Help:Wikitext examples

For basic information see Help:Editing.

Basic text formatting
You can format the page using Wikitext special characters.

HTML tags
You can use some HTML tags too. For a list of HTML tags that are allowed, see HTML in wikitext. However, you should avoid HTML in favor of Wiki markup whenever possible.

Organizing your writing
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" !width="1000"|What it looks like !width="500"|What you type Section headings

Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.

Subsection Using more "equals" (=) signs creates a subsection.

A smaller subsection

Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.

Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title.

Section headings
Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.

Subsection
Using more "equals" (=) signs creates a subsection.

A smaller subsection
Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.

Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title. marks the end of the list. marks the end of the list. A newline marks the end of the list.
 * - id="lists"
 * Unordered lists are easy to do:
 * Start every line with a star.
 * More stars indicate a deeper level.
 * Previous item continues.
 * A newline
 * in a list
 * in a list
 * Of course you can start again.
 * Unordered lists are easy to do:
 * Start every line with a star.
 * More stars indicate a deeper level.
 * Previous item continues.
 * A newline
 * in a list
 * in a list
 * Of course you can start again.
 * 1) Numbered lists are:
 * 2) Very organized
 * 3) Easy to follow
 * 1) Very organized
 * 2) Easy to follow
 * 1) New numbering starts with 1.

A newline marks the end of the list. Here's a definition list:
 * 1) Numbered lists are:
 * 2) Very organized
 * 3) Easy to follow
 * 1) Easy to follow
 * 1) New numbering starts with 1.
 * Word : Definition of the word
 * A longer phrase needing definition
 * Phrase defined


 * A word : Which has a definition
 * Also a second definition
 * And even a third

Begin with a semicolon. One item per line; a newline can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing. Here's a definition list:
 * Word : Definition of the word
 * A longer phrase needing definition
 * Phrase defined


 * A word : Which has a definition
 * Also a second one
 * And even a third

Begin with a semicolon. One item per line; a newline can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing.
 * You can even do mixed lists
 * and nest them
 * inside each other
 * or break lines in lists.
 * definition lists
 * can be
 * nested : too
 * You can even do mixed lists
 * and nest them
 * inside each other
 * or break lines in lists.
 * definition lists
 * can be
 * nested : too
 * definition lists
 * can be
 * nested : too
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A newline starts a new paragraph. Should only be used on talk pages. For articles, you probably want the blockquote tag.
 * We use 1 colon to indent once.
 * We use 2 colons to indent twice.
 * 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.


 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 * A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A newline starts a new paragraph. Should only be used on talk pages. For articles, you probably want the blockquote tag.
 * We use 1 colon to indent once.
 * We use 2 colons to indent twice.
 * 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.

You can make horizontal dividing lines to separate text.

But you should usually use sections instead, so that they go in the table of contents. You can make horizontal dividing lines to separate text.

But you should usually use sections instead, so that they go in the table of contents. You can add footnotes to sentences using the ref tag -- this is especially good for citing a source. (This will not be supported in the ISFDB wiki until we upgrade to a later version of the WikiMedia software)


 * There are over six billion people in the world.

References:

For details, see Footnotes and Help:Footnotes. You can add footnotes to sentences using the ref tag -- this is especially good for citing a source. (This will not be supported in the ISFDB wiki until we upgrade to a later version of the WikiMedia software)


 * There are over six billion people in the

world.

References:

For details, see Footnotes and Help:Footnotes.
 * }

See also Picture tutorial (not just for pictures).

Links
You will often want to make clickable links to other pages.

Just show what I typed
A few different kinds of formatting will tell the Wiki to display things as you typed them.

Templates
Templates are segments of Wiki markup that are meant to be copied automatically ("transcluded") into a page. You add them by putting the template's name in. It is also possible to transclude other pages by using.

Some templates take parameters, as well, which you separate with the pipe character.