><nowiki><big>Large Text</big></nowiki></tt> | ||
+ | | <big>Large Text</big> | ||
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+ | | Small Text | ||
+ | | <tt><nowiki><small>Small Text</small></nowiki></tt> | ||
+ | | <small>Small Text</small> | ||
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+ | ||[[Help:Links|Link to another Wikipedia page]] | ||
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+ | <tt><nowiki>[[Help:Contents]]</nowiki></tt><br /> | ||
+ | <tt><nowiki>[[Help:Contents|Help]]</nowiki></tt> | ||
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+ | [[Help:Contents]]<br /> | ||
+ | [[Help:Contents|Help]] | ||
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+ | |[[Help:Images|Add an image]] | ||
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+ | <tt><nowiki>[[</nowiki>File:Example.jpg|thumb|alt=[[Wikipedia:Alternative text for images|Alt text]]|Caption<nowiki>]]</nowiki></tt> | ||
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+ | [[File:Example.jpg|thumb|alt=Alt text|Caption]] | ||
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+ | |Add a page to a [[Help:Categories|category]] | ||
+ | |<tt><nowiki>[[Category:Category name]]</nowiki></tt> | ||
+ | |Categories should be placed at the end of pages. The category name will display in a bar at the bottom when the page is previewed or saved. | ||
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|Escape wiki markup | |Escape wiki markup | ||
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|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki> | |<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki> | ||
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− | | colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line'' | + | |{{Hl2}} colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line'' |
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|Headings of<br /> | |Headings of<br /> | ||
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Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki></tt>. | Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki></tt>. | ||
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− | == | + | == See Also== |
− | + | * For a full list of editing commands see [[wikipedia:Help:Wiki_markup|wikipedia help Wiki markup]]. | |
{{Template:WikiHelpNav}} | {{Template:WikiHelpNav}} | ||
[[Category:Help|Formatting]] | [[Category:Help|Formatting]] |
Latest revision as of 08:30, 6 February 2012
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
Description | You type | You get |
applies anywhere | ||
Italic text | ''italic'' | italic |
Bold text | '''bold''' | bold |
Bold and italic | '''''bold & italic''''' | bold & italic |
Large Text | <big>Large Text</big> | Large Text |
Small Text | <small>Small Text</small> | Small Text |
Link to another Wikipedia page |
[[Help:Contents]] |
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Add an image |
[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|alt=Alt text|Caption]] |
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Add a page to a category | [[Category:Category name]] | Categories should be placed at the end of pages. The category name will display in a bar at the bottom when the page is previewed or saved. |
Escape wiki markup | <nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki> | no ''markup'' |
only at the beginning of the line | ||
Headings of different sizes |
==level 1== |
Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4 |
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 |
Paragraphs
Mediawiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a newline with the HTML tag <br />.
HTML
Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>.
See Also
- For a full list of editing commands see wikipedia help Wiki markup.
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