StrategyWiki:Guide/Wiki markup

You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like  this . Also note that when editing a page there are buttons that can help you if you forget such code, the ones at the top that look like this:  By clicking them, an example will appear with the wikitext and text for you to replace.

Text formatting markup
{| !Description !You type… !You get… ! colspan="3" align="center" | Applies anywhere ! colspan="3" align="center" | Only at the beginning of the line  ==Level 1== 
 * Italic text
 *  italic 
 * italic
 * Bold text
 *  bold 
 * bold
 * Bold and italic
 *  bold & italic 
 * bold & italic
 * Escape wiki markup
 *  no markup  
 * no markup
 * Escape wiki markup
 *  no markup  
 * no markup
 * no markup
 * Headings of different sizes
 * Headings of different sizes

 ===Level 2=== 

 ====Level 3==== </tt>

 =====Level 4===== </tt>

Level 4
 </tt>
 * Horizontal rule
 * Horizontal rule

&#42; one &#42; two &#42; three &#42;&#42; three and one-third &#42;&#42; three and two-thirds &#35; one
 * Bullet list
 * Bullet list
 * one
 * two
 * three
 * three and one-third
 * three and two-thirds
 * Numbered list
 * Numbered list
 * Numbered list

&#35; two

&#35; three

&#35;&#35; three point one

&#35;&#35; three point two

and numbered lists &#35; one
 * 1) one
 * 2) two
 * 3) three
 * 4) three point one
 * 5) three point two
 * Mixture of bulleted
 * Mixture of bulleted
 * Mixture of bulleted

&#35; two

&#35;&#42; two point one

&#35;&#42; two point two

&#59;Definition
 * 1) one
 * 2) two
 * 3) * two point one
 * 4) * two point two
 * Definition list
 * Definition list
 * Definition list

&#58;item 1

&#58;item 2


 * Definition
 * item 1
 * item 2
 * item 2

preformatted text is done with
 * Preformatted text
 * Preformatted text

a space at the

beginning of the line

preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line
 * }

Note that using  =Top-level headings= </tt> is not allowed, as they disrupt page flow. For the top-level headings in a page, use  ==First-level headings== </tt>.

Paragraphs
MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a newline with the HTML tag  " " </tt>. However, it is advised you always start new paragraphs by leaving an empty line, as it is more semantically correct than just using an HTML linebreak; this also helps us keep a consistent style across the wiki.

HTML
Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki; for example  </tt>,   </tt>,    </tt>,    </tt> and  </tt>.

Automated Table of Contents
Although an automated Table of Contents will appear on pages with enough headings, sometimes you don't want this. You can force pages to always display a table of contents (for instance if you have only two very long sections) or never display a table of contents (usually for aesthetic purposes).

To force a table of contents, or to change the position of the table of contents, use at the top of your page. To never show a table of contents, use.

Note that this is not the same as a guide's /Table of Contents subpage. For information on creating and modifying those see Organizing the pages.

Section Editing
If your preferences enable it, edit by section links will appear on pages containing headings. You can force these not to display regardless of preferences by putting on the top of the page.

More advanced formatting
Beyond the basic text formatting markup shown above, there are some more advanced formatting tricks:
 * Links
 * Images
 * Tables