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You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes 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 apostrophes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.
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== Text formatting markup ==
==See also==
* [[mw:Help:Formatting|MediaWiki:Help:Formatting]]


{| class="wikitable"
! Description
! width=40% | You type
! width=40% | You get
|-
! colspan="3" style="background: #ABE" | Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
|-
| Italic text
| <pre>
''italic''
</pre>
|
''italic''
|-
| Bold text
| <pre>
'''bold'''
</pre>
|
'''bold'''
|-
| Bold and italic
| <pre>
'''''bold & italic'''''
</pre>
|
'''''bold & italic'''''
|-
| Strike text
| <pre>
<strike> strike text </strike>
</pre>
|<strike> strike text </strike>
|-
| Escape wiki markup
| <pre>
&lt;nowiki&gt;no ''markup''&lt;/nowiki&gt;
</pre>
|
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
|-
! colspan="3" style="background: #ABE" | Section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-
| Headings of different levels
| <pre>
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
</pre>
----
* An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Section#Table of contents (TOC)|table of contents]].
|
<!-- using HTML markup to avoid creating new sections -->
<h2>Level 2</h2>
<h3>Level 3</h3>
<h4>Level 4</h4>
<h5>Level 5</h5>
<h6>Level 6</h6>
|-
| Horizontal rule
| <pre>
Text before
----
Text after
</pre>
|
Text before
----
Text after
|-
| Bullet list
|
<pre>
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
</pre>
|
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
|-
| Numbered list
|
<pre>
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give 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.
</pre>
|
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give 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.
|-
| Definition list
| <pre>
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
</pre>
|
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
|-
| Indent text
| <pre>
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
</pre>
----
|
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
|-
| Mixture of different types of list
|
<pre>
# 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 &lt;nowiki><br />&lt;/nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
</pre>
----
|
# 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
|-
| Preformatted text
| <pre>
Start each line with a space.
Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
</pre>
----
|
Start each line with a space.
Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
|-
| Preformatted text blocks
| <pre> <nowiki><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></nowiki>
</pre>
|
<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>
|}
== 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 tag <code>&lt;br /></code>.
== HTML tags ==
Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>&lt;code></code>, <code>&lt;div></code>, <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki><font></nowiki></code>. These apply anywhere you insert them.
{| class="wikitable"
! Description
! width=40% | You type
! width=40% | You get
|-
| Inserted <br />(Displays as underline in most browsers)
| <pre>
<ins>Inserted</ins>
or
<u>Underline</u>
</pre>
|
<ins>Inserted</ins>
or
<u>Underline</u>
|-
| Deleted <br />(Displays as strikethrough in most browsers)
| <pre>
<s>Struck out</s>
or
<del>Deleted</del>
</pre>
|
<s>Struck out</s>
or
<del>Deleted</del>
|-
| Fixed width text
| <pre>
<code>Source code</code>
or
<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
</pre>
|
<code>Source code</code>
or
<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
|-
| Blockquotes
| <pre>
Text before
<blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote>
Text after
</pre>
|
Text before
<blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote>
Text after
|-
| Comment
| <pre>
<!-- This is a comment -->
Comments are only visible
in the edit zone.
</pre>
|
<!-- This is a comment -->
Comments are only visible
in the edit zone.
|-
| Completely preformatted text
| <pre>
<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done&lt;/pre>
</pre>
----
|
<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>
|-
| '''Customized''' preformatted text
| <pre>
<pre style="color: red">
Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
&lt;/pre>
</pre>
----
|
<pre style="color: red">
Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</pre>
|}
== Inserting symbols ==
Symbols and other special characters not available on your keyboard can be inserted through a special sequence of characters. Those sequences are called HTML entities. For example, the following sequence (entity) '''&amp;rarr;''' when inserted will be shown as <ins>right arrow</ins> HTML symbol &rarr; and '''&amp;mdash;''' when inserted will be shown as an <ins>em dash</ins> HTML symbol &mdash;.
----
Hover over any character to find out the symbol that it produces.  Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.
{| class="wikitable" align=center width=100%
! colspan=32 | HTML symbol entities
|- align=center
| '''<span title="&amp;Aacute;">&Aacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;aacute;">&aacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Acirc;">&Acirc;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;acirc;">&acirc;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;acute;">&acute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;AElig;">&AElig;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;aelig;">&aelig;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Agrave;">&Agrave;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;agrave;">&agrave;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;alefsym;">&alefsym;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Alpha;">&Alpha;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;alpha;">&alpha;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;amp;">&amp;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;and;">&and;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ang;">&ang;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Aring;">&Aring;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;aring;">&aring;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;asymp;">&asymp;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Atilde;">&Atilde;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;atilde;">&atilde;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Auml;">&Auml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;auml;">&auml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;bdquo;">&bdquo;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Beta;">&Beta;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;beta;">&beta;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;brvbar;">&brvbar;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;bull;">&bull;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;cap;">&cap;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Ccedil;">&Ccedil;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ccedil;">&ccedil;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;cedil;">&cedil;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;cent;">&cent;</span>
|- align=center
| '''<span title="&amp;Chi;">&Chi;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;chi;">&chi;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;circ;">&circ;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;clubs;">&clubs;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;cong;">&cong;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;copy;">&copy;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;crarr;">&crarr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;cup;">&cup;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;curren;">&curren;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;dagger;">&dagger;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Dagger;">&Dagger;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;darr;">&darr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;dArr;">&dArr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;deg;">&deg;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Delta;">&Delta;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;delta;">&delta;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;diams;">&diams;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;divide;">&divide;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Eacute;">&Eacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;eacute;">&eacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Ecirc;">&Ecirc;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ecirc;">&ecirc;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Egrave;">&Egrave;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;egrave;">&egrave;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;empty;">&empty;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;emsp;">&emsp;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ensp;">&ensp;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Epsilon;">&Epsilon;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;epsilon;">&epsilon;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;equiv;">&equiv;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Eta;">&Eta;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;eta;">&eta;</span>
|- align=center
| '''<span title="&amp;ETH;">&ETH;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;eth;">&eth;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Euml;">&Euml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;euml;">&euml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;euro;">&euro;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;exist;">&exist;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;fnof;">&fnof;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;forall;">&forall;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;frac12;">&frac12;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;frac14;">&frac14;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;frac34;">&frac34;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;frasl;">&frasl;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Gamma;">&Gamma;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;gamma;">&gamma;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ge;">&ge;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;gt;">&gt;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;harr;">&harr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;hArr;">&hArr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;hearts;">&hearts;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;hellip;">&hellip;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Iacute;">&Iacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;iacute;">&iacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Icirc;">&Icirc;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;icirc;">&icirc;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;iexcl;">&iexcl;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Igrave;">&Igrave;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;igrave;">&igrave;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;image;">&image;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;infin;">&infin;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;int;">&int;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Iota;">&Iota;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;iota;">&iota;</span>
|- align=center
| '''<span title="&amp;iquest;">&iquest;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;isin;">&isin;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Iuml;">&Iuml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;iuml;">&iuml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Kappa;">&Kappa;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;kappa;">&kappa;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Lambda;">&Lambda;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;lambda;">&lambda;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;lang;">&lang;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;laquo;">&laquo;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;larr;">&larr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;lArr;">&lArr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;lceil;">&lceil;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ldquo;">&ldquo;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;le;">&le;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;lfloor;">&lfloor;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;lowast;">&lowast;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;loz;">&loz;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;lrm;">&lrm;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;lsaquo;">&lsaquo;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;lsquo;">&lsquo;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;lt;">&lt;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;macr;">&macr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;mdash;">&mdash;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;micro;">&micro;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;middot;">&middot;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;minus;">&minus;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Mu;">&Mu;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;mu;">&mu;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;nabla;">&nabla;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;nbsp;">&nbsp;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ndash;">&ndash;</span>
|- align=center
| '''<span title="&amp;ne;">&ne;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ni;">&ni;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;not;">&not;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;notin;">&notin;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;nsub;">&nsub;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Ntilde;">&Ntilde;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ntilde;">&ntilde;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Nu;">&Nu;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;nu;">&nu;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Oacute;">&Oacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;oacute;">&oacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Ocirc;">&Ocirc;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ocirc;">&ocirc;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;OElig;">&OElig;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;oelig;">&oelig;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Ograve;">&Ograve;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ograve;">&ograve;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;oline;">&oline;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Omega;">&Omega;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;omega;">&omega;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Omicron;">&Omicron;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;omicron;">&omicron;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;oplus;">&oplus;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;or;">&or;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ordf;">&ordf;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ordm;">&ordm;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Oslash;">&Oslash;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;oslash;">&oslash;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Otilde;">&Otilde;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;otilde;">&otilde;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;otimes;">&otimes;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Ouml;">&Ouml;</span>
|- align=center
| '''<span title="&amp;ouml;">&ouml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;para;">&para;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;part;">&part;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;permil;">&permil;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;perp;">&perp;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Phi;">&Phi;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;phi;">&phi;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Pi;">&Pi;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;pi;">&pi;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;piv;">&piv;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;plusmn;">&plusmn;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;pound;">&pound;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;prime;">&prime;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Prime;">&Prime;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;prod;">&prod;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;prop;">&prop;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Psi;">&Psi;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;psi;">&psi;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;quot;">&quot;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;radic;">&radic;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;rang;">&rang;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;raquo;">&raquo;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;rarr;">&rarr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;rArr;">&rArr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;rceil;">&rceil;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;rdquo;">&rdquo;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;real;">&real;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;reg;">&reg;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;rfloor;">&rfloor;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Rho;">&Rho;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;rho;">&rho;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;rlm;">&rlm;</span>
|- align=center
| '''<span title="&amp;rsaquo;">&rsaquo;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;rsquo;">&rsquo;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sbquo;">&sbquo;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Scaron;">&Scaron;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;scaron;">&scaron;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sdot;">&sdot;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sect;">&sect;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;shy;">&shy;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Sigma;">&Sigma;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sigma;">&sigma;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sigmaf;">&sigmaf;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sim;">&sim;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;spades;">&spades;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sub;">&sub;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sube;">&sube;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sum;">&sum;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sup;">&sup;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sup1;">&sup1;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sup2;">&sup2;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;sup3;">&sup3;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;supe;">&supe;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;szlig;">&szlig;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Tau;">&Tau;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;tau;">&tau;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;there4;">&there4;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Theta;">&Theta;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;theta;">&theta;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;thetasym;">&thetasym;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;thinsp;">&thinsp;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;THORN;">&THORN;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;thorn;">&thorn;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;tilde;">&tilde;</span>
|- align=center
| '''<span title="&amp;times;">&times;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;trade;">&trade;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Uacute;">&Uacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;uacute;">&uacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;uarr;">&uarr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;uArr;">&uArr;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Ucirc;">&Ucirc;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ucirc;">&ucirc;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Ugrave;">&Ugrave;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;ugrave;">&ugrave;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;uml;">&uml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;upsih;">&upsih;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Upsilon;">&Upsilon;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;upsilon;">&upsilon;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Uuml;">&Uuml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;uuml;">&uuml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;weierp;">&weierp;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Xi;">&Xi;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;xi;">&xi;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Yacute;">&Yacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;yacute;">&yacute;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;yen;">&yen;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;yuml;">&yuml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Yuml;">&Yuml;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;Zeta;">&Zeta;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;zeta;">&zeta;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;zwj;">&zwj;</span>
| '''<span title="&amp;zwnj;">&zwnj;</span>'''
|}
See the list of all HTML entities on the Wikipedia article [[wikipedia:List of HTML entities|List of HTML entities]]. Additionally, MediaWiki supports two non-standard entity reference sequences: <code>&amp;רלמ;</code> and <code>&amp;رلم;</code> which are both considered equivalent to <code>&amp;rlm;</code> which is a [[wikipedia:Right-to-left mark|right-to-left mark]]. (Used when combining right to left languages with left to right languages in the same page.)
== Other formatting ==
Beyond the text formatting markup shown hereinbefore, here are some other formatting references:
* [[Help:Links|Links]]
* [[Help:Images|Images]]
* [[Help:References|References]]
* [[Help:Tables|Tables]]
You can find more references at [[Help:Contents]].
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