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Wiki Formatting[edit source]
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 |
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'''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. |
Section headingsHeadings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. SubsectionUsing more equal-signs creates a subsection. A smaller subsectionDon'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 |
Unordered (bulleted) list:
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Ordered (numbered) list: # Item |
Ordered (numbered) list:
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Creating Tables[edit source]
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...
This is a header cell | This is another | And a third header cell |
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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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