CATUG wiki:Formatting guide

Adding text

Start typing in the first column; don't leave spaces at the left margin, unless for some reason you want it to look...

... like this.

Leave an empty line between paragraphs. Without this, the Wiki software will flow your text continuously.

The following table shows how to do other formatting.

Wiki markup
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within this Wiki)	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org Text to display] [http://www.example.org] http://www.example.org	Text to display [1] http://www.example.org
Redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page
Article title	{{title|Title to appear at top of page}}
Section headings1 A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	= Level 1 = == Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ======	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bulleted list1 Empty lines between list items discouraged (see numbered lists).	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list1 Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting text1	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent
Image	[[File:Redirect arrow without text.png|thumb|alt=Alternative text|Caption]]	Caption
For use only on Talk Pages (following discussion about articles and messages for other editors)
Signature	~~~~	Username (talk) 15:06, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
Note 1: Applies only at the very beginning of lines.

See also

• To experiment with editing, use the sandbox.
• For more advanced details, see see the Wikipedia page Wikipedia:Cheatsheet, of which the above is a cut-down version, as this Wiki uses the same software.