Help:Formatting
Simple Text formatting markup
Just above the edit window are 9 buttons to quickly apply the following formatting:
Either click the button to insert a sample placeholder where you can then type what you need, or you can highlight some pre-written text and click the button to change the selection.
Advanced Text formatting markup
Description | You type | You get |
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applies anywhere | ||
Italic text | ''italic'' | italic |
Bold text | '''bold''' | bold |
Bold and italic | '''''bold & italic''''' | bold & italic |
Escape wiki markup | <nowiki>no '''wiki''' or <B>html</B> amendments</nowiki> | no '''wiki''' or <B>html</B> amendments |
Fixed width text |
<tt>Fixed width text</tt> |
Fixed width text |
only at the beginning of the line | ||
Indent text |
:Single indent |
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Headings of different levels An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents. |
=level 1= |
Level 1 |
Horizontal rule |
---- |
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Bullet list |
* one |
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Numbered list |
# one |
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Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists |
# one |
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Definition list |
;Definition |
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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 <BR>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
text text text text text text text text text text text text |
Comment |
These symbols, <!-- Everything between these symbols will not be displayed --> but everything outside will. |
These symbols, but everything outside will.
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advanced | ||
Templates | {{templatename}} | Everything on the page Template:templatename Templates can be found at Templates |
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>.
Page Verification
The Wiki has a new extension that adds a "verification system" to help track changes between Wikis/tales.
Two new tags have been created to mark information as "verified" or "unverified" in a way that is similar to how previous Wikis handled things. To mark a piece of information as "verified", simply add a <v />
tag next to it. Similarly, to mark a piece of information as "unverified", simply add a <uv />
tag next to it. Every page will attempt to estimate how thoroughly verified the entire page is based on the usage of these tags throughout so you can get a rough idea of the quality of any given page.
Map Markers
These Map Markers can be used in conjunction with the CondMap template.