MediaWiki User Guide/Text Formatting
The following is an overview of text formatting available in Mediawiki:
| Formatting | Markup | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Boldface | '''text'''
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| Italics | ''text''
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| Boldface and italics | '''''text'''''
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| Boldface combined with wikilink | '''[[text]]'''
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The reverse order of ticks and brackets does not work: [['''text''']]
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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.
HTML
editText formatting can also be done using HTML and CSS. Some of the most useful HTML elements are:
| Task | Markup | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Preformatted text | <pre>
preformatted
</pre>
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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>
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| Comments | <!-- comment -->
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Avoid nesting, such as <!-- <!-- comment --> -->
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| Generic inline element | <span style="TODO"></span>
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Can be styled arbitrarily using cascading style sheets - CSS. |
| Generic block element | <div style="TODO"></div>
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Can be styled arbitrarily using cascading style sheets - CSS. |
Some HTML elements are not allowed, such as A and IMG.
Source code
editSource code of various programming and markup languages can be formatted using <syntaxhighlight> element, which leads to colored syntax of the code.
An example of wiki markup:
<syntaxhighlight lang="html4strict">
<html>
<body>
<p>Hello <span style="font-weight: bold;">world</span>!
</p>
</body>
</html>
</syntaxhighlight>
The rendering of that markup:
<html>
<body>
<p>Hello <span style="font-weight: bold;">world</span>!
</p>
</body>
</html>