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Format!!Input!!Description

Type!!Format!!Input!!Description

Type!!Formatting!!Output

Code !!Output

Heading 1 !! Heading 2 !! Heading 3

Soda

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.

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

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

<nowiki>==Heading==</nowiki> (Two equal signs on either side)

<nowiki>===Subheaing===</nowiki> (Three equal signs on either side)

<nowiki>====Sub-subheading====</nowiki> (Four equal signs on either side)

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 <nowiki>{|</nowiki>tag and ended with a <nowiki>|}</nowiki> tag (vertical bar with a single brace).
Rows are created with a <nowiki>|-</nowiki> 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.

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

Peach	Pear	Plum
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