Help:Wiki markup

Bold text is surrounded by three apostrophes.

'''Bold text''' is surrounded by three apostrophes.

Italic text is surrounded by two apostrophes.

''Italic text''  is surrounded by two apostrophes.

For a bullet-point list, put each list item on its own line, with a star in front of it:

• Winken
• Blinken
• Nod

For a bullet-point list, put each list item on its own line,
with a star in front of it:

*Winken
*Blinken
*Nod

A numbered list is similar to a bullet-point list, but each item starts with a pound sign instead:

1. Tinkers
2. Evers
3. Chance

A numbered list is similar to a bullet-point list, but each item
starts with a pound sign instead:

#Tinkers
#Evers
#Chance

You can link to an article like Main Page by adding the article title with two square brackets around it.

You can link to an article like [[Main Page]] by adding the article title with two square brackets around it.

You can give the link alternate text, like go to the main page, by adding a vertical bar after the title, and then the text you want to use.

You can give the link alternate text, like [[Main Page|go to the main page]], by adding a vertical bar after the title, and then the text you want to use.

Links in different namespaces, like Help:FAQ or User:RichieRich, work the same way.

Links in different namespaces, like [[Help:FAQ]] or [[User:RichieRich]], work the same way.

Using a vertical bar at the end of the link (but before the closing brackets) will hide the namespace, like FAQ or RichieRich.

Using a vertical bar at the end of the link (but before the closing brackets) will hide the namespace, like [[Help:FAQ|]] or [[User:RichieRich|]].

It's OK to put in links to a page that doesn't exist yet.

It's OK to put in links to [[a page that doesn't exist yet]].

Putting a URL like http://www.google.com/ into text makes it into an external link automatically.

Putting a URL like http://www.google.com/ into text makes it into an external link automatically.

You can give an external link more readable text, like Google, by using a single square bracket, the URL, a space, the title you want to use, and a closing square bracket.

You can give an external link more readable text, like [http://www.google.com/ Google], by using a single square bracket, the URL, a space, the title you want to use, and a closing square bracket.