Help:Wiki markup examples
Organizing your writing -- sections, paragraphs, lists and lines
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;Sections and subsections
Start sections with header lines Note: Single equal signs give the highest level heading, like the page title; usually projects have the convention not to use them.
New section Subsection Sub-subsection
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== New section == === Subsection === ==== Sub-subsection ==== |
A single newline has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph, or ends a list or indented part. (in Cologne Blue two newlines and a div tag give just one newline; in the order newline, div tag, newline, the result is two newlines) You can make the wikitext more readable by putting in newlines. A single newline has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph.</nowiki> | |
You can break lines without starting a new paragraph.
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You can break lines<br> without starting a new paragraph. |
marks the end of the list.
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* Unordered Lists are easy to do: ** start every line with a star *** more stars means deeper levels *A newline *in a list marks the end of the list. *Of course *you can *start again. |
marks the end of the list.
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# Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow #A newline #in a list marks the end of the list. #New numbering starts #with 1. |
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* You can even do mixed lists *# and nest them *#* or break lines<br>in lists |
Definition list
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; word : definition of the word ; longer phrase : phrase defined
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A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
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: A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph. |
When there is a need for separating a block of text
This is useful for (as the name says) inserting blocks of quoted (and cited) text. |
<blockquote> The '''blockquote''' command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. </blockquote> |
Centered text.
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{{center|Centered text.}} |
A horizontal dividing line:
this is above it... ...and this is below it. If you don't use a section header, you don't get a TOC entry. |
A horizontal dividing line: this is above it... ---- ...and this is below it. |
Links, URLs
editMore information at Help:Link
Internal links
editGeneral notes:
- Enclose the target name in double square brackets -- "[[" and "]]"
- First letter of target name is automatically capitalized
- Spaces are represented as underscores (but don't do underscores yourself)
- Links to nonexistent pages are shown in red -- Help:Starting a new page tells about creating the page.
- When the mouse cursor "hovers" over the link, you see a "hover box" containing...
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Sue is reading the official position (or Official positions). |
Sue is reading the [[official position]] (or [[Official position]]s). |
You can also italicize/etc. links: e.g., Wikipedia. |
''[[Wikipedia]]'' |
A link to the page on another wiki (e.g. the same subject in another language)
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*For more info see [[m:Help:Interwiki linking]]. *[[:fr:Wikipédia:Aide]]. |
If the section doesn't exist, the link goes to the top of the page. If there are multiple sections by the same name, link to specific ones by adding how many times that header has alreay appeared (e.g. if there are 3 sections entitled "Example header," and you wish to link to the third one, then use [[#Example section 3]]. For more info, see Help:Editing FAQ. |
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]]. *[[List of cities by country#Sealand]]. |
Use a pipe "|" to create a link label: |
*[[Help:Link|About Links]] *[[List of cities by country#Morocco| Cities in Morocco]] |
"blank" pipes hide:
After you save, the server automatically fills in the link label. |
*In parentheses: [[kingdom (biology)|]]. *Namespace: [[Meta:Requests for adminship|]]. |
The weather in London is a page that doesn't exist yet.
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[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist yet. |
You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
The server will fill in the link after you save. |
You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: : Your user name: ~~~ : Or your user name plus date/time: ~~~~ : Five tildes gives the date/time alone: ~~~~~ |
one article title to another with this special link. |
#REDIRECT [[United States]] |
To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link.
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[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]] |
To include links to a Category page.
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[[:Category:English documentation]] |
Use links for dates, so everyone can set their own display order. Use Special:Preferences to change your own date display setting. |
[[July 20]], [[1969]] , [[20 July]] [[1969]] and [[1969]]-[[07-20]]will all appear as 20 July-1969 if you set your date display preference to 1 January 2001. |
"What links here" and "Recent changes" can be linked as: |
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/ Help:Editing]] and [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/ Help:Editing]] |
External links
editNupedia, [1] | [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia], [http://www.nupedia.com] |
Email Example, | [mailto:email@example.com Email Example], [mailto:email@example.com] |
Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com. | Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com. |
Images, video, and sounds
editSee also: Help:Images and other uploaded files
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A picture: [[Image:Wikiquote-logo-en.png]] or, with alternative text (strongly encouraged) vbgf [[Image:Wikiquote-logo-en.png| Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia]] Web browsers render alternative text when not displaying an image -- for example, when the image isn't loaded, or in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud. See Alternative text for images for help on choosing alternative text. See Extended image syntax for more options. There is more information on resizing and other formatting tricks. |
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[[:Image:Wikiquote-logo-en.png]] [[media:Wikiquote-logo-en.png|Wikipedia]] |
Other Media Links -- Video and Sounds
Use a "media" link: Sound
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[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]] |
Text formatting -- controlling how it looks
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Emphasize (italics), strongly (bold), very strongly (bold italics). (These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes.) Note: this can also be applied to links (e.g., Wikipedia). |
''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''. ''[[Wikipedia]]'' |
You can also write italic and bold. This is useful in mathematical formulas where you need specific font styles rather than emphasis.
(The difference between these two methods is not very important for graphical browsers, so most people ignore it). But it may make a big difference for the visually impaired ;-) |
You can also write <i>italic</i> and <b>bold</b>. This is useful in mathematical formulas where you need specific font styles rather than emphasis. :<b>F</b> = <i>m</i><b>a</b> |
You can also write in small caps. If the wiki has the templates, this can be even easier to write. |
You can also write <span style="font-variant:small-caps"> in small caps</span>. If the wiki has the templates, this can {{smallcaps|be even easier to write}}. |
A typewriter font, sometimes used for
technical terms and |
A typewriter font, sometimes used for <tt>technical terms</tt> and <code>computer code</code>.
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You can use small text for captions. | You can use <small>small text</small> for captions. |
You can and underline new material. You can also mark
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You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike> and <u>underline new material</u>. You can also mark <del>deleted material</del> and <ins>inserted material</ins> using logical markup rather than visual markup. |
Subscript: x2 Superscript: x2 or x² Most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with ² than with <sup>2</sup> |
Subscript: x<sub>2</sub> Superscript: x<sup>2</sup> or x² ε<sub>0</sub> = 8.85 × 10<sup>−12</sup> C² / J m. 1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 m²]] |
Spacing things out -- spaces and tables
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x2 ≥ 0 true. |
<i>x</i><sup>2</sup> ≥ 0 true. |
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See templates Template:hs1, Template:hs, and Template:vs for more examples |
{||- |<i>x</i><sup>2</sup> | width=20px | || width=20px | ≥0 || true. |- | a || || b |} See Help:Table for more information |
Just show what I typed
edit<nowiki> and <pre> tags can tell the server and the browser to display things as you typed them.
arrow → italics link |
arrow → ''italics'' [[link]] |
arrow → ''italics'' [[link]] |
<nowiki> arrow → ''italics'' [[link]] </nowiki> |
arrow → ''italics'' [[link]] |
<pre>arrow &rarr;
''italics''
[[link]]</pre>
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arrow → italics link |
arrow → ''italics'' [[link]] |
IF a line of plain text starts with a space it will be formatted exactly as typed in a fixed-width font in a grey dotted-outline box lines won't wrap ENDIF this is useful for: * pasting preformatted text; * algorithm descriptions; * program source code * ASCII art; * chemical structures; For larger preformatted text passages you can use the <pre>a lot of text</pre> tag. WARNING If you make it wide,
you force the whole page to be wide and
hence less readable. Never start ordinary lines with spaces. (see also below)
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IF a line of plain text starts with a space it will be formatted exactly as typed in a fixed-width font in a grey dotted-outline box lines won't wrap ENDIF this is useful for: * pasting preformatted text; * algorithm descriptions; * program source code * ASCII art; * chemical structures; |
arrow → italics link |
<tt>arrow →</tt> <tt>''italics''</tt> <tt>[[link]]</tt> |
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The text between here and here won't be displayed |
The text between '''here''' <!-- comment here --> '''and here''' won't be displayed |
Complicated mathematical formulae
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<math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math> |
Special characters
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Umlauts and accents: (See Help:Special characters) |
À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ |
Punctuation: ¿ ¡ « » § ¶ |
¿ ¡ « » § ¶ † ‡ • - – — ¿ ¡ « » § ¶ † ‡ • - – — |
Commercial symbols: |
™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤ ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤ |
Greek characters: α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω α β γ δ ε ζ |
α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω |
Math characters: ∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ Problem symbols: ℵ ∉ ℵ ∉ |
∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ø ∈ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ → ↔ ↑ ∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ø ∈ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ → ↔ ↑ Problem symbols: ℵ ∉ ∉ ℵ |
Including another page -- transclusion and templates
editChanging a transcluded file will change every file that transcludes it.
This transclusion demo is a little bit of text to be included into any file. |
{{:Help:Transclusion Demo}} |
A special kind of page designed for transclusion. These pages are found in the Template: namespace Templates can even take parameters. When you edit a page, all the templates used on the page are listed below the edit box.
This is underlined |
{{H:title|hovertext|This is underlined}} |