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[edit] Sections and subsections, paragraphs, newlines:

  • Sections and subsections result in automatic Table of Contents, section only editing, etc. These are all good things.
  • Just insert a line break to start a new line.
==Section Title here==
===Subsection Title here===
====even deeper nesting====

---- inserts Horizontal ruler (use sparingly)

[edit] Formatting

  • Begin a line with one or more spaces to force typewriter font and ASCII indenting (it will automatically enclose it in the shadowbox, if that's part of the skin you're using.)
  • Just use <tt> and </tt> to have inline typewriter font, like this.
  • Bold and Italics are both forms of emphasis (and use a lot of single quotes), like this: Emphasize, strongly,very strongly.
''Emphasize'', '''strongly''',
'''''very strongly'''''
  • Strike through text with <s> and </s>
  • underline text with <u> and </u>
Unordered Lists 
Use a *. More stars mean deeper levels.
Ordered Lists
Use a #. More hashes mean deeper levels.
Definition lists
Term bolding happens automatically. Here's an example...
;Unordered Lists : Use a *. More stars mean deeper levels. 
;Ordered Lists: Use a #. More hashes mean deeper levels. 
;Definition lists: Term bolding happens automatically. Here's an example... 

[edit] Suppress Wiki-fication

  • Use <nowiki> and </nowiki> to interpret character references, and remove newlines and multiple spaces
  • Use <pre> and </pre> to keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font, but interpret character references

[edit] Links

  • If you enter [[Apache]], you see Apache.
  • If you enter [[help:contents|help page]], (that's wikiPage-pipe-phrase) you see help page
    • First letter of target is automatically capitalized.
    • Internally spaces are automatically represented as underscores (typing an underscore has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).
Thus the link above is to http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_policy, which is the page with the name "Video policy".
  • If you enter [http://www.google.com Google], (that's externalLink-space-phrase) you see Google
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