Help:Formatting

Wiki Help Help:Resources and Lists 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''.

Text formatting markup

Description	You type	You get
character (inline) formatting – 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''
Inserting special characters not found on your keyboard such as: ö (umlaut), £ (pound), and € (euro).		See Special characters.
section formatting – only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different levels	== Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ====== An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a table of contents.

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

|- | Horizontal rule | ---- |

---

|- | Bullet list

|

* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two

Inserting a blank line will end the first list and start another.

|

• one
• two
• three
  • three point one
  • three point two

|- | Numbered list

|

# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two

|

1. one
2. two
   spanning more lines
   doesn't break numbering
3. three
   1. three point one
   2. three point two

|- | Definition list

|

;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2

|

item 1

definition 1

item 2

definition 2-1

definition 2-2

|- | Adopting definition list to indent text

|

: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent

This workaround may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.

|

Single indent

Double indent

Multiple indent

|- | Mixture of different types of list

|

# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this rather looks like the continuation of # four
#: and thus often used instead of <br />
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2

;item 1
:* definition 1-1
:* definition 1-2
:
;item 2
:# definition 2-1
:# definition 2-2

The usage of #: and *: for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.

|

1. one
2. two
   • two point one
   • two point two
3. three

   three item one

   three def one

4. four

   four def one

   this rather looks like the continuation of # four

   often used instead of <br />

5. five
   1. five sub 1
      1. five sub 1 sub 1
   2. five sub 2

item 1

• definition 1-1
• definition 1-2

item 2

1. definition 2-1
2. definition 2-2

|- | Preformatted text

|

 preformatted text is done with
 a '''space''' at the 
 ''beginning'' of the line

This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting, and character formatting markups are still effective.

|

preformatted text is done with
a space at the 

beginning of the line

|}

Paragraphs

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tags <br />.

Non-breaking space

A non-breaking space can be used when you require two words to always appear together on the same line. Placing   between two words will prevent the two words from being split apart.

HTML

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>. These apply anywhere you insert them.

Description	You type	You get
character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere
Centered text	<center>Centered text</center>	Centered text
Strikethrough	<del>Strikethrough</del> or <s>Strikethrough</s>	Strikethrough
Fixed width text	<tt>Fixed width text</tt> or <code>source code</code>	Fixed width text or source code
Blockquotes	This is the text before the quote. <blockquote> quote quote quote </blockquote> This is the text after the quote. Note: The HTML block quote tag does not currently work in this version of the wiki. If the words "quote" are not blockquoted (indented on both sides) on the right, then the tag still does not work.	This is the text before the quote. quote quote quote This is the text after the quote.
Comment	<!-- This is a comment --> Text can only be viewed in the edit window.
Completely preformatted text	<pre>this way, all markups are '''ignored'''</pre>	this way, all markups are '''ignored'''.
Customized preformatted text	<pre style="CSS text">this way, all markups are '''ignored''' and formatted with a CSS text</pre>	this way for instance, all '''ignored''' markups take into account the navigator size, by automatically adding some carriage returns dynamically to it.

Spell Check

While in the wiki text view, any text that is underlined in red should be reviewed for accuracy of spelling, right click for choices.

Other formatting

	Questions? Visit the Get Help to receive help with contributing to the Wiki.

Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:

• Links
• Images
• Tables

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