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For the basics see Help:Editing.

w:wikitext|Wikitext markup — making your page look the way you want Organizing your writing — sections, paragraphs, lists and lines Links, URLs Internal links External links Text formatting — controlling how it looks Disabling wikitext interpretation and/or reformatting Including another page — transclusion and templates Records of edits in the database

Wikitext markup — making your page look the way you want

• If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the {{ns:4}}:Sandbox.
• More information on HTML tags in wikitext

Organizing your writing — sections, paragraphs, lists and lines

== New section ==

=== Subsection ===

==== Sub-subsection ====

A single
newline
has no
effect on the
layout.

But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.

You can break lines<br/>
without starting a new paragraph.

* 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.

# 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.

* You can even do mixed lists
*# and nest them
*#* or break lines<br/>in lists

; word : definition of the word
; longer phrase 
: phrase defined

: A colon indents a line or paragraph.
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.

<blockquote>
The '''blockquote''' command will indent 
both margins when needed instead of the 
left margin only as the colon does.  
</blockquote>

<center>Centered text.</center>

A horizontal dividing line: 
this is above it...
----
...and this is below it.

Links, URLs

More information at Help:Link

Internal links

General 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... hover over links below to see.

  What it looks like	What you type
  Basic Sue is reading the official position (or Official positions).	Sue is reading the [[official position]] (or [[Official position]]s).
  Basic + Text formatting You can also italicize/etc. links: e.g., Wikipedia.	''[[Wikipedia]]''
  Interwiki linking A link to the page on another wiki (e.g. the same subject in another language) See m:Help:Interwiki linking. fr:Wikipédia:Aide.	*See [[m:Help:Interwiki linking]]. *[[:fr:Wikipédia:Aide]].
  Section of page List of cities by country#Morocco List of cities by country#Norway 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 already 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#Norway]]
  Piped link Use a pipe "|" to create a link label: About Links	*[[Help:Link|About Links]]
  "blank" pipes hide: Parentheses: kingdom. Colon: Requests for adminship. After you save, the server automatically fills in the link label.	*Parentheses: [[kingdom (biology)|]]. *Colon: [[m:Requests for adminship|]].
  Links to nonexistent pages A red link (like this one) points to a page that doesn't exist yet. You can create it by clicking on the link. Have a look at how to start a page guide and the naming conventions page for your project.	A red link ([[like this one]]) points to a page that doesn't exist yet.
  Link to yourself Please "sign" comments on talk pages: Your user name: Example Your user name plus timestamp: Example 08:10 Oct 5, 2002 (UTC) Five tildes give a timestamp: 17:55, 12 April 2006 (UTC) The server will fill in the link after you save.	Please "sign" comments on talk pages: : Your user name: ~~~ : Your user name plus timestamp: ~~~~ : Five tildes give a timestamp: ~~~~~
  Redirects one article title to another with this special link.	#REDIRECT [[United States]]
  "Magic" links ISBN links to books: ISBN 0123456789X (See Help:ISBN links) RFC links to Requests for Comments: RFC 123 (See mediawiki:Rfcurl)	ISBN 0123456789X RFC 123
  Media links To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link. Sound	[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]
  Category listing links (these appear at page bottom and list the page in the Category) To list a page in a Category and have a link to the Category at page bottom.	[[Category:English documentation]]
  Category non-listing links (these appear inline without listing the page in the Category) To link to a Category without causing the page to be listed in the category, add a colon Category:English documentation	[[:Category:English documentation]]
  Dates: 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	[[July 20]] [[1969]] [[20 July]] [[1969]] and [[1969]]-[[07-20]]
  Special pages "What links here" etc. can be linked as: Special:Whatlinkshere/Help:Editing	[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Help:Editing]]

  
  

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  External links

  Nupedia, http://www.nupedia.com	[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia], [http://www.nupedia.com]
  Email Example, mailto:email@example.com	[mailto:email@example.com Email Example], [mailto:email@example.com]
  Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com. In the URL all symbols must be among: A-Z a-z 0-9 ._\/~%- &#?!=()@ \x80-\xFF. If a URL contains a different character it should be converted; for example, ^ has to be written ^ (to be looked up in ASCII). A blank space can also be converted into an underscore.	Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com.

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  Text formatting — controlling how it looks

  What it looks like	What you type
  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. F = ma (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 Template:bsmbe much simpler to writeTemplate:esm.	You can also write <span style="font-variant:small-caps"> in small caps</span>. If the wiki has the templates, this can {{bsm}}be much simpler to write{{esm}}.
  A typewriter font, sometimes used for technical terms and computer code.	A typewriter font, sometimes used for <tt>technical terms</tt> and <code>computer code</code>. For semantic reasons, using <code> where applicable is preferable to using <tt>.
  You can use small text for captions.	You can use <small>small text</small> for captions.
  You can strike out deleted material and underline new material. You can also mark deleted material and inserted material using logical markup rather than visual markup. When editing regular articles, just make your changes and do not mark them up in any special way. When editing your own previous remarks in talk pages, it is sometimes appropriate to mark up deleted or inserted material.	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 x&sup2; Most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with &sup2; than with <sup>2</sup> &epsilon;0 = 8.85 × 10−12 C&sup2; / J m. 1 hectare = 1 E4 m2	Subscript: x<sub>2</sub> Superscript: x<sup>2</sup> or x&amp;sup2; &amp;epsilon;<sub>0</sub> = 8.85 &amp;times; 10<sup>&amp;minus;12</sup> C&amp;sup2; / J m. 1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 m&amp;sup2]]

  
  

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  Disabling wikitext interpretation and/or reformatting

  <nowiki> and <pre> tags can tell the server and the browser to display things as you typed them.

  regular interpret special characters interpret special wiki markup reformat text (remove single newlines and multiple spaces, perform automatic wrapping) a double newline gives a new paragraph arrow → italics link	arrow → ''italics'' [[link]]
  <nowiki> interpret special characters don't interpret special wiki markup reformat text ignore even a double newline (no new paragraph); hence has to be applied separately for each paragraph can be applied in-line: arrow &rarr; ''italics'' [[link]] normal again	''can be applied in-line:'' <nowiki> arrow &amp;rarr; ''italics'' [[link]] </nowiki>''[[normal]] again''
  <pre> interpret special characters don't interpret special wiki markup don't reformat text (no wrapping) allows CSS for HTML element pre; the default skin gives a box uses a fixed-width font, as specified in the browser settings arrow → ''italics'' [[link]]	<pre>arrow &rarr; ''italics'' [[link]]</pre>
  leading space interpret special characters interpret special wiki markup don't reformat text (no wrapping) produces HTML element pre, therefore the font and CSS are the same as when using pre; the default skin gives a box arrow → ''italics'' [[link]] </pre> IF a line of plain text starts with a space it will be formatted exactly as typed in a 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; 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)	arrow &amp;rarr; ''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 * poetry
  typewriter font (does not work beyond the end of a paragraph): arrow → italics link New paragraph.	<tt>arrow &amp;rarr;</tt> <tt>''italics''</tt> <tt>[[link]] New paragraph.</tt>
  Show special character codes: &rarr;	&amp;rarr;
  Comments The text between here and here won't be displayed	The text between '''here''' <!-- comment here --> '''and here''' won't be displayed

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  Including another page — transclusion and templates

  Changing a transcluded file will change every file that transcludes it.

  transclusion Including the contents of another page into the current page. Help:Transclusion Demo	{{:Help:Transclusion Demo}}
  template 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. Template:H:title	{{H:title|hovertext|This is underlined}}

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  Records of edits in the database

  Edits are recorded both in the revision table and in the recentchanges table of the database.

  The revision table is used for page histories and user contribution lists. The recentchanges table is used for recent and related changes, watchlists, and (in the case of page creation) for the list of new pages.

  This is relevant in the case that old edits are removed from one of the two tables. For example, if three months of recent changes are kept in the recentchanges table, while nothing is deleted from the revision table, then older edits can be seen in page histories and user contribution lists, but not in recent and related changes, watchlists, and (in the case of page creation) in the list of new pages.

  Import of page revisions adds to the revision table but not to the recentchanges table, so they add to page histories and user contribution lists, but not to recent and related changes, watchlists, and (in the case of page creation) the list of new pages.

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