CATUG wiki:Formatting guide

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Formatting guide

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]]

Section headings1
A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.

(=Level 1= is used only for a page's title, and is generated automatically.)
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======

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

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. Three
Indenting text1

no indent (normal)
:first indent
::second indent
:::third indent

no indent (normal)

first indent
second indent
third indent
Image

[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|alt=Alternative text|Caption]]

For use only on Talk Pages (following discussion about articles and messages for other editors)
Signature

~~~~

Username (talk) 07:18, 2 May 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.