Thelemapedia:Wiki Markup
(Revision as of 20:46, 5 Jul 2005)
The wiki markup is the syntax system you can use to format a Thelemapedia page. It is designed to be simple and quick to use. You are welcome to experiment with markup in the Temp Zone.
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Section Headings
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New sectionSub-header 1Sub-header 2Sub-header 3 | 
 ==New section==  | 
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Bold and italic
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 Bold Italic Bold italic  | 
 ''Italic'' (2 apostrophes) '''Bold''' (3 apostrophes) '''''Bold italic''''' (5 apostrophes)  | 
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Paragraphs
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 A single newline (hitting the return/enter key once) generally has no effect on the layout. But an empty line (hitting the return/enter key twice) starts a new paragraph.  | 
 A single newline But an empty line (hitting the return/enter key twice) starts a new paragraph.  | 
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 You can break lines  | 
 You can break lines<br/>without starting a new paragraph.  | 
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 Sometimes it is useful to indent an entire paragraph. 
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 Sometimes it is useful to indent an entire paragraph.  | 
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 You can also seperate blocks of text: It is easy using the blockquote html tag, which indents both margins instead of the left margin only as the colon does.  | 
 <blockquote>It is easy using the '''blockquote''' html tag, which indents both margins instead of the left margin only as the colon does.</blockquote>  | 
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 If a line starts with one  | 
 If a line starts with one  | 
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Lists
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 A newline in a list marks the end of a list item. 
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 * Lists are easy to do:  | 
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 A newline in a list marks the end of a numbered list. 
  | # Numbered lists are easy to do: # Start every line with a number sign. ## More number signs means # deeper levels. A newline in a list marks the end of a numbered list. # An empty line starts a new list.  | 
 
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  | * You can even do mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this # Or starting with #* a numbered list #*# like this  | 
 
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  | ; Definition list : list of definitions ; item : the item's definition ; another item : the other item's definition : another definition  | 
 
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Character formatting
For special characters in Hebrew and Greek, see the Characters page.
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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  | 
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  | |
Punctuation:¿ ¡ § ¶ † ‡ • – — ‹ › « » ‘ ’ “ ”Commercial symbols: ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤  | 
¿ ¡ § ¶ † ‡ • – — ‹ › « » ‘ ’ “ ” ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤  | |
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 Subscripts: x1 x2 x3 Superscripts: x1 x2 x3  | 
 x<sub>1</sub> x<sub>2</sub> x<sub>3</sub>
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Other formatting
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 Centering text on the page is easy: Just use the center tag. 
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 Centering text on the page is easy: <center>Just use the '''center''' tag.</center>  | 
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 It is easy to make text really small using the small tag.  | 
 It is easy to make text <small>really small using the small tag.</small>  | 
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 You can draw a single line with four dashes.  | 
 You can draw a single line  | 
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 It is possible to suppress the expression of code. For example, if you want to show code formatting. So, '''bold''' would show up as '''bold''' and not bold.  | 
 So, <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> would show up as <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> and not '''bold'''.  | 
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 You can leave a comment within the editing code that doesn't show up on the page.  | 
 <!-- comment here -->  | 
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 You can <s>strike out deleted material</s> and <u>underline new material</u>.  | 
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Links
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 Internal linking is easy: just use two brackets on either side of a word or phrase, eg. Astral projection.  | 
 Internal linking is easy: just use two brackets on either side of a word or phrase, eg. [[Astral projection]].  | 
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| It is possible to have a link target a page using different text. Eg. Some can travel astrally. | Some can [[Astral projection|travel astrally]]. (Text shows up as "travel astrally" but links to the page called "Astral projection") | 
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 If red, it is a link to a page that doesn't yet exist.  | 
 If red, [[it is a link]] to a page that doesn't yet exist.  | 
 
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 You can blend endings onto links: "There are many types of sigils"  | 
 There are many types of [[sigil]]s  | 
 
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 Alchemy#Overview is a link to a section within another page. #Other formatting is a link to a section on the current page. #example is a link to an anchor that was created using an "id" attribute.  | [[Alchemy#Overview]] is a link to a section within another page. [[#Other formatting]] is a link to a section on the current page. [[#example]] is a link to an anchor that was created using an "id" attribute | 
 
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 Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: The Fool. Automatically hide namespace: Really Simple Tutorial. Or both: Really Simple Tutorial But not: [[Thelemapedia:Really Simple Tutorial (the basics)#Editing a page|]]  | 
 [[The Fool (tarot)|]].
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 It is possible to have a page redirect to another page. For example, Scarlet Woman redirects the browser to Babalon.  | 
 The code on the redirection page (say, "Scarlet Woman") is: #REDIRECT [[Babalon]]  | 
 
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 Special pages can be linked to easily: What links here: Special:Whatlinkshere/Thelemapedia:Really Simple Tutorial Related changes: Special:Recentchangeslinked/Thelemapedia:Really Simple Tutorial User's Contributions page: Special:Contributions/Ash  | 
 [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Thelemapedia:Really Simple Tutorial]] [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Thelemapedia:Really Simple Tutorial]] [[Special:Contributions/Ash]]  | 
 
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 Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources: 
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 http://www.nupedia.com/ [http://www.nupedia.com/] [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]  | 
 
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 It's also easy to link to an email address: bare address: named email address:  | 
 [mailto:bob@anywhere.com] [mailto:bob@anywhere.com email me]  | 
 
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Images
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| An image: | 
 [[Image:mushroom.jpg]]  | 
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| Image floats right: Here is some text to show how it relates to the image.  | 
 [[Image:Mushroom.jpg|right]]  | 
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| Image floats left: Here is some text to show how it relates to the image.  | 
 [[Image:Mushroom.jpg|left]]  | 
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| Image with alternative text: | 
 [[Image:Mushroom.jpg|mushroom]]  | 
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| Image with a frame and caption: Here is some text to show how it relates to the image.  | 
 [[Image:Mushroom.jpg|frame|Mushroom]]  | 
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| Image doesn't float: Here is some text to show how it relates to the image.  | 
 Here is some text to show [[Image:Mushroom.jpg|none]] how it relates to the image.  | 
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| Resizing an image (centered): 
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 [[Image:Mushroom.jpg|50px|center]]  | 
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| Making a thumbnail | 
 [[Image:Mushroom.jpg|thumb|85px|'shroom]]  | 
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