MediaWiki Markup
From ENIGMA
This page forms a quick reference for editing. It is based of the more detailed version at Wikipedia.
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Text Formatting
When making a website, you can format the contents of that page using HTML tags. A tag consists of two parts; the start and the end. Different tags have different effects on text. An example of a HTML tag is <b>your text</b>, which appears as your text. Wiki markup uses tags, but not neccessarily the same ones as HTML. For example, although <b>your text</b> is HTML code, it will still produce your text if you put it into a Wiki page. Below is a general outline of the Wiki syntax; some code uses the HTML tag structure.
| Format & Appearance | Code | Additional notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bold | '''text'''
| ||
| Italics | ''text''
| Use for variable names | |
| Underline | <ins>text</ins>
| ||
| | <del>text</del>
| Use this when removing something you said in a discussion, without removing it entirely | |
| :text
| Use this when replying to someone's message on a Wiki Discussion page | |
| *text
| Use **multiple asterisks to change the level of the list
| |
| #text
| Use ##multiple hash symbols to change the level of the list
| |
Code | <code>text</code>
| ||
| Syntax highlighted text | <syntaxhighlight lang="text">text</syntaxhighlight>
| Other languages you might want to use are edl, html4strict, html5, c, and cpp. All supported languages can be found here. |
Hyperlinks
| Link Type | Code | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Link to page on wiki | [[Main Page]] | Main Page |
| Link to page on wiki (renamed) | [[Main Page|Home]] | Home |
| Link to external page (with external page icon) | [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] | Wikipedia |
| Link to external page (without external page icon) | <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]</span> | Wikipedia |
| Link to non-existing page on wiki | [[NONEXISTINGPAGE]] | NONEXISTINGPAGE |
See here for more link types.
Tables
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
|+ Heading
! Column
! Column
! Column
|-
! Row
| Example || Example
|-
! Row
| Example
| Example
|}
|+ Heading
! Column
! Column
! Column
|-
! Row
| Example || Example
|-
! Row
| Example
| Example
|}
Produces:
| Column | Column | Column |
|---|---|---|
| Row | Example | Example |
| Row | Example | Example |
Similarly,
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Heading
! Column !! Column !! Column
|-
| Row || Example || Example
|-
| Row || Example || Example
|-
| Row || Example || Example
|}
|+ Heading
! Column !! Column !! Column
|-
| Row || Example || Example
|-
| Row || Example || Example
|-
| Row || Example || Example
|}
Produces:
| Column | Column | Column |
|---|---|---|
| Row | Example | Example |
| Row | Example | Example |
| Row | Example | Example |
See here for more information about tables.
