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You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of 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 include it in two single quotes like ''this''
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
This workaround may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.
Single indent
Double indent
Multiple 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 rather looks like the continuation of # four
#: and thus often used instead of <br />
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
;item 1
:* definition 1-1
:* definition 1-2
:
;item 2
:# definition 2-1
:# definition 2-2
The usage of #: and *: for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.
one
two
two point one
two point two
three
three item one
three def one
four
four def one
this rather looks like the continuation of # four
often used instead of <br />
five
five sub 1
five sub 1 sub 1
five sub 2
item 1
definition 1-1
definition 1-2
item 2
definition 2-1
definition 2-2
Preformatted text
preformatted text is done with
a '''space''' at the
''beginning'' of the line
This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting, and character formatting markups are still effective.
preformatted text is done with
a space at the
beginning of the line
Paragraphs
MediaWiki ignores normal 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
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
Strikethrough
<del>Strikethrough</del> or <s>Strikethrough</s>
Strikethrough
Fixed width text
<tt>Fixed width text</tt> or <code>source code</code>
Fixed width text
Blockquotes
text text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text text
<blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote>
text text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
quote quote quote quote quote quote
text text text text text text text text text text text text
Comment
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Completely preformatted text
<pre>this way, all markups are '''ignored'''</pre>
this way, all markups are '''ignored'''.
Customised preformatted text
<pre style="CSS text">this way, all markups are '''ignored''' and formated with a CSS text</pre>
this way for instance, all '''ignored''' markups take into account the navigator size, by automatically adding some carriage returns dynamically to it.
Tip for wiki admins: If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting $wgRawHtml = true; in LocalSettings.php.
Other formatting
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:
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Help:Formatting
