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''
This adoption may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.
Single indent
Double indent
Multiple indent
Mixture of different types of list
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three def one
#: three item one
# four
#: four item one
#: this rather looks like the continuation of # four
#: and thus often used instead of <br />
;item 1
:* definition 1-1
:* definition 1-2
:
;item 2
:# definition 2-1
:# definition 2-2
The usage of #: and *: for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.
one
two
two point one
two point two
three
three def one
three item one
four
four item one
this rather looks like the continuation of # four
and thus often used instead of <br />
item 1
definition 1-1
definition 1-2
item 2
definition 2-1
definition 2-2
Preformatted text
preformatted text is done with
a '''space''' at the
''beginning'' of the line
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 to start a new line within a paragraph with the HTML tags <br /> or <br>.
HTML
Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>. These applies anywhere you insert them.
Description
You type
You get
Fixed width text
<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
Fixed width text
Blockquotes
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
text text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text text
quote quote quote quote quote quote
text text text text text text text text text text text text
Comment
<!--This is comment-->
Completely preformatted text
<pre>this way, all markups are '''ignored'''</pre>
this way, all markups are '''ignored'''
.}}
Other formatting
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references: