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Wikitext as it is used in Wikipedia
Wikitext as it is used in Wikipedia

Wikitext language or wiki markup is a markup language that offers a simplified alternative to HTML and is used to write pages in wiki websites such as Wikipedia. Wikitext is text in this language. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1108x534, 85 KB) modified screenshot of en. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1108x534, 85 KB) modified screenshot of en. ... A specialized markup language using SGML is used to write the electronic version of the Oxford English Dictionary. ... A lightweight markup language is a markup language with simpler syntax, so that it is easier for a human to enter with a simple text editor. ... HTML, short for HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for the creation of web pages. ... Look up Wiki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wikipedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...


There is no commonly accepted standard wikitext language. The grammar, structure, features, keywords and so on are dependent on the particular wiki software used on the particular website. For example, all wikitext markup languages have a simple way of hyperlinking to other pages within the site, but there are several different syntax conventions for these links. Many wikis, especially the earlier ones, use CamelCase to mark words that should be automatically linked. In many modern wikis (such as Wikipedia and other MediaWiki-based wikis) this convention was abandoned in favor of explicit link markup, e.g. with [[…]]. Wiki software is a type of collaborative software that runs a Wiki system. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... A hyperlink (often referred to as simply a link), is a reference or navigation element in a document to another section of the same document, another document, or a specified section of another document, that automatically brings the referred information to the user when the navigation element is selected by... A road sign with CamelCase CamelCase, camel case or medial capitals is the practice of writing compound words or phrases in which the words are joined without spaces and are capitalized within the compound. ... Wikipedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... MediaWiki is a wiki software package licensed under the GNU General Public License. ...


Some Wiki programs allow extensive optional use of HTML tags within wikitext, others a smaller subset, and still others no HTML at all. In some cases, restrictions on HTML may be determined by each site that uses the program. It is now actually considered poor etiquette on wiki websites to use HTML in place of wiki markup, despite the former option being available. Look up Wiki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about HTML elements. ...


MediaWiki, the software that runs Wikipedia, has a wiki markup language that allows many common HTML tags; it is intended to provide a simple, readable syntax to allow users to use it without knowing HTML. MediaWiki is a wiki software package licensed under the GNU General Public License. ...


See also

Look up Wiki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

Meta has a page about this at:
Wikitext standard
  • WikiMarkupStandard WorkingGroup mailing list
  • WikiCreole - Common wiki markup language to be used across different Wikis

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Help:Substitution - Atkinspedia (2261 words)
It causes an automatic conversion of wikitext into the referring text when the referring page is saved; the template is macro expanded when the page is saved rather than, as usually happens, when the page is viewed.
Wikitext after substitution is often more complex than when the required wikitext would have been written directly.
In the case of substituting an ordinary template, the template tag is replaced by the wikitext of the template, with the parameter values substituted for the parameters.
Help:Editing - UO Stuff (895 words)
After adding to or changing the wikitext it is useful to press "Preview", which produces the corresponding webpage in your browser but does not make it publicly available yet (not until you press "Save").
If the wikitext is not changed no edit will be recorded and the edit summary is discarded.
A dummy edit is a change in wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page, such as changing the number of newlines at some position from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 or conversely (changing from 1 to 2 makes a difference, see below).
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