Here are the most frequently used types of wiki markup. If you need more help see Wikitext examples.
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You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side.
3 apostrophes will embolden the text.
5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize the text.
(4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'.)
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You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
apostrophes on each side.
3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''.
5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize
'''''the text'''''.
(4 apostrophes don't do anything
special -- there's just ''''one left
over''''.)
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You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
- Three tildes give your user name: Example (talk)
- Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: Example (talk) 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- Five tildes give the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
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You should "sign" your comments
on talk pages:
* Three tildes give your user
name: ~~~
* Four tildes give your user
name plus date/time: ~~~~
* Five tildes give the
date/time alone: ~~~~~
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Section headings
Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.
Subsection
Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
A smaller subsection
Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.
Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title.
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== Section headings ==
''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
The Wiki software can automatically generate
a table of contents from them.
=== Subsection ===
Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
==== A smaller subsection ====
Don't skip levels,
like from two to four equals signs.
Start with 2 equals signs not 1
because 1 creates H1 tags
which should be reserved for page title.
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- Unordered lists are easy to do:
- Start every line with a star.
- More stars indicate a deeper level.
- Previous item continues.
- in a list
marks the end of the list.
- Of course you can start again.
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* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
*: Previous item continues.
** A new line
* in a list
marks the end of the list.
* Of course you can start again.
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- Numbered lists are:
- Very organized
- Easy to follow
- Previous item continues
A new line marks the end of the list.
- New numbering starts with 1.
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# ''Numbered lists'' are:
## Very organized
## Easy to follow
#: Previous item continues
A new line marks the end of the list.
# New numbering starts with 1.
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- A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
A newline starts a new paragraph.
Often used for discussion on talk pages.
- We use 1 colon to indent once.
- We use 2 colons to indent twice.
- 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.
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: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
A newline starts a new paragraph. <br>
Often used for discussion on talk pages.
: We use 1 colon to indent once.
:: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.
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Here's a link to the Main page.
But be careful - capitalization counts!
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Here's a link to the [[Main page]].
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Intentionally permanent red link is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
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[[Intentionally permanent red link]] is
a page that doesn't exist
yet. You could create it by
clicking on the link.
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You can link to a page section by placing a "#" before its title:
If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section".
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You can link to a page section by its title:
* [[Help:Contents#For editors]].
If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
third section named "Example section".
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