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You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes or equal signs 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 pairs of apostrophes like ''this''.

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tag < br / >.

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example < code >, < div >, < span > and < font >. These apply anywhere you insert them. What follows are examples of formatting commands.


== Text formatting markup == 

{| class="wikitable"
! 
Description
! 
You type
! 
You get
|-
! colspan="3" style="background: #ABE" | 
Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
|-
| 
Italic text
| <pre>
''italic''
</pre>
|
''italic''
|-
| 
Bold text
| <pre>
'''bold'''
</pre>
|
'''bold'''
|-
| 
Bold and italic
| <pre>
'''''bold & italic'''''
</pre>
|
'''''bold & italic'''''
|-
| 
Strike text
| <pre>
<strike>strike text</strike>
</pre>
|<strike>strike text</strike>
|-
| 
Escape wiki markup
| <pre>
&lt;nowiki&gt; no ''markup''&lt;/nowiki&gt;
</pre>
|-
! colspan="3" style="background: #ABE" | 
Section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-

| extension 
Headings of different levels
| <pre>

== Level 2 == 

=== Level 3 === 

==== Level 4 ==== 

===== Level 5 ===== 

====== Level 6 ====== 

</pre>

|
<!-- using HTML markup to avoid creating new sections -->
<h2>Level 2</h2>

<h3>Level 3</h3>

<h4>Level 4</h4>

<h5>Level 5</h5>

<h6>Level 6</h6>

|-
| 
Horizontal rule

Text before
----
<translate>
Text after
</pre>
|
Text before
----
Text after
|-
| 
Bullet list
|
<pre>
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
</pre>
|
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
|-
| 
Numbered list
|
<pre>
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines


# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.

</pre>
|
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.

|-
| 
Definition list
| <pre>

;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2

</pre>
|

;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2

|-
| 
Indent text
| <pre>
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
</pre>

|
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
|-
| 
Mixture of different types of list
|
<pre>
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead <br />of &lt;nowiki><br />&lt;/nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
</pre>

|
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead <br />of <nowiki><br /></nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
|-
| 
Preformatted text
| <pre>
Start each line with a space.
 Text is '''preformatted''' and
 ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
</pre>

|
Start each line with a space.
 Text is '''preformatted''' and
 ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
|-
| 
Preformatted text blocks
| <pre> 
<nowiki><nowiki>Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <nowiki>).

Then your block format will be
    maintained.
 
This is good for copying in code blocks:

def function():
    """documentation string"""

if True:
        print True
    else:
        print False</nowiki></nowiki>
</pre>
|
<nowiki>Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <nowiki>).

Then your block format will be
    maintained.

This is good for copying in code blocks:

def function():
    """documentation string"""

if True:
        print True
    else:
        print False</nowiki>
|}