Editing Formatting Help (section)

== Text formatting markup == <!--T:2-->
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! <translate><!--T:3--> Description</translate>
! style="width: 40%;" | <translate><!--T:4--> You type</translate>
! style="width: 40%;" | <translate><!--T:5--> You get</translate>
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! colspan="3" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); background: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle--active, #b6d4fb)" | {{anchor|Character  formatting}}<translate><!--T:6--> Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''</translate>
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| <translate><!--T:7--> Italic text</translate>
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''<translate nowrap><!--T:8--> italic</translate>''
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''<translate><!--T:9--> italic</translate>''
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| <translate><!--T:10--> Bold text</translate>
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'''<translate nowrap><!--T:11--> bold</translate>'''
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'''<translate><!--T:12--> bold</translate>'''
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| <translate><!--T:13--> Bold and italic</translate>
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'''''<translate nowrap><!--T:14--> bold & italic</translate>'''''
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'''''<translate><!--T:15--> bold & italic</translate>'''''
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|nowiki|&lt;nowiki&gt;|.3Cnowiki.3E}}
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| <translate><!--T:19--> Escape wiki markup</translate>
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<!-- This can't use ＜syntaxhighlight＞＜nowiki＞, as that breaks the ＜translate＞ tag -->
{{^(}}nowiki{{)^}}<translate nowrap><!--T:20--> no [[wiki]] ''markup''</translate>{{^(}}/nowiki{{)^}}
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| <translate><!--T:155--> <nowiki>no [[wiki]] ''markup''</nowiki></translate>
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! colspan="3" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); background: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle--active, #b6d4fb)" | {{anchor|Section formatting}}<translate><!--T:24--> Section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''</translate>
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| <translate><!--T:25--> Section Headings of different levels</translate>
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== Level 2 == <!--T:26-->

=== Level 3 === <!--T:27-->

==== Level 4 ==== <!--T:28-->

===== Level 5 ===== <!--T:29-->

====== Level 6 ====== <!--T:30-->
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* <translate><!--T:31--> [[<tvar name=lv1>Help talk:Formatting#Level_1</tvar>|Skip Level 1]], it is page name level.</translate>
* <translate><!--T:32--> Do not put any text on the same line after the ending equal signs.</translate>
* <translate><!--T:33--> An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a [[w:Help:Section#Table of contents (TOC)|table of contents]] (unless setting the magic word <tvar name=1><code><nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki></code></tvar>).</translate>
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| {{Fake heading|level=2|1=<translate><!--T:35--> Level 2</translate>}}
{{Fake heading|level=3|1=<translate><!--T:36--> Level 3</translate>}}
{{Fake heading|level=4|1=<translate><!--T:37--> Level 4</translate>}}
{{Fake heading|level=5|1=<translate><!--T:38--> Level 5</translate>}}
{{Fake heading|level=6|1=<translate><!--T:39--> Level 6</translate>}}
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| <translate><!--T:40--> Horizontal rule</translate>
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<translate nowrap><!--T:41--> Text before</translate>
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<translate nowrap><!--T:42--> Text after</translate>
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<translate><!--T:43--> Text before</translate>
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<translate><!--T:44--> Text after</translate>
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| <translate><!--T:45--> Bullet list</translate>
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<!--T:46-->
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br>don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.

<!--T:160-->
* combine bullet list
** with definition 
:: - definition
** creates empty space

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* combine bullet list
** with definition 
*: - definition
** without empty spaces

<!--T:162-->
* bullet list
: - definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition
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<!--T:47-->
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br>don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.

<!--T:163-->
* combine bullet list
** with definition 
::- definition
** creates empty space

<!--T:164-->
* combine bullet list
** with definition 
*:- definition
** without empty spaces

<!--T:165-->
*bullet list
:- definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition
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| <translate><!--T:48--> Numbered list</translate>
| {{anchor|numbered-list}}
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# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks <br>don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

<!--T:50-->
# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.

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<tvar name=1>{{^(}}nowiki{{)^}}#{{^(}}/nowiki{{)^}}</tvar> use "nowiki" tags to display a literal (#) at the beginning of a line without interpreting it as a numbered list.
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# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks <br>don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

<!--T:52-->
# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.

<!--T:184-->
<tvar name=1><nowiki>#</nowiki></tvar> use "nowiki" tags to display a literal (#) at the beginning of a line without interpreting it as a numbered list.</translate>
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|Definition list}}
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| <translate><!--T:53--> Description list</translate>
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<!--T:54-->
; item 1
: definition 1
; item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
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{{note|1=<translate><!--T:176--> At the end of the line, if the line begins with a semicolon (;), any inserted colon (:) will not be displayed.</translate> <translate><!--T:177--> If you want for the colon to be displayed, escape it by writing <tvar name=1><code>&amp;#58;</code></tvar>.</translate>}}
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; item 1
: definition 1
; item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
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| <translate><!--T:194--> Description details without description terms</translate>
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: <translate nowrap><!--T:195--> Description details</translate>
:: <translate nowrap><!--T:196--> Nested description details</translate>
::::: <translate nowrap><!--T:197--> Deeply nested description details</translate>
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{{Note|1=<translate><!--T:198--> This is often used as a workaround for indenting the line, but it will harm accessibility and produce invalid HTML output.</translate> <translate><!--T:199--> Using CSS for visual indentation is a far more preferable approach (e.g. <tvar name=1>{{tl|indent}}</tvar>).</translate>}}
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: <translate><!--T:200--> Description details</translate>
:: <translate><!--T:201--> Nested description details</translate>
::::: <translate><!--T:202--> Deeply nested description details</translate>
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| <translate><!--T:60--> Mixture of different types of list</translate>
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# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead <tvar name=1><br></tvar> of <tvar name=2><nowiki><br></nowiki></tvar>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
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{{note|1=<translate><!--T:62--> The usage of <tvar name=1><code>#:</code></tvar> and <tvar name=2><code>*:</code></tvar> for breaking a line is as problematic as the usage of single <tvar name=3><code>:</code></tvar>.</translate>}}
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# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead <tvar name=1><br></tvar> of <tvar name=2><nowiki><br></nowiki></tvar>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
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| {{anchor|Preformatted text}}<translate><!--T:64--> Preformatted text</translate>
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 <translate nowrap><!--T:65--> Start each line with a space.</translate>
 <translate nowrap><!--T:179--> Text is '''preformatted''' and</translate>
 <translate nowrap><!--T:180--> ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.</translate>
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{{note|1=<translate><!--T:66--> This way of preformatting only applies to [[<tvar name=1>#Section formatting</tvar>|section formatting]].</translate> <translate><!--T:193--> [[<tvar name=1>#Character formatting</tvar>|Character formatting]] markups are still effective.</translate>}}
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 <translate><!--T:67--> Start each line with a space.</translate>
 <translate><!--T:181--> Text is '''preformatted''' and</translate>
 <translate><!--T:182--> ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.</translate>
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| <translate><!--T:68--> Preformatted text blocks</translate>
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 {{^(}}nowiki{{)^}}<translate nowrap><!--T:69-->
Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <tvar name=1>{{^(}}nowiki{{)^}}</tvar>).

<!--T:70-->
Then your block format will be
    maintained.

<!--T:170-->
This is good for copying in code blocks:
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def function():
    """<translate nowrap><!--T:171--> documentation string</translate>"""

    if True:
        print True
    else:
        print False{{^(}}/nowiki{{)^}}
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 {{#tag:nowiki|<translate nowrap><!--T:73-->
Start with a space in the first column,
(before the &lt;nowiki&gt;).

<!--T:74-->
Then your block format will be
    maintained.

<!--T:75-->
This is good for copying in code blocks:
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def function():
    """<translate nowrap><!--T:172--> documentation string</translate>"""

    if True:
        print True
    else:
        print False
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