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This page provides a quick rundown of some of the most common and basic wiki formatting commands. If you need additional help editing pages, refer to Help:Contents.
| Description | You Type | You See |
|---|---|---|
| Italic Text | ''italics'' | italics |
| Bold Text | '''bold''' | bold |
| Bold & Italic Text | '''''bold & italic''''' | bold & italic |
| Underlined Text (see ox) | <span style="text-decoration: underline">underline</span> <u>Shortcut</u> |
underline Shortcut |
| Strikethrough text | <s>stroke</s> | |
| Monospaced text | <tt>wibble</tt> | wibble |
| Superscript and subscript | <sup>whee</sup><sub>oh dear</sub> | wheeoh dear |
| Code block | <pre>Turin'</pre> | Turin'[n 1] |
| Internal Link | [[Catacryst]] [[Catacryst|An awesome pattern]] [[:Category:Patterns|List of patterns]] |
Catacryst An awesome pattern List of patterns |
| External Link | http://www.google.com/ [http://www.google.com/] [http://www.google.com/ Google Search Engine] |
http://www.google.com/ [1] Google Search Engine |
| No Wiki Markup | With ''markup'' <nowiki>Without ''markup''</nowiki> |
With markup Without ''markup'' |
| Hidden Text | <!-- Hidden text --> | |
| Headings | =Level 1= ==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== |
Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5 |
| Indented List | : Level one : Level one :: Level two :::Level three : Level one |
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| Bulleted list | * Number one * Number two ** Number two point one * Number three |
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| Numbered list | # Number one # Number two ## Number two point one # Number three |
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| Image | [[Image:Glider.png|framed|center|This is a glider.]] |  This is a glider. |
| LifeViewer applet | {{LV:Viewer|bob$2bo$3o}} | |
Notes
- ↑ Note that similarly to <nowiki>, <pre> precludes applying other formatting within code blocks, but prepending a space to each newline will have the same effect without this constraint.
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