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| − | Note: There's no wiki formatting for 4 apostrophes.
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| − | ''''4 apostrophes'''' will be read as 3, leaving the rest 1 apostrophe on each side.
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| − | You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
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| − | 3 apostrophes will bold '''the text'''.
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| − | 5 apostrophes will bold & italicize
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| − | Note: There's no wiki formatting for 4 apostrophes.
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| − | ''''4 apostrophes'''' will be read as 3,
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| − | A single newline
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| − | But an empty line
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| − | |<pre>
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| − | A single newline
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| − | has no effect
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| − | on the layout.
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| − | But an empty line
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| − | starts a new paragraph.
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| − | </pre>
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| − | You can break lines<br>
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| − | without a new paragraph.<br>
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| − | Please use this sparingly.
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| − | |<pre>
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| − | You can break lines<br>
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| − | without a new paragraph.<br>
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| − | Please use this sparingly.
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| − | </pre>
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| − | You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: <br>
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| − | - Three tildes gives your user name: [[User:Karl Wick|Karl Wick]] <br>
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| − | - Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:Karl Wick|Karl Wick]] 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br>
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| − | - Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br>
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| − | |<pre>
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| − | You should "sign" your comments
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| − | on talk pages: <br>
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| − | - Three tildes gives your user
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| − | name: ~~~ <br>
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| − | - Four tildes give your user
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| − | name plus date/time: ~~~~ <br>
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| − | - Five tildes gives the
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| − | date/time alone: ~~~~~ <br>
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| − | </pre>
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| − | |-
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| − | You can use <b>HTML tags</b>, too, if you
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| − | want. Some useful ways to use HTML:
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| − | Put text in a <tt>typewriter font</tt>. The same
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| − | font is generally used for <code>computer code</code>.
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| − | <strike>Strike out</strike> or <u>underline</u>text,
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| − | or write it <span style="font-variant:small-caps">
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| − | in small caps</span>.
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| − | Superscripts and subscripts:
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| − | X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O
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| − | Invisible comments to editors ( <!-- --> ) only appear while editing the page. Eg:
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| − | <!-- Note to editors: blah blah blah. -->
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| − | If you wish to make comments to the public, you should usually go on the talk page, though.
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| − | |<pre>
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| − | You can use <b>HTML tags</b>,
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| − | too, if you want. Some useful
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| − | ways to use HTML:
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| − | | + | |
| − | Put text in a <tt>typewriter
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| − | font</tt>. The same font is
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| − | generally used for <code>
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| − | computer code</code>.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | <strike>Strike out</strike>
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| − | or <u>underline</u> text,
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| − | or write it <span style=
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| − | "font-variant:small-caps">
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| − | in small caps</span>.
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| − | | + | |
| − | Superscripts and subscripts:
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| − | X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Invisible comments to editors ( <!-- --> )
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| − | only appear while editing the page. Eg:
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| − | <!-- Note to editors: blah blah blah. -->
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | If you wish to make comments to the public,
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| − | you should usually go on the talk page, though.
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| − | </pre>
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| − | |-
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| − | | '''More Examples of HTML tags'''
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| − | Do you like coloring this particular <font color="red">word</font>?<br>
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| − | Do you like coloring this particular <font color="#33FF66">word</font>?<br>
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| − | <span style="background-color: yellow">White background is too dull. Change it!</span><br>
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| − | <span style="background-color: #FF6633">White background is too dull. Change it!</span><br>
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| − | | <pre>'''More Examples of HTML tags'''
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| − | Do you like coloring this
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| − | particular <font color="red">word</font>?<br>
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| − | Do you like coloring this
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| − | particular <font color="#33FF66">word</font>?<br>
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| − | <span style="background-color: yellow">White
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| − | background is too dull. Change it!</span><br>
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| − | <span style="background-color: #FF6633">White
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| − | background is too dull. Change it!</span><br></pre>
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| − | For a list of HTML tags that are allowed, see [[Help:HTML in wikitext|HTML in wikitext]]. However, you should avoid HTML in favor of Wiki markup whenever possible.
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| − | === Organizing your writing ===
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| − | {|width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
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| − | |-
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| − | !What it looks like
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| − | !What you type
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| − | <div style="font-size:150%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">Section headings</div>
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| − | ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
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| − | The Wiki software can automatically generate
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| − | a table of contents from them.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | <div style="font-size:132%;font-weight:bold;">Subsection</div>
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| − | Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
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| − | <div style="font-size:116%;font-weight:bold;">A smaller subsection</div>
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| − | | + | |
| − | Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.
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| − | | + | |
| − | Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title.
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| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | == Section headings ==
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
| + | |
| − | The Wiki software can automatically generate
| + | |
| − | a table of contents from them.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | === Subsection ===
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ==== A smaller subsection ====
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Don't skip levels,
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| − | like from two to four equals signs.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Start with 2 equals signs not 1
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| − | because 1 creates H1 tags
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| − | which should be reserved for page title.
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| − | </pre>
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| − | |-
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| − | |
| + | |
| − | * ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
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| − | ** Start every line with a star.
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| − | *** More stars indicate a deeper level.
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| − | * A newline
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| − | * in a list
| + | |
| − | marks the end of the list.
| + | |
| − | *Of course you can start again.
| + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | * ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
| + | |
| − | ** Start every line with a star.
| + | |
| − | *** More stars indicate a deeper level.
| + | |
| − | * A newline
| + | |
| − | * in a list
| + | |
| − | marks the end of the list.
| + | |
| − | * Of course you can start again.
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | # ''Numbered lists'' are:
| + | |
| − | ## Very organized
| + | |
| − | ## Easy to follow
| + | |
| − | A newline marks the end of the list.
| + | |
| − | # New numbering starts with 1.
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| − | | + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | # ''Numbered lists'' are also good:
| + | |
| − | ## Very organized
| + | |
| − | ## Easy to follow
| + | |
| − | A newline marks the end of the list.
| + | |
| − | # New numbering starts with 1.
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | Another kind of list is a ''definition list'':
| + | |
| − | ; Word : Definition of the word
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| − | ; Here is a longer phrase that needs a definition
| + | |
| − | : Phrase defined
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| − | ; A word : Which has a definition
| + | |
| − | : Also a second one
| + | |
| − | : And even a third
| + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | Another kind of list is a ''definition list'':
| + | |
| − | ; Word : Definition of the word
| + | |
| − | ; Here is a longer phrase that needs a definition
| + | |
| − | : Phrase defined
| + | |
| − | ; A word : Which has a definition
| + | |
| − | : Also a second one
| + | |
| − | : And even a third
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | * You can even do mixed lists
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| − | *# and nest them
| + | |
| − | *# inside each other
| + | |
| − | *#* or break lines<br>in lists.
| + | |
| − | *#; definition lists
| + | |
| − | *#: can be
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| − | *#;; nested too
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| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | * You can even do mixed lists
| + | |
| − | *# and nest them
| + | |
| − | *# inside each other
| + | |
| − | *#* or break lines<br>in lists.
| + | |
| − | *#; definition lists
| + | |
| − | *#: can be
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| − | *#;; nested too
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| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | : A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
| + | |
| − | A newline after that starts a new paragraph. <br>
| + | |
| − | This is often used for discussion on talk pages.
| + | |
| − | : We use 1 colon to indent once.
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| − | :: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
| + | |
| − | ::: We use 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.
| + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | : A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
| + | |
| − | A newline after that starts a new paragraph. <br>
| + | |
| − | This is often used for discussion on talk pages.
| + | |
| − | : We use 1 colon to indent once.
| + | |
| − | :: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
| + | |
| − | ::: We use 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.
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| − | </pre>
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| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | You can make horizontal dividing lines (----)
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| − | to separate text.
| + | |
| − | ----
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| − | But you should usually use sections instead,
| + | |
| − | so that they go in the table of contents.
| + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | You can make horizontal dividing lines (----)
| + | |
| − | to separate text.
| + | |
| − | ----
| + | |
| − | But you should usually use sections instead,
| + | |
| − | so that they go in the table of contents.
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |Sometimes you may need to reference or add supplementary notes to your sentences.
| + | |
| − | We may use the ref or refun tag. Eg: <br>
| + | |
| − | There are XX numbers of people in the world.<ref>The source is quoted from ...</ref> <br>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Reference: <references/>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | Sometimes you may need to reference or add supplementary
| + | |
| − | notes to your sentences.
| + | |
| − | We may use the ref or refun tag. Eg: <br>
| + | |
| − | There are XX numbers of people in the world.<ref>The
| + | |
| − | source is quoted from ...</ref> <br>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Reference: <references/>
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| − | </pre>
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| − | |-
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| − | |-
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| + | |
| − | |}
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | == Section headings ==
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
| + | |
| − | The Wiki software can automatically generate
| + | |
| − | a table of contents from them.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | === Subsection ===
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ==== A smaller subsection ====
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Don't skip levels,
| + | |
| − | like from two to four equals signs.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Start with 2 equals signs not 1
| + | |
| − | because 1 creates H1 tags
| + | |
| − | which should be reserved for page title.
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | * ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
| + | |
| − | ** Start every line with a star.
| + | |
| − | *** More stars indicate a deeper level.
| + | |
| − | * A newline
| + | |
| − | * in a list
| + | |
| − | marks the end of the list.
| + | |
| − | *Of course you can start again.
| + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | * ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
| + | |
| − | ** Start every line with a star.
| + | |
| − | *** More stars indicate a deeper level.
| + | |
| − | * A newline
| + | |
| − | * in a list
| + | |
| − | marks the end of the list.
| + | |
| − | * Of course you can start again.
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | # ''Numbered lists'' are:
| + | |
| − | ## Very organized
| + | |
| − | ## Easy to follow
| + | |
| − | A newline marks the end of the list.
| + | |
| − | # New numbering starts with 1.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | # ''Numbered lists'' are also good:
| + | |
| − | ## Very organized
| + | |
| − | ## Easy to follow
| + | |
| − | A newline marks the end of the list.
| + | |
| − | # New numbering starts with 1.
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | Another kind of list is a ''definition list'':
| + | |
| − | ; Word : Definition of the word
| + | |
| − | ; Here is a longer phrase that needs a definition
| + | |
| − | : Phrase defined
| + | |
| − | ; A word : Which has a definition
| + | |
| − | : Also a second one
| + | |
| − | : And even a third
| + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | Another kind of list is a ''definition list'':
| + | |
| − | ; Word : Definition of the word
| + | |
| − | ; Here is a longer phrase that needs a definition
| + | |
| − | : Phrase defined
| + | |
| − | ; A word : Which has a definition
| + | |
| − | : Also a second one
| + | |
| − | : And even a third
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | * You can even do mixed lists
| + | |
| − | *# and nest them
| + | |
| − | *# inside each other
| + | |
| − | *#* or break lines<br>in lists.
| + | |
| − | *#; definition lists
| + | |
| − | *#: can be
| + | |
| − | *#;; nested too
| + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | * You can even do mixed lists
| + | |
| − | *# and nest them
| + | |
| − | *# inside each other
| + | |
| − | *#* or break lines<br>in lists.
| + | |
| − | *#; definition lists
| + | |
| − | *#: can be
| + | |
| − | *#;; nested too
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | : A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
| + | |
| − | A newline after that starts a new paragraph. <br>
| + | |
| − | This is often used for discussion on talk pages.
| + | |
| − | : We use 1 colon to indent once.
| + | |
| − | :: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
| + | |
| − | ::: We use 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.
| + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | : A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
| + | |
| − | A newline after that starts a new paragraph. <br>
| + | |
| − | This is often used for discussion on talk pages.
| + | |
| − | : We use 1 colon to indent once.
| + | |
| − | :: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
| + | |
| − | ::: We use 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |
| + | |
| − | You can make horizontal dividing lines (----)
| + | |
| − | to separate text.
| + | |
| − | ----
| + | |
| − | But you should usually use sections instead,
| + | |
| − | so that they go in the table of contents.
| + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | You can make horizontal dividing lines (----)
| + | |
| − | to separate text.
| + | |
| − | ----
| + | |
| − | But you should usually use sections instead,
| + | |
| − | so that they go in the table of contents.
| + | |
| − | </pre>
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | |Sometimes you may need to reference or add supplementary notes to your sentences.
| + | |
| − | We may use the ref or refun tag. Eg: <br>
| + | |
| − | There are XX numbers of people in the world.<ref>The source is quoted from ...</ref> <br>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Reference: <references/>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | For details, see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] & [[Help:Footnotes]].
| + | |
| − | |<pre>
| + | |
| − | Sometimes you may need to reference or add supplementary
| + | |
| − | notes to your sentences.
| + | |
| − | We may use the ref or refun tag. Eg: <br>
| + | |
| − | There are XX numbers of people in the world.<ref>The
| + | |
| − | source is quoted from ...</ref> <br>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Reference: <references/>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | For details, see Wikipedia:Footnotes & Help:Footnotes.
| + | |
| − | </pre>
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| − | | + | |
| − | == Image insertion ==
| + | |
| − | You can find a complete tutorial [[Image_howto|here]].
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