https://wiki.eiphax.tech/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Help%3AFormattingHelp:Formatting - Revision history2026-04-18T15:07:30ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.0https://wiki.eiphax.tech/index.php?title=Help:Formatting&diff=64&oldid=prevEipadmin: Created page with "Welcome to ''Help:Formatting''. This is the part where you learn that wikitext was designed in the early 2000s by someone who thought angle brackets and too many apostrophes were intuitive. Spoiler: they were not. == Text styles == * Italic: <nowiki>''italics''</nowiki> → ''italics'' * Bold: <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> → '''bold''' * Bold italics: <nowiki>'''''bold italics'''''</nowiki> → '''''bold italics''''' * Strikethrough: <nowiki><s>crossed out</s>..."2025-08-28T00:40:27Z<p>Created page with "Welcome to ''Help:Formatting''. This is the part where you learn that wikitext was designed in the early 2000s by someone who thought angle brackets and too many apostrophes were intuitive. Spoiler: they were not. == Text styles == * Italic: <nowiki>''italics''</nowiki> → ''italics'' * Bold: <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> → '''bold''' * Bold italics: <nowiki>'''''bold italics'''''</nowiki> → '''''bold italics''''' * Strikethrough: <nowiki><s>crossed out</s>..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Welcome to ''Help:Formatting''. This is the part where you learn that wikitext was designed in the early 2000s by someone who thought angle brackets and too many apostrophes were intuitive. Spoiler: they were not. <br />
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== Text styles == <br />
* Italic: <nowiki>''italics''</nowiki> → ''italics'' <br />
* Bold: <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> → '''bold''' <br />
* Bold italics: <nowiki>'''''bold italics'''''</nowiki> → '''''bold italics''''' <br />
* Strikethrough: <nowiki><s>crossed out</s></nowiki> → <s>crossed out</s> <br />
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== Headings == <br />
* Level 2 heading: <nowiki>== Heading ==</nowiki> <br />
* Level 3 heading: <nowiki>=== Subheading ===</nowiki> <br />
* Level 4 heading: <nowiki>==== Tiny heading ====</nowiki> <br />
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More equals signs = smaller heading. At some point it becomes unreadable, but nobody will stop you. <br />
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== Lists == <br />
* Bulleted lists use asterisks: <br />
<nowiki><br />
* Item 1<br />
* Item 2<br />
** Sub-item<br />
</nowiki> <br />
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* Numbered lists use hashes: <br />
<nowiki><br />
# First<br />
# Second<br />
## Second point one<br />
</nowiki> <br />
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== Links == <br />
* Internal: <nowiki>[[Page name]]</nowiki> → [[Page name]] <br />
* With label: <nowiki>[[Page name|custom text]]</nowiki> → [[Page name|custom text]] <br />
* External: <nowiki>[http://example.com Example site]</nowiki> → [http://example.com Example site] <br />
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== Files == <br />
* Insert a file: <nowiki>[[File:Example.png|thumb|caption]]</nowiki> <br />
* You will never get the sizing right on the first try. <br />
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== Tables == <br />
Tables in wikitext are a cruel joke: <br />
<nowiki><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Header 1 !! Header 2<br />
|-<br />
| Cell A1 || Cell A2<br />
|-<br />
| Cell B1 || Cell B2<br />
|}<br />
</nowiki> <br />
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Result: <br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Header 1 !! Header 2<br />
|-<br />
| Cell A1 || Cell A2<br />
|-<br />
| Cell B1 || Cell B2<br />
|} <br />
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== Common pitfalls == <br />
# Forgetting which side the brackets go on. <br />
# Mixing up italics with bold. <br />
# Copy-pasting raw HTML because you gave up. <br />
# Thinking VisualEditor will save you (it won’t). <br />
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== See also == <br />
* [[Help:Editing]] <br />
* [[Help:Undo]] <br />
* [[Help:Templates]] <br />
* [[Flaming piece of garbage]] <br />
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== References == <br />
[1] Wikitext, designed by someone who hated you personally. <br />
[2] Other wikis, which look better than this one because they hired CSS mercenaries.</div>Eipadmin