Difference between revisions of "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 <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt> | + | 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 | + | == Text formatting markup == |
− | {| | + | {| align="center" {{Prettytable}} |
|- | |- | ||
− | | '''Description''' | + | |{{Hl2}} |'''Description''' |
− | | '''You type''' | + | |{{Hl2}} |'''You type''' |
− | | '''You get''' | + | |{{Hl2}} |'''You get''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere'' |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Italic text | + | |Italic text |
− | | <tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt> | + | |<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt> |
− | | ''italic'' | + | |''italic'' |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Bold text | + | | Bold text |
− | | <tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt> | + | |<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt> |
− | | '''bold''' | + | |'''bold''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Bold and italic | + | | Bold and italic |
− | | <tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt> | + | |<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt> |
− | | '''''bold & | + | |'''''bold & italic''''' |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Escape wiki markup | + | |Escape wiki markup |
− | | <tt><nowiki><nowiki>no | + | |<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki></nowiki></tt> |
− | | <nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki> | + | |<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki> |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Fixed width text | + | |Fixed width text |
− | | | + | | |
<nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki> | <nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki> | ||
− | + | | | |
− | | | ||
<tt>Fixed width text</tt> | <tt>Fixed width text</tt> | ||
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|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line'' |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Indent text | + | | Indent text |
− | | | + | | |
− | <tt><nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki></tt><br><tt><nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki></tt><br><tt><nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki></tt> | + | <tt><nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki></tt><br /> |
− | + | <tt><nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki></tt><br /> | |
− | | | + | <tt><nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki></tt> |
− | :Single indent | + | | |
− | ::Double indent | + | :Single indent |
+ | ::Double indent | ||
:::::Multiple indent | :::::Multiple indent | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Headings of<br> | + | |Headings of<br /> |
− | different levels | + | 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><br /> |
− | <tt><nowiki>=level 1=</nowiki></tt> | + | <tt><nowiki>==level 2==</nowiki></tt><br /> |
− | + | <tt><nowiki>===level 3===</nowiki></tt><br /> | |
− | + | <tt><nowiki>====level 4====</nowiki></tt><br /> | |
− | = Level 1 | + | <tt><nowiki>=====level 5=====</nowiki></tt><br /> |
− | + | <tt><nowiki>======level 6======</nowiki></tt> | |
− | = | + | | |
− | + | <!-- little hack to prevent TOC viewing --> | |
− | = | + | <span style="font-size: 188%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;">Level 1</span><br/><br/> |
− | + | <span style="font-size: 150%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;">Level 2</span><br/><br/> | |
− | = | + | <span style="font-size: 132%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 3</span><br/> |
− | + | <span style="font-size: 100%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 4</span><br/> | |
− | = | + | {{DEFAULTSORT:[[[http://www.example.com link title]]#Redirect [[—[[Category:]]]]]}}<span style="font-size: 86%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 5</span><br/> |
− | + | <span style="font-size: 80%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 6</span><br/> | |
− | = | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Horizontal rule | + | |Horizontal rule |
− | | | + | | |
<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt> | <tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt> | ||
− | + | | | |
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---- | ---- | ||
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|- | |- | ||
− | | Bullet list | + | |Bullet list |
− | | | + | | |
− | + | * one<br /> | |
− | + | * two<br /> | |
− | | | + | * three<br /> |
− | *one | + | ** three and one-third<br /> |
− | *two | + | ** three and two-thirds<br /> |
− | *three | + | | |
− | **three and one-third | + | * one |
− | **three and two-thirds | + | * two |
− | + | * three | |
+ | ** three and one-third | ||
+ | ** three and two-thirds | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Numbered list | + | |Numbered list |
− | | | + | | |
− | # one<br># two<nowiki><br></nowiki>spanning several lines<nowiki><br></nowiki>without breaking the numbering<br># three<br>## three point one<br>## three point two<br> | + | # one<br /> |
− | + | # two<nowiki><br /></nowiki>spanning several lines<nowiki><br /></nowiki>without breaking the numbering<br /> | |
− | | | + | # three<br /> |
− | #one | + | ## three point one<br /> |
− | #two<br>spanning several lines<br>without breaking the numbering | + | ## three point two<br /> |
− | #three | + | | |
− | ##three point one | + | # one |
− | ##three point two | + | # two<br>spanning several lines<br>without breaking the numbering |
− | + | # three | |
+ | ## three point one | ||
+ | ## three point two | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Mixture of bulleted<br>and numbered lists | + | | Mixture of bulleted<br /> and numbered lists |
− | | | + | | |
− | # one<br># two<br># | + | # one<br /> |
− | + | # two<br /> | |
− | | | + | #* two point one<br /> |
− | #one | + | #* two point two<br /> |
− | #two | + | | |
− | #*two point one | + | # one |
− | #*two point two | + | # two |
− | + | #* two point one | |
+ | #* two point two | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Definition list | + | |Definition list |
− | | | + | | |
− | ;Definition<br> | + | ;Definition<br /> |
− | + | :item 1<br /> | |
− | | | + | :item 2<br /> |
− | ;Definition | + | | |
− | :item 1 | + | ;Definition |
+ | :item 1 | ||
:item 2 | :item 2 | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Preformatted text | + | |Preformatted text |
− | | | + | | |
− | preformatted text is done with<br> a space at the<br> beginning of the line<br> | + | preformatted text is done with<br /> |
− | + | a space at the<br /> | |
− | | | + | beginning of the line<br /> |
+ | | | ||
preformatted text is done with | preformatted text is done with | ||
a space at the | a space at the | ||
beginning of the line | beginning of the line | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Blockquotes | + | |Preformatted text with no indentation |
− | | | + | | |
− | Body<br>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><pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre></nowiki> |
+ | | | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | some preformatted | ||
+ | text with no indentation | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Blockquotes | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | Body<br> | ||
+ | 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> | + | <nowiki><blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote></nowiki> |
text text text text text text text text text text text text | text text text text text text text text text text text text | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | Body<br> | ||
+ | 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> | ||
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text text text text text text text text text text text text | text text text text text text text text text text text text | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Comment | + | |Comment |
− | | | + | | |
<tt><nowiki><!--This is comment--></nowiki></tt> | <tt><nowiki><!--This is comment--></nowiki></tt> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | <!--This is comment-->|} | ||
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− | + | 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><br> or <br/></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><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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− | *[[Help:Links|Links]] | + | == Other formatting == |
− | *[[Help:Images|Images]] | + | Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references: |
+ | *[[Help:Links|Links]] | ||
+ | *[[Help:Images|Images]] | ||
*[[Help:Tables|Tables]] | *[[Help:Tables|Tables]] | ||
+ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_Page_Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting_Text More Formatting from Wikipedia] | ||
− | + | [[Category:Help|Formatting]] | |
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− | [[Category:Help]] |
Revision as of 23:55, 2 November 2008
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 |
Escape wiki markup | <nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki> | no ''markup'' |
Fixed width text |
<tt>Fixed width text</tt> |
Fixed width text |
only at the beginning of the line | ||
Indent text |
:Single indent |
|
Headings of different levels <ref>An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.</ref> |
=level 1=<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> |
Level 1 |
Horizontal rule |
---- |
|
Bullet list |
* one |
|
Numbered list |
# one |
|
Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists |
# one |
|
Definition list |
;Definition |
|
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--> |
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 <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: