Help:Editing

Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. Start with 2 'equals' characters.

Using more 'equals' characters creates a subsection.

Don't skip levels, like from two to four 'equals' characters.

==Section headings==

''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
The Wiki software can automatically generate
a table of contents from them.
Start with 2 'equals' characters.

===Subsection===

Using more 'equals' characters creates a subsection.

====A smaller subsection====

Don't skip levels, like from two to four 'equals' characters.

Separating with a horizontal dividing line:

this is above it...

...and this is below it.

If you don't use a section header, you don't get a TOC entry.

'''Horizontal line'''
Separating with a horizontal dividing line:
:this is above it...
----
:...and this is below it.
If you don't use a section header, you don't get a TOC entry.

A single newline has no effect on the layout.

But an empty line starts a new paragraph, or ends a list or indented part.

A single newline has no
effect on the layout.

But an empty line starts a new paragraph, or ends a list or indented part.

You can break lines
without starting a new paragraph.

You can break lines<br />
without starting a new paragraph.

Left indent

A colon at the start of a line

causes the line to be indented,

most commonly used on Talk pages.

:A colon at the start of a line
::causes the line to be indented,
:::most commonly used on Talk pages.

Blockquote
When there is a need for separating a block of text. This is useful for (as the name says) inserting blocks of quoted (and cited) text.

The blockquote tag will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does.

<blockquote> The '''blockquote''' tag will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. </blockquote>

• Unordered lists are easy to do:
  • Start every line with a star.
    • More stars indicate a deeper level.

  Previous item continues.

  • A new line
• in a list

marks the end of the list.

• Of course you can start again.

* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
*: Previous item continues.
** A new line
* in a list
marks the end of the list.
* Of course you can start again.

1. Numbered lists are:
   1. Very organized
   2. Easy to follow

   Previous item continues

A new line marks the end of the list.

1. New numbering starts with 1.

# ''Numbered lists'' are:
## Very organized
## Easy to follow
#: Previous item continues
A new line marks the end of the list.
# New numbering starts with 1.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

 A stately pleasure-dome decree:

Where Alph, the sacred river, ran

 Through caverns measureless to man

Down to a sunless sea.

So twice five miles of fertile ground

 With walls and towers were girdled round:

And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,

 Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;

And here were forests ancient as the hills,

 Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.

</poem>

<poem>
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
  A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
  Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

So twice five miles of fertile ground
  With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
  Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
  Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
</poem>

You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side.

3 apostrophes will bold the text.

5 apostrophes will bold and italicize the text.

You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
apostrophes on each side.

3 apostrophes will '''bold the text'''.

5 apostrophes will '''bold''' and ''italicize''
'''''the text'''''.

Syntax highlighting for source code.

Computer code has a colored background and more stringent formatting. Suppose we want to define int main(): <syntaxhighlight lang="cpp">#include <iostream> int main ( int argc, char **argv ) {

   std::cout << "Hello World!";
   return 0;

}</syntaxhighlight>

Computer code has a colored background
and more stringent formatting. Suppose we
want to define <code>int  main()</code>:

<syntaxhighlight lang="cpp">#include <iostream>
int main ( int argc,  char **argv ) {
    std::cout << "Hello World!";
    return 0;
}</syntaxhighlight>

You can use small text for captions.

You can use <small>small text</small> for captions.

Better stay away from big text, unless it's within small text.

Better stay away from <big>big text</big>, unless
<small> it's <big>within</big> small</small> text.

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   in place of a regular space between the two "words" that need to behave as a single word (never be separated on different lines).

Mr. Smith or 400 km/h.

Extra spacing within text can best be achieved using the pad template:

Mary   had a little lamb.

Mary {{pad|4em}} had a little lamb.

Typewriter font (does also work beyond the end of a paragraph):
arrow →

italics link

New paragraph started here.

<tt>arrow      &rarr;</tt>

<tt>''italics''</tt>
<tt>[[link]]

New paragraph </tt>started here.

London has public transport.

London has [[public transport]].

New York also has public transportation.

New York also has [[public transport|public transportation]].

Automatically hide stuff in parentheses.

kingdom

[[kingdom (biology)|]].

Automatically hide namespace.

Village pump

[[Wikipedia:Village pump|]].

Or both.

Manual of Style

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)|]]

This doesn't work for section links.

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Links|]]

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Links|]]

Blending active.

San Francisco also has public transportation. Examples include buses, taxicabs, and trams.

San Francisco also has [[public transport]]ation. Examples include [[bus]]es, [[taxicab]]s, and [[tram]]s.

Blending suppressed.

A micro-second.

A [[micro-]]<nowiki></nowiki>second

Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Italics is a link to a section within another page.

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Italics]] is a link to a section within another page.

#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.

[[#Links and URLs]] is a link to another section on the current page. [[#Links and URLs|Links and URLs]] is a link to the same section without showing the # symbol.

Italics is a piped link to a section within another page.

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Italics|Italics]] is a piped link to a section within another page.

Links to pages that don’t exist yet look red.

Wikipedia:Community portal/Opentask/Requested articles

[[Wikipedia:Community portal/Opentask/Requested articles]]

Redirect to an article.

#REDIRECT [[United States]]

Redirect to a section.

#REDIRECT [[United States#History]]

See the Wikipedia:Manual of Style.

See the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]].

Link to the German version of "Plankton".
"de" is the language-code for "Deutsch" (the German language).

[[de:Plankton]]

Other examples.

[[de:Plankton]] [[es:Plancton]] [[ru:Планктон]] [[simple:Plankton]]

Linking to a page on another wiki in English.
All of these forms lead to the URL http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hello

Simple link.

Without prefix.

Named link.

Wiktionary:Hello

Hello

Wiktionary definition of 'Hello'

[[Wiktionary:Hello]]

[[Wiktionary:Hello|]]

[[Wiktionary:Hello|Wiktionary definition of 'Hello']]

Linking to a page on another wiki in another language.
All of these forms lead to the URL http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bonjour

Simple link.

Without prefix.

Named link.

Wiktionary:fr:bonjour

fr:bonjour

bonjour

[[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour]]

[[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour|]]

[[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour|bonjour]]

Categorize an article.

[[Category:Character sets]]

Link to a category.

Category:Character sets

[[:Category:Character sets]]

Without prefix.

Character sets

[[:Category:Character sets|]]

Named link.

Wikipedia

[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]

Unnamed link
(only used within article body for footnotes).

[1]

[http://www.wikipedia.org/]

Bare URL
(bad style).

http://www.wikipedia.org/

http://www.wikipedia.org/

Image markup only.

WinObj

<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/winobj.shtml WinObj]</span>

Sound

[[media:Classical guitar scale.ogg|Sound]]

Full URL.

http://www.dexid.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Wiki_markup&action=edit

{{fullurl:Help:Wiki markup|action=edit}}

"Edit" label.

edit

edit

A picture: 
[[File:Dexid.png]]

With alternative text:
[[File:Dexid.png|alt=Dexid logo]]

• Alternative text, used when the image is unavailable or when the image is loaded in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud, is strongly encouraged.

Floating to the right side of the page 
using the ''frame'' attribute and a caption:
[[File:Dexid.png|frame|alt=Dexid logo|Dexid]]

• The frame tag automatically floats the image right.
• The last parameter is the caption that appears below the image.

Floating to the right side of the page 
using the ''thumb'' attribute and a caption:
[[File:Dexid.png|thumb|alt=Dexid logo|Dexid]]

• The thumb tag automatically floats the image right.
• An enlarge icon is placed in the lower right corner.

Floating to the right side of the page
''without'' a caption:
[[File:Dexid.png|right|Dexid]]

A picture resized to 30 pixels...
[[File:Dexid.png|30 px|Dexid]]

File:Dexid.png

Linking directly to the description page
of an image:
[[:File:Dexid.png]]

• Clicking on an image displayed on a page (such as any of the ones above) also leads to the description page.

Image of the Dexid logo

Linking directly to an image
without displaying it:
[[Media:Dexid.png|Image of the Dexid logo]]

• To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link.

Example:
<div style="display:inline;
width:220px; float:right;">
Place images here </div>

Example: {| align=right
|-
| 
Place images here
|}