Basic Formatting

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

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 07:16,
2 November 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

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. Three
 
Thumbnail image

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

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