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 '''This is just a short help reference. Find the full version [http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Formatting here].'''
-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>
+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>
-<nowiki>''this''</nowiki> </tt>
 {| align="center" {{Prettytable}}
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 |-
 |Italic text
-|<tt>
+|<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki> </tt>
-<nowiki>''italic''</nowiki>   </tt>
 |''italic''
 |-
 | Bold text
-|<tt>
+|<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> </tt>
-<nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki>   </tt>
 |'''bold'''
 |-
 | Bold and italic
-|<tt>
+|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki> </tt>
-<nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki>   </tt>
 |'''''bold & italic'''''
 |-
 |Escape wiki markup
-|<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki></nowiki></tt><ref>Please be careful using the &lt;nowiki&gt; tag. There's currently a nasty bug in the Category Extension that adds a new line after each nowiki-tag on each preview. So: don't use it or avoid editing/previewing sections with nowiki tags.</ref>
+|<tt><nowiki></nowiki> <nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki> <nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>|-
-|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
-|-
 |Fixed width text
-|
+|<nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki>
-<nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki>
 |<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
 |-
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 | Indent text
 |
-<tt>
+<tt><nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki> </tt><br />
-<nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki>   </tt><br />
+<tt><nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki> </tt><br />
-<tt>
+<tt><nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki> </tt>
-<nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki>   </tt><br />
-<tt>
-<nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki>   </tt>
 |
 :Single indent
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 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>
+<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 />
-<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 2==</nowiki> </tt><br />
-<tt>
+<tt><nowiki>===level 3===</nowiki> </tt><br />
-<nowiki>==level 2==</nowiki>   </tt><br />
+<tt><nowiki>====level 4====</nowiki> </tt><br />
-<tt>
+<tt><nowiki>=====level 5=====</nowiki> </tt><br />
-<nowiki>===level 3===</nowiki>   </tt><br />
+<tt><nowiki>======level 6======</nowiki> </tt>
-<tt>
-<nowiki>====level 4====</nowiki>   </tt><br />
-<tt>
-<nowiki>=====level 5=====</nowiki>   </tt><br />
-<tt>
-<nowiki>======level 6======</nowiki>   </tt>
 |
 <!-- little hack to prevent TOC viewing -->
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 |-
 |Horizontal rule
-|<tt>
+|<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki> </tt>
-<nowiki>----</nowiki>   </tt>
 | ----
 |-
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 |
 &#35; one<br />
-&#35; two
+&#35; two<nowiki><br></nowiki> spanning several lines<nowiki><br></nowiki> without breaking the numbering<br />
-<nowiki><br></nowiki>   spanning several lines
-<nowiki><br></nowiki>   without breaking the numbering<br />
 &#35; three<br />
 &#35;&#35; three point one<br />
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 |Preformatted text with no indentation
 |
-&nbsp;
+&nbsp;<nowiki><pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre></nowiki>
-<nowiki><pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre></nowiki>
 |
 <pre>
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 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
+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
-<nowiki><blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote></nowiki>
-text text text text text text text text text text text text
 |
 Body<br>
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 text text text text text text text text text text text text
-<blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote>
+<blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote>
 text text text text text text text text text text text text
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 |-
 |Comment
-|<tt><nowiki><!--This is a comment--></nowiki></tt>
+|<tt><nowiki><!--This is a comment--></nowiki> </tt>
-|<!--This is a comment—>
+|<!--This is a comment-->
 |}
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 Show all references so far:
 |
-<tt>
+<tt><nowiki>Cite<ref>Annotation</ref></nowiki> </tt> (see above @Headline)<br/>
-<nowiki>Cite<ref>Annotation</ref></nowiki></tt> (see above @Headline)<br/>
+<tt><nowiki><references/></nowiki> </tt> (See above)
-<tt>
-<nowiki><references/></nowiki></tt> (See above)
 |-
 |Categories
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 Link to Category:
 |
-<tt>
+<tt><nowiki>[[Category:MyCategory]]</nowiki> </tt><br/>
-<nowiki>[[Category:MyCategory]]</nowiki></tt><br/>
+<tt><nowiki>[[:Category:MyCategory]]</nowiki> </tt>
-<tt>
-<nowiki>[[:Category:MyCategory]]</nowiki></tt>
 |-
 |Templates
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 Import Template:
 |
-<tt>
+<tt><nowiki>{{Template:MyTemplate}}</nowiki> </tt>
-<nowiki>{{Template:MyTemplate}}</nowiki></tt>
 |}
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 == 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>
+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>.
-<nowiki><br> or <br/></nowiki>   </tt>.
 == HTML & Sourcecode ==
-Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt>
+Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki> </tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki> </tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki> </tt>.
-<nowiki><div></nowiki>   </tt>, <tt>
-<nowiki><span></nowiki>   </tt> and <tt>
-<nowiki><font></nowiki>   </tt>.
-If you want to use <tt>
+If you want to use <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki> </tt>, you should definitely use <tt>&lt;source&gt;</tt> instead! It supports Syntax Coloring. You can also specify a language, eg. <tt>&lt;source lang="c" line start="55" highlight="4"&gt;</tt> :
-<nowiki><code></nowiki>   </tt>, you should definitely use <tt>&lt;source&gt;</tt> instead! It supports Syntax Coloring. You can also specify a language, eg. <tt>&lt;source lang="c" line start="55" highlight="4"&gt;</tt> :
 <source lang="c" line start="55" highlight="4">
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 int myFunction(int a) {
-    // Local variable
+ // Local variable
-    int b = 8;
+ int b = 8;
-    return (a + b);
+ return (a + b);
 }
 </source>
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 {|align="left" {{Prettytable}}
-|
+|<nowiki>{|</nowiki>
-<nowiki>{|</nowiki>
 |table start
 |-
-|
+|<nowiki>|+</nowiki>
-<nowiki>|+</nowiki>
+|table caption, optional; only between table start and first table row
-|table caption, optional; only between  table start and first table row
 |-
-|
+|<nowiki>|-</nowiki>
-<nowiki>|-</nowiki>
 |table row, optional on first row -- wiki engine assumes the first row
 |-
-|
+|<nowiki>!</nowiki>
-<nowiki>!</nowiki>
 |table header cell, optional. Consecutive table header cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (<tt>!!</tt>) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (<tt>!</tt>).
 |-
-|
+|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
-<nowiki>|</nowiki>
+|table data cell, required! Consecutive table data cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (<tt><nowiki>||</nowiki> </tt>) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (<tt><nowiki>|</nowiki> </tt>).
-|table data cell, required! Consecutive table data cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (<tt>
-<nowiki>||</nowiki> </tt>) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (<tt>
-<nowiki>|</nowiki>      </tt>).
 |-
-|
+|<nowiki>|}</nowiki>
-<nowiki>|}</nowiki>
 |table end
 |}