Help:Editing
You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equal signs 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 ''this''
.
Text formatting markup
Description | You type | You get |
---|---|---|
character (inline) formatting – 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'' |
section formatting – only at the beginning of the line | ||
Headings of different levels | == Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ====== |
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
|- | Horizontal rule
|
Text above ---- Text below
| Text above
Text below |- | 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. Any other start ends the list.
|
- Start each line
- with an asterisk (*).
- More asterisks gives deeper
- and deeper levels.
- More asterisks gives deeper
- Line breaks
don't break levels.- But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list. |- | Numbered list |
# Start each line # with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#). ## More number signs gives deeper ### and deeper ### levels. # Line breaks<br />don't break levels. ### But jumping levels creates empty space. # Blank lines # end the list and start another. Any other start also ends the list.
|
- Start each line
- with a number sign (#).
- More number signs gives deeper
- and deeper
- levels.
- More number signs gives deeper
- Line breaks
don't break levels.- But jumping levels creates empty space.
- Blank lines
- end the list and start another.
Any other start also ends the list. |- | Definition list
|
;item 1 : definition 1 ;item 2 : definition 2-1 : definition 2-2
|
- item 1
- definition 1
- item 2
- definition 2-1
- definition 2-2
|- | Adopting definition list to indent text
|
: Single indent :: Double indent ::::: Multiple indent
- Single indent
- Double indent
- Multiple indent
- Double indent
|- | Mixture of different types of list |
# one # two #* two point one #* two point two # three #; three item one #: three def one # four #: four def one #: this looks like a continuation #: and is often used #: instead<br />of <nowiki><br /></nowiki> # five ## five sub 1 ### five sub 1 sub 1 ## five sub 2
- one
- two
- two point one
- two point two
- three
- three item one
- three def one
- four
- four def one
- this looks like a continuation
- and is often used
- instead
of <br />
- five
- five sub 1
- five sub 1 sub 1
- five sub 2
- five sub 1
|- | Preformatted textTemplate:Anchor
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Start each line with a space. Text is '''preformatted''' and ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done
Start each line with a space. Text is preformatted and markups can be done
|- | Preformatted text blocks
|
<nowiki>Start with a space in the first column, (before the <nowiki>). Then your block format will be maintained. This is good for copying in code blocks: def function(): """documentation string""" if True: print True else: print False</nowiki>
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Start with a space in the first column. (before the <nowiki>). Then your block format will be maintained. This is good for copying in code blocks: def function(): """documentation string""" if True: print True else: print False
|}
Paragraphs
MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tags <br />
.
HTML tags
Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>
, <div>
, <span>
and <font>
. These apply anywhere you insert them.
Description | You type | You get |
---|---|---|
Underline | <u>Underline</u> |
Underline |
Strikethrough | <del>Strikethrough</del> or <s>Strikethrough</s> |
or
|
Fixed width text | <code>Source code</code> or <tt>Fixed width text</tt> |
or Fixed width text |
Blockquotes | text above text above <blockquote>blockquote</blockquote> text below text below |
text above text above
text below text below |
Comment | <!-- This is a comment --> Comments are only visible in the edit window. |
Comments are only visible in the edit window. |
Completely preformatted text | <pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre> |
Text is '''preformatted''' and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done |
Customized preformatted text | <pre style="color:red"> Text is '''preformatted''' with a style and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done </pre> |
Text is '''preformatted''' with a style and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done |
HTML symbols
An HTML symbol entity is a sequence of characters that produces one particular character. For example, →
produces a right arrow "→
" and —
produces an em dash "—
". 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:
- © → ©
- δ → δ
and to prevent the parser from interpreting and displaying HTML tags and symbols:
- &euro; → €
- € → €
- <span style="color:green;">Green</span> → <span style="color:green;">Green</span>
- <span style="color:green;">Green</span> → Green
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.
HTML Symbol Entities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Á | á | Â | â | ´ | Æ | æ | À | à | ℵ | Α | α | & | ∧ | ∠ | Å | å | ≈ | Ã | ã | Ä | ä | „ | Β | β | ¦ | • | ∩ | Ç | ç | ¸ | ¢ |
Χ | χ | ˆ | ♣ | ≅ | © | ↵ | ∪ | ¤ | † | ‡ | ↓ | ⇓ | ° | Δ | δ | ♦ | ÷ | É | é | Ê | ê | È | è | ∅ | Ε | ε | ≡ | Η | η | ||
Ð | ð | Ë | ë | € | ∃ | ƒ | ∀ | ½ | ¼ | ¾ | ⁄ | Γ | γ | ≥ | > | ↔ | ⇔ | ♥ | … | Í | í | Î | î | ¡ | Ì | ì | ℑ | ∞ | ∫ | Ι | ι |
¿ | ∈ | Ï | ï | Κ | κ | Λ | λ | ⟨ | « | ← | ⇐ | ⌈ | “ | ≤ | ⌊ | ∗ | ◊ | | ‹ | ‘ | < | ¯ | — | µ | · | − | Μ | μ | ∇ | – | |
≠ | ∋ | ¬ | ∉ | ⊄ | Ñ | ñ | Ν | ν | Ó | ó | Ô | ô | Œ | œ | Ò | ò | ‾ | Ω | ω | Ο | ο | ⊕ | ∨ | ª | º | Ø | ø | Õ | õ | ⊗ | Ö |
ö | ¶ | ∂ | ‰ | ⊥ | Φ | φ | Π | π | ϖ | ± | £ | ′ | ″ | ∏ | ∝ | Ψ | ψ | " | √ | ⟩ | » | → | ⇒ | ⌉ | ” | ℜ | ® | ⌋ | Ρ | ρ | |
› | ’ | ‚ | Š | š | ⋅ | § | | Σ | σ | ς | ∼ | ♠ | ⊂ | ⊆ | ∑ | ⊃ | ¹ | ² | ³ | ⊇ | ß | Τ | τ | ∴ | Θ | θ | ϑ | Þ | þ | ˜ | |
× | ™ | Ú | ú | ↑ | ⇑ | Û | û | Ù | ù | ¨ | ϒ | Υ | υ | Ü | ü | ℘ | Ξ | ξ | Ý | ý | ¥ | ÿ | Ÿ | Ζ | ζ | | |