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To format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like ''this''

[edit] Paragraphs

Mediawiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a newline with the HTML tag <br>.

[edit] HTML

Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span>, <b>, <i>, <br> and <font>.

[edit] Magic words

This is an organised index of Magic words used in MediaWiki. Tags such as "[MW1.5+]" indicate the version that first supported the magic word. "XYZ" indicates user input, which is used in the example.

Word Explanation
__NOTOC__ Hides ToC on the current page.
__FORCETOC__ Forces the table of contents to appear.
__TOC__ Places a ToC here (overriding any __NOTOC__).

Word Explanation
__NOEDITSECTION__ Hides the edit links beside headings.
__NEWSECTIONLINK__ [MW1.7+] Gives a "+"-link next to the edit-tab to make a new section on a non-talk page.
__NOCONTENTCONVERT__
__NOCC__ 		Don't perform the content language conversion (character and phase) in article display; for example, Chinese zh with zh_cn, zh_tw, zh_sg, zh_hk.
__NOGALLERY__ [MW1.7+] This magic word allows images in category pages to be displayed as inline links instead of gallery.
__NOTITLECONVERT__
__NOTC__ 		Like __NOCC__ but affecting article title only.
__END__ Allows for trailing whitespace to be included in the page save.
__START__ This magic word has no effect but an ID in MagicWord.php (MAG_START).

Word Example Explanation
{{CURRENTDAY}} 5 Displays the current day in numeric form.
{{CURRENTDAY2}} 05 [MW1.6+] Ditto with leading zero (01 .. 31).
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} Friday Name of the day in the language of the project or English.
{{CURRENTDOW}} 5 Ditto as number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
{{CURRENTMONTH}} 12 The number 01 .. 12 of the month.
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} Dec [MW1.5+] Ditto abbreviated Jan .. Dec.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} December Ditto in named form January .. December.
{{CURRENTTIME}} 09:30 The current time (00:00 .. 23:59).
{{CURRENTHOUR}} 21 The current hour (00 .. 23).
{{CURRENTWEEK}} 49 Number of the current week (1-53) according to ISO 8601 with no leading zero.
{{CURRENTYEAR}} 2008 Returns the current year.
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} 17-08-2006 [MW1.7+] ISO 8601 time stamp.

[edit] Tables

Description You type You get
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''
only at the beginning of the line
Headings of

different sizes

==level 1==
===level 2===
====level 3====
=====level 4=====

[edit] Level 1

[edit] Level 2

[edit] Level 3

[edit] Level 4
Horizontal rule

----

Bullet list

* one
* two
* three
  • one
  • two
  • three
Numbered list

# one
# two
# three
  1. one
  2. two
  3. three
Definition list

;Definition
:item 1
:item 2
Definition
item 1
item 2
Preformatted text

  a space at the
  beginning of the line
  creates
  preformatted text 

a space at the 
beginning of the line
creates 
preformatted text

[edit] Centering tables

Centered tables can be achieved, but they will not "float", no text will appear to either side. The trick is {| style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" 

{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Cells left-aligned, table centered'''
! Duis || aute || irure
|-
| dolor  || in reprehenderit || in voluptate velit
|-
| esse cillum dolore || eu fugiat nulla || pariatur.
|}

What it looks like in your browser

Duis aute irure
dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit
esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.


[edit] Table syntaxes

 XHTML HTML & Wiki-td Wiki-pipe
Table <table></table> <table></table> 
{| params 
|}
Caption <caption></caption> <caption></caption> 
|+ caption
Row <tr></tr> <tr> 
|- params
Data cell

<td>cell1</td>
<td>cell2</td>

<td>cell1
<td>cell2 

| cell1
| cell2
Data cell <td>cell1</td> <td>cell2</td> <td>cell3</td> <td>cell1 <td>cell2 <td>cell3 
|cell1||cell2||cell3
Header cell <th></th> <th> 
! heading
Sample table
1 2
3 4 
<table>
   <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>2</td>
   </tr> 
   <tr>
      <td>3</td> 
      <td>4</td> 
   </tr>
</table>

<table>
   <tr>
      <td> 1 <td> 2
   <tr>
      <td> 3 <td> 4
</table>

{| 
| 1 || 2
|- 
| 3 || 4
|}
Sample table
1 2
3 4
5 6 
<table>
   <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>2</td>
   </tr> 
   <tr>
      <td>3</td>
      <td>4</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>5</td>
      <td>6</td>
   </tr>
</table>

<table>
   <tr>
      <td> 1 <td> 2
   <tr>
      <td> 3 <td> 4
   <tr>
      <td> 5 <td> 6
</table>

{| 
| 1 || 2 
|- 
| 3 || 4 
|- 
| 5 || 6 
|}
 XHTMLHTML & Wiki-td Wiki-pipe
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