Tools

Pretty Wiki

Creating articles in Wikimedia means using the very, very basic ‘wysiwyg’ editor. Or write the HTML-style markup yourself. I do a bit of both.

Headings

MarkupDescription
==Text==Level 1 heading
===Text===Level 2 heading
====Te­xt====Level 3 heading

Lists and indents

MarkupDescription
* TextBullet list
** TextBullet list (second level)
# TextNumbered list
## TextNumbered list (second level)
; ItemDefinition list item
: DefinitionDefinition list definition
: TextIndented text
:: TextIndented text (second level)

Images

MarkupDescription
[[File­:im­g.j­pg|­thu­mb|­alt­=Te­xt|­Cap­tion]] Place an image
[[File­:im­g.j­pg|­thu­mb|­left]] Image on the left
[[File­:im­g.j­pg|­thu­mb|­none]] Image with no text flowing around it

Citations

Wikipedia Citations

MarkupDescription
<re­f>S­mith, John. ‘Reference Title”. Journal, 2011, p. 1.<­/re­f> Inline citation
<ref name=”r­efn­ame­”­>te­xt<­/re­f>
Named inline citation
<ref name=”r­efn­ame­” /> Use earlier named citation
{citation needed}} Citation needed
{{reflist}} Citations list

Tables

MarkupDescription
{| class=­”­nam­e”Start table
|-Start row
! Header 1Headings
! Header 2
|-
| row 1, cell 1Data
| row 1, cell 2
|-
| row 2, cell 1
| row 2, cell 2
|}End Table

Further reference

There is more. See here.

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