Help:Formatting
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 | |
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Tags which apply 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'' | |
Tags which can only be used at the beginning of the line | |||
Indent text | :Indent text | Indent text | |
Headings of different levels 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. An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents. |
==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 | |
Blockquotes |
Body <blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote> text text text text text text text text text text text text |
Body
text text text text text text text text text text text text |
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>.
Other formatting
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references: