Help:Formatting
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[edit] Editing Toolbar
The editing tool bar (found when you press edit in most wiki skins) can help when formatting articles.
[edit] 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'' |
only at the beginning of the line | ||
Indent text | :Indent text | Indent text |
Headings of |
==level 1== |
[edit] Level 1[edit] Level 2[edit] Level 3[edit] Level 4 |
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 |
- ↑ Use of a heading created by single equal signs is discouraged as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.
- ↑ An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.
[edit] 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/>.
[edit] HTML
Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>.
[edit] Other formatting
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references: