Alfino:Community Portal

Quick Reference for Text Formatting

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

Format Type	You type this:	You get this:
Headings of different levels	=level 1= ==level 2== ===level 3=== ====level 4==== =====level 5===== ======level 6====== An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a table of contents.	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
User name and date stamp	~~~~	Alfino 05:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
Horizontal rule	----
Bullet list	* one * two * three ** three point one ** three point two Inserting a blank line will end the first list and start another.	one two three three point one three point two
Numbered list	# one # two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering # three ## three point one ## three point two	one two spanning more lines doesn't break numbering three three point one three point two
Definition list	;item 1 : definition 1 ;item 2 : definition 2-1 : definition 2-2	item 1 definition 1 item 2 definition 2-1 definition 2-2
Blockquotes	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	text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text quote quote quote quote quote quote text text text text text text text text text text text text
Comment	<!-- This is a comment --> Text can only be viewed in the edit window.

More on text formatting

[Quick Reference for Formatting Wiki text]

Wiki Links

The main types of wiki links are:

Link Type	You type this:	You get this:
Basic website link	[http://alfino.org]	[1]
Website link with text label	[[http://alfino.org Alfino's Website]]	[Alfino's Website]
Link to an uploaded file	[[Media:filename.pdf | My uploaded file]]	My uploaded file

Creating Pages

You create a new wiki page by first creating a link to the new page and then clicking on that link to create content. In steps, that's:

1. Edit a page, place the name of the new page in brackets and then save that page. 2. The new page link will appear in red. Click on it and you will go to the editor for the new page. 3. Add content and save the new page.

More on wiki links

[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.

Talk Page Advice from Mediawiki