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AccountManager at 14:17, 25 March 2021

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	__NOEDITSECTION__{{Help Nav}}You can format your text using the [[help:Formatting_Toolbar\|formatting toolbar]] or wiki markup. Wiki markup can be thought of as a simplified version of html and it consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.		__NOEDITSECTION__{{Help Nav}}You can format your text using the [[help:Formatting_Toolbar\|formatting toolbar]] or wiki markup. Wiki markup can be thought of as a simplified version of html and it consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.

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			''From Mediawiki '' <ref>* ''UBC Wiki''. ''Wikimedia Foundation''. Updated 25 october 2013, 23:35 UTC‎. <br>Available from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting. Internet. Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref>

	__NOEDITSECTION__{{Help Nav}}You can format your text using the [[help:Formatting_Toolbar\|formatting toolbar]] or wiki markup. Wiki markup can be thought of as a simplified version of html and it consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.		__NOEDITSECTION__{{Help Nav}}You can format your text using the [[help:Formatting_Toolbar\|formatting toolbar]] or wiki markup. Wiki markup can be thought of as a simplified version of html and it consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.
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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	*[[Help:Editing\|Editing the ~~UBC~~ Wiki]]		*[[Help:Editing\|Editing the W S-L Wiki]]
	*[[Help:Formatting_Toolbar \| Using the formatting toolbar]]		*[[Help:Formatting_Toolbar \| Using the formatting toolbar]]
	*[[Help:Links\|Adding Links]]		*[[Help:Links\|Adding Links]]
	*[[Help:Adding_Media\|Adding Media to the ~~UBC~~ Wiki]]		*[[Help:Adding_Media\|Adding Media to the w S-L Wiki]]
	*[[Help:Tables\|Table Formatting]]		*[[Help:Tables\|Table Formatting]]
	*[[Help:Footnotes and References\|Adding Footnotes and References]]		*[[Help:Footnotes and References\|Adding Footnotes and References]]
	</noinclude>		</noinclude>
			==references==
			{{reflist}}

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	[[Category:Help]]		[[Category:Help]

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Lilian Williamson at 20:11, 27 October 2013

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__NOEDITSECTION__{{Help Nav}}You can format your text using the [[help:Formatting_Toolbar|formatting toolbar]] or wiki markup. Wiki markup can be thought of as a simplified version of html and it consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.
__TOC__

== Text Formatting ==
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
! Description !! You type !! You get
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#ABE" | character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
|-
|Italic text
| <code><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></code>
|''italic''
|-
| Bold text
| <code><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></code>
|'''bold'''
|-
| Bold and italic
| <code><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></code>
|'''''bold & italic'''''
|-
|Ignore wiki markup
| <code><nowiki><nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki></nowiki></code>
|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#ABE" | section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-
|Preformatted text
|
<pre>
preformatted text is done with
a '''space''' at the
''beginning'' of the line
</pre>
This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting, and character formatting markups are still effective.
|
preformatted text is done with
a '''space''' at the
''beginning'' of the line
|}

==Organizing==
===Headers & Lines===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
! Description !! You type !! You get
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#ABE" | section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line (with no leading spaces)''
|-
|Headings of different levels
| <pre>=level 1=
==level 2==
===level 3===
====level 4====
=====level 5=====
======level 6======</pre>
Level 1 is normally set aside for the article title. An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Section#Table of contents (TOC)|table of contents]].

|
<div style="font-size: 188%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa">Level 1</div>
<div style="font-size: 150%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa">Level 2</div>
<div style="font-size: 132%; font-weight: bold">Level 3</div><b>Level 4</b><div style="font-size: 86%; font-weight: bold">Level 5</div><b style="font-size: 80%">Level 6</b>
|-
|Horizontal rule
| <code>----</code>
|
----
|}

===Lists===

{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
! Description !! You type !! You get
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#ABE" | section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line (with no leading spaces)''
|-
|Bullet list
|
<pre>
* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two
</pre>
Inserting a blank line will end the first list and start another.
|
* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two
|-
|Numbered list
|
<pre>
# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two
</pre>
|
# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two
|-
|Definition list
|<pre>
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
</pre>
|
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
|-
| Adopting definition list to indent text
|
<pre>: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent</pre>
This workaround may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.
|
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
|-
| Mixture of different types of list
|
<pre>
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this rather looks like the continuation of # four
#: and thus often used instead of <br />
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2

;item 1
:* definition 1-1
:* definition 1-2
:
;item 2
:# definition 2-1
:# definition 2-2
</pre>
The usage of <code>#:</code> and <code>*:</code> for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.
|
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this rather looks like the continuation of <code># four</code>
#: often used instead of <code><br /></code>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
;item 1
:* definition 1-1
:* definition 1-2
:
;item 2
:# definition 2-1
:# definition 2-2
|}

For even more on list, check out [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:List Wikipedia's List Help article].
===Signatures===
You should always sign your comments, though signatures can be inserted anywhere on a wiki page.
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
! Description !! You type !! You get
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#ABE" | character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
|-
| Signature || <nowiki>Three tildes for just a signature, ~~~</nowiki> || Three tildes for just a signature, [[User:CynthiaNg|Cynthia (UBC LSIT)]]
|-
| Signature with Date and Time || <nowiki>Four tildes for your signature with date and time, ~~~~</nowiki> || Four tildes for your signature with date and time, [[User:CynthiaNg|Cynthia (UBC LSIT)]] 22:27, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
|-
| Only Date and Time || <nowiki>Five tildes for date and time only, ~~~~~</nowiki> || Five tildes for date and time only, 22:27, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
|}
*Note: Once you save, the signature and date/time are automatically created. The next time someone edits, it no longer show the tildes.

==Links==

*Please see [[Help:Links]] for detailed information on creating hyperlinks

=== Paragraphs ===
MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tags <code><br /></code>.

== HTML Formatting ==
Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code><code></code>, <code><div></code>, <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki><font></nowiki></code>. These apply anywhere you insert them.

{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
!Description
!You type
!You get
|-
| Underscore
| <code><nowiki><u>underscore</u></nowiki></code>
|<u>underscore</u>
|-
| Strikethrough
| <code><del>Strikethrough</del></code> or <code><s>Strikethrough</s></code>
|<del>Strikethrough</del>
|- style="white-space:nowrap"
|Fixed width text
| <code><tt>Fixed width text</tt></code> or <code><code>source code</code></code>
| <tt>Fixed width text</tt> or <code>source code</code>
|-
|Blockquotes
| <code>
text text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text text
<blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote>
text text text text text text text text text text text text
</code>
| text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote> text text text text text text text text text text text text
|-
| Typewriter font
| <pre>Puts text in a <tt>typewriter
font</tt>. The same font is
generally used for <code>
computer code</code>.</pre>
| Puts the text in a <tt>typewriter
font</tt>. The same font is
generally used for <code>
computer code</code>.
|-
| Superscripts and Subscripts
| <pre>X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O</pre>
|X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O
|-
| Centered text
| <pre><center>Centered text</center>
* Please note the American spelling of "center".</pre>
| <center>Centered text</center>
|-
| Comment
| <code></code>
Text can only be viewed in the edit window.
|

|-
| Completely preformatted text
|
<code><nowiki><pre>this way, all markups are '''ignored'''</pre></nowiki></code>
|
<pre> this way, all markups are '''ignored'''.</pre>
|-
|'''Customized''' preformatted text
|
<code><nowiki><pre style="CSS text">this way, all markups are '''ignored'''
and formatted with a CSS text</pre></nowiki></code>
|
<pre style="CSS text">this way, all markups are '''ignored'''
and formatted with a CSS text</pre>
|}

== Mathematical formulas ==
MediaWiki allows you to use LaTeX to insert mathematical formulae by typing in <nowiki><math>Formula here</math></nowiki>. Included here are a couple of examples and commonly used functions and expressions.
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
! !! What you type !! What it looks like
|-
| Superscript || <nowiki><math> a^2 </math></nowiki> || <math>a^2</math>
|-
| Subscript || <nowiki><math> a_3 </math></nowiki> || <math>a_3</math>
|-
| Grouping || <nowiki><math> a_{x,y} </math></nowiki> || <math>a_{x,y}</math>
|-
| Combination || <nowiki><math> a_3^2 or {a_3}^2 </math></nowiki> || <math>a_3^2</math> or <math>{a_3}^2</math>
|-
| Root || <nowiki><math> ([n] is optional) \sqrt[n]{x} </math></nowiki> || <math>\sqrt[n]{x}</math>
|-
| Fraction || <nowiki><math> \frac{3}{4}=0.75 or (small) \tfrac{1}{3}=0.\bar{3} </math></nowiki> || <math>\frac{3}{4}=0.75</math> or (small) <math>\tfrac{1}{3}=0.\bar{3}</math>
|-
| More Complex Example
|<nowiki><math> \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!} </math></nowiki>
| <math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
|}

See [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula WikiMedia's Help on Displaying a Formula] for a full article on using TeX to display formulae. Beginning at Section 3 (Functions, symbols, special characters) is a comprehensive list of all the symbols.

==Footnotes==
You can add footnotes to sentences using
the ''ref'' tag -- this is especially good
for citing a source.

{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
!width="1000"|What it looks like
!width="500"|What you type
|-
|There are over six billion people in the world.<ref>CIA World Factbook, 2006.</ref>
References: <references/>

|<nowiki>There are over six billion people in the
world.<ref>CIA World Factbook, 2006.</ref>

References: <references/></nowiki>
|}

''See Also:'' [[Help:Footnotes and References]]
<noinclude>
==See Also==
*[[Help:Editing|Editing the UBC Wiki]]
*[[Help:Formatting_Toolbar | Using the formatting toolbar]]
*[[Help:Links|Adding Links]]
*[[Help:Adding_Media|Adding Media to the UBC Wiki]]
*[[Help:Tables|Table Formatting]]
*[[Help:Footnotes and References|Adding Footnotes and References]]
[[Category:Help]]
</noinclude>