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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 <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>

== Text formatting markup ==

{| align="center" {{Prettytable}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Description'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''You type'''	
|{{Hl2}} |'''You get'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere''
|-
|Italic text
|<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt>
|''italic''
|-
| Bold text
|<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt>
|'''bold'''
|-
| Bold and italic
|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt>
|'''''bold & italic'''''
|-
|Escape wiki markup
|<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki></nowiki></tt>
|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-
|Headings of<br />
different sizes
|
<tt><nowiki>==level 1==</nowiki></tt><br />
<tt><nowiki>===level 2===</nowiki></tt><br />
<tt><nowiki>====level 3====</nowiki></tt><br />
<tt><nowiki>=====level 4=====</nowiki></tt>
|
==Level 1==
===Level 2===
====Level 3====
=====Level 4=====
|-
|Horizontal rule
|
<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>
|
----
|-
|Bullet list
|
&#42; one<br>
&#42; two<br>
&#42; three<br>
&#42;&#42; three and one-third<br>
&#42;&#42; three and two-thirds<br>
|
* one
* two
* three
** three and one-third
** three and two-thirds
|-
|Numbered list
|
&#35; one<br />
&#35; two<br />
&#35; three<br />
&#35;&#35; three point one<br />
&#35;&#35; three point two<br />
|
# one
# two
# three
## three point one
## three point two
|-
| Mixture of bulleted<br /> and numbered lists
|
&#35; one<br />
&#35; two<br />
&#35;&#42; two point one<br />
&#35;&#42; two point two<br />
|
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
|-
|Definition list
|
&#59;Definition<br />
&#58;item 1<br />
&#58;item 2<br />
|
;Definition
:item 1
:item 2
|-
|Preformatted text
|
&nbsp;&nbsp;preformatted text is done with<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;a space at the<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;beginning of the line<br />
|
 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 <tt><nowiki><br&nbsp;/></nowiki></tt>.  

== HTML ==

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>.

{{Admin tip|tip=If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting <code>$wgRawHtml = true;</code> in LocalSettings.php. Switch off HTML completely with <code>$wgUserHtml = false;</code>}}


== More advanced formatting ==
Beyond the basic text formatting markup shown above, there are some more advanced formatting tricks:
*[[Help:Links|Links]]
*[[Help:Images|Images]]
*[[Help:Tables|Tables]]

== External Links ==
MetaWiki: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Help:Editing]

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