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MediaWiki syntax

Description	You type	You get
Applies anywhere
Italicise text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within the wiki)	[[name of page]] [[name of page|display text]]	name of page display text
Link to section in another page	[[Another page#Some heading]] [[Another page#Some heading | Display text]]	Another page#Some heading Display text
Link to a section in this page	[[#Some heading]] [[#Some heading | Display text]]	#Some heading Display text
Redirect to another page	#redirect [[Target page]]	Going to that page automatically bounces you to the specified other page.
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org] [http://www.example.org display text] http://www.example.org	[1] display text http://www.example.org
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different sizes	==level 1== ===level 2=== ====level 3==== =====level 4=====	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Bullet list	* one * two ** two point one * three	one two two point one three
Numbered list	# one # two ## two point one # three	one two two point one three
Thumbnail image	[[Image:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption text]]	File:Wiki.png Caption text

Indented text

If you start a line with a colon (:), it is indented. Two colons mean double-indented.

e.g. a line like this:

: Hello world.

Gives you text like this:

Hello world.

Key-value lists

This:

 ; Chestnut: The most common colour of horse.
 ; Dapple grey: Another colour for horses.

Gives you this:

Chestnut

The most common colour of horse.

Dapple grey

Another colour for horses.

Tables

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table

Basic table

Here is a table:

Fruit	Colour
Banana	Yellow
Apple	Green
Tomato	Red

And here is the code for it:

{| border="1" cellpadding="4"
| '''Fruit''' || '''Colour'''
|-
| '''Banana''' || Yellow
|-
| '''Apple''' || Green
|-
| '''Tomato''' || Red
|}

Alternative syntax for basic table

Or alternatively, you can do it like this (each cell on its own line):

{| border="1" cellpadding="4"
| '''Fruit''' 
| '''Colour'''
|-
| '''Banana''' 
| Yellow
|-
| '''Apple''' 
| Green
|-
| '''Tomato''' 
| Red
|}

Colspans

You can do things like colspan:

Fruits
Banana	Yellow
Apple	Green
Tomato	Red

Here's the code for it:

{| border="1" cellpadding="4"
| colspan="3" align="center" | '''Fruits'''
|-
| '''Banana''' || Yellow
|-
| '''Apple''' || Green
|-
| '''Tomato''' || Red
|}

Cell colors

Fruit	Colour
Banana	Yellow
Apple	Green
Tomato	Red

And here is the code for it:

{| border="1" cellpadding="4"
| '''Fruit''' || '''Colour'''
|-
| '''Banana''' || style="background: #ffff00;" | Yellow
|-
| '''Apple''' || style="background: #00FF00;" | Green
|-
| '''Tomato''' || style="background: red;" | Red
|}

Sortable table

When a list of entries is included in a table on a page, you can use JavaScript to make the table 'sortable' (it is not possible to force a table to be sorted by a default order on page load). To do this, add the "sortable" class to the table declaration and make sure you defined headers using exclamations marks:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Fruit   !! Price
|-
| Apples  || £0.95
|-
| Oranges || £0.85
|-
| Pears   || £1.15
|-
| Purple mangosteen || £1.05
|}

Which produces the following output:

Fruit	Price
Apples	£0.95
Oranges	£0.85
Pears	£1.15
Purple mangosteen	£1.05

By clicking on the buttons in the cell headers, the entries can be sorted by the value in that column, in either ascending or descending order.