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{{See also|Help:Advanced editing}}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 <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.

== Text formatting markup ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Description
! style="width: 40%;" | You type
! style="width: 40%;" | You get
|-
! colspan="3" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); background: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle--active, #b6d4fb)" | {{anchor|Character formatting}}Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
|-
| Italic text
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
''italic''
|lang=wikitext}}
|
''italic''
|-
| Bold text
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
'''bold'''
|lang=wikitext}}
|
'''bold'''
|-
| Bold and italic
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
'''''bold & italic'''''
|lang=wikitext}}
|
'''''bold & italic'''''
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|nowiki|<nowiki>|.3Cnowiki.3E}}
|-
| Escape wiki markup
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|

{{^(}}nowiki{{)^}}no [[wiki]] ''markup''{{^(}}/nowiki{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
|
<nowiki>no [[wiki]] ''markup''</nowiki>
|-
! colspan="3" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); background: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle--active, #b6d4fb)" | {{anchor|Section formatting}}Section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-
| Section Headings of different levels
| {{anchor|headings}}{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
== Level 2 ==

=== Level 3 ===

==== Level 4 ====

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

====== Level 6 ======
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{note|1=<nowiki/>
* [[Help talk:Formatting#Level_1|Skip Level 1]], it is page name level.
* Do not put any text on the same line after the ending equal signs.
* An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a [[w:Help:Section#Table of contents (TOC)|table of contents]] (unless setting the magic word <code><nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki></code>).
}}
|

<h2>Level 2</h2>

<h3>Level 3</h3>

<h4>Level 4</h4>

<h5>Level 5</h5>

<h6>Level 6</h6>
|-
| Horizontal rule
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
Text before
----
Text after
|lang=wikitext}}
|
Text before
----
Text after
|-
| Bullet list
| {{anchor|bulleted-lists}}
{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.

* combine bullet list
** with definition
:: - definition
** creates empty space

* combine bullet list
** with definition
*: - definition
** without empty spaces

* bullet list
: - definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition
|lang=wikitext}}
|
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.

* combine bullet list
** with definition
::- definition
** creates empty space

* combine bullet list
** with definition
*:- definition
** without empty spaces

*bullet list
:- definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition
|-
| Numbered list
| {{anchor|numbered-list}}
{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks 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.

{{^(}}nowiki{{)^}}#{{^(}}/nowiki{{)^}} use "nowiki" tags to display a literal (#) at the beginning of a line without interpreting it as a numbered list.
|lang=wikitext}}
|
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks 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.

<nowiki>#</nowiki> use "nowiki" tags to display a literal (#) at the beginning of a line without interpreting it as a numbered list.
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|Definition list}}
|-
| Description list
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
; item 1
: definition 1
; item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
|lang=wikitext}}
{{note|1=At the end of the line, if the line begins with a semicolon (;), any inserted colon (:) will not be displayed. If you want for the colon to be displayed, escape it by writing <code>&#58;</code>.}}
|
; item 1
: definition 1
; item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
|-
| Description details without description terms
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
: Description details
:: Nested description details
::::: Deeply nested description details
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{Note|1=This is often used as a workaround for indenting the line, but it will harm accessibility and produce invalid HTML output. Using CSS for visual indentation is a far more preferable approach (e.g. {{tl|indent}}).}}
|
: Description details
:: Nested description details
::::: Deeply nested description details
|-
| Mixture of different types of list
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
# 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 of <nowiki> </nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{note|1=The usage of <code>#:</code> and <code>*:</code> for breaking a line is as problematic as the usage of single <code>:</code>.}}
|
# 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 of <nowiki> </nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
|-
| {{anchor|Preformatted text}}Preformatted text
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
Start each line with a space.
Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{note|1=This way of preformatting only applies to [[#Section formatting|section formatting]]. [[#Character formatting|Character formatting]] markups are still effective.}}
|
Start each line with a space.
Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
|-
| Preformatted text blocks
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}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{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
|
{{#tag: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
}}
|}

{{anchor||.3Cp.3E}}

== Paragraphs ==
{{anchor| |.3Cbr.3E}}
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 {{tag|br|single}}.

== HTML tags ==
{{anchor|<div>|.3Cdiv.3E||.3Cspan.3E}}
Some [[w:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example {{tag|code|open}}, [[w:Div and span|{{tag|div|open}}, and {{tag|span|open}}]]. These apply anywhere you insert them.
{| class="wikitable"
! Description
! style="width: 40%;" | You type
! style="width: 40%;" | You get
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<ins>|.3Cins.3E||.3Cu.3E}}
|-
| Inserted (Displays as underline in most browsers)
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<ins>Inserted</ins>

or

Underline
|lang=wikitext}}
|
<ins>Inserted</ins>

or

Underline
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<del>|.3Cdel.3E|<s>|.3Cs.3E}}
|-
| Deleted (Displays as strike-through in most browsers)
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<s>Strike-through</s>

or

<del>Deleted</del>
|lang=wikitext}}
|
<s>Strike-through</s>

or

<del>Deleted</del>
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<code>|.3Ccode.3E}}
|-
| Fixed width text
| <syntaxhighlight lang=html><code>Source code</code></syntaxhighlight>
| <code>Source code</code>
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<blockquote>|.3Cblockquote.3E}}
|-
| Blockquotes
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
Text before
<blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote>
Text after
|lang=wikitext}}
{{Note|1=If the quote contains multiple paragraphs the tags need to be on separate lines to display properly, i.e.:
{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<blockquote>
First paragraph.

Second paragraph.
</blockquote>
|lang=wikitext}}
{{Tracked|T309778|float=none}}
}}
|
Text before
<blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote>
Text after
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<q>|.3Cq.3E}}
|-
| Quotes
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<q>This is a quotation</q>
|lang=wikitext}}
{{Note|1=The q element '''must not''' be used in place of quotation marks that do not represent quotes; for example, it is inappropriate to use the q element for marking up sarcastic statements.<ref>[https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-q-element HTML Living Standard—The <'''q'''> element]</ref>}}
| <q>This is a quotation</q>
|-
| Comment
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}!-- This is a comment --{{)^}}
Comments are visible only
in the edit zone.
|lang=wikitext}}
|

Comments are visible only
in the edit zone.
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<pre>|.3Cpre.3E}}
|-
| Completely preformatted text
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}pre{{)^}}
Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
{{^(}}/pre{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{note|1=For marking up of preformatted text, check the "Preformatted text" entry at the end of the previous table.}}
|
{{#tag:pre|
Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
}}
|-
| '''Customized''' preformatted text
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}pre style="color: red"{{)^}}
Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
{{^(}}/pre{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{note|1=A CSS style can be named within the <code>style</code> attribute.}}
|
{{#tag:pre|
Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
|style=color: red}}
|}
continued:
{| class="wikitable" | style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%"
! Description
! style="width: 40%;" | You type
! style="width: 40%;" | You get
|-
| '''Default''' preformatted text has a CSS attribute (<code>white-space: pre-wrap;</code>) to wrap the text according to available width
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}pre{{)^}}
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
{{^(}}/pre{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
|
{{#tag:pre|
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
|}}
|-
| '''Customized''' preformatted text with '''disabled''' text wrapping
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}pre style="white-space: pre;"{{)^}}
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
{{^(}}/pre{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
|
{{#tag:pre|
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
|style=white-space: pre;}}
|}

The full list of recognized tags is given on {{ll|Help:HTML in wikitext}}.

== Inserting symbols ==

Symbols and other special characters not available on your keyboard can be inserted in a multitude of ways. [http://www.howtogeek.com/210824/how-to-quickly-type-special-characters-on-any-computer-smartphone-or-tablet/ Many operating systems and browsers allow to insert special characters] through a menu option or operating system panel. Additionally, you can use the WikiEditor or [[Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Special characters|VisualEditor]] to insert them into the edit screen.

As a last resort, you can use a special sequence of characters.
Those sequences are called [https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Glossary/Character_reference HTML character references].
For example:

* the rightwards [[w:Arrow (symbol)|arrow symbol]] (<code>→</code>) can be displayed using the <code>&rarr;</code> sequence
* an [[w:Dash#Em dash|em dash]] (<code>—</code>) can be displayed using <code>&mdash;</code>.
----
{{note|1=Hover over any symbol to reveal the entity that produces it. Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+ HTML symbol entities
|-
| Á
| á
| Â
| â
| ´
| Æ
| æ
| À
| à
| &alefsym;
| Α
| α
| &
| &and;
| &ang;
| Å
| å
| ≈
| Ã
| ã
| Ä
| ä
| &bdquo;
| Β
| β
| ¦
| •
| ∩
| Ç
| ç
| ¸
| ¢
|-
| Χ
| χ
| &circ;
| &clubs;
| &cong;
| ©
| &crarr;
| ∪
| ¤
| &dagger;
| &Dagger;
| ↓
| &dArr;
| °
| Δ
| δ
| &diams;
| ÷
| É
| é
| Ê
| ê
| È
| è
| ∅
| &emsp;
| &ensp;
| Ε
| ε
| &equiv;
| Η
| η
|-
| Ð
| ð
| Ë
| ë
| €
| ∃
| &fnof;
| ∀
| ½
| ¼
| ¾
| &frasl;
| Γ
| γ
| ≥
| >
| ↔
| ⇔
| &hearts;
| …
| Í
| í
| Î
| î
| ¡
| Ì
| ì
| &image;
| ∞
| ∫
| Ι
| ι
|-
| ¿
| ∈
| Ï
| ï
| Κ
| κ
| Λ
| λ
| &lang;
| «
| ←
| ⇐
| &lceil;
| “
| ≤
| &lfloor;
| &lowast;
| &loz;
| &lrm;
| &lsaquo;
| ‘
| <
| ¯
| —
| µ
| ·
| −
| Μ
| μ
| ∇
|  
| –
|-
| ≠
| &ni;
| ¬
| ∉
| &nsub;
| Ñ
| ñ
| Ν
| ν
| Ó
| ó
| Ô
| ô
| &OElig;
| &oelig;
| Ò
| ò
| &oline;
| Ω
| ω
| Ο
| ο
| &oplus;
| &or;
| ª
| º
| Ø
| ø
| Õ
| õ
| &otimes;
| Ö
|-
| ö
| ¶
| ∂
| &permil;
| &perp;
| Φ
| φ
| Π
| π
| ϖ
| ±
| £
| ′
| ″
| ∏
| &prop;
| Ψ
| ψ
| "
| √
| &rang;
| »
| →
| ⇒
| &rceil;
| ”
| &real;
| ®
| &rfloor;
| Ρ
| ρ
| &rlm;
|-
| &rsaquo;
| ’
| &sbquo;
| &Scaron;
| &scaron;
| ⋅
| §
| 
| Σ
| σ
| &sigmaf;
| &sim;
| &spades;
| ⊂
| &sube;
| ∑
| ⊃
| ¹
| ²
| ³
| &supe;
| ß
| Τ
| τ
| &there4;
| Θ
| θ
| &thetasym;
|  
| Þ
| þ
| &tilde;
|-
| ×
| ™
| Ú
| ú
| ↑
| &uArr;
| Û
| û
| Ù
| ù
| ¨
| &upsih;
| Υ
| υ
| Ü
| ü
| &weierp;
| Ξ
| ξ
| Ý
| ý
| ¥
| ÿ
| &Yuml;
| Ζ
| ζ
| &zwj;
| &zwnj;
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Description
! style="width: 40%;" | You type
! style="width: 40%;" | You get
|-
| Copyright symbol
|class=mw-code| &copy;
|
:::'''©'''
|-
| Greek delta letter symbol
|class=mw-code|&delta;
|
:::'''δ'''
|-
| Euro currency symbol
|class=mw-code|&euro;
|
:::'''€'''
|}
See the list of all HTML entities on the Wikipedia article [[w:List of HTML entities|List of HTML entities]]. Additionally, MediaWiki supports two non-standard entity reference sequences: <code>&רלמ;</code> and <code>&رلم;</code> which are both considered equivalent to <code>&rlm;</code> which is a [[w:Right-to-left mark|right-to-left mark]]. (Used when combining right to left languages with left to right languages in the same page.)

== HTML tags and symbol entities displayed themselves (with and without interpreting them) ==

: <syntaxhighlight lang=html inline>&euro;</syntaxhighlight>  → '''&euro;'''
: {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|Typo to be corrected|lang=wikitext|inline=}}  → '''Typo to be corrected'''
: {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|Typo to be corrected|lang=wikitext|inline=}}  → '''Typo to be corrected'''

=== Nowiki for HTML ===
{{tag|nowiki|s}} can prohibit (HTML) tags:
* <nowiki><<</nowiki>nowiki/>pre>  → <<nowiki/>pre>
But ''not'' & symbol escapes:
* &<<nowiki/>nowiki/>amp;  → &<nowiki/>amp;
To print & symbol escapes as text, use "<syntaxhighlight inline lang="html">&</syntaxhighlight>" to replace the "&" character (eg. type "<syntaxhighlight inline lang="html">&nbsp;</syntaxhighlight>", which results in "<syntaxhighlight inline lang="html"> </syntaxhighlight>").

== Other formatting ==

Beyond the text formatting markup shown hereinbefore, here are some other formatting references:

* {{ll|Help:Links}}
* {{ll|Help:Lists}}
* {{ll|Help:Images}}
* Language converter markup – see {{ll|Writing systems/Syntax}}
* References – see {{ll|Extension:Cite}}
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Tables|Tables]]
* {{ll|Manual:Collapsible_elements}}

You can find more references at {{ll|Help:Contents}}.

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Help{{#translation:}}|Formatting]]

Help:Formatting/en - Revision history

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