Help:Formatting
You can format your text using wiki markup. This has 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 put it in two single quotes like ''this''
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'' |
Fixed width text |
<tt>Fixed width text</tt> |
Fixed width text |
only at the beginning of the line | ||
Indent text |
:Single indent |
|
Headings of different levels [1] |
=level 1=[2] |
Level 1 |
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 |
Preformatted text with no indentation |
<pre> some preformatted 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 |
<!--This is comment--> |
Notes:
- ↑ 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.
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>.
Other formatting
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references: