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Category:Needs Work This article is designed to give a brief tutorial of MediaWiki formatting. For more detailed information and references, visit the MetaWiki homepage (http://meta.wikimedia.org) or Wikipedia Help (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Help).

Please also read Style and Terminology for STC wording conventions that should be followed.

Format	Input	Description
bold	'''bold'''	three single quotation marks on either side
italics	''italics''	two single quotation marks on either side
bold italics	'''''bold italics'''''	five single quotation marks on either side
line break	line<br>break	<br> HTML tagplease use with caution
No '''Wiki''' formatting	<nowiki>No '''Wiki''' formatting</nowiki>	remember to use closing tag
Preformatted Text	<pre>Preformatted Text</pre>	the html 'pre' tags will show the text exactly as typed including line returns (or lack thereof). It places the text in a box.

Type	Format	Input	Description
Internal Link	Simple Internal Link	[[Simple Internal Link]]	Double square brackets to link to article of that name (case sensitive)
Internal with alt text	Link Text	[[Link\|Link Text]]	Article name first, then a vertical bar, then alternate text (case sensitive)
Article Section Link	MediaWiki Tutorial#Links	[[MediaWiki Tutorial#Links]]	Double brackets, pound sign between article name and subsection name (case sensitive)
External link	http://www.yale.edu	http://www.yale.edu	Enter the link with "http://" prefix, automatically formats
External with alt text	Link Text	[www.yale.edu Link Text]	Single brackets with a space between link and alternate text

The Table of Contents is generated automatically by the use of special headings formatting. There can be headings, subheadings, and sub-subheadings, but no lower.

==Heading== (Two equal signs on either side)

===Subheaing=== (Three equal signs on either side)

====Sub-subheading==== (Four equal signs on either side)

Type	Formatting	Output
Numbered	#First Item #Second Item #Third Item ##Subitem ###Sub-subitem	First Item Second Item Third Item Subitem Sub-subitem
Bulletted	First Item Second Item Third Item Subitem **Sub-subitem	First Item Second Item Third Item Subitem Sub-subitem
Mixed	#First Item #Note on the first item #Second Item Item *#Sub-subitem	First Item Note on the first item Second Item Item Sub-subitem

Type

Formatting

Output

Numbered

#First Item
#Second Item
#Third Item
##Subitem
###Sub-subitem

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
1. Subitem
  1. Sub-subitem

Bulletted

*First Item
*Second Item
*Third Item
**Subitem
***Sub-subitem

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
- Subitem
  - Sub-subitem

Mixed

#First Item
#*Note on the first item
#Second Item
*Item
*#Sub-subitem

First Item
- Note on the first item
Second Item

Item
1. Sub-subitem

Table are created using the {|tag and ended with a |} tag (vertical bar with a single brace).
Rows are created with a |- tag (vertical line and dash)
Cells in a row can be created on separate lines using a vertical bar as the first character of the line, or on the same line, starting with a single bar, separating them with double bars, and ending with no bar.
Headings for rows and columns are created using exclamation marks.

Code

Output

{|
|-
! Heading 1 !! Heading 2 !! Heading 3
|-
|Peach || Pear || Plum
|-
!Soda
|Pop
|Soft Drink
|}

Heading 1	Heading 2	Heading 3
Peach	Pear	Plum
Soda	Pop	Soft Drink

To display the content of a template in an article, put the name of the template between double curly brackets:

{{Template Name}}

If you are creating a new template, link to the template first, then click on the link to create the template.

Templates that should be used frequently in articles can be found in Style_and_Terminology.

To embed one article in another (aka Transclusion):

{{:Article_Name}}

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion

[[Image:filename|Alt Text|alignment(center,left,right...)|thumb]]

For more information about extended mediawiki image syntax, see the Wikipedia Help Article

[[Media:filename|Alt Text]]

April 2024