Wiki Cheatsheet
DO NOT BE AFRAID OF WIKI MARKUP! Once you have explored the editing code, you will find it becomes easier. Here is a cheatsheet to help with the basics.
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Formatting
Character Formatting | |||
YOU WANT | YOU TYPE | YOU GET | COMMENT |
Italic text | ''italic'' | italics | two single quote marks |
Bold text | '''bold''' | bold | three single quote marks |
Bold & italic text | '''''bold & italic''''' | bold & italic | five single quote marks |
Strike text | <strike>strike text</strike> | - | |
No wiki markup | <nowiki>no ''italics markukp''</nowiki> | no ''italics markup'' | This disabled the single quotes |
Subscript | H<sub>2</sub>O | H2O | |
Superscript | Number<sup>exponent</sup> | Numberexponent | |
Section Formatting | |||
YOU WANT | YOU TYPE | YOU GET | COMMENT |
Level 2 Heading | ==Level 2== | Level 2 | Level 1 Heading reserved for Page Name |
Level 3 Heading | ===Level 3=== | Level 3 | each successive use of "=" makes smaller heading |
Horizontal Rule | ---- | Text before Text after |
Four hyphens (----) create a solid line across the page. |
Bullet List | *First Bullet |
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One asterik * is an unindented bullet |
**Second (indented) Bullet |
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Two or more asteriks ** indent the bullet | |
Numbered List | # a numbered line |
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A single hashtag # will create a first ordered numbered line. Subsequent hashtagged lines will continue a numbered sequence. |
## an indented numbered line |
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Two hashtags ## will indent the numbered line under a first order numbered line. Subsequent lines with two hashtags will continue a numbered sequence. | |
TBD | |||
YOU WANT | YOU TYPE | YOU GET | COMMENT |
See Also
While we build our own Cheatsheet on this page, try some of these already established formatting pages on Mediwiki and Wikipedia
- Help with Formatting on Mediawiki
- Help with Wiki Markup on Wikipedia
- Wikipedia Cheatsheet
- Handy online Table Generator
- Help with Formatting Tables on Mediawiki
Additional Resources
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