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Wiki Formatting

If you are already familiar with wiki markup and how to edit wiki articles in general (e.g. Wikipedia articles), then you may not need to read this section.

Otherwise, here are some basic tips on wiki formatting:

Wiki code	Result
'''Bold text'''	Bold text
''Italic text''	Italic text
'''''Bold and italic text'''''	Bold and italic text
''''This is bold'''' because of the outside group of 3 single-quotes (denoting '''bold''' text), and the inner single quotes that stand alone, which simply display the single-quotes.	'This is bold' because of the outside group of 3 single-quotes (denoting bold text), and the inner single quotes that stand alone, which simply display the single-quotes.
== Section headings == ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. === Subsection === Using more equal-signs creates a subsection. ==== A smaller subsection ==== Don't skip levels, like from two to four equal-signs. Start with 2 equal-signs, NOT 1; using 1 creates an H1 tag, which is reserved for the page's title.	Section headings Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. Subsection Using more equal-signs creates a subsection. A smaller subsection Don't skip levels, like from two to four equal-signs. Start with 2 equal-signs, NOT 1; using 1 creates an H1 tag, which is reserved for the page's title.
Link to STO Wiki article: [[Character]]	Link to STO Wiki article: Character
Link to STO Wiki article with alternate text: [[Character|Look at me!]]	Link to STO Wiki article with alternate text: Look at me!
Link to Memory Alpha article: [[ma:William T. Riker|Will Riker]]	Link to Memory Alpha article: Will Riker
Link to Wikipedia article: [[w:Earth|Earth]]	Link to Wikipedia article: Earth
External link: [http://www.startrekonline. com/ Star Trek Online website]	External link: Star Trek Online website
Unordered (bulleted) list: * List item 1 * List item 2 ** List item 2a (nested) *** List item 2a1 (or something) ** List item 2b	Unordered (bulleted) list: List item 1 List item 2 List item 2a (nested) List item 2a1 (or something) List item 2b
Ordered (numbered) list: # Item ## Item ## Item ## Item # Item # Item #* The two types can be combined #* like so, as well # Nifty, eh?	Ordered (numbered) list: Item Item Item Item Item Item The two types can be combined like so, as well Nifty, eh?

Creating Tables

To create a table, see the following guide:

{| border="2"
|+ Table caption goes here, but is optional!
! This is a header cell
! This is another
! And a third header cell
|-
| Notice the divisions between rows
| This is the 2nd cell
| And the 3rd one
|-
| align="right" | Note...
| colspan="2" | ...the presence of HTML attributes...
|-
| colspan="3" style="font-weight: bold;" | ...followed by another pipe (|) to begin the row
|}

...creates...

Table caption goes here, but is optional!

This is a header cell	This is another	And a third header cell
Notice the divisions between rows	This is the 2nd cell	And the 3rd one
Note...	...the presence of HTML attributes...
...followed by another pipe (|) to begin the row

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