MediaWiki User Guide/Text Formatting

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The following is an overview of text formatting available in Mediawiki:

Basic text formatting
Formatting Markup Note
Boldface '''text'''
Italics ''text''
Boldface and italics '''''text'''''
Boldface combined with wikilink '''[[text]]''' The reverse order of ticks and brackets does not work: [['''text''']]

Other text formatting such as underline or blockquote needs to be done using HTML tags, including U for underline, TT for typewriter text, S for strikethrough, SUB for lower index and SUP for upper index.

[edit] HTML

Text formatting can also be done using HTML and CSS. Some of the most useful HTML elements are:

Most needed HTML markup
Task Markup Note
Preformatted text <pre> preformatted </pre> The effect in wiki differs from the one in HTML; in wiki, the text within the PRE element is treated as within NOWIKI element, leaving all the HTML and wiki markup uninterpreted.
Blockquote <blockquote>Longer passage.</blockquote>
Comments <!-- comment --> Avoid nesting, such as <!-- <!-- comment --> -->
Generic inline element <span style="TODO"></span> Can be styled arbitrarily using cascading style sheets - CSS.
Generic block element <div style="TODO"></div> Can be styled arbitrarily using cascading style sheets - CSS.

Some HTML elements are not allowed, such as A and IMG.

[edit] Source code

Source code of various programming and markup languages can be formatted using <source> element, which leads to colored syntax of the code.

An example of wiki markup:

<source lang="html4strict">
<html>
  <body>
    <p>Hello <span style="font-weight: bold;">world</span>!
    </p>
  </body>
</html>
</source>

The rendering of that markup:

<html>
  <body>
    <p>Hello <span style="font-weight: bold;">world</span>!
    </p>
  </body>
</html>


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