Wiki markup is the system that the wiki software uses to generate a page's layout. You can experiment with it at the Sandbox, but if you're new to wiki markup or need to find a wiki markup command that you need, read below.
- Adopted from Wikipedia's markup help page.
Layout
Sections
| What it looks like
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What you type
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Sections
These divide articles into sections, which can be included in the Table of Contents.
Subsections
More = signs creates smaller subsections.
Smaller subsections
Like this.
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=Sections=
These divide articles into sections, which can be included in the Table of Contents.
==Subsections==
More = signs creates smaller subsections.
===Smaller subsections===
Like this.
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Line breaks
| What it looks like
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What you type
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A single newline
doesn't do anything.
Two newlines do, though.
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A single newline
doesn't do anything.
Two newlines do, though.
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You can also break lines
without creating a new paragraph.
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You can also break lines<br />without creating a new paragraph.
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Indentation
| What it looks like
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What you type
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- A colon at the beginning of the line
- indents the line.
- More colons creates more indentation.
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:A colon at the beginning of the line
::indents the line.
:::More colons creates more indentation.
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Center text
| What it looks like
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What you type
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| This text is centered.
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<center>This text is centered.</center>
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Lists
| What it looks like
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What you type
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* This
** is
*** a
** list
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- This
- is
- an
- ordered
- list
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# This
## is
## an
# ordered
# list
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line
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* A
** new
line
** ends
* a
* list
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Text Formatting
| What it looks like
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What you type
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| Two apostrophes on each side of a phrase italicizes it.
Three apostrophes bolds it.
Five apostrophes bolds and italicizes it.
- A semicolon at the beginning of a line bolds the entire line.
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''Two apostrophes on each side of a phrase'' italicizes it.
'''Three apostrophes''' bolds it.
'''''Five apostrophes''''' bolds and italicizes it.
;A semicolon at the beginning of a line bolds the entire line.
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| Teletype can be used as well. It supports italics, but not bold.
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<tt>Teletype can be used as well. It supports ''italics'', but not '''bold.'''</tt>
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Links
Linking to other articles
Linking to sections of other articles
External links
| What it looks like
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What you type
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| [1]
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[http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php]
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| Argonath RPG portal
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[http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php Argonath RPG portal]
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Redirects
| Description
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What you type
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| Redirect to an article
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#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]
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Categories
| Description
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What it looks like
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What you type
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| Include article in category
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[[Category:Category name]]
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| Link to category
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Category:Locations
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[[:Category:Locations]]
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| Link to category, without prefix
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Locations
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[[:Category:Locations|]]
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Images
| What it looks like
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What you type
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[[File:Arlogo150.png]]
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[[File:Arlogo150.png|frame]]
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Argonath RPG |
[[File:Arlogo150.png|frame|Argonath RPG]]
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[[File:Arlogo150.png|thumb]]
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[[File:Arlogo150.png|right]]
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[[File:Arlogo150.png|frame|left]]
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| File:Arlogo150.png
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[[:File:Arlogo150.png]]
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Magic Words
| Magic word
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Output
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| {{CURRENTWEEK}}
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16
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| {{CURRENTDOW}}
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6
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| {{CURRENTMONTH}}
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04
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| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
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April
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| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}
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April
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| {{CURRENTDAY}}
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20
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| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}}
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Saturday
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| {{CURRENTYEAR}}
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2024
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| {{CURRENTTIME}}
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14:50
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| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
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287
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| {{NUMBEROFPAGES}}
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1,307
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| {{NUMBEROFUSERS}}
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3
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| {{PAGENAME}}
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Markup
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| {{NAMESPACE}}
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Argonath RPG Wiki
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| {{REVISIONID}}
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7850
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| {{REVISIONUSER}}
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Patton
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| {{localurl:pagename}}
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/index.php?title=Pagename
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| {{localurl:My Page|action=edit}}
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/index.php?title=My_Page&action=edit
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| {{fullurl:pagename}}
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https://wiki.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?title=Pagename
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| {{fullurl:pagename|query_string}}
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https://wiki.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?title=Pagename&query_string
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| {{SERVER}}
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https://wiki.argonathrpg.eu
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| {{SITENAME}}
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Argonath RPG Wiki
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Tables
- See Wikipedia's Help:Table.
HTML
Many (but not all, for security reasons) HTML tags can be used in addition to and mixed with Wiki markup. Don't worry yourself about HTML unless you know it.
Miscellaneous
| Description
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What it looks like
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What you type
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| You should sign comments by adding four tildes to the comment, which adds your signature (username) and date/time.
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Username (talk) 14:50, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
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~~~~
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| Three tildes only adds your signature (username).
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Username (talk)
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~~~
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| Five tildes only adds the date/time.
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14:50, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
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~~~~~
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| The <nowiki> tag ignores Wiki markup.
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[[See the difference?]]
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[[See the difference?]]
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