You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side.

3 apostrophes will bold the text.

5 apostrophes will bold and italicize the text.

(4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'.)

You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 
apostrophes on each side. 

3 apostrophes will bold '''the text'''. 

5 apostrophes will bold and italicize 
'''''the text'''''.

(4 apostrophes don't do anything special
 -- there's just ''''one left over''''.)

A single newline has no effect on the layout. But an empty line

starts a new paragraph.

A single newline
has no effect
on the layout.
But an empty line

starts a new paragraph.

You can break lines
without a new paragraph.
Please use this sparingly.

You can break lines<br />
without a new paragraph.<br />
Please use this sparingly.

Some useful ways to use HTML:

Put text in a typewriter font. The same font is generally used for computer code .

Superscripts and subscripts: X², H₂O

Some useful ways to use HTML:

Put text in a <tt>typewriter
font</tt>. The same font is 
generally used for <code>
computer code</code>.

Superscripts and subscripts:
X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O

Section headings

Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.

Subsection

Using more equals signs creates a subsection.

A smaller subsection

Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.

Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title.

== Section headings ==

''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
The Wiki software can automatically generate
a table of contents from them.

=== Subsection ===

Using more equals signs creates a subsection.

==== A smaller subsection ====

Don't skip levels, 
like from two to four equals signs.

Start with 2 equals signs not 1 
because 1 creates H1 tags
which should be reserved for page title.

• Unordered lists are easy to do:
  • Start every line with a star.
    • More stars indicate a deeper level.
• : Previous item continues.
  • A newline
• in a list

marks the end of the list.

• Of course you can start again.

* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
*: Previous item continues.
** A newline
* in a list  
marks the end of the list.
* Of course you can start again.

1. Numbered lists are:
   1. Very organized
   2. Easy to follow

A newline marks the end of the list.

1. New numbering starts with 1.

# ''Numbered lists'' are also good:
## Very organized
## Easy to follow
A newline marks the end of the list.
# New numbering starts with 1.

Another kind of list is a definition list:

Word

Definition of the word

Here is a longer phrase that needs a definition

Phrase defined

A word

Which has a definition

Also a second one

And even a third

Another kind of list is a ''definition list'':
; Word : Definition of the word
; Here is a longer phrase that needs a definition
: Phrase defined
; A word : Which has a definition
: Also a second one
: And even a third

• You can even do mixed lists
  1. and nest them
  2. inside each other
     • or break lines
       in lists.
  3. ; definition lists, however
  4. : cannot be nested

* You can even do mixed lists
*# and nest them
*# inside each other
*#* or break lines<br />in lists.
*#; definition lists, however
*#: cannot be nested

A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.

A newline after that starts a new paragraph.

We use 1 colon to indent once.

We use 2 colons to indent twice.

We use 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.

: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
A newline after that starts a new paragraph.
: We use 1 colon to indent once.
:: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
::: We use 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.

You can make horizontal dividing lines (----) to separate text.

You can make horizontal dividing lines (----)
to separate text.
----
But you should usually use sections instead,
so that they go in the table of contents.

You can add footnotes to sentences using the ref tag -- this is especially good for citing a source.

There are over six billion people in the world.^[1]

References:

1. ↑ CIA World Factbook, 2006.

You can add footnotes to sentences using the ''ref'' tag
-- this is especially good for citing a source.

:There are over six billion people in the world.
<ref>CIA World Factbook, 2006.</ref> 

References: <references/>

Here's a link to a page named About Wiki.

Here's a link to a page named [[About Wiki]].

Links can have path information.

A leading slash "/" indicates absolute path in the project's web space, as in /public/Home.

Relative paths can be created too. If you want to go up one directory, use ../Home

Links can have path information.

A leading slash "/" indicates absolute path in the
project's ''web space'', as in [[/public/Home]].

Relative paths can be created too. If you want to go
up one directory, use [[../Home]]

You can put formatting around a link. Example: Index.

You can put formatting around a link.
Example: ''[[Index]]''.

The weather in Moscow is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.

[[The weather in Moscow]] is a page that doesn't exist
yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.

You can link to a page section by its title:

• About Subversion#Subversion Development.

If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section".

You can link to a page section by its title:

*[[About Subversion#Subversion Development]].

If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
third section named "Example section".

You can make a link point to a different place with a "piped link". Put the link target first, then the pipe character "|", then the link text.

• Home Node
• SVN development

Or you can use the "pipe trick" so that only the node name is displayed.

• Spinning

You can make a link point to a different place
with a "piped link". Put the link
target first, then the pipe character "|", then
the link text.

*[[/public/Home|Home Node]]
*[[About Subversion#Subversion Development|SVN
development]]

Or you can use the "pipe trick" so that only the
node name is displayed.

*[[/path/to/Spinning (textiles)#Section|]]

You can make an external link just by typing a URL: http://www.nupedia.com

You can give it a title: Nupedia

Or leave the title blank: http://www.nupedia.com

You can make an external link just by typing a URL:
http://www.nupedia.com

You can give it a title:
[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]

Or leave the title blank:
[http://www.nupedia.com]

Linking to an e-mail address works the same way: mailto:someone@domain.com or someone

Linking to an e-mail address works the same way:
mailto:someone@domain.com or 
[mailto:someone@domain.com someone]

Invisible comments to editors ( ) only appear while editing the page.

Invisible comments to editors ( < !-- here --> ) 
only appear while editing the page.
< !-- Note to editors: blah blah blah. -->

• don't interpret special wiki markup
• reformat text (removing newlines and multiple spaces)

text ''italics'' [[link]]

* don't interpret special wiki markup
* reformat text (removing newlines and multiple spaces)
< nowiki>
text

''italics''
[[link]]
< /nowiki>

• don't interpret special wiki markup
• don't reformat text

text

''italics''
[[link]]

* don't interpret special wiki markup
* don't reformat text
< pre>
text

''italics''
[[link]]
< /pre>