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Text formatting markup

This is just a short help. Find the full version 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 ''this''

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	no "markup" no ''markup''
Fixed width text	<tt>Fixed width text</tt>	`Fixed width text`
only at the beginning of the line
Indent text	`:Single indent` `::Double indent` `:::::Multiple indent`	Single indent Double indent Multiple indent
Headings of different levels ^[1]	`=level 1=`^[2] `==level 2==` `===level 3===` `====level 4====` `=====level 5=====` `======level 6======`	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Horizontal rule	`----`	----
Bullet list	* one * two * three three and one-third three and two-thirds	one two three three and one-third three and two-thirds
Numbered list	# one # two <br> spanning several lines <br> without breaking the numbering # three ## three point one ## three point two	one two spanning several lines without breaking the numbering 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	<pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre>	some preformatted text with no indentation
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 <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 text text text text text text text text text text text text quote quote quote quote quote quote text text text text text text text text text text text text
Comment	`<!--This is comment-->`

↑ An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.
↑ 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.

Categories, References, Templates

References, Cites	Add Reference/Annotation: Show all references so far:	`Cite<ref>Annotation</ref>` (see above @Headline) `<references/>` (See above)
Categories	Add Page to Category: Link to Category:	`[[Category:MyCategory]]` `[[:Category:MyCategory]]`
Templates	Import Template:	`{{Template:MyTemplate}}`

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 & Sourcecode

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <div>, <span> and <font>.

If you want to use <code>, you should definitely use <source> instead! It supports Syntax Coloring. You can also specify a language, eg. <source lang="c" line start="55" highlight="4"> :

// Global variable
int x = 7;

int myFunction(int a) {
    // Local variable
    int b = 8;
    return (a + b);
}

Please see the MediaWiki GeSHi Page for detailed information to use some of the parameters:

lang="xyz": defines the language, eg. "c", "php", ...
line: show line numbering
line start="55": first line is labeled #55
hilight="4: hilights line #4

Tables

{|

table start

|+

table caption, optional; only between table start and first table row

|-

table row, optional on first row -- wiki engine assumes the first row

!

table header cell, optional. Consecutive table header cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (!!) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (!).

|

table data cell, required! Consecutive table data cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (

|| ) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (

| ).

|}

table end

For advanced Table editing see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table

Extensions (PlugIns)

Please see Help:Extensions on how to add:

Audio
Image Galleries
Flash
Maps
Video

Other formatting

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

[1] An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.

[2] 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.

[1]

[2]