Help:Syntax
This is a handy guide to the most common bits of Wiki syntax you may want to use.
Basic text formatting markup
| Desired Result | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Italic Text | Two single quotes on each side | ''Italic Text'' |
| Bold Text | Three single quotes on each side | '''Bold Text''' |
| Bold and Italic | Five single quotes on each side | '''''Bold and Italic''''' |
| The "strike" tag | <strike>Strikethru</strike> | |
Preformatted text |
The "pre" tag | <pre>Preformatted text</pre> |
Headlines and Table of Contents
Note: In order for headline syntax to be parsed, it must be placed at the beginning of a line, with no spaces before it.
To create a headline for a section, start and end the line with a number of equals signs. The number of signs determines the level of the headline.
Level 1 headlines are used for page titles themselves. Please do not use them in pages.
== Main page sections are Level 2 == === Subsections are level 3 === ==== You can go to level 6 but beyond 4 is pushing it ====
When a page contains four or more headlines, a Table of Contents is automatically generated for it. If you wish to suppress this, put the magic word __NOTOC__ somewhere in the page. (That's two underscores on either side of the letters.)
Lists
Like headlines, the special characters for lists must occur at the beginning of a line, with no spaces. The characters are asterisks for bullets and number/hash/pound signs for numbering. A simple and more complex example are shown below.
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* Bulleted list item ** Sub-item * Item * Item ** Sub-item *** Sub-sub-item * Item |
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# Numbered list item #* Bulleted Sub-item #* Bulleted Sub-item # Numbered Item #* Bulleted Sub-item #*# Numbered Sub-sub-item #*# Numbered Sub-sub-item # Item |
Links
| Type of Link | Description | Example | Syntax |
|---|---|---|---|
| A page inside this wiki, with the link text the same as the page title | Enclose the article title in a double pair of square brackets | ... visit Sideling Hill Tunnel for ... | ... visit [[Sideling Hill Tunnel]] for ... |
| A page inside this wiki, with the link text different than the page title | Same as above, but after the article title, put a vertical bar followed by the link text | ... at the tunnel, we found ... | ... at [[Sideling Hill Tunnel|the tunnel]], we found ... |
| A page outside this wiki, with an automatically generated numbered link | The full URL in a single pair of square brackets | ... site is [1], and it ... | ... site is [http://www.google.com/], and it ... |
| A page outside this wiki, with some desired link text | The full URL in a single pair of square brackets, followed by a space, and then the link text | ... site is the well-known search engine, and it ... | ... site is [http://www.google.com/ the well-known search engine], and it ... |
| An external link with the little "external link" icon suppressed | Enclose the external link in <span class="plainlinks">...</span> |
... site is the well-known search engine, and it ... | ... site is <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.google.com/ the well-known search engine]</span>, and it ... |
The <nowiki> tag
If you want to ''demonstrate '''bits''' of wiki syntax '''without''' it actually being processed'', as we just did there, enclose your example in the <nowiki>...</nowiki> tag:
<nowiki>''Demonstrate '''bits''' of wiki syntax '''without''' it actually being processed''</nowiki>