Help:Formatting

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 pairs of single quotes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.

! Description

! width=40% | You type

! width=40% | You get

! colspan="3" style="background:#222" | character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''

| Italic text

| <pre>

''italic''

</pre>

|

''italic''

| <pre>

'''bold'''

</pre>

|

'''bold'''

| <pre>

'''''bold & italic'''''

</pre>

|

'''''bold & italic'''''

| Escape wiki markup

| <pre>

&lt;nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki&gt;

</pre>

|

<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>

! colspan="3" style="background:#222" | section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''

| Headings of different levels  

| <pre>

= Level 1 =

== Level 2 ==

=== Level 3 ===

==== Level 4 ====

===== Level 5 =====

====== Level 6 ======

</pre>

{{note|An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Section#Table of contents (TOC)|table of contents]].}}

= Level 1 =

== Level 2 ==

=== Level 3 ===

==== Level 4 ====

===== Level 5 =====

====== Level 6 ======

| Horizontal rule

| <pre>

----

</pre>

| Bullet list

* Start each line

* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).

** More asterisks gives deeper

*** and deeper levels.

* Line breaks<br />don't break levels.

*** But jumping levels creates empty space.

* Start each line

* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).

** More asterisks gives deeper

*** and deeper levels.

* Line breaks<br />don't break levels.

*** But jumping levels creates empty space.

| Numbered list

# Start each line

# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).

# Line breaks<br />don't break levels.

### But jumping levels creates empty space.

# Blank lines

 

# end the list and start another.

# Start each line

# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).

# Line breaks<br />don't break levels.

### But jumping levels creates empty space.

# Blank lines

 

# end the list and start another.

| Definition list

| <pre>

| <pre>

: Single indent

::::: Multiple indent

</pre>

{{note|This workaround may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.}}

#: this looks like a continuation

#: and is often used

#: instead<br />of &lt;nowiki><br />&lt;/nowiki>

{{note|The usage of <code>#:</code> and <code>*:</code> for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.}}

#: this looks like a continuation

#: and is often used

#: instead<br />of <nowiki><br /></nowiki>

| Preformatted text

| <pre>

  Start each line with a space.

  Text is '''preformatted''' and

  ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done

{{note|This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting. Character formatting markups are still effective.}}

  Start each line with a space.

  Text is '''preformatted''' and

  ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done

== HTML tags ==

! Description

! width=40% | You type

! width=40% | You get

| <pre>

<del>Strikethrough</del>

 

or

 

<s>Strikethrough</s>

</pre>

|

<del>Strikethrough</del>

 

or

 

<s>Strikethrough</s>

| Fixed width text

| <pre>

<code>Source code</code>

 

 

<tt>Fixed width text</tt>

<code>Source code</code>

 

 

<tt>Fixed width text</tt>

| Blockquotes

| <pre>

<blockquote>blockquote</blockquote>

<blockquote>blockquote</blockquote>

| Comment

<!-- This is a comment -->

| <pre>

<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and

''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done&lt;/pre>

</pre>

<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and

''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>

</pre>

| '''Customized''' preformatted text

<pre style="color:red">

Text is '''preformatted'''

with a style and

''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done

</pre>

== HTML symbols ==

An HTML symbol entity is a sequence of characters that produces one particular character. For example, <code>&amp;rarr;</code> produces a right arrow "<code>&rarr;</code>" and <code>&amp;mdash;</code> produces an em dash "<code>&mdash;</code>". HTML symbol entities are allowed in MediaWiki and are sometimes used in advanced editing for two main reasons: to insert characters not normally available on keyboards:

 

 

 

 

 

The following is a list of characters that can be produced using HTML symbols. Hover any character to find out the symbol that produces it. Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.

 

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