Help:Wiki markup

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In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.

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Below is a high-level overview of the features of the wiki markup that are most commonly used on Feast upon the Word. For more information see Wikipedia's editing help.

1 Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines
2 Links and URLs
3 Character formatting
4 Tables
5 Hiding the edit links

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Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines

What it looks like	What you type
New section Subsection Sub-subsection Generally use third-level headings `===`). Do not use first-level headings on this site. Second-level headings on commentary pages are reserved for the four main commentary sections on every page. Do not skip levels (e.g., second-level followed by fourth-level). A Table of Contents will automatically be added to an article that has four or more sections.	==New section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection====
A single newline generally has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph. When used in a list, a newline does affect the layout (see below).	A single newline generally has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
You can break lines without starting a new paragraph. Please use this sparingly. Close markup between lines, don't start a link or italics or bold on one line and close it on the next.	You can break lines<br> without starting a new paragraph.
Lists are easy to do: Start every line with a star. More stars means deeper levels. A newline in a list marks the end of a list item. An empty line starts a new list.	* Lists are easy to do: Start every line with a star. * More stars means deeper levels. **** A newline in a list marks the end of a list item. * An empty line starts a new list.
Numbered lists are also good very organized easy to follow easier still	# Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow ### easier still
You can even do mixed lists and nest them like this	* You can even do mixed lists # and nest them #* like this
Definition list list of definitions item the item's definition another item the other item's definition One item per line; a newline can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing.	; Definition list : list of definitions ; item : the item's definition ; another item : the other item's definition
A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph. This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on Talk pages.	: A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
Centered text. Note the American spelling of "center" (not "centre").	<center>Centered text.</center>

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Links and URLs

What it looks like	What you type
See also 1 Ne 1:3. A link to another article. When linking to a scripture link to an individual verse rather than the article name (e.g. 1 Ne 1:3 rather than 1 Ne 1:1-5). Internally, the first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended). Thus the link above is to the URL http://FeastUponTheWord.org/1_Ne_1:1-5, which is the Feast upon the Word article with the name "1 Ne 1:1-5".	See also [[1 Ne 1:3]].
Look at verses 1 Ne 1:3-9. This is called a piped link. It is used to create a link by a different name than the name of the article. When linking to a set of verses link to the first verse (e.g. 1 Ne 1:3 rather than 1 Ne 1:3-9). Linking to more than one verse will only work if those are the verses of the article and is not recommended in that case. Exceptions: built-in links generally refer directly to the article, e.g. redirects from verses to articles and previous and next links on each commentary page.	Look at verses [[1 Ne 1:3\|1 Ne 1:3-9]].
In general you cannot create new pages on this site. If you would like to create a new page, please leave a note for the admin on his page
Help:Wiki_markup is this page. Self links appear as bold text when the article is viewed. Do not use this technique to make the article name bold in the first paragraph	[[Help:Wiki_markup]] is this page.
When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it by adding three tildes to add your user name: Matthew Faulconer or four to add user name plus date/time: Matthew Faulconer 00:18, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC) Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 00:18, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC) The first two both provide a link to your user page.	When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it by adding three tildes to add your user name: : ~~~ or four for user name plus date/time: : ~~~~ Five tildes gives the date/time alone: : ~~~~~
Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources: Bare URL: http://www.lds.org/ (bad style) Unnamed link: [1] (bad style) Named link: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Square brackets indicate an external link. Note the use of a space (not a pipe) to separate the URL from the link text in the "named" version. In the URL, all symbols must be among: A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ \ / ~ % - + & # ? ! = ( ) @ \x80-\xFF If a URL contains a character not in this list, it should be encoded by using a percent sign (%) followed by the hex code of the character. These can be found in the table of printable characters. For example, the caret character (^) would be encoded in a URL as %5E.	Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources: # Bare URL: http://www.lds.org/ # Unnamed link: [http://www.lds.org/] # Named link: [http://www.lds.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]
Date formats: July 20, 1969 20 July 1969 1969-07-20 Link dates in one of the above formats, so that everyone can set their own display order. If logged in, you can use Special:Preferences to change your own date display setting. All of the above dates will appear as "20 July 1969" if you set your date display preference to "15 January 2001", but as "July 20, 1969" if you set it to "January 15, 2001".	Date formats: # [[July 20]], [[1969]] # [[20 July]] [[1969]] # [[1969]]-[[07-20]]

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Character formatting

What it looks like	What you type
Emphasize, strongly, very strongly. These are double and triple apostrophes (single-quote marks), not double-quote marks.	''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''.
A typewriter font for `monospace text` or for computer code: `int main()` For semantic reasons, using `<code>` where applicable is preferable to using `<tt>`.	A typewriter font for <tt>monospace text</tt> or for computer code: <code>int main()</code>
Diacritical marks: è é ê ë ì í À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ See special characters].	è é ê ë ì í À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô &oelig; õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ
Punctuation: ¿ ¡ § ¶ † ‡ • – — ‹ › « » ‘ ’ “ ”	¿ ¡ § ¶ &dagger; &Dagger; • – — &lsaquo; &rsaquo; « » ‘ ’ “ ”
Commercial symbols: ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤	™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤
Greek characters: α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω	α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ &sigmaf; τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω

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Tables

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Placement of the Table of Contents (TOC)

At the current status of the wiki markup language, having at least four headers on a page triggers the TOC to appear in front of the first header (or after introductory sections). Putting __TOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header). Putting __NOTOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to disappear.

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Keeping headings out of the Table of Contents

If you want some subheadings to not appear in the Table of Contents, then make the following replacements.

Replace == Header 2 == with <h2> Header 2 </h2>

Replace === Header 3 === with <h3> Header 3 </h3>

And so forth.

For example, notice that the following header has the same font as the other subheaders to this "Tables" section, but the following header does not appear in the Table of Contents for this page.

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