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You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two pairs of single quotes like ''this''
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Text formatting markup
Description
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You type
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You get
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character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere
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Italic text
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''italic''
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italic
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Bold text
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'''bold'''
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bold
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Bold and italic
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'''''bold & italic'''''
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bold & italic
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Strike text
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<strike> strike text </strike>
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strike text
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Escape wiki markup
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<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
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no ''markup''
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Escape wiki markup once
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[[API]]<nowiki/>extension
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APIextension
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section formatting – only at the beginning of the line
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Headings of different levels
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== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
}}
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
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Horizontal rule
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Text above
----
Text below
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Text above
Text below
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Bullet list
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* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks gives deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks<br/>don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
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- Start each line
- with an asterisk (*).
- More asterisks gives deeper
- Line breaks
don't break levels.
- But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
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Numbered list
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# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs gives deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks<br/>don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines
# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
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- Start each line
- with a number sign (#).
- More number signs gives deeper
- and deeper
- levels.
- Line breaks
don't break levels.
- But jumping levels creates empty space.
- Blank lines
- end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
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Definition list
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;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
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- item 1
- definition 1
- item 2
- definition 2-1
- definition 2-2
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Indent text
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: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
This workaround may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.
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- Single indent
- Double indent
- Multiple indent
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Mixture of different types of list
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# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead<br/>of <nowiki><br/></nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
The usage of #: and *: for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.
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- one
- two
- two point one
- two point two
- three
- three item one
- three def one
- four
- four def one
- this looks like a continuation
- and is often used
- instead
of <br/>
- five
- five sub 1
- five sub 1 sub 1
- five sub 2
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Preformatted text
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Start each line with a space.
Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting. Character formatting markups are still effective.
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Start each line with a space.
Text is preformatted and
markups can be done.
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Preformatted text blocks
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<nowiki>Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <nowiki>).
Then your block format will be
maintained.
This is good for copying in code blocks:
def function():
"""documentation string"""
if True:
print True
else:
print False</nowiki>
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Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <nowiki>).
Then your block format will be
maintained.
This is good for copying in code blocks:
def function():
"""documentation string"""
if True:
print True
else:
print False
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Paragraphs
MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tag <br/> .
HTML tags
Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code> , <div> , <span> and <font> . These apply anywhere you insert them.
Description
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You type
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You get
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Inserted (Displays as underline in most browsers.)
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<ins>Inserted</ins>
or
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Underline</span>
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Inserted
or
Underline
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Deleted (Displays as strikethrough in most browsers.)
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<del>Deleted</del>
or
<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Deleted</span>
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Deleted
or
Deleted
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Fixed width text
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<code>Source code</code>
or
<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
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Source code
or
Fixed width text
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Blockquotes
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text above
text above
<blockquote>blockquote</blockquote>
text below
text below
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text above
text above
blockquote
text below
text below
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Comment
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<!-- This is a comment -->
Comments are only visible
in the edit window.
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Comments are only visible
in the edit window.
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Completely preformatted text
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<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>
For marking up of preformatted text, check the "Preformatted text" entry at the bottom of the previous table.
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Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
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Customized preformatted text
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<pre style="color:red">
Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</pre>
A CSS style can be named within the style property.
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Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
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Customized preformatted text with text wrap according to screen width
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<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;
white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;
white-space: -pre-wrap;
white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
word-wrap: break-word">
This longer sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping.
</pre>
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This longer sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping.
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Preformatted text with text wrap according to screen width
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<code>
This longer sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping.
</code>
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This longer sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping.
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Inserting symbols
Symbols and other special characters not available on your keyboard can be inserted through a special sequence of characters. Those sequences are called HTML entities. For example, the following sequence (entity) → when inserted will be shown as right arrow HTML symbol → and — when inserted will be shown as an em dash HTML symbol —
Hover any character to find out the symbol that produces it. Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.
HTML symbol entities
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Á
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á
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Â
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â
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´
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Æ
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æ
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À
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à
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ℵ
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Α
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α
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&
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∧
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∠
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Å
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å
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≈
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Ã
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ã
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Ä
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ä
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„
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Β
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β
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¦
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•
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∩
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Ç
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ç
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¸
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¢
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Χ
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χ
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ˆ
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♣
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≅
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©
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↵
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∪
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¤
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†
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‡
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↓
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⇓
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°
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Δ
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δ
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♦
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÷
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É
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é
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Ê
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ê
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È
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è
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∅
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Ε
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ε
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≡
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Η
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η
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Ð
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ð
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Ë
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ë
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€
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∃
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ƒ
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∀
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½
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¼
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¾
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⁄
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Γ
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γ
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≥
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>
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↔
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⇔
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♥
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…
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Í
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í
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Î
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î
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¡
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Ì
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ì
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ℑ
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∞
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∫
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Ι
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ι
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¿
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∈
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Ï
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ï
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Κ
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κ
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Λ
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λ
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〈
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«
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←
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⇐
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⌈
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“
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≤
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⌊
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∗
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◊
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‹
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‘
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<
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¯
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—
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µ
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·
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−
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Μ
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μ
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∇
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–
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≠
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∋
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¬
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∉
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⊄
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Ñ
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ñ
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Ν
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ν
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Ó
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ó
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Ô
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ô
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Œ
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œ
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Ò
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ò
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‾
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Ω
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ω
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Ο
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ο
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⊕
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∨
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ª
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º
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Ø
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ø
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Õ
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õ
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⊗
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Ö
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ö
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¶
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∂
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‰
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⊥
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Φ
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φ
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Π
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π
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ϖ
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±
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£
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′
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″
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∏
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∝
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Ψ
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ψ
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"
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√
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〉
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»
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→
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⇒
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⌉
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”
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ℜ
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®
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⌋
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Ρ
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ρ
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›
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’
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‚
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Š
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š
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⋅
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§
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Σ
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σ
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ς
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∼
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♠
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⊂
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⊆
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∑
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⊃
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¹
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²
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³
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⊇
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ß
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Τ
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τ
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∴
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Θ
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θ
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ϑ
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Þ
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þ
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˜
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×
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™
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Ú
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ú
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↑
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⇑
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Û
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û
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Ù
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ù
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¨
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ϒ
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Υ
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υ
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Ü
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ü
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℘
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Ξ
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ξ
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Ý
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ý
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¥
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ÿ
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Ÿ
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Ζ
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ζ
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Description
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You type
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You get
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Copyright symbol
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©
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- ©
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Greek delta letter symbol
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δ
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- δ
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Euro currency symbol
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€
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- €
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See the list of all HTML entities on the Wikipedia article List of HTML entities. Additionally, MediaWiki supports two non-standard entity reference sequences: &רלמ; and &رلم; which are both considered equivalent to ‏ which is a right-to-left mark. (Used when combining right to left languages with left to right languages in the same page.)
HTML tags and symbol entities displayed themselves (with and without interpreting them)
- &euro; → €
- <span style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;">Typo to be corrected</span> → Typo to be corrected
- <span style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;">Typo to be corrected</span> → <span style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;">Typo to be corrected</span>
Nowiki for HTML
<nowiki /> can prohibit (HTML) tags:
But not & symbol escapes:
Other formatting
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:
You can find more references at Help:Contents.
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