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Also note that you can create a Table of Contents automatically linking to each heading in the article by adding: [[toc]] This generates a table like the one shown at the begining of this article.
Note that you should leave a blank line after these kinds of Headers, or else strange formatting will occur in the displayed result, making the header physically closer to the previous section than the following section. Compare the following:
Subheader 1 with blank line after it
This text is visually grouped with its Subheader 1.
Subheader 2 with no blank line after it
This text is visually farther from its Subheader 2, which can be confusing.
Text Formatting Basics
Format
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Rule
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Example
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Result
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Italicize Text
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2 apostrophes on each side
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''italicize text''
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italicize text
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Bold Text
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3 apostrophes on each side
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'''boldtext'''
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boldtext
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Bold and Italicize Text
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5 apostrophes on each side
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'''''bold and italicized text'''''
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bold and italicized text
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Additional
- 4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'
- Newlines do nothing in the text, but a single blank line starts a new paragraph.
- 4 hyphens in a row will create a horizontal rule.
- A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
- HTML is allowed. For a list of HTML tags that are allowed, see HTML in wikitext. However, you should avoid HTML in favor of Wiki markup whenever possible. In order to use HTML, enclose the text in nowiki tags - edit this page for <b>an example</b>.
Lists
Lists are easy to create - use a star for each level of the list. If you prefer a numbered list, use the # sign in place of the appropriate star for the level you want enumerated.
For example:
* Item A
* Item B
*# Item B-1
*#* Note A about B-1
*#* Note B about B-1
*# Item B-2
Becomes:
- Item A
- Item B
- Item B-1
- Note A about B-1
- Note B about B-1
- Item B-2
Note that you only need to enable enumeration in the first item at that level. This greatly facilitates switching between bullets and numbers.
Links
Links to other wiki pages are created by putting the page name in double square brackets.
e.g [[BoardGameGeek]] becomes BoardGameGeek.
If the page does not exist already, a user following the link will be taken to a blank page.
Links to outside pages are created by putting the URL and the text in single square brackets.
e.g [http://gamestoredb.com/ Game Store Database] becomes Game Store Database
The link name appearing on the page may be changed by inserting the "|" caracter followed by the wanted name.
e.g [[Vae_Victis_Index|Vae Victis]] becomes Vae Victis.
Note: Following a link to another wiki page transfers the user to another webpage within the same window. Following a link to a ouside page opens a new window. Don't use the outside page format unless you want the user to get another window. Good Wiki design usually has wiki pages spinning in the same window.
Wiki page redirect links can be created with [ redirect=TARGETPAGE ] (remove the spaces before and after the square brackets).
Redirects allow you to transfer users trying to open one wiki page to another. For example, you might want to transfer all requests for a wiki page named "BGG" to a wiki page named "BoardGameGeek."
Links (especially many Wikipedia links) may contain some "unsafe charactes" which do not translate properly by the wiki markup. Use the %xx escape sequences below instead for the given character:
- %21 ! (exclamation mark)
- %23 # (number sign)
- %24 $ (dollar sign)
- %28 ( (left/open parenthesis)
- %29 ) (right/closing parenth.)
- %2A * (asterisk)
- %2B + (plus)
Wikipedia links also should not have the trailing "/" character as the page will not load properly from the wiki link.
No Wiki Formatting
Text you do not wish to have wiki markup applied to should be surrounded by "nowiki" tags. < nowiki >This won't be wikified< /nowiki >. (remove the spaces before and after the angle brackets)
Comments
You can also use a combination of nowiki and html commands to leave invisible comments in the text of a wiki page. (Again, remove the spaces before and after the angle brackets)
< nowiki >< !--
this won't be visible unless you edit the wiki page...
-- >
< /nowiki >
External Images
Simply type the URL to the image and it will appear in the wiki page.
http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/geeksm2.jpg
Becomes:
Table Examples
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
! Heading1
! Heading2
|-
| Entry 1A
| Entry 2A
|-
| Entry 1B
| Entry 2B
|}
Becomes:
Heading1
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Heading2
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Entry 1A
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Entry 2A
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Entry 1B
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Entry 2B
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
! Heading1 !! Heading2
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| Entry 1A || Entry 2A
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| Entry 1B || Entry 2B
|}
Becomes:
| Heading1 |
Heading2
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| Entry 1A |
Entry 2A
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| Entry 1B |
Entry 2B
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- If you have two tables, one immediately after the other, use a line with a space to keep them apart.
