Help:Editing covers the basics.
Use the following Wikitext markup to tailor the appearance of your page.
Arranging your words – lines, lists, paragraphs, and sections[edit] Rendering Wikitext Drafting sections and subsections[edit]Begin a section with a header line
Note:The top-level heading like the page title is indicated by a single equal (=
) sign.
A section
A sub-section
Another sub-subsection
=
); rather, begin with a second-level heading (==
).<h4>Subsection with heading too low level to be in the TOC<h4>
== A section == === A sub-section === ==== Another sub-subsection ====Newline[edit]
This is a line. This is still part of the same paragraph.
<p>
tag can disable a paragraph until </p>
or the end of the section.This is a paragraph.
This is a continuation of the paragraph. But it appears after an empty line due to the
<p>
and</p>
tags.
This is a line.
This is another line appearing as a second new paragraph instead of a third paragraph due to the
<div>
and</div>
tags.
This is a line. This is still part of the same paragraph. This is a paragraph.<p>This is a continuation of the paragraph. But it appears after an empty line due to the <p> and </p> tags.</p> This is a line.<div>This is another line appearing as a second new paragraph instead of a third paragraph due to the <div> and </div> tags.</div>
Lines can be broken
without beginning another paragraph.
Lines can be broken <br/> without beginning another paragraph.Unordered lists [edit]
*
) to create the first item in an unordered list.
A line starting without a star marks the end of the list.
Now you are ready to create well-structured unordered lists.
* Start a line with asterisks (<code>*</code>) to create the first item in an unordered list. ** Use two asterisks for a sub-item. *** Increase the number of asterisks for deeper levels. * Each line break signifies a new item in the list. A line starting without a star marks the end of the list. * You can start over with a new list Now you are ready to create well-structured unordered lists.Ordered lists [edit]
#
) at the beginning of each line to signify the order.
##
) for a sub-item.A line starting without a hashtag marks the end of the list.
# Use a hashtag (<code>#</code>) at the beginning of each line to signify the order. ## Use two hashtags (<code>##</code>) for a sub-item. ## Continue numbering to maintain the sequence and logical flow of information. # Add a new line between each item for improved readability. A line starting without a hashtag marks the end of the list. # An ordered list starts with 1. # Then 2, etc.Mixed lists [edit]
*
).
*#
).
*#*
).* This mixed list begins with an unordered list (<code>*</code>). *# To create a subitem of an ordered list under an unordered list use an asterisk and a hashtag (<code>*#</code>). *#* To create a deeper sub-item of an unordered list within an ordered list, add another asterisk (<code>*#*</code>). *#* You can also break <br/> lines in a list.Definition lists [edit]
A definition list consists of a series of term-definition pairs.
;
) to indicate the start of a term.:
) to introduce the definition associated with the term.
- Wiki
- A wiki (/ˈwɪki/ ⓘ WI-kee) is a form of online hypertext publication that is collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly through a web browser. See w:Wiki.
- Web Browser
- A web browser is an application for accessing websites. See w:Web browser
Signifying one item per line is most suitable, rather than adding a new line before the colon (:
).
; Wiki : A wiki (/ˈwɪki/ ⓘ WI-kee) is a form of online hypertext publication that is collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly through a web browser. See [[w:Wiki]]. ; Web Browser : A web browser is an application for accessing websites. See [[w:Web browser]]Indentation[edit]
A paragraph is indented when a colon (:
) is specified at the beginning of a line, as explained in Definition Lists .
- An indented line.
A new line starts a new non-indented paragraph.
: An indented line. A new line starts a new non-indented paragraph.A blockquote[edit]
A blockquote style is used to highlight a specific section of text from an external source or to distinguish it from the surrounding content.
This is a blockquote. It is used to highlight quoted text or separate specific content.
<blockquote> This is a blockquote. It is used to highlight quoted text or separate specific content. </blockquote>Horizontal dividing line[edit]
The horizontal dividing line on a wiki page is represented by four or more consecutive hyphens (----
), enhancing visual organization between sections.
Text above dividing line
Text below dividing line
Text above dividing line ---- Text below dividing line
For more details, see Help:Links .
General information:
[[
and ]]
You are reading the Documentation .
You are reading the {{ll|documentation}}.Basics + Text formatting [edit]
Links can be italicized e.g.:
''[[MediaWiki]]''Interwiki links[edit]
These link to another wiki that covers related or similar topics.
This interwiki link points to w:Documentation on Wikipedia.
Its Esperanto word equivalent is eo:Dokumentaro.
This interwiki link points to [[w:Documentation]] on Wikipedia. Its Esperanto word equivalent is [[:eo:Dokumentaro]].Links to sections[edit]
You can link to a specific section of an existing page by adding a pound (#
) and section title after specifying the page name.
If no such section exists then the link points to the beginning of the page. If a page has multiple sections with the same name, specifying the rank of the section with a number at the end. (e.g., if there are three sections titled "Section title" and you want to link to the third, use [[#Section title 3]]).
See Help:Editing FAQ .
[[Help:Special pages#Editing Special namespace pages|Help:Special pages]]Piped links [edit]
Create a link label using a pipe symbol (|
):
The above produces About links, linked to the article Help:Link.
* [[Help:Link|About links]]Blank link label[edit]
Using a blank link label will automatically fill in an appropriate link label. I.e. [[Kingdom (biology)|]]
will be replaced with [[Kingdom (biology)|Kingdom]]
* Parentheses: [[kingdom (biology)|]]. * Colon: [[Help:Pipe|]].Links to pages that don't exist[edit]
A link to a page which does not exist (like this one) is colored in red.
To create the page, you can click on the link. See Help:Starting a new page (and the naming conventions of your project, if there are).
A link to a page which does not exist (like [[Foo|this one]]) is colored in red.Redirects[edit]
You can create a redirect by adding the wikitext at the beginning of the page. See Help:Redirects .
#REDIRECT [[United States of America]]
#REDIRECT [[United States of America]]Magic links[edit]
Magic links enable users to generate links automatically by typing specific keywords.
These are deprecated and generally should not be used.
* ISBN 0131103629 * RFC 234
Media:
links[edit]
Media links are used to reference a page containing media files. They are accessed through the Media
namespace.
[[media:Test.ogg|Audio]]Category links[edit]
Category links direct users to a specific category page (without categorizing the page into that category).
To achieve this, a syntax similar to that of links is used, but with a colon (:
) added before the namespace.
[[:Category:Documentation]]Special pages[edit]
Special pages are created by the wiki software. They are accessed through the Special namespace.
You can create links to special pages like "What links here" using the following format:
See Help:Special pages for other special pages.
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Help:Editing]]Links to previous revisions of a page, differences (diffs), and particular history pages[edit]
To link to an old revision, diff, or particular history pages, avoid using the standard wiki-link syntax like [[page]]
. Instead, utilize the external link function or copy and paste the provided URLs directly.
To share an old page version of a wiki, copy the URL from the page's history and paste it where you want to share it.
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Cite&oldid=6364084
You can also use Special:PermaLink to do this, i.e Special:PermaLink/6364084
Linking to diffs:[edit]To link to page differences between two revisions, copy and paste the specific URL of the page containing the diff of the compared pages.
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help%3ACite&diff=6364333&oldid=6364084
You can also use Special:Diff to do this, i.e Special:Diff/6364333/6364084
Linking to a specific page from edit history[edit]Navigate to the edit history and select the older XX
or oldest
buttons to reach a particular page history, then copy the URL and paste it where you want to share it.
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Cite&oldid=6364084 https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help%3ACite&diff=6364333&oldid=6364084 https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Cite&action=history&offset=20170210105218%7C2391706&limit=100
External links do not open in a new browser window/tab in MediaWiki's default configuration.[1]
Google, [1][http://www.google.com Google], [http://www.google.com]Example of an email,
[mailto:email@example.com Example of an email], [mailto:email@example.com]Or just provide http://www.google.com as the URL.
^
→ %5e
ā
(LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH MACRON) → %c4%81
Or just provide http://www.google.com as the URL.Formatting texts – customizing the way it looks[edit] Rendering Wikitext 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]]''The use of italic and bold fonts is beneficial in mathematical calculations where specific font styles are needed instead of emphasis.
(Most people disregard the fact that these two approaches differ in a way that is not particularly significant for graphical browsers.) However, it can have a significant impact on those who are blind.
The use of <i>italic</i> and <b>bold</b> fonts is beneficial in mathematical calculations where specific font styles are needed instead of emphasis. : <b>F</b> = <i>m</i><b>a</b>You can write in small caps
You can write <span style="font-variant:small-caps">in small caps</span>The typewriter font that is occasionally used for technical terms and
computer code
.
The typewriter font that is occasionally used for <kbd>technical terms</kbd> and <code>computer code</code>.For captions, you can use small text.
For captions, you can use <small>small text</small>.Deleted materials can be striked out and new materials can be underlined.
You can also denote deleted material and inserted material with the respective tags, preserving their semantic meaning, rather than relying solely on visual cues like strikethrough and underline.
Deleted materials can be <s>striked out</s> and new materials can be <u>underlined</u>. You can also denote <del>deleted material</del> and <ins>inserted material</ins> with the respective tags, preserving their semantic meaning, rather than relying solely on visual cues like strikethrough and underline.Subscript: m2
Superscript: m2 or m²
Many browsers find it simpler to format lines containing the HTML entity ² (²) rather than using the 2 HTML tag for representing superscripted text.
ε0 = 8.85 × 10−12 C² / J m.
Subscript: m<sub>2</sub><br /> Superscript: m<sup>2</sup> or m² ε<sub>0</sub> = 8.85 × 10<sup>−12</sup> C² / J m. <br /><br /> 1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 m²]]Reformatting and/or disabling wikitext interpretation[edit]
The following provides methods for managing formatting and processing. Please refer to Template:Tc for the code {{tc}}
used in the examples (see Help:Templates ).
arrow → in
italics link
arrow → {{tc}} ''italics'' [[help:Link|link]]Tag poem used to preserve single newlines[edit]
arrow → in
italics
<poem>arrow → {{tc}} ''italics'' [[help:Link|link]]</poem>
can be applied in-line: arrow → {{tc}} ''italics'' [[help:Link|link]] normal again
''can be applied in-line:'' <nowiki> arrow → {{tc}} ''italics'' [[help:Link|link]] </nowiki>''[[normal]] again''
arrow → {{tc}} ''italics'' [[help:Link|link]]
<pre>arrow → {{tc}} ''italics'' [[help:Link|link]] </pre>
<pre>
HTML elementarrow → {{tc}} ''italics'' [[help:Link|link]] IF a line of plain text begins with a space it will be displayed exactly as entered in a fixed-width font inside a grey dotted-outline box with no line breaks END This is handy for: * inserting preformatted text; * algorithm descriptions; * showcasing code snippets; * displaying ASCII art; * presenting chemical diagrams; * formatting poetryWarning: When you make it wide, you make the entire page wide and hence less readable. Don't begin ordinary lines with spaces.
(see also hereafter)
arrow → {{tc}} ''italics'' [[help:Link|link]]
If a line of plain text starts with a space it will be displayed exactly as entered in a fixed-width font inside a grey dotted-outline box with no line breaks END This feature is handy for: * inserting preformatted text; * algorithm descriptions; * showcasing code snippets; * displaying ASCII art; * presenting chemical diagrams; * formatting poetryLiteral character references[edit] →
When using expandable wikitext like {{t1demo|p ''q'' r}}
, using <nowiki>{{t1demo|p ''q'' r}}</nowiki>
will display the wikitext as it is. However, when using the #tag magic word, {{#tag:nowiki|{{t1demo|p ''q'' r}}}}
will show the expanded wikitext startp ''q'' rend
.
Don't forget to "sign" your comments on talk pages using tildes (~
).
- Three tildes adds your username: Example
- Four tildes adds your username and a timestamp: Example 09:20, Mar 14 2024 (UTC)
- Five tildes adds a timestamp: 09:20, Mar 14 2024 (UTC)
The server will add the link when you save.
: Three tildes adds your username: ~~~ : Four tildes adds your username and timestamp: ~~~~ : Five tildes adds only a timestamp: ~~~~~Text between here
and here won't be rendered.
Text between '''here''' <!-- comment here --> '''and here''' won't be rendered.Adding another page – transclusion and templates[edit]
Modifying a transcluded page will modify every page that transcludes it.
A unique type of page designed for transclusion. They are found in the Template: namespace . These templates can take parameters. All the templates that are used on a page are listed after the edit box when you update it.
In this example, Quote is a template page designed to display a quote.
{{Template:Quote}}
Combining another page's contents into the current page. The below example uses a Quote template page to perform transclusion.
This is a parameter for a transcluded quote.
{{Quote|quote=This is a parameter for a transcluded quote.}}
Both the revision table and the recentchanges table of the database contain records of edits.
The revision
table stores page histories and user contribution lists, while the recentchanges
table manages recent changes, watchlists, and new page creation lists.
If older edits are removed from the recentchanges
table while nothing is deleted from the revision
table, older edits remain visible in page histories and user contribution lists but not in recent changes, related changes watchlists, or the list of new pages.
When importing page revisions, the changes are recorded in the revision
table but not in the recentchanges
table. This means that while the revisions will show up in the page histories and user contribution lists, they won't appear in recent changes, watchlists, or lists of new pages.
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