Help:Formatting

2009-06-11T12:47:30Z

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{{PD Help Page}}
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 <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>

== Text formatting markup ==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:15%" |Description
! style="width:45%" |You type
! style="width:40%" |You get
|-
! colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#A7C1F2" | character formatting - ''applies anywhere''
|-
|Italic text
|<pre>''italic''</pre>
|''italic''
|-
| Bold text
|<pre>'''bold'''</pre>
|'''bold'''
|-
| Bold and italic
|<pre>'''''bold & italic'''''</pre>
|'''''bold & italic'''''
|-
|Escape wiki markup
|
<pre><nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki></pre>
|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
|-
! colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#A7C1F2"| section formatting - ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-
|Headings of different levels
|
<pre>=level 1=
==level 2==
===level 3===
====level 4====
=====level 5=====
======level 6======</pre>
An article with four or more headings will automatically create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Section#Table_of_contents_.28TOC.29 table of contents].

|

<div style="font-size: 188%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;">Level 1</div>
<div style="font-size: 150%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;">Level 2</div>
<div style="font-size: 132%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 3</div>
<div style="font-size: 100%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 4</div>
<div style="font-size: 86%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 5</div>
<div style="font-size: 80%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 6</div>
|-
|Horizontal rule
|
<pre>----</pre>
|
----
|-
|Bullet list
|
<pre>
* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two
</pre>
Inserting a blank line will end the first list and start another.
|
* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two
|-
|Numbered list
|
<pre>
# one
# two<br />spanning several lines<br />without breaking the numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two
</pre>
|
# one
# two<br />spanning several lines<br />without breaking the numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two
|-
|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
|-
| Adopting definition list to indent text
|
<pre>:Single indent
::Double indent
:::::Multiple indent</pre>
This adoption may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.
|
: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 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
</pre>
The usage of <code>#:</code> and <code>*:</code> 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 <code># four</code>
#: and thus often used instead of <code><nowiki><br /></nowiki></code>
# 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
|
<pre>
preformatted text is done with
a '''space''' at the
''beginning'' of the line
</pre>
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 <code><nowiki><br /></nowiki></code>.

== HTML ==
Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code><nowiki><code></nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki><div></nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki><font></nowiki></code>. These apply anywhere you insert them.

{| class="wikitable"
!Description
!You type
!You get
|-
| Strikethrough
|<pre><del>Strikethrough</del></pre>
|<del>Strikethrough</del>
|-
|Fixed width text
|
<pre><tt>Fixed width text</tt></pre>
|
<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
|-
|Blockquotes
|
<pre>
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
</pre>
|
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
|-
|Comment
|
<pre></pre>

Text can only be viewed in the edit window.
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|-
|Completely preformatted text
|
<pre><pre>this way, all markups are '''ignored'''</pre></pre>
|
<pre>
this way, all markups are '''ignored'''</pre>
|}
{{Admin tip|tip=If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting <code>{{mediawiki|Manual:$wgRawHtml|$wgRawHtml}} = true;</code> in {{mediawiki|Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php}}.}}

== Other formatting ==
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:
*[[Help:Links|Links]]
*[[Help:Images|Images]]
*[[Help:Tables|Tables]]

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[[Category:Help|Formatting]]

Help:Subpages

2009-03-21T00:28:15Z

Anonymous Dissident: /* How it works */ gram.

{{PD Help Page}}
'''Subpages''' introduce some hierarchical organization into wiki pages, with levels of the hierarchy separated by slashes (<code>/</code>).

=== Where it works ===
By default, MediaWiki's subpage feature is turned off in the main namespace, but can be used on [[Help:Talk pages|talk pages]] and [[Help:User page|user pages]]. See [[Help:Namespaces]]. In namespaces where the feature is switched off, any slashes (/) within a page name are simply part of the page name and do nothing special.

=== How it works ===
Slashes (/) within a page name break the page into parent and subpages, recursively, e.g.:

* [[Help:Subpages]] - this page
* [[Help:Subpages/subpage]] - child page
* [[Help:Subpages/subpage/sub-subpage]] - grandchild page

Note that the part of page names after a slash is case sensitive including the first letter.

In subpages, a link back to antecedent pages will automatically appear at the top. These links do not appear, however, if the antecedent pages have not yet been created.

=== Use of subpages ===
There are various uses for the subpage feature. Some of the typical usages of subpages are:
* to create archives of old discussions under a [[Help:Talk pages|talk page]]
* to create scratchpad editing spaces under a [[Help:User page|user page]]
* to create other language versions of a document in multilingual wikis

Subpages are useful for organising information hierarchically. On the other hand, subpages tend to have a long name that is hard to remember, so it may be more user-friendly to use them as little as possible. You can also organize pages with the [[Help:Category|category]] feature, which is more suitable for creating a hierarchical network of information.

{{Admin tip|tip=You can specify the namespaces to have the subpage feature enabled with {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages|$wgNamespacesWithSubpages}} array.}}

==See also==
* [[Meta:Help:Link#Subpage feature]]
* [[Help:Variables#Page names]]

{{languages}}

[[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Subpage|{{PAGENAME}}]]

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