Help:Formatting

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Basic Wiki Formatting

Here's a quick list of some of the most useful ways to format text in a wiki page.

This site lists a more complete list of features.

Description You type You get
character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere
Italic text
''italic''

italic

Bold text
'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic
'''''bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Escape wiki markup
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>

no ''markup''

section formatting – only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different levels

== Level 2 ==

=== Level 3 ===

==== Level 4 ====

===== Level 5 =====

====== Level 6 ======

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5
Level 6
Bullet list
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks gives deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks<br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
  • Start each line
  • with an asterisk (*).
    • More asterisks gives deeper
      • and deeper levels.
  • Line breaks
    don't break levels.
      • But jumping levels creates empty space.

Any other start ends the list.

Numbered list
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs gives deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks<br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
  1. Start each line
  2. with a number sign (#).
    1. More number signs gives deeper
      1. and deeper
      2. levels.
  3. Line breaks
    don't break levels.
      1. But jumping levels creates empty space.
  4. Blank lines
  1. end the list and start another.

Any other start also ends the list.

Links

Here's a quick list of how to make some simple links.

This site lists a more complete list of features.


Description You type You get
Internal link
[[Main Page]]
Main Page
Piped link
[[Main Page|different text]]
different text
External link http://mediawiki.org http://mediawiki.org
External link with different label [http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki] MediaWiki

Infoboxes

You may be wondering how to make those little colorful "information boxes" depicted on (for example) the troupe, theater, and performer pages.

To do that, you just include an "infobox" template at the top of the page. For a performer, that text might look like this:

{{Infobox Performer
 |Name	=	John Doe	
 |Picture =	John Doe Pic.jpg
 |Theater=	[[The Hideout Theatre]]
 |Years	=	2008-Present
 }}

For more information about infoboxes, check the documentation on infoboxes for troupes, performers, shows, and theaters.