Help:Formatting

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Here you'll learn the basics of article formatting.

Change how your article looks through the use of formatting.

Formatting
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
Link to another page	[[Help]] [[Help]]ing	Help Helping
"Pipe" a link to change the link's text	[[Help:Spam|Spam]]	Spam
Link to a section	[[Help:Templates#Using a template]] [[Help:Templates#Using a template|Using a template]]	Help:Templates#Using a template Using a template
Red link	[[something missing]]	something missing
References and footnotes sources in the article will appear where <references/> is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page.	Hello,<ref>Library of Congress</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> References: <references/>	Hello, World. References:
Signature	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 00:30, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
Plain website	http://www.wikipedia.org	http://www.wikipedia.org
Link a website	[http://www.wikipedia.org]	[1]
Link and name a website	[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]	Wikipedia
Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	<del>This topic isn't notable.</del>	This topic isn't notable.
Hide text somewhere for editors consensus is how things are decided	<!-- This had consensus, discuss at talk page -->
Show an image	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]	Caption
Templates	My email is {{Email|account|example.com}}	My email is tnuoccamoc.elpmaxe
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]] place near the bottom of a page	shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another page redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page
Redirect to a section of another page requires JavaScript	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	Target page#anchorName
Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article	==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6====== do not use =Level 1= as it is for page titles	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Term definition	; Term : Definition has a leading semicolon ";" and colon ":" in front	Term Definition
Bulleted list	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting text this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations	no indent (normal) : first indent :: second indent ::: third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent

Would you like to try some formatting?

Enter ShoutWiki's Sandbox, and try the following:

1. Click edit above
2. Try to add some formatted text
3. Click Show preview to check what you have written
4. Click Save page to save your writing