Wiki Format Sheet

Text formatting markup

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Template:Hl2 \|Description	Template:Hl2 \|You type	Template:Hl2 \|You get
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	`----`
Bullet list	* one * two * three three point one three point two	one two three three point one three point two
Numbered list	# one # two<br />spanning several lines<br />without breaking the numbering # three ## three point one ## three point two	one two spanning several lines without breaking the numbering three three point one three point two
Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2

Template:Hl3\|Description	Template:Hl3\|You type	Template:Hl3\|You get
Internal link	`[[Main Page]]`	Main Page
Piped link	`[[Main Page\|different text]]`	different text
External link	`http://mediawiki.org`	http://mediawiki.org
External link, different title	`[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]`	MediaWiki
External link, numbered	`[http://mediawiki.org]`	[1]
Anchor link	`[[#See also]]`	#See also
Anchor link at another page	`[[Help:Images#See also]]`	Help:Images#See also
Category link	`[[:Category:Help]]`	Category:Help
Internal link to image file	`[[media:example.jpg]]`	media:example.jpg
Internal link to pdf file	`[[media:example.pdf]]`	media:example.pdf
Interwiki link	`[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]]`	Wikipedia:MediaWiki
mailto link	`[mailto:info@example.org email me]`	email me
redirect	`#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]`	→ Main Page
External link to video file (.avi, .mpg)	`[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi .avi]`	.avi
External link to sound file (.mp3, .ogg, .wav)	`[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.wav .wav]`	.wav
External link to a document (.doc, .pdf)	`[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.doc .doc]`	.doc

Template:Hl3\|Description	Template:Hl3\|You type	Template:Hl3\|You get
Piped link, different title	`[[Main Page\|<span title="different title">different text</span>]]`	different text
External link, same host unnamed	`[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]`	[2]
External link, other host, pass pagename	`[http://google.com/search?q={{PAGENAMEE}}]`	[3]
mailto named with subject line and body	`[mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&body=Body%20Text info]`	info