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Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki></tt>.  | Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki></tt>.  | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:37, 11 February 2007
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 ''this''
Text formatting markup
| Description | You type | You get | 
| applies anywhere | ||
| Italic text | ''italic'' | italic | 
| Bold text | '''bold''' | bold | 
| Bold and italic | '''''bold & italic''''' | bold & italic | 
| Escape wiki markup | <nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki> | no ''markup'' | 
| only at the beginning of the line | ||
| Headings of different sizes  | 
 ==level 1==  | 
Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4 | 
| Horizontal rule | 
 ----  | 
 | 
| Bullet list | 
 * one  | 
  | 
| Numbered list | 
 # one  | 
  | 
| Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists  | 
 # one  | 
  | 
| Definition list | 
 ;Definition  | 
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| Preformatted text | 
   preformatted text is done with  | 
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 also start a newline with the HTML tag <br />.
HTML
Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>.
More advanced formatting
Beyond the basic text formatting markup shown above, there are some more advanced formatting tricks: