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{{PD Help Page}}
 
{{PD Help Page}}
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You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>
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You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt>
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<nowiki>''this''</nowiki> </tt>
  
 
== Text formatting markup ==
 
== Text formatting markup ==
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|{{Hl2}} |'''Description'''
 
|{{Hl2}} |'''Description'''
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|{{Hl2}} |'''You type'''
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|{{Hl2}} |'''You type'''
 
|{{Hl2}} |'''You get'''
 
|{{Hl2}} |'''You get'''
 
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|-
 
|-
 
|Italic text
 
|Italic text
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|<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt>
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|<tt>
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<nowiki>''italic''</nowiki> </tt>
 
|''italic''
 
|''italic''
 
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|-
 
| Bold text
 
| Bold text
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|<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt>
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|<tt>
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<nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> </tt>
 
|'''bold'''
 
|'''bold'''
 
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|-
 
| Bold and italic
 
| Bold and italic
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|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt>
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|<tt>
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<nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki> </tt>
 
|'''''bold & italic'''''
 
|'''''bold & italic'''''
 
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|-
 
|Escape wiki markup
 
|Escape wiki markup
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|<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki></nowiki></tt>
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|<tt>
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|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
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<nowiki></nowiki>
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<nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki>  
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<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>  
 
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|-
 
|Fixed width text
 
|Fixed width text
 
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|
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<nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki>
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<nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki>  
 
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<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
 
<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
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| Indent text
 
| Indent text
 
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<tt><nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt>
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<tt><nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki></tt><br />
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<nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki> </tt><br />
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<tt><nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki></tt>
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<tt>
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<nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki> </tt><br />
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<tt>
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<nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki> </tt>
 
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:Single indent
 
:Single indent
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different levels <ref>An article with four or more headings will automatically create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Section#Table_of_contents_.28TOC.29 table of contents].</ref>
 
different levels <ref>An article with four or more headings will automatically create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Section#Table_of_contents_.28TOC.29 table of contents].</ref>
 
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<tt><nowiki>=level 1=</nowiki></tt><ref>Use of a level 1 heading is '''''highly discouraged''''' as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.</ref><br />
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<tt>
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<tt><nowiki>==level 2==</nowiki></tt><br />
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<nowiki>=level 1=</nowiki> </tt><ref>Use of a level 1 heading is '''''highly discouraged''''' as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.</ref><br />
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<tt><nowiki>===level 3===</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt>
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<tt><nowiki>====level 4====</nowiki></tt><br />
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<nowiki>==level 2==</nowiki> </tt><br />
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<tt><nowiki>=====level 5=====</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt>
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<tt><nowiki>======level 6======</nowiki></tt>
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<nowiki>===level 3===</nowiki> </tt><br />
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<tt>
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<nowiki>====level 4====</nowiki> </tt><br />
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<tt>
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<nowiki>=====level 5=====</nowiki> </tt><br />
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<tt>
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<nowiki>======level 6======</nowiki> </tt>
 
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<!-- little hack to prevent TOC viewing -->
 
<!-- little hack to prevent TOC viewing -->
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<span style="font-size: 132%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 3</span><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: 132%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 3</span><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: 100%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 4</span><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: 100%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 4</span><br/>
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[[Category:]]]]]}}<span style="font-size: 86%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 5</span><br/>
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<span style="font-size: 80%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 6</span><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: 80%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 6</span><br/>
 
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|Horizontal rule
 
|Horizontal rule
 
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<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>
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<tt>
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<nowiki>----</nowiki> </tt>
 
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|-
 
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|Numbered list
 
|Numbered list
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{{Messagebox
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| type = success
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| text = You can continue a bullet on a separate line by using a colon after the hash (bare colon is the indent operator if that helps you remember) So, something like this<br />&#35; one <br />&#35; two <br />&#35;: two continued <br />&#35;: two continued <br />&#35; three}}
 
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&#35; one<br />
 
&#35; one<br />
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&#35; two<nowiki><br /></nowiki>spanning several lines<nowiki><br /></nowiki>without breaking the numbering<br />
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&#35; two
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<nowiki><br /></nowiki> spanning several lines
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<nowiki><br /></nowiki> without breaking the numbering<br />
 
&#35; three<br />
 
&#35; three<br />
 
&#35;&#35; three point one<br />
 
&#35;&#35; three point one<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;beginning of the line<br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;beginning of the line<br />
 
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preformatted text is done with
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preformatted text is done with
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a space at the  
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a space at the
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beginning of the line
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beginning of the line
 
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|Preformatted text with no indentation
 
|Preformatted text with no indentation
 
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&nbsp;<nowiki><pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre></nowiki>
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&nbsp;
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<nowiki><pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre></nowiki>  
 
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<pre>
 
<pre>
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text text text text text text text text text text text text
 
text text text text text text text text text text text text
  
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<nowiki><blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote></nowiki>
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<nowiki><blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote></nowiki>  
  
 
text text text text text text text text text text text text
 
text text text text text text text text text text text text
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|Comment
 
|Comment
 
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<tt><nowiki><!--This is comment--></nowiki></tt>
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<tt>
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<nowiki><!--This is comment--></nowiki> </tt>
 
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== Paragraphs ==
 
== Paragraphs ==
  
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MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a new line with the HTML tags <tt><nowiki><br> or <br/></nowiki></tt>.
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MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a new line with the HTML tags <tt>
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<nowiki><br> or <br/></nowiki> </tt>.
  
 
== HTML ==
 
== HTML ==
  
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Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki></tt>.
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Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt>
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<nowiki><code></nowiki> </tt>, <tt>
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<nowiki><div></nowiki> </tt>, <tt>
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<nowiki><span></nowiki> </tt> and <tt>
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<nowiki><font></nowiki> </tt>.
  
 
{{Admin tip|tip=If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting <code>{{mediawiki|Manual:$wgRawHtml|$wgRawHtml}} = true;</code> in {{mediawiki|Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php}}.}}
 
{{Admin tip|tip=If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting <code>{{mediawiki|Manual:$wgRawHtml|$wgRawHtml}} = true;</code> in {{mediawiki|Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php}}.}}

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