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== Text formatting markup == 
</translate>
{| class="wikitable"
! <translate> Description</translate>
! style="width: 40%;" | <translate> You type</translate>
! style="width: 40%;" | <translate> You get</translate>
|-
! colspan="3" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); background: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle--active, #b6d4fb)" | {{anchor|Character formatting}}<translate> Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''</translate>
|-
| <translate> Italic text</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
''<translate nowrap> italic</translate>''
|lang=wikitext}}
|
''<translate> italic</translate>''
|-
| <translate> Bold text</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
'''<translate nowrap> bold</translate>'''
|lang=wikitext}}
|
'''<translate> bold</translate>'''
|-
| <translate> Bold and italic</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
'''''<translate nowrap> bold & italic</translate>'''''
|lang=wikitext}}
|
'''''<translate> bold & italic</translate>'''''
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|nowiki|<nowiki>|.3Cnowiki.3E}}
|-
| <translate> Escape wiki markup</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|

{{^(}}nowiki{{)^}}<translate nowrap> no [[wiki]] ''markup''</translate>{{^(}}/nowiki{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
| <translate> <nowiki>no [[wiki]] ''markup''</nowiki></translate>
|-
! colspan="3" style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); background: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle--active, #b6d4fb)" | {{anchor|Section formatting}}<translate> Section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''</translate>
|-
| <translate> Section Headings of different levels</translate>
| {{anchor|headings}}{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<translate nowrap>
== Level 2 == 

=== Level 3 === 

==== Level 4 ==== 

===== Level 5 ===== 

====== Level 6 ====== 
</translate>
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{note|1=<nowiki/>
* <translate> [[<tvar name=lv1>Help talk:Formatting#Level_1</tvar>|Skip Level 1]], it is page name level.</translate>
* <translate> Do not put any text on the same line after the ending equal signs.</translate>
* <translate> 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>
}}
| {{Fake heading|level=2|1=<translate> Level 2</translate>}}
{{Fake heading|level=3|1=<translate> Level 3</translate>}}
{{Fake heading|level=4|1=<translate> Level 4</translate>}}
{{Fake heading|level=5|1=<translate> Level 5</translate>}}
{{Fake heading|level=6|1=<translate> Level 6</translate>}}
|-
| <translate> Horizontal rule</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<translate nowrap> Text before</translate>
----
<translate nowrap> Text after</translate>
|lang=wikitext}}
|
<translate> Text before</translate>
----
<translate> Text after</translate>
|-
| <translate> Bullet list</translate>
| {{anchor|bulleted-lists}}
{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<translate nowrap>

* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.


* combine bullet list
** with definition
:: - definition
** creates empty space


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


* bullet list
: - definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition
</translate>
|lang=wikitext}}
|
<translate>

* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.


* combine bullet list
** with definition
::- definition
** creates empty space


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


*bullet list
:- definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition
</translate>
|-
| <translate> Numbered list</translate>
| {{anchor|numbered-list}}
{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<translate nowrap>

# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines


# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.


<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>
|lang=wikitext}}
|
<translate>

# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines


# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.


<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}}
|-
| <translate> Description list</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<translate nowrap>

; item 1
: definition 1
; item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
</translate>
|lang=wikitext}}
{{note|1=<translate> At the end of the line, if the line begins with a semicolon (;), any inserted colon (:) will not be displayed.</translate> <translate> If you want for the colon to be displayed, escape it by writing <tvar name=1><code>&#58;</code></tvar>.</translate>}}
|
<translate>

; item 1
: definition 1
; item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
</translate>
|-
| <translate> Description details without description terms</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
: <translate nowrap> Description details</translate>
:: <translate nowrap> Nested description details</translate>
::::: <translate nowrap> Deeply nested description details</translate>
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{Note|1=<translate> This is often used as a workaround for indenting the line, but it will harm accessibility and produce invalid HTML output.</translate> <translate> Using CSS for visual indentation is a far more preferable approach (e.g. <tvar name=1>{{tl|indent}}</tvar>).</translate>}}
|
: <translate> Description details</translate>
:: <translate> Nested description details</translate>
::::: <translate> Deeply nested description details</translate>
|-
| <translate> Mixture of different types of list</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<translate nowrap>

# 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> </tvar> of <tvar name=2><nowiki> </nowiki></tvar>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
</translate>
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{note|1=<translate> 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>}}
|
<translate>

# 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> </tvar> of <tvar name=2><nowiki> </nowiki></tvar>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
</translate>
|-
| {{anchor|Preformatted text}}<translate> Preformatted text</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<translate nowrap> Start each line with a space.</translate>
<translate nowrap> Text is '''preformatted''' and</translate>
<translate nowrap> ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.</translate>
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{note|1=<translate> This way of preformatting only applies to [[<tvar name=1>#Section formatting</tvar>|section formatting]].</translate> <translate> [[<tvar name=1>#Character formatting</tvar>|Character formatting]] markups are still effective.</translate>}}
|
<translate> Start each line with a space.</translate>
<translate> Text is '''preformatted''' and</translate>
<translate> ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.</translate>
|-
| <translate> Preformatted text blocks</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}nowiki{{)^}}<translate nowrap>
Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <tvar name=1>{{^(}}nowiki{{)^}}</tvar>).


Then your block format will be
maintained.


This is good for copying in code blocks:
</translate>

def function():
"""<translate nowrap> documentation string</translate>"""

if True:
print True
else:
print False{{^(}}/nowiki{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
|
{{#tag:nowiki|<translate nowrap>
Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <nowiki>).


Then your block format will be
maintained.


This is good for copying in code blocks:
</translate>

def function():
"""<translate nowrap> documentation string</translate>"""

if True:
print True
else:
print False
}}
|}

{{anchor||.3Cp.3E}}
<translate>

== Paragraphs == 
</translate>
{{anchor| |.3Cbr.3E}}
<translate>

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tag <tvar name=1>{{tag|br|single}}</tvar>.

== HTML tags == 
</translate>
{{anchor|<div>|.3Cdiv.3E||.3Cspan.3E}}
<translate>

Some [[w:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tvar name=1>{{tag|code|open}}</tvar>, [[w:Div and span|<tvar name=2>{{tag|div|open}}</tvar>, and <tvar name=3>{{tag|span|open}}</tvar>]]. These apply anywhere you insert them.
</translate>
{| class="wikitable"
! <translate> Description</translate>
! style="width: 40%;" | <translate> You type</translate>
! style="width: 40%;" | <translate> You get</translate>
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<ins>|.3Cins.3E||.3Cu.3E}}
|-
| <translate> Inserted (Displays as underline in most browsers)</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<ins><translate nowrap> Inserted</translate></ins>

<translate nowrap> or</translate>

<translate nowrap> Underline</translate>
|lang=wikitext}}
|
<ins><translate> Inserted</translate></ins>

<translate> or</translate>

<translate> Underline</translate>
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<del>|.3Cdel.3E|<s>|.3Cs.3E}}
|-
| <translate> Deleted (Displays as strike-through in most browsers)</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<s><translate nowrap> Strike-through</translate></s>

<translate nowrap> or</translate>

<del><translate nowrap> Deleted</translate></del>
|lang=wikitext}}
|
<s><translate> Strike-through</translate></s>

<translate> or</translate>

<del><translate> Deleted</translate></del>
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<code>|.3Ccode.3E}}
|-
| <translate> Fixed width text</translate>
| <syntaxhighlight lang=html><code><translate nowrap> Source code</translate></code></syntaxhighlight>
| <code><translate> Source code</translate></code>
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<blockquote>|.3Cblockquote.3E}}
|-
| <translate> Blockquotes</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<translate nowrap> Text before</translate>
<blockquote><translate nowrap> Blockquote</translate></blockquote>
<translate nowrap> Text after</translate>
|lang=wikitext}}
{{Note|1=<translate> If the quote contains multiple paragraphs the tags need to be on separate lines to display properly, i.e.:</translate>
{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<blockquote>
<translate nowrap> First paragraph.</translate>

<translate nowrap> Second paragraph.</translate>
</blockquote>
|lang=wikitext}}
{{Tracked|T309778|float=none}}
}}
|
<translate> Text before</translate>
<blockquote><translate> Blockquote</translate></blockquote>
<translate> Text after</translate>
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<q>|.3Cq.3E}}
|-
| <translate> Quotes</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<q><translate nowrap> This is a quotation</translate></q>
|lang=wikitext}}
{{Note|1=<translate> The q element '''must not''' be used in place of quotation marks that do not represent quotes; for example, it is inappropriate to use the q element for marking up sarcastic statements.<ref>[<tvar name=url>https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-q-element</tvar> HTML Living Standard—The <tvar name=q><'''q'''></tvar> element]</ref></translate>}}
| <q><translate> This is a quotation</translate></q>
|-
| <translate> Comment</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
<translate nowrap>

{{^(}}!-- This is a comment --{{)^}}
Comments are visible only
in the edit zone.
</translate>
|lang=wikitext}}
|
<translate>


Comments are visible only
in the edit zone.
</translate>
{{Table-AnchorRow|colspan=3|<pre>|.3Cpre.3E}}
|-
| <translate> Completely preformatted text</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}pre{{)^}}
<translate nowrap>

Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</translate>
{{^(}}/pre{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{note|1=<translate> For marking up of preformatted text, check the "Preformatted text" entry at the end of the previous table.</translate>}}
|
{{#tag:pre|
<translate nowrap>

Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</translate>
}}
|-
| <translate> '''Customized''' preformatted text</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}pre style="color: red"{{)^}}
<translate nowrap>

Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</translate>
{{^(}}/pre{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
----
{{note|1=<translate> A CSS style can be named within the <code>style</code> attribute.</translate>}}
|
{{#tag:pre|
<translate nowrap>

Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</translate>
|style=color: red}}
|}
<translate>

continued:</translate>
{| class="wikitable" | style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%"
! <translate> Description</translate>
! style="width: 40%;" | <translate> You type</translate>
! style="width: 40%;" | <translate> You get</translate>
|-
| <translate> '''Default''' preformatted text has a CSS attribute (<code>white-space: pre-wrap;</code>) to wrap the text according to available width</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}pre{{)^}}
<translate nowrap> This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.</translate>
{{^(}}/pre{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
|
{{#tag:pre|
<translate nowrap> This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.</translate>
|}}
|-
| <translate> '''Customized''' preformatted text with '''disabled''' text wrapping</translate>
| {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
{{^(}}pre style="white-space: pre;"{{)^}}
<translate nowrap> This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.</translate>
{{^(}}/pre{{)^}}
|lang=wikitext}}
|
{{#tag:pre|
<translate nowrap> This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.</translate>
|style=white-space: pre;}}
|}

<translate>

The full list of recognized tags is given on <tvar name=1>{{ll|Help:HTML in wikitext}}</tvar>.

== Inserting symbols == 


Symbols and other special characters not available on your keyboard can be inserted in a multitude of ways. [<tvar name=url>http://www.howtogeek.com/210824/how-to-quickly-type-special-characters-on-any-computer-smartphone-or-tablet/</tvar> Many operating systems and browsers allow to insert special characters] through a menu option or operating system panel. Additionally, you can use the WikiEditor or [[<tvar name=2>Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Special characters</tvar>|VisualEditor]] to insert them into the edit screen.
</translate>

<translate> As a last resort, you can use a special sequence of characters.</translate>
<translate> Those sequences are called [<tvar name=url>https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Glossary/Character_reference</tvar> HTML character references].</translate>
<translate> For example:</translate>

* <translate> the rightwards [[w:Arrow (symbol)|arrow symbol]] (<tvar name=1><code>→</code></tvar>) can be displayed using the <tvar name=2><code>&rarr;</code></tvar> sequence</translate>
* <translate> an [[w:Dash#Em dash|em dash]] (<tvar name=1><code>—</code></tvar>) can be displayed using <tvar name=2><code>&mdash;</code></tvar>.</translate>
----
{{note|1=<translate> Hover over any symbol to reveal the entity that produces it. Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.</translate>}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|+ <translate> HTML symbol entities</translate>
|-
| Á
| á
| Â
| â
| ´
| Æ
| æ
| À
| à
| &alefsym;
| Α
| α
| &
| &and;
| &ang;
| Å
| å
| ≈
| Ã
| ã
| Ä
| ä
| &bdquo;
| Β
| β
| ¦
| •
| ∩
| Ç
| ç
| ¸
| ¢
|-
| Χ
| χ
| &circ;
| &clubs;
| &cong;
| ©
| &crarr;
| ∪
| ¤
| &dagger;
| &Dagger;
| ↓
| &dArr;
| °
| Δ
| δ
| &diams;
| ÷
| É
| é
| Ê
| ê
| È
| è
| ∅
| &emsp;
| &ensp;
| Ε
| ε
| &equiv;
| Η
| η
|-
| Ð
| ð
| Ë
| ë
| €
| ∃
| &fnof;
| ∀
| ½
| ¼
| ¾
| &frasl;
| Γ
| γ
| ≥
| >
| ↔
| ⇔
| &hearts;
| …
| Í
| í
| Î
| î
| ¡
| Ì
| ì
| &image;
| ∞
| ∫
| Ι
| ι
|-
| ¿
| ∈
| Ï
| ï
| Κ
| κ
| Λ
| λ
| &lang;
| «
| ←
| ⇐
| &lceil;
| “
| ≤
| &lfloor;
| &lowast;
| &loz;
| &lrm;
| &lsaquo;
| ‘
| <
| ¯
| —
| µ
| ·
| −
| Μ
| μ
| ∇
|  
| –
|-
| ≠
| &ni;
| ¬
| ∉
| &nsub;
| Ñ
| ñ
| Ν
| ν
| Ó
| ó
| Ô
| ô
| &OElig;
| &oelig;
| Ò
| ò
| &oline;
| Ω
| ω
| Ο
| ο
| &oplus;
| &or;
| ª
| º
| Ø
| ø
| Õ
| õ
| &otimes;
| Ö
|-
| ö
| ¶
| ∂
| &permil;
| &perp;
| Φ
| φ
| Π
| π
| ϖ
| ±
| £
| ′
| ″
| ∏
| &prop;
| Ψ
| ψ
| "
| √
| &rang;
| »
| →
| ⇒
| &rceil;
| ”
| &real;
| ®
| &rfloor;
| Ρ
| ρ
| &rlm;
|-
| &rsaquo;
| ’
| &sbquo;
| &Scaron;
| &scaron;
| ⋅
| §
| 
| Σ
| σ
| &sigmaf;
| &sim;
| &spades;
| ⊂
| &sube;
| ∑
| ⊃
| ¹
| ²
| ³
| &supe;
| ß
| Τ
| τ
| &there4;
| Θ
| θ
| &thetasym;
|  
| Þ
| þ
| &tilde;
|-
| ×
| ™
| Ú
| ú
| ↑
| &uArr;
| Û
| û
| Ù
| ù
| ¨
| &upsih;
| Υ
| υ
| Ü
| ü
| &weierp;
| Ξ
| ξ
| Ý
| ý
| ¥
| ÿ
| &Yuml;
| Ζ
| ζ
| &zwj;
| &zwnj;
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! <translate> Description</translate>
! style="width: 40%;" | <translate> You type</translate>
! style="width: 40%;" | <translate> You get</translate>
|-
| <translate> Copyright symbol</translate>
|class=mw-code| &copy;
|
:::'''©'''
|-
| <translate> Greek delta letter symbol</translate>
|class=mw-code|&delta;
|
:::'''δ'''
|-
| <translate> Euro currency symbol</translate>
|class=mw-code|&euro;
|
:::'''€'''
|}
<translate>

See the list of all HTML entities on the Wikipedia article [[w:List of HTML entities|List of HTML entities]]. Additionally, MediaWiki supports two non-standard entity reference sequences: <code>&רלמ;</code> and <code>&رلم;</code> which are both considered equivalent to <code>&rlm;</code> which is a [[w:Right-to-left mark|right-to-left mark]]. (Used when combining right to left languages with left to right languages in the same page.)

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