Basic Formatting

You can edit any pages by clicking the edit tab at the top of the page. You need to use wiki syntax for:

• bold
• Italic
• bold and Italic
• Internal Link
• External Link
• Headings
• Numbered List
• Bulleted List
• Image
• Table

Basic formatting methods are well explained in a cheat sheet from Wikipedia.

Here is the copy of the cheat sheet:

Description	You type	You get
Applies anywhere
Italicise text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within WikiGenetics)	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|display text]]	Name of page display text
Redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	↳ Target page
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org] [http://www.example.org display text] http://www.example.org	[1] display text http://www.example.org
Sign your posts on talk pages	~~~~	Your username 12:26, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ======	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
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
Thumbnail image	[[Image:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption text]]	File:Wiki.png Caption text

For more advanced formatting, see Wikipedia Help Page for Editing or MediaWiki Help or post questions to the Community Portal.

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