Help:Markup

Table of Contents

Contents \| Introduction \| Guidelines \| Markup \| References \| Images \| Categories \| Templates \| What's Next?

Introduction

The Reed and Rite is run using MediaWiki software, which uses wikitext markup language for formatting pages. This article explains the usage of the most common and useful features of wikitext. For more details on this and other advanced topics, see MediaWiki's Help Section.

Line Breaks

A line break creates the white space between two paragraphs. To create a line break, press Enter/Return twice. A single press of Enter/Return will move the cursor to a new line in the editor, but it will not create a line break.

You Type	You Get
Hello. How are you? I'm fine.	Hello. How are you? I'm fine.

Text Formatting

Italics: For italics, use two apostrophes ('') on either side:; ''italicized text'' produces italicized text

Bold: For bold text, use three apostrophes (''') on either side:; '''bold text''' produces bold text

Small Caps: For small caps, surround the text with  and :; Small Caps produces Small Caps

Underline: For underline, surround the text with  and :; underlined text produces underlined text

Section Headings

Create sections headings with equals signs (=) on both sides of the text:

== Level 2 Heading ==
=== Level 3 Heading ===
==== Level 4 Heading ====
etc.

Level 1 headings are reserved for the article title and thus should not be used in the body of an article.

Note: A Table of Contents will automatically be created after four or more headings are used.

Indents

Use colons (:) to indent:

: indent once produces:

indent once

:: indent twice produces:

indent twice

Note: Use indents when replying to someone on discussion pages. For more information, see Help:Discussion.

Lists

Bulleted Lists

Bulleted lists are created using asterisks (*):

You Type	You Get
* Item 1 * Item 2 Item 2a Item 2b * Item 3	Item 1 Item 2 Item 2a Item 2b Item 3

Numbered Lists

Create numbered lists with number signs (#):

You Type	You Get
# Item 1 # Item 2 ## Item 2a ## Item 2b # Item 3	Item 1 Item 2 Item 2a Item 2b Item 3

Mixed Lists

You can mix and match bulleted and numbered lists:

You Type	You Get
# Item 1 # Item 2 #* Item 2a #* Item 2b # Item 3	Item 1 Item 2 Item 2a Item 2b Item 3

Description Lists

A description list is a list of bold terms, each followed by one or more lines of indented normal text. To create a description list, place each term on a new line and precede it with a semicolon (;). The following description is then preceded with a colon (:). Use multiple lines if desired. Do not use a semicolon simply to make something bold!

You Type	You Get
;Item 1 : description 1a : description 1b ;Item 2 : description 2	Item 1 description 1a description 1b Item 2 description 2

Links & URLs

Internal Links

An internal link, or wikilink, is a direct link to another article on within The Reed and Rite. Use double brackets ([[ and ]]) around the article name. Remember, case matters with article titles.

Note: If the page title you are linking to is that of the page you are editing, the result is not a hyperlink at all but simply bold text. (For example, on this page the markup [[Help:Markup]] gives the result Help:Markup.) If you're trying to create a wikilink to the current page, you probably want to link to a specific section or to an anchor within the page; see the examples below.

Basic Wikilink: [[Emma M. Lion]] produces Emma M. Lion, which links to the "Emma M. Lion" article.

Blend Link: Note that you can append to the article name if needed for grammatical purposes.; [[Emma M. Lion]]s produces Emma M. Lions, which links to the "Emma M. Lion" article.

Renamed Link: More extensive changes can be made with a vertical bar (|) followed by alternate text.; [[St. Crispian's|the neighborhood]] produces the neighborhood, which links to the "St. Crispian's" article.

Link to a Section on a Page: Link to a specific section on a page by including a number sign (#) followed by the section name.; [[St. Crispian's#History]] produces St. Crispian's#History, which links to the "History" section in the "St. Crispian's" article.; Note that you can rename these links by use of a vertical bar (|) followed by alternate text.

Link to Pages on Other Namespaces: The methods above assume you're linking to simple articles (on the "main" namespace). If you want to link to a page on another namespace, begin with a colon (:), the namespace, and then another colon.; [[:Help:Contents]] produces Help:Contents, which links to the "Contents" page on the Help namespace.; [[:User:Admin|TheRoman]] produces TheRoman, which links to TheRoman's User page.; [[:File:Map of St. Crispian's.jpg|Map of St. Crispian's]] produces Map of St. Crispian's, which links to the "Map of St. Crispian's.jpg" File page.; [[:Category:Books]] produces Category:Books, which links to the "Books" Category page.

External Links

External links point to somewhere outside of The Reed and Rite.

Unnamed External Link: Use single brackets ([ and ]) to produce an unnamed external URL.; [http://www.wikipedia.org] produces [1].

Named External Link: Follow the URL with a space and some other text to rename the link. This is the preferred method.; [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] produces Wikipedia.

Wikipedia Link: Use double bracket followed by the article name, then how you wish for the link to appear.; [[wikipedia:London|London]] produces London.

Bare External Link: Simply type the URL for a bare external link. This method should be avoided.; http://www.wikipedia.org produces http://www.wikipedia.org.

References & Citations

See Help:References for more on how to insert references and citations into an article.

Images

See Help:Images for more on how to insert and format images.

Templates

Templates can be used for some more complicated formatting tricks. Make sure to see Help:Templates for more on these.

Other Tricks

Signatures: Use three tildes (~~~) to automatically leave a signature of your username or four tildes (~~~~) to leave your username and a timestamp. Use this on discussion pages. It helps to separate signatures visually by adding an em dash (—) or two dashes (--) before the tildes.

You Type	You Get
This is a signature. —~~~ This is a timestamped signature. —~~~~	This is a signature. —TheRoman (talk) This is a timestamped signature. —TheRoman (talk) 12:00, 5 March 1883 (UTC)

Ignore Markup

<nowiki> Tag: Surround the text with <nowiki> and </nowiki> to ignore markup.; ''small, italic text'' produces small, italic text.; <nowiki>''small, italic text''</nowiki> produces ''small, italic text''.

<pre> Tag: Alternatively, use <pre> and </pre>.; It behaves the same as <nowiki>, but also allows mono-spaced font and preserves spacing.

❮ Guidelines	Markup	References ❯