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==Quick Reference for Text Formatting==

Here are some of the main text formats that are useful:

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|-
|'''Format Type'''
|'''You type this:'''
|'''You get this:'''
|-
|Headings of different levels 
| <pre>=level 1=
==level 2==
===level 3===
====level 4====
=====level 5=====
======level 6======</pre>
An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Section#Table of contents (TOC)|table of contents]].
|<!-- hack to prevent TOC viewing for h1 - h6 elements: their style is hardcopied here -->
<div style="font-size: 188%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa">Level 1</div>
<div style="font-size: 150%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa">Level 2</div>
<div style="font-size: 132%; font-weight: bold">Level 3</div><!--
--><b>Level 4</b><!--
--><div style="font-size: 86%; font-weight: bold">Level 5</div><!--
--><b style="font-size: 80%">Level 6</b>
|-
|User name and date stamp
|<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
|[[User:Alfino|Alfino]] 04:12, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
|-
|Horizontal rule
| <code>----</code>
|
----
|-
|Bullet list
|
<pre>
* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two
</pre>
Inserting a blank line will end the first list and start another.
|
* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two
|-
|Numbered list
|
<pre>
# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two
</pre>
|
# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two
|-
|Definition list
|<pre>
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
</pre>
|
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
|-
|Blockquotes
| <code>
text text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text text
&lt;blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote &lt;/blockquote>
text text text text text text text text text text text text
</code>
| text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote> text text text text text text text text text text text text
|-
|Comment
| <code>&lt;!-- This is a comment --></code>
Text can only be viewed in the edit window.
|
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|}

===More on text formatting===

:[[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Quick Reference for Formatting Wiki text]]

==Wiki Links==

The main types of wiki links are:


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|-
|'''Link Type'''
|'''You type this:'''
|'''You get this:'''
|-
|Basic website link 
|<nowiki>[http://alfino.org]</nowiki>   
|  [http://alfino.org]
|-
|Website link with text label
|<nowiki>[[http://alfino.org Alfino's Website]]</nowiki>
|[[http://alfino.org Alfino's Website]]
|-
|Link to an uploaded file
|<nowiki>[[Media:filename.pdf | My uploaded file]]</nowiki>
|[[Media:filename.pdf | My uploaded file]]
|}

===More on wiki links===

:[[http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Links&printable=yes Wiki Links]]

==How to Use Discussion / Talk Pages==

:When you build a wiki page with others, it helps to have a place to carry on discussion about the page without cluttering it up with comments.  Every wiki page has a "Talk page" accessed by clicking on the "Discussion" tab for the page (You only see this tab when you are logged in.).   Use the talk page to identify issues and things on the page that need work.  The following file from Mediawiki has some good advice on organizing talk pages.

:[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages Talk Page Advice from Mediawiki]

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