Evilscientist at 01:59, 10 February 2009

2009-02-10T01:59:51Z

Evilscientist at 21:37, 28 January 2009

2009-01-28T21:37:31Z

24.128.37.249: adds #: trick for continuing numbered list with line breaks

2009-01-19T20:04:39Z

adds #: trick for continuing numbered list with line breaks

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{{PD Help Page}}
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>

== Text formatting markup ==

{| align="center" {{Prettytable}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Description'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''You type'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''You get'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere''
|-
|Italic text
|<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt>
|''italic''
|-
| Bold text
|<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt>
|'''bold'''
|-
| Bold and italic
|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt>
|'''''bold & italic'''''
|-
|Escape wiki markup
|<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki></nowiki></tt>
|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
|-
|Fixed width text
|
<nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki>
|
<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-
| Indent text
|
<tt><nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki></tt> 
<tt><nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki></tt> 
<tt><nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki></tt>
|
:Single indent
::Double indent
:::::Multiple indent
|-
|Headings of 
different levels <ref>An article with four or more headings will automatically create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Section#Table_of_contents_.28TOC.29 table of contents].</ref>
|
<tt><nowiki>=level 1=</nowiki></tt><ref>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.</ref> 
<tt><nowiki>==level 2==</nowiki></tt> 
<tt><nowiki>===level 3===</nowiki></tt> 
<tt><nowiki>====level 4====</nowiki></tt> 
<tt><nowiki>=====level 5=====</nowiki></tt> 
<tt><nowiki>======level 6======</nowiki></tt>
|

Level 1 
Level 2 
Level 3 
Level 4 
{{DEFAULTSORT:[[[http://www.example.com link title]]#Redirect [[—[[Category:]]]]]}}Level 5 
Level 6 
|-
|Horizontal rule
|
<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>
|
----
|-
|Bullet list
|
* one 
* two 
* three 
** three point one 
** three point two 
|
* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two
|-
|Numbered list
|
# one 
# two<nowiki> </nowiki>spanning several lines<nowiki> </nowiki>without breaking the numbering 
#: you can also use '''#:''' 
#: which might feel more intuitive 
#: because you get to edit on multiple lines 
# three 
## three point one 
## three point two 
|
# one
# two spanning several lines without breaking the numbering
#: you can also use '''#:'''
#: which might feel more intuitive
#: because you get to edit on multiple lines
# three
## three point one
## three point two
|-
| Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists
|
# one 
# two 
#* two point one 
#* two point two 
|
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
|-
|Definition list
|
;Definition 
:item 1 
:item 2 
|
;Definition
:item 1
:item 2
|-
|Preformatted text
|
  preformatted text is done with 
  a space at the 
  beginning of the line 
|
preformatted text is done with
a space at the
beginning of the line
|-
|Preformatted text with no indentation
|
 <nowiki><pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre></nowiki>
|
<pre>
some preformatted
text with no indentation
</pre>
|-
|Blockquotes
|
Body 
text text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text text

<nowiki><blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote></nowiki>

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
text text text text text text text text text text text text

<blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote>

text text text text text text text text text text text text

|-
|Comment
|
<tt><nowiki></nowiki></tt>
|
|}

Notes: <references/>

== 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 <tt><nowiki> or </nowiki></tt>.

== HTML ==

Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki></nowiki></tt>.

{{Admin tip|tip=If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting <code>{{mediawiki|Manual:$wgRawHtml|$wgRawHtml}} = true;</code> in {{mediawiki|Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php}}.}}

== Other formatting ==
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:
*[[Help:Links|Links]]
*[[Help:Images|Images]]
*[[Help:Tables|Tables]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_Page_Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting_Text More Formatting from Wikipedia]

{{Languages|Help:Formatting}}

[[Category:Help|Formatting]]

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 == HTML ==
-Some [[wikipedia:HTML|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>.
 {{Admin tip|tip=If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting <code>{{mediawiki|Manual:$wgRawHtml|$wgRawHtml}} = true;</code> in {{mediawiki|Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php}}.}}

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 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_Page_Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting_Text More Formatting from Wikipedia]
-{{Languages|Help:Formatting}}
 [[Category:Help|Formatting]]

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Evilscientist at 01:59, 10 February 2009

Evilscientist at 21:37, 28 January 2009

24.128.37.249: adds #: trick for continuing numbered list with line breaks