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(new HTML symbols section, adapting materials from Help talk:Formatting#What About An HTML Symbols Guide? by Jim Gettman and Peter Blaise)
 
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You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks 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 single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>
You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks 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 single quotes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.
 
  
 
== Text formatting markup ==
 
== Text formatting markup ==
  
{| class="wikitable"
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{| align="center" {{Prettytable}}
! Description
 
! width=40% | You type
 
! width=40% | You get
 
 
|-
 
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#ABE" | character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
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|{{Hl2}} |'''Description'''
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|{{Hl2}} |'''You type'''
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|{{Hl2}} |'''You get'''
 
|-
 
|-
| Italic text
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| colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere''
| <pre>
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|-
''italic''
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|Italic text
</pre>
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|<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt>
|
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|''italic''
''italic''
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Bold text
 
| Bold text
| <pre>
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|<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt>
'''bold'''
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|'''bold'''
</pre>
 
|
 
'''bold'''
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Bold and italic
 
| Bold and italic
| <pre>
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|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt>
'''''bold & italic'''''
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|'''''bold & italic'''''
</pre>
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|-
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|Escape wiki markup
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|<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no '''wiki''' or <B>html</B> amendments</nowiki></nowiki></tt>
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|<nowiki>no '''wiki''' or <B>html</B> amendments</nowiki>
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|-
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|Fixed width text
 
|
 
|
'''''bold & italic'''''
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<nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki>
|-
 
| Escape wiki markup
 
| <pre>
 
&lt;nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki&gt;
 
</pre>
 
 
|
 
|
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
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<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
 
|-
 
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#ABE" | section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
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| colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line''
 
|-
 
|-
| Headings of different levels
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| Indent text
| <pre>
 
= Level 1 =
 
== Level 2 ==
 
=== Level 3 ===
 
==== Level 4 ====
 
===== Level 5 =====
 
====== Level 6 ======
 
</pre>
 
----
 
{{note|An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Section#Table of contents (TOC)|table of contents]].}}
 
 
|
 
|
= Level 1 =
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<tt><nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki></tt><br />
== Level 2 ==
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<tt><nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki></tt><br />
=== Level 3 ===
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<tt><nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki></tt>
==== Level 4 ====
 
===== Level 5 =====
 
====== Level 6 ======
 
|-
 
| Horizontal rule
 
| <pre>
 
Text above
 
----
 
Text below
 
</pre>
 
 
|
 
|
Text above
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:Single indent
----
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::Double indent
Text below
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:::::Multiple indent
 
|-
 
|-
| Bullet list
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|Headings of<br />
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different levels <ref>An article with four or more headings will automatically create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Section#Table_of_contents_.28TOC.29 table of contents].</ref>
 
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|
<pre>
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<tt><nowiki>=level 1=</nowiki></tt><ref>Use of a level 1 heading is '''''highly discouraged''''' as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.</ref><br />
* Start each line
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<tt><nowiki>==level 2==</nowiki></tt><br />
* by an asterisk (*).
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<tt><nowiki>===level 3===</nowiki></tt><br />
** More asterisks gives deeper
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<tt><nowiki>====level 4====</nowiki></tt><br />
*** and deeper levels.
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<tt><nowiki>=====level 5=====</nowiki></tt><br />
* Line breaks<br />don't break levels.
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<tt><nowiki>======level 6======</nowiki></tt>
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
 
Any other first character ends the list.
 
</pre>
 
 
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|
* Start each line
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<!-- little hack to prevent TOC viewing -->
* by an asterisk (*).
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<span style="font-size: 188%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;">Level 1</span><br/><br/>
** More asterisks gives deeper
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<span style="font-size: 150%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;">Level 2</span><br/><br/>
*** and deeper levels.
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<span style="font-size: 132%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 3</span><br/>
* Line breaks<br />don't break levels.
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<span style="font-size: 100%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 4</span><br/>
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:[[[http://www.example.com link title]]#Redirect [[—[[Category:]]]]]}}<span style="font-size: 86%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 5</span><br/>
Any other first character ends the list.
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<span style="font-size: 80%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 6</span><br/>
 
|-
 
|-
| Numbered list
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|Horizontal rule
 
|
 
|
<pre>
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<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>
# Start each line
 
# by an ampersand (#).
 
## More ampersands gives deeper
 
### and deeper
 
### levels.
 
# Line breaks<br />don't break levels.
 
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
 
# Blank lines
 
 
 
# end the list and start another.
 
Any other first character also
 
ends the list.
 
</pre>
 
 
|
 
|
# Start each line
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----
# by an ampersand (#).
 
## More ampersands gives deeper
 
### and deeper
 
### levels.
 
# Line breaks<br />don't break levels.
 
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
 
# Blank lines
 
 
 
# end the list and start another.
 
Any other first character also
 
ends the list.
 
 
|-
 
|-
| Definition list
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|Bullet list
| <pre>
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|
;item 1
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&#42; one<br />
: definition 1
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&#42; two<br />
;item 2
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&#42; three<br />
: definition 2-1
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&#42;&#42; three and one-third<br />
: definition 2-2
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&#42;&#42; three and two-thirds<br />
</pre>
 
 
|
 
|
;item 1
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* one
: definition 1
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* two
;item 2
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* three
: definition 2-1
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** three and one-third
: definition 2-2
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** three and two-thirds
 
|-
 
|-
| Adopting definition list to indent text
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|Numbered list
| <pre>
 
: Single indent
 
:: Double indent
 
::::: Multiple indent
 
</pre>
 
----
 
{{note|This workaround may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.}}
 
 
|
 
|
: Single indent
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&#35; one<br />
:: Double indent
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&#35; two<nowiki><br /></nowiki>spanning several lines<nowiki><br /></nowiki>without breaking the numbering<br />
::::: Multiple indent
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&#35; three<br />
|-
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&#35;&#35; three point one<br />
| Mixture of different types of list
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&#35;&#35; three point two<br />
 
|
 
|
<pre>
 
 
# one
 
# one
# two
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# two<br>spanning several lines<br>without breaking the numbering
#* two point one
 
#* two point two
 
 
# three
 
# three
#; three item one
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## three point one
#: three def one
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## three point two
# four
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|-
#: four def one
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| Mixture of bulleted<br /> and numbered lists
#: this looks like a continuation
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|
#: and is often used
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&#35; one<br />
#: instead<br />of &lt;nowiki><br />&lt;/nowiki>
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&#35; two<br />
# five
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&#35;&#42; two point one<br />
## five sub 1
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&#35;&#42; two point two<br />
### five sub 1 sub 1
 
## five sub 2
 
</pre>
 
----
 
{{note|The usage of <code>#:</code> and <code>*:</code> for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.}}
 
 
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|
 
# one
 
# one
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#* two point one
 
#* two point one
 
#* two point two
 
#* two point two
# three
 
#; three item one
 
#: three def one
 
# four
 
#: four def one
 
#: this looks like a continuation
 
#: and is often used
 
#: instead<br />of <nowiki><br /></nowiki>
 
# five
 
## five sub 1
 
### five sub 1 sub 1
 
## five sub 2
 
 
|-
 
|-
| Preformatted text
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|Definition list
| <pre>
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|
Start each line by a space.
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&#59;Definition<br />
Text is '''preformatted''' and
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&#58;item 1<br />
''markups'' '''''can''''' be done
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&#58;item 2<br />
</pre>
 
----
 
{{note|This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting. Character formatting markups are still effective.}}
 
 
|
 
|
Start each line by a space.
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;Definition
Text is '''preformatted''' and
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:item 1
''markups'' '''''can''''' be done
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:item 2
|}
 
 
 
== Paragraphs ==
 
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 tags <code>&lt;br /></code>.
 
 
 
== HTML tags ==
 
Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>&lt;code></code>, <code>&lt;div></code>, <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki><font></nowiki></code>. These apply anywhere you insert them.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Description
 
! width=40% | You type
 
! width=40% | You get
 
 
|-
 
|-
| Underscore
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|Preformatted text
| <pre>
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|
<u>underscore</u>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;preformatted text is done with<br />
</pre>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;a space at the<br />
 +
&nbsp;&nbsp;beginning of the line<br />
 
|
 
|
<u>underscore</u>
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preformatted text is done with
 +
a space at the
 +
beginning of the line
 
|-
 
|-
| Strikethrough
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|Preformatted text with no indentation
| <pre>
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|
<del>Strikethrough</del>
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&nbsp;<nowiki><pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre></nowiki>
 
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|
or
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<pre>
 
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some preformatted
<s>Strikethrough</s>
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text with no indentation
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
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|-
 +
|Blockquotes
 
|
 
|
<del>Strikethrough</del>
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Body<br>
 +
text text text text text text text text text text text text
 +
text text text text text text text text text text text text
  
or
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<nowiki><blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote></nowiki>
  
<s>Strikethrough</s>
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text text text text text text text text text text text text
|-
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|
| Fixed width text
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Body<br>
| <pre>
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text text text text text text text text text text text text
<code>Source code</code>
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text text text text text text text text text text text text
  
or
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<blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote>
  
<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
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text text text text text text text text text text text text
</pre>
 
|
 
<code>Source code</code>
 
  
or
 
 
<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
 
 
|-
 
|-
| Blockquotes
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|Comment
| <pre>
 
text above
 
text above
 
<blockquote>blockquote</blockquote>
 
text below
 
text below
 
</pre>
 
 
|
 
|
text above
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<tt><nowiki><!--This is comment--></nowiki></tt>
text above
 
<blockquote>blockquote</blockquote>
 
text below
 
text below
 
|-
 
| Comment
 
| <pre>
 
<!-- This is a comment -->
 
Comments are only visible
 
in the edit window.
 
</pre>
 
 
|
 
|
<!-- This is a comment -->
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<!--This is comment, so it won't be displayed!-->
Comments are only visible
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in the edit window.
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|-
 
|-
| Completely preformatted text
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| colspan="3" align="center" | ''advanced''
| <pre>
 
<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and
 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done&lt;/pre>
 
</pre>
 
----
 
{{note|For marking up of preformatted text, check the "Preformatted text" entry at the bottom of the previous table.}}
 
|
 
<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and
 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>
 
</pre>
 
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Customized''' preformatted text
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|Templates
| <pre>
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| <NOWIKI>{{templatename}}</NOWIKI>
<pre style="color:red">
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| Everything on the page Template:templatename (see [[:Category:Template|Templates]])
Text is '''preformatted'''
 
with a style and
 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
 
&lt;/pre>
 
</pre>
 
----
 
{{note|A CSS style can be named within the <code>style</code> property.}}
 
|
 
<pre style="color:red">
 
Text is '''preformatted'''
 
with a style and
 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
 
</pre>
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
== HTML symbols ==
 
An HTML symbol entity is a sequence of characters that produces one particular character. For example, <code>&amp;rarr;</code> produces a right arrow "<code>&rarr;</code>" and <code>&amp;mdash;</code> produces an em dash "<code>&mdash;</code>". HTML symbol entities are allowed in MediaWiki and are sometimes used in advanced editing for two main reasons: to insert characters not normally available on keyboards:
 
  
:<tt>&amp;copy;</tt>&nbsp;&rarr; '''&copy;'''
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Notes: <references/>
:<tt>&amp;delta;</tt>&nbsp;&rarr; '''&delta;'''
 
  
and to prevent the parser from interpreting and displaying HTML tags and symbols:
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== Paragraphs ==
  
:<tt>&amp;amp;euro;</tt>&nbsp;&rarr; '''<tt>&amp;euro;</tt>'''
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MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a new line with the HTML tags <tt><nowiki><br> or <br/></nowiki></tt>.
:<tt>&amp;euro;</tt>&nbsp;&rarr; '''&euro;'''
 
  
:<tt>&amp;lt;span style="color:green;">Green&amp;lt;/span></tt>&nbsp;&rarr; '''<tt>&lt;span style="color:green;">Green&lt;/span></tt>'''
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== HTML ==
:<tt>&lt;span style="color:green;">Green&lt;/span></tt>&nbsp;&rarr; '''<span style="color:green;">Green</span>'''
 
  
The following is a list of characters that can be produced using HTML symbols. Hover any character to find out the symbol that produces it. Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.
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Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki></tt>.
 
 
{| class="wikitable" align=center width=100%
 
! colspan=32 | HTML Symbol Entities
 
|- align=center
 
| <span title="&amp;Aacute;">&Aacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;aacute;">&aacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Acirc;">&Acirc;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;acirc;">&acirc;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;acute;">&acute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;AElig;">&AElig;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;aelig;">&aelig;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Agrave;">&Agrave;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;agrave;">&agrave;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;alefsym;">&alefsym;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Alpha;">&Alpha;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;alpha;">&alpha;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;amp;">&amp;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;and;">&and;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ang;">&ang;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Aring;">&Aring;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;aring;">&aring;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;asymp;">&asymp;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Atilde;">&Atilde;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;atilde;">&atilde;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Auml;">&Auml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;auml;">&auml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;bdquo;">&bdquo;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Beta;">&Beta;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;beta;">&beta;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;brvbar;">&brvbar;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;bull;">&bull;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;cap;">&cap;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Ccedil;">&Ccedil;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ccedil;">&ccedil;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;cedil;">&cedil;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;cent;">&cent;</span>
 
|- align=center
 
| <span title="&amp;Chi;">&Chi;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;chi;">&chi;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;circ;">&circ;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;clubs;">&clubs;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;cong;">&cong;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;copy;">&copy;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;crarr;">&crarr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;cup;">&cup;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;curren;">&curren;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;dagger;">&dagger;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Dagger;">&Dagger;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;darr;">&darr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;dArr;">&dArr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;deg;">&deg;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Delta;">&Delta;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;delta;">&delta;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;diams;">&diams;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;divide;">&divide;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Eacute;">&Eacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;eacute;">&eacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Ecirc;">&Ecirc;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ecirc;">&ecirc;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Egrave;">&Egrave;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;egrave;">&egrave;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;empty;">&empty;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;emsp;">&emsp;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ensp;">&ensp;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Epsilon;">&Epsilon;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;epsilon;">&epsilon;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;equiv;">&equiv;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Eta;">&Eta;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;eta;">&eta;</span>
 
|- align=center
 
| <span title="&amp;ETH;">&ETH;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;eth;">&eth;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Euml;">&Euml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;euml;">&euml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;euro;">&euro;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;exist;">&exist;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;fnof;">&fnof;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;forall;">&forall;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;frac12;">&frac12;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;frac14;">&frac14;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;frac34;">&frac34;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;frasl;">&frasl;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Gamma;">&Gamma;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;gamma;">&gamma;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ge;">&ge;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;gt;">&gt;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;harr;">&harr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;hArr;">&hArr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;hearts;">&hearts;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;hellip;">&hellip;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Iacute;">&Iacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;iacute;">&iacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Icirc;">&Icirc;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;icirc;">&icirc;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;iexcl;">&iexcl;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Igrave;">&Igrave;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;igrave;">&igrave;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;image;">&image;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;infin;">&infin;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;int;">&int;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Iota;">&Iota;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;iota;">&iota;</span>
 
|- align=center
 
| <span title="&amp;iquest;">&iquest;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;isin;">&isin;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Iuml;">&Iuml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;iuml;">&iuml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Kappa;">&Kappa;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;kappa;">&kappa;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Lambda;">&Lambda;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;lambda;">&lambda;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;lang;">&lang;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;laquo;">&laquo;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;larr;">&larr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;lArr;">&lArr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;lceil;">&lceil;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ldquo;">&ldquo;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;le;">&le;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;lfloor;">&lfloor;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;lowast;">&lowast;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;loz;">&loz;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;lrm;">&lrm;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;lsaquo;">&lsaquo;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;lsquo;">&lsquo;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;lt;">&lt;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;macr;">&macr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;mdash;">&mdash;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;micro;">&micro;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;middot;">&middot;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;minus;">&minus;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Mu;">&Mu;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;mu;">&mu;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;nabla;">&nabla;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;nbsp;">&nbsp;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ndash;">&ndash;</span>
 
|- align=center
 
| <span title="&amp;ne;">&ne;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ni;">&ni;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;not;">&not;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;notin;">&notin;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;nsub;">&nsub;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Ntilde;">&Ntilde;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ntilde;">&ntilde;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Nu;">&Nu;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;nu;">&nu;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Oacute;">&Oacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;oacute;">&oacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Ocirc;">&Ocirc;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ocirc;">&ocirc;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;OElig;">&OElig;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;oelig;">&oelig;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Ograve;">&Ograve;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ograve;">&ograve;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;oline;">&oline;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Omega;">&Omega;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;omega;">&omega;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Omicron;">&Omicron;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;omicron;">&omicron;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;oplus;">&oplus;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;or;">&or;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ordf;">&ordf;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ordm;">&ordm;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Oslash;">&Oslash;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;oslash;">&oslash;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Otilde;">&Otilde;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;otilde;">&otilde;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;otimes;">&otimes;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Ouml;">&Ouml;</span>
 
|- align=center
 
| <span title="&amp;ouml;">&ouml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;para;">&para;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;part;">&part;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;permil;">&permil;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;perp;">&perp;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Phi;">&Phi;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;phi;">&phi;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Pi;">&Pi;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;pi;">&pi;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;piv;">&piv;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;plusmn;">&plusmn;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;pound;">&pound;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;prime;">&prime;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Prime;">&Prime;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;prod;">&prod;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;prop;">&prop;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Psi;">&Psi;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;psi;">&psi;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;quot;">&quot;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;radic;">&radic;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;rang;">&rang;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;raquo;">&raquo;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;rarr;">&rarr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;rArr;">&rArr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;rceil;">&rceil;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;rdquo;">&rdquo;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;real;">&real;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;reg;">&reg;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;rfloor;">&rfloor;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Rho;">&Rho;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;rho;">&rho;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;rlm;">&rlm;</span>
 
|- align=center
 
| <span title="&amp;rsaquo;">&rsaquo;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;rsquo;">&rsquo;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sbquo;">&sbquo;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Scaron;">&Scaron;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;scaron;">&scaron;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sdot;">&sdot;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sect;">&sect;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;shy;">&shy;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Sigma;">&Sigma;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sigma;">&sigma;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sigmaf;">&sigmaf;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sim;">&sim;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;spades;">&spades;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sub;">&sub;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sube;">&sube;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sum;">&sum;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sup;">&sup;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sup1;">&sup1;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sup2;">&sup2;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;sup3;">&sup3;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;supe;">&supe;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;szlig;">&szlig;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Tau;">&Tau;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;tau;">&tau;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;there4;">&there4;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Theta;">&Theta;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;theta;">&theta;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;thetasym;">&thetasym;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;thinsp;">&thinsp;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;THORN;">&THORN;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;thorn;">&thorn;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;tilde;">&tilde;</span>
 
|- align=center
 
| <span title="&amp;times;">&times;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;trade;">&trade;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Uacute;">&Uacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;uacute;">&uacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;uarr;">&uarr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;uArr;">&uArr;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Ucirc;">&Ucirc;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ucirc;">&ucirc;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Ugrave;">&Ugrave;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;ugrave;">&ugrave;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;uml;">&uml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;upsih;">&upsih;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Upsilon;">&Upsilon;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;upsilon;">&upsilon;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Uuml;">&Uuml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;uuml;">&uuml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;weierp;">&weierp;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Xi;">&Xi;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;xi;">&xi;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Yacute;">&Yacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;yacute;">&yacute;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;yen;">&yen;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;yuml;">&yuml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Yuml;">&Yuml;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;Zeta;">&Zeta;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;zeta;">&zeta;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;zwj;">&zwj;</span>
 
| <span title="&amp;zwnj;">&zwnj;</span>
 
|}
 
  
 
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== Other formatting ==
 
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:
 
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:
 
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You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks 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 single quotes like ''this''

Text formatting markup

Description You type You get
applies anywhere
Italic text ''italic'' italic
Bold text '''bold''' bold
Bold and italic '''''bold & italic''''' bold & italic
Escape wiki markup <nowiki>no '''wiki''' or <B>html</B> amendments</nowiki> no '''wiki''' or <B>html</B> amendments
Fixed width text

<tt>Fixed width text</tt>

Fixed width text

only at the beginning of the line
Indent text

:Single indent
::Double indent
:::::Multiple indent

Single indent
Double indent
Multiple indent
Headings of

different levels <ref>An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.</ref>

=level 1=<ref>Use of a level 1 heading is highly discouraged as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.</ref>
==level 2==
===level 3===
====level 4====
=====level 5=====
======level 6======

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6

Horizontal rule

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Bullet list

* one
* two
* three
** three and one-third
** three and two-thirds

  • one
  • two
  • three
    • three and one-third
    • three and two-thirds
Numbered list

# one
# two<br />spanning several lines<br />without breaking the numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two

  1. one
  2. two
    spanning several lines
    without breaking the numbering
  3. three
    1. three point one
    2. three point two
Mixture of bulleted
and numbered lists

# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two

  1. one
  2. two
    • two point one
    • two point two
Definition list

;Definition
:item 1
:item 2

Definition
item 1
item 2
Preformatted text

  preformatted text is done with
  a space at the
  beginning of the line

preformatted text is done with
a space at the 
beginning of the line
Preformatted text with no indentation

 <pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre>

some preformatted
text with no indentation
Blockquotes

Body
text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

<blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote>

text text text text text text text text text text text text

Body
text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

quote quote quote quote quote quote

text text text text text text text text text text text text

Comment

<!--This is comment-->


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Templates {{templatename}} Everything on the page Template:templatename (see Templates)


Notes: <references/>

Paragraphs

MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a new line with the HTML tags <br> or <br/>.

HTML

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>.

Other formatting

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