Basic text formatting
You can format the page using Wikitext special characters.
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You can italicize text by putting 2
apostrophes on each side.
3 apostrophes will 'bold' the text.
5 apostrophes will 'bold and italicize'
the text.
(Using 4 apostrophes doesn't do anything
special – <br /> 3 of them 'bold' the text as
usual; the others are just apostrophes
around the text.)
You can italicize text by putting 2
apostrophes on each side.
3 apostrophes will 'bold' the text.
5 apostrophes will 'bold and italicize'
the text.
(Using 4 apostrophes doesn't do anything
special – <br /> 3 of them 'bold' the text as
usual; the others are just apostrophes
around the text.)
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A single newline
generally has no effect on the layout.
These can be used to separate
sentences within a paragraph.
Some editors find that this aids editing
and improves the diff function
(used internally to compare
different versions of a page).
But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
When used in a list, a newline does affect the layout (see below).
A single newline
generally has no effect on the layout.
These can be used to separate
sentences within a paragraph.
Some editors find that this aids editing
and improves the diff function
(used internally to compare
different versions of a page).
But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
When used in a list, a newline does
affect the layout (see below).
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You can break lines<br/> without a new paragraph.<br/> Please use this sparingly.
Please do not start a link or italics or 'bold' text on one line and end on the next.
You can break lines<br/> without a new paragraph.<br/> Please use this sparingly.
Please do not start a link or
italics or 'bold' text on one line
and end on the next.
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<div class=“mw-notalk”> * Three tildes gives your signature: Example <br/> * Four tildes give your signature plus date/time: Example 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br/> * Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br/> </div>
You should “sign” your comments on talk pages: * Three tildes gives your signature: ~~~ * Four tildes give your signature plus date/time: ~~~~ * Five tildes gives the date/time alone: ~~~~~ </syntaxhighlight>