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User:Mr Jonzz/TXT
Format
Text formatting
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Italics, bold. |
To ''italicize text'', just put 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will '''bold the text''' 5 apostrophes for '''''bold italics''''' '''''Italic and bold formatting''''' only works properly within a single line. |
To italicize text, just put 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will bold the text 5 apostrophes for bold italics Italic and bold formatting only works properly within a single line. |
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Small chunks of source code within a line of normal text. Code is displayed in a monospace font. |
function <code>int m2()</code> is nice |
function |
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Syntax highlighting for source code. Computer code has colored text and more stringent formatting.
For example, to define a function: |
<syntaxhighlight lang="cpp">
#include <iostream>
int m2 (int ax, char *p_ax) {
std::cout <<"Hello World!";
return 0;
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#include <iostream>
int m2 (int ax, char *p_ax) {
std::cout <<"Hello World!";
return 0;
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Small text. |
Use <small>small text</small> if needed. A span tag can set text font-size as being <span style="font-size: 87%">87% of prior size</span>, to match an image caption. |
Use small text if needed. A span tag can set text font-size as being 87% of prior size, to match an image caption. |
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Big text. |
Better not use <big>big text</big>, unless <small> it's <big>within</big> small</small> text. |
Better not use big text, unless it's within small text. |
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You can include a non-breaking space (sometimes called non-printing character) where you require two words to always appear together on the same line, such as Mr. Smith or 400 km/h, using |
Mr. Smith or 400 km/h. |
Mr. Smith or 400 km/h. |
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Typewriter font. (Also works beyond the end of a paragraph.) |
<tt>arrow →</tt> <tt>''italics'', '''bold'''</tt> <tt>[[link]] New paragraph </tt>started here. |
arrow → italics, bold New paragraph started here. |
Special characters
Diacritical marks
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À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Œ Ù Ú Û Ü Ÿ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø œ ù ú û ü ÿ |
À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Œ Ù Ú Û Ü Ÿ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø œ ù ú û ü ÿ |
Punctuation, special characters
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¿ ¡ § ¶ † ‡ • – — ‹ › « » ‘ ’ “ ” ' " |
¿ ¡ § ¶ † ‡ • – — ‹ › « » ‘ ’ “ ” ' " |
Commercial symbols
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™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤ |
™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤ |
Subscripts and superscripts
- The Manual of Style prefers the x<sub>1</sub> format.
- The latter methods of sub/superscripting cannot be used in the most general context, as they rely on Unicode support which may not be present on all users' machines. For the 1, 2, 3 superscripts, it is nevertheless preferred when possible (as with units of measurement) because most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with it.
| Description | What you type | What it looks like |
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Subscripts |
x<sub>1</sub> x<sub>2</sub> x<sub>3</sub> or x₀ x₁ x₂ x₃ x₄ x₅ x₆ x₇ x₈ x₉ |
x1 x2 x3 or x₀ x₁ x₂ x₃ x₄ x₅ x₆ x₇ x₈ x₉ |
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Superscripts |
x<sup>1</sup> x<sup>2</sup> x<sup>3</sup> or x⁰ x¹ x² x³ x⁴ x⁵ x⁶ x⁷ x⁸ x⁹ |
x1 x2 x3 or x⁰ x¹ x² x³ x⁴ x⁵ x⁶ x⁷ x⁸ x⁹ |
Greek characters
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α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω |
α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω |
Mathematical characters
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∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇐ ⇓ ⇑ ⇔ → ↓ ↑ ← ↔ |
∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇐ ⇓ ⇑ ⇔ → ↓ ↑ ← ↔ |
Links and URLs
Moar info: Help:Link.
Free links
In Wikipedia and some other wikis, free links are used in wikitext markup to produce internal links between pages, as opposed to the concept of CamelCase for the same purpose, which was used in the early days of Wikipedia – see CamelCase and Wikipedia.
In Wikipedia's markup language, you create free links by putting double square brackets around text designating the title of the page you want to link to. Thus, [[Texas]] will be rendered as Texas. Optionally, you can use a vertical bar (|) to customize the link title. For example, typing [[Texas|Lone Star State]] will produce Lone Star State, a link that is displayed as "Lone Star State" but in fact links to Texas.
Link to another wiki article
- Internally, the first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).
- Thus the link hereafter is to the Web address
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport, which is the Wikipedia article with the name "Public transport". See also Canonicalization. - A red link is a page that doesn't exist yet; it can be created by clicking on the link.
- A link to its own page will appear only as bold text.
Renamed link
- Same target, different name.
- The target ("piped") text must be placed first, then the text to be displayed second.
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New York also has public transportation. |
Automatically rename links
- Simply typing the pipe character (|) after a link will automatically rename the link in certain circumstances. The next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. When previewing your edits, you will not see the expanded form until you press Save and Edit again. The same applies to links to sections within the same page.
- See Pipe trick for details.
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Automatically hide stuff in parentheses |
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| Automatically hide the comma and following text | [[Seattle, Washington|]]
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Seattle |
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Automatically hide namespace |
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Or both |
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But this doesn't work for section links |
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[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Links|]] |
Blend link
- Endings are blended into the link.
- Exception: a trailing apostrophe (') and any characters following the apostrophe are not blended.
- Preferred style is to use this instead of a piped link, if possible.
- Blending can be suppressed by using the
<nowiki />tag, which may be desirable in some instances.
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Blending active. |
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San Francisco also has public transportation. Examples include buses, taxicabs, and trams. |
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Blending suppressed. |
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A micro-second. |
Link to a section of a page
- The part after the hash sign (#) must match a section heading on the page. Matches must be exact in terms of spelling, case, and punctuation. Links to non-existent sections are not broken; they are treated as links to the beginning of the page.
- Include "| link title" to create a stylish (piped) link title.
- If sections have the same title, add a number to link to any but the first. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section". You can use the pipe and retype the section title to display the text without the # symbol.
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Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Italics is a link to a section within another page. |
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#Links and URLs is a link to another section on the current page. Links and URLs is a link to the same section without showing the # symbol. |
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Italics is a piped link to a section within another page. |
Create page link
- To create a new page:
- Create a link to it on some other (related) page.
- Save that page.
- Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.
- For more information, see starting an article and check out Wikipedia's naming conventions.
- Please do not create a new article without linking to it from at least one other article.
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Links to pages that don’t exist yet look red. |
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The article about cardboard sandwiches doesn't exist yet. |
Redirects
Moar info: Help:Redirect.
- Redirect one article title to another by placing a directive like the one shown to the right on the first line of the article (such as at a page titled "USA").
- It is possible to redirect to a section. For example, a redirect to United States#History will redirect to the History section of the United States page, if it exists.
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Redirect to an article |
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Redirect to a section |
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Link to another namespace
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See the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. |
Link to the same article in another language (interlanguage links)
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This section needs to be updated to include Wikidata. |
- To link to a corresponding page in another language, use the form:
[[language code:Foreign title]]. - It is recommended interlanguage links be placed at the very end of the article.
- Interlanguage links are not visible within the formatted article, but instead appear as language links on the sidebar (to the left) under the menu section "languages".
- NOTE: To create an inline link (a clickable link within the text) to any foreign language article, see Help:Interlanguage links#Inline interlanguage links and consider the usage notes.
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Link from English article "Plankton" to the Spanish article "Plancton". "es" is the language code for "" (the Spanish language). |
[[es:Plancton]] |
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Other examples: French ( |
[[fr:Plancton]] [[de:Plankton]] [[ru:Планктон]] [[simple:Plankton]] |
Interwiki link
- Link to any page on other Wikimedia wikis.
- Note that interwiki links use the internal link style.
- See MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki_map for the list of shortcuts; if the site you want to link to is not on the list, use an external link (see hereafter).
- See also Wikimedia sister projects.
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Linking to a page on another wiki in English. All of these forms lead to the URL http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hello. | ||
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Simple link. Without prefix. Named link. |
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Linking to a page on another wiki in another language. All of these forms lead to the URL http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bonjour. | ||
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Simple link. Without prefix. Named link. |
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Categories
- To put an article in a category, place a link like
[[Category:Example]]into the article. As with interlanguage links, placing these links at the end of the article is recommended. - To link to a category page without putting the article into the category, use a colon prefix (":Category") in the link.
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Categorize an article. |
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Link to a category. |
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Without prefix. |
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External links
- Square brackets indicate an external link. Note the use of a space (not a pipe) to separate the URL from the link text in the "named" link. Square brackets may be used as normal when not linking to anything – [like this].
- A URL must begin with a supported URI scheme:
http://andhttps://will be supported by all browsers;irc://,ircs://,ftp://,news://,mailto:andgopher://will require a plugin or an external application. IPv6 addresses in URLs are currently not supported. - A URL containing certain characters will display and link incorrectly unless those characters are encoded. For example, a space must be replaced by
%20. Encoding can be achieved by:
- Use the link button File:Vector toolbar insert link button.png on the enhanced editing toolbar to encode the link; this tool will add the bracket markup and the linked text, which may not always be desirable.
- Or manually encode the URL by replacing these characters:
| space | " | , | ' | ; | < | > | ? | [ | ] |
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| %20 | %22 | %2c | %3a | %3b | %3c | %3e | %3f | %5b | %5d |
- Or use the {{urlencode:}} magic word. See Help:Magic words in the MediaWiki documentation for more details.
- See External links for style issues, and External link file type templates for indicating the file type of an external link with an icon.
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Named link with an external link icon |
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Unnamed link (Only used within article body for footnotes) |
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Bare URL (Bad style) |
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Link without arrow (Not often used) |
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Miscellaneous
"As of" tag
- "As of" tags generate phrases like "As of April 2009" or "as of April 2009", and categorize info that will need updating. For an explanation of the parameters see template documentation.
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Media link
- To include links to non image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link. For images, see next section.
- Some uploaded sounds are listed at Commons:Sound.
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Links directly into edit mode
| Description | What you type | What it looks like |
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Full URL |
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http://edramatica.com/index.php?title=Help:Wiki_markup&action=edit |
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"Edit" label |
Automatic links
Moar info: Help:Magic links.
Book sources
- Link to books using their ISBN, which creates a link to Special:BookSources. This is preferred to linking to a specific online bookstore, because it gives the reader a choice of vendors. However, if one bookstore or online service provides additional free information, such as table of contents or excerpts from the text, then a link to that source will aid the user and is recommended. ISBN links do not need any extra markup, provided you use one of the indicated formats.
- To create a link to Special:BookSources using alternative text (e.g. the book's title), use the internal link style with the appropriate namespace.
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ISBN 012345678X |
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ISBN 0-12-345678-X |
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Link to a book using alternative text, such as its title |
RFC number
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Text mentioning an RFC number anywhere, e.g. RFC 4321. |
Pronunciation aids
It is often desirable to provide an aid to pronunciation for a word. The IPAc-en and Respell templates can be of assistance.
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Konjac Template:IPAc-en | |
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Konjac (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) |
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Konjac is pronounced Template:IPAc-en in English. |
Refer to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation) for more information.
Musical notation
Moar info: Help:Score.
Musical notation is added by using the Template:Xtag extension tag. For example:
Images
Only images that have been uploaded to Wikipedia can be used. To upload images, use the upload page. You can find the uploaded image on the image list.
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A picture: [[File:wiki.png]] |
A picture:
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With alternative text: [[File:wiki.png|alt=Puzzle globe logo]] |
With alternative text:
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With link: [[File:wiki.png|link=Wikipedia]] |
With link:
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Floating to the right side of the page using the ''frame'' attribute and a caption: [[File:wiki.png|frame|alt=Puzzle globe|Wikipedia logo]] |
Floating to the right side of the page using the frame attribute and a caption:
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Floating to the right side of the page using the ''thumb'' attribute and a caption: [[File:wiki.png|thumb|alt=Puzzle globe|Wikipedia logo]] |
Floating to the right side of the page using the thumb attribute and a caption:
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Floating to the right side of the page ''without'' a caption: [[File:wiki.png|right|Wikipedia encyclopedia]] |
Floating to the right side of the page without a caption:
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A picture resized to 30 pixels... [[File:wiki.png|30 px|Wikipedia encyclopedia]] |
A picture resized to 30 pixels...
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Linking directly to the description page of an image: [[:File:wiki.png]] |
Linking directly to the description page of an image: |
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Linking directly to an image without displaying it: [[Media:wiki.png|Image of jigsaw globe]] |
Linking directly to an image without displaying it: |
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Example: <div style="display: inline; width: 220px; float: right;"> Place images here </div> |
Example:
Place images here
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Using the | |
Example:
{| align=right
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Place images here
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Example:
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Using wiki markup to make a table in which to place a vertical column of images (this helps edit links match headers, especially in Firefox browsers). |
See the Wikipedia's image use policy as a guideline used on Wikipedia.
For further help on images, including some more versatile abilities, see the picture tutorial.
Tables
There are two ways to build tables:
- In special wiki-markup (see Help:Table).
- Using HTML elements:
<table>,<tr>,<td>or<th>.
See also When tables are appropriate.
References and citing sources
Moar info: Help:Footnotes.
Making a reference citing a printed or online source can be accomplished by using the <ref>...</ref> tags. Inside these tags details about the reference are added.
Details about the citation can be provided using a structure provided by various templates; the table below lists some typical citation components.
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| Template:Nowrap | <ref name="name for reference">Use a closing tag</ref>
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| To cite a book | Template:Tlx |
| To cite a web source | Template:Tlx |
| Book ISBN | Template:Para (ISBN of the book) |
| Web URL | Template:Para |
| Title | Template:Para |
| Author | Template:Para |
| First name | Template:Para |
| Last name | Template:Para |
| Location | Template:Para |
| Publisher | Template:Para |
| Date | Template:Para (date of source) |
| Year | Template:Para |
| Accessed date | Template:Para |
| A complete reference tag | <ref name="WikiMarkup">{{cite web |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Wiki_markup |title=Help:Wiki markup |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation}}</ref>
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| Referencing this again | <ref name="WikiMarkup" />
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| Citation needed | Template:Tlx |
Templates and transcluding pages
Moar info: Wikipedia:Transclusion.
Examples for templates: {{pad|...}}, {{math|...}}, {{as of|...}}, {{edit}}
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 {{double braces}}. It is also possible to transclude other pages by using {{:colon and double braces}}.
There are three pairs of tags that can be used in wikitext to control how transclusion affects parts of a template or article. They determine whether or not wikitext renders, either in its own article, which we will call "here", or in another article where it is transcluded, which we will call "there".
- <noinclude>: the content will not be rendered there. These tags have no effect here.
- <includeonly>: the content will render only there, and will not render here (like invisible ink made visible by means of transclusion).
- <onlyinclude>: the content will render here and will render there, but it will only render there what is between these tags.
There can be several such section "elements". Also, they can be nested. All possible renderings are achievable. For example, to render there one or more sections of the page here use <onlyinclude> tags. To append text there, wrap the addition in <includeonly> tags before, within, or after the section. To omit portions of the section, nest <noinclude> tags within it.
If a page is transcluded without transclusion markup, it may cause an unintentional categorization. Any page transcluding it will contain the same category as the original page. Wrap the category markup with <noinclude> tags to prevent incorrect categorization.
Some templates take parameters, as well, which you separate with the pipe character |.
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{{Transclusion demo}}
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{{Help:Transclusion demo}}
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This template takes two parameters,
and creates underlined text with a
hover box for many modern browsers
supporting CSS:
{{H:title|This is the hover text|
Hover your mouse over this text}}
Go to this page to see the H:title
template itself: {{tl|H:title}}
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This template takes two parameters, and creates underlined text with a hover box for many modern browsers supporting CSS: Go to this page to see the H:title template itself: {{H:title}} |
Talk and project pages
Signing comments
- The character tilde (~) is used when adding a comment to a Talk page.
- Your username provides a link to your user page.
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You should sign your comments by appending four tildes to the comment, which adds your user name plus date/time. |
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Adding three tildes will add just your user name. |
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Adding five tildes gives the date/time alone. |
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09:48, 10 November 2024 (UTC) |
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Linking to old revisions of pages, diffs, and specific history pages
- External link function is mainly used for these.
- Open an old revision or diff and copy the URL from the address bar, pasting it where you want it.
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- For an old revision, you can also use a permalink. Though here only the main text is guaranteed to be retained (images and templates will be shown as they are today, not as they were at the time).
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User edits
- Link to a user's Contributions page.
| Description | What you type | What it looks like |
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| Username (registered users). | [[Special:Contributions/UserName]]
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Special:Contributions/UserName |
| IPv4 address (unregistered users). | [[Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0]]
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Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0 |
| IPv6 address (unregistered users). | [[Special:Contributions/2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:ff00:0042:8329]]
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Special:Contributions/2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:ff00:0042:8329 |
Coloring text
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I will change the color in Template:Color this sentence. |
Show deleted or inserted text
- When editing regular Wikipedia articles, just make your changes and do not mark them up in any special way.
- When editing your own previous remarks in talk pages, it is sometimes appropriate to mark up deleted or inserted content.
- To indicate deleted content use
<del>...</del>. - To indicate inserted content use
<ins>...</ins>.
- To indicate deleted content use
Template:Anchor Limiting formatting / escaping wiki markup
A few different kinds of formatting will tell the wiki to display things as you typed them – what you see is what you get!
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'''<nowiki> tag:''' <nowiki> The nowiki tag ignores [[wiki]] ''markup''. It reformats text by removing newlines and multiple spaces. It still interprets characters specified by &name;: → </nowiki> |
<nowiki> tag: The nowiki tag ignores [[wiki]] ''markup''. It reformats text by removing newlines and multiple spaces. It still interprets characters specified by &name;: → |
'''<pre> tag:''' <pre>The <pre> tag ignores [[wiki]] ''markup'' as does the <nowiki> tag. Additionally, <pre> displays in a mono-spaced font, and does not reformat text spaces. It still interprets special characters: → </pre> |
<pre> tag: The <pre> tag ignores [[wiki]] ''markup'' as does the <nowiki> tag. Additionally, <pre> displays in a mono-spaced font, and does not reformat text spaces. It still interprets special characters: → |
'''[Text without a URL]:''' Single square brackets holding [text without a HTTP URL] are preserved, but single square brackets containing a URL are treated as being an external [http://www.google.com Web link]. |
[Text without a URL]: Single square brackets holding [text without a HTTP URL] are preserved, but single square brackets containing a URL are treated as being an external Web link. |
'''Leading space:''' Leading spaces are another way to preserve formatting. Putting a space at the beginning of each line stops the text from being reformatted. It still interprets [[wiki]] ''markup'' and special characters: → |
Leading space: Leading spaces are another way to preserve formatting. Putting a space at the beginning of each line stops the text from being reformatted. It still interprets wiki markup and special characters: → |
Nowiki
<nowiki>...</nowiki> and <nowiki /> tags stop parsing of wiki markup, except HTML character entity references (e.g. for special characters). Unlike <pre>, "nowiki" doesn't change formatting.
An example of <nowiki>...</nowiki>:
(However in this particular case probably you prefer Template:Tlp to create a link as {{cite book}}, or Template:Tlp prints Template:Tlf.)
A singular <nowiki /> can be used to break wikimarkup.
- Markup such as Template:Code, Template:Code, Template:Code and Template:Code only and always take effect at the beginning of a line. A
<nowiki />before the markup will cause the characters to not parse as markup. - An internal link immediately followed by characters are blended to form a single link. Where this is not desired, add a
<nowiki />after the link. - HTML(-like) tags can be stopped parsing by inserting
<nowiki />after the opening angle bracket..
If you want to write tags, {{tag}} template is handy. E.g. Template:Tlp prints <nowiki>...</nowiki>.
HTML entities
<nowiki> and <pre> parse HTML entities. If you want to escape this, replace & with &.
Use in templates
When used in a template, <nowiki> simply does not work as you may expect.
- Including
<nowiki>immediately acts upon the enclosed markup. Attempting to escape or transclude the brackets causes<nowiki />to not work at all. - Using Template:Code works, but has major limitations:
- Templates, parameters, parser functions, and parser magic such as signatures are parsed, not nowikied.
- Included
<ref>tags will expose the strip markers.
Pre
<pre> is a parser tag that emulates the HTML <pre> tag. It defines preformatted text that is displayed in a fixed-width font and is enclosed in a dashed box. HTML and wiki markups are escaped and spaces and line breaks are preserved, but HTML entities are parsed.
<pre> formatted text does not wrap, thus text may extend past the browser window:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
To resolve this, <pre> may use CSS styling to add wrapping or a horizontal scrollbar:
- Wrapping:
<pre style="white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word;"> - Scroll bar:
<pre style="overflow:auto; width:auto;">
Alternatively, consider using {{pre2}} template or Template:Xtag.
Invisible text (comments)
Template:Merge to Template:See also
It's uncommonTemplate:Spaced ndashbut on occasion acceptable for notes to other editorsTemplate:Spaced ndashto add a hidden comment within the text of an article. These comments are only visible when editing or viewing the source of a page. Most comments should go on the appropriate Talk page. The format is to surround the hidden text with "<!--" and "-->" and may cover several lines, e.g.:
<!-- An example of hidden comments This won't be visible except in "edit" mode. -->
Another way to include a comment in the wiki markup uses the {{Void}} template, which can be abbreviated as {{^}}. This template "expands" to the empty string, generating no HTML output; it is visible only to people editing the wiki source. Thus Template:J operates similarly to the comment Template:J. The main difference is that the template version can be nested, while attempting to nest HTML comments produces odd results.
Variables
| Code | Effect | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| {{CURRENTWEEK}} | 45 | |
| {{CURRENTDOW}} | 0 |
Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, etc., but Sunday = 0 |
| {{CURRENTMONTH}} | 11 | |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | November | |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} | November | |
| {{CURRENTDAY}} | 10 | |
| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Sunday | |
| {{CURRENTYEAR}} | 2024 | |
| {{CURRENTTIME}} | 09:48 | |
| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} | 16,076 | |
| {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} | 509,660 | |
| {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} | 4,907 | |
| {{PAGENAME}} | Mr Jonzz/TXT | |
| {{NAMESPACE}} | User | |
| {{REVISIONID}} | 519563 | |
| {{REVISIONUSER}} | imported>Mr Jonzz | |
| {{localurl:pagename}} | /Pagename | |
| {{localurl:Wikipedia:Sandbox|action=edit}} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox?action=edit | |
| {{fullurl:pagename}} | http://edramatica.com/Pagename | |
| {{fullurl:pagename|query_string}} | http://edramatica.com/index.php?title=Pagename&query_string | |
| {{SERVER}} | http://edramatica.com | |
| {{ns:1}} | Talk |
{{ns:index}} e.g. {{ns:1}} → full name of namespace |
| {{SITENAME}} | Encyclopedia Dramatica |
Template:Tlf is the number of pages in the main namespace which contain a link and are not a redirect. This includes full articles, stubs containing a link, and disambiguation pages.
Template:Tlf is the genitive (possessive) grammatical form of the month name, as used in some languages but not in English; Template:Tlf is the nominative (subject) form, as usually seen in English.
In languages where it makes a difference, you can use constructs like {{grammar:case|word}} to convert a word from the nominative case to some other case. For example, {{grammar:genitive|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}} means the same as {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}.