Typical Colors 2 Wiki:Encyclopedia/Text and Links

Text is the basis of any wiki. Ultimately, the goal of a wiki is to quickly convey information, and text is a pretty great way of doing that. Links are an extension of this idea, offering a way for users to get more information if they need it.

Text markup

Since wikitext is a markup format, nothing special is required to create basic text. Just type, and it will appear. However, many options for markup are available.

The two simplest are italics and bold, which are created by wrapping the text in single, straight quotation marks (specifically U+0027 ('), not it's curved variants U+2018 (‘) and U+2019 (’)), with the amount of quotations corresponding to which markup is applied. Two quotations creates italics, three quotations creates bold, and five quotations adds both.

Input

Uh, '''summa-lumma, dooma-lumma,''' you assumin' I'm a human 
What ''I gotta do to get it'' through to you I'm superhuman?
Innovative '''''and I'm made of rubber''''' so that anything

Output

Uh, summa-lumma, dooma-lumma, you assumin' I'm a human

What I gotta do to get it through to you I'm superhuman?

Innovative and I'm made of rubber so that anything

Ctrl + B and Ctrl + I exist as keyboard shortcuts for bold and italics, respectively.

There are four other "basic" options for markup, being underline, strikethrough, ^superscript, and _subscript. These effects are created by wrapping the text with "tags". Tags must always have an ending tag (distinguished by a forward slash (/) before the tag name) to mark a spot for the tag to end. Different tag names have different effects, with <u> for underline, <s> for strikethrough, <sup> for superscript, and <sub> for subscript.

Input

These <u>chicks</u> don't even know the name of my band /
But they're <s>all on me like they</s> wanna hold hands /
'Cause <sub>once I blow</sub>, they know that I'll be the man /
All because I'm the <sup>lead singer of</sup> my band

Output

These chicks don't even know the name of my band /

But they're all on me like they wanna hold hands / 'Cause _{once I blow}, they know that I'll be the man /

All because I'm the ^{lead singer of} my band

The keyboard shortcut Ctrl + U can be used for underline, Ctrl + Shift + 5 for strikethrough, Ctrl + . for superscript, and Ctrl + , for subscript.

Headers

This section contains no output examples, as it would break the table of contents

Headers are created using equal signs (=), with more equal signs representing a lower level of header. The number of signs used directly corresponds to the header tag used in HTML, with one equal sign corresponding to an <h1> tag, two equal signs corresponding to an <h2> tag, ect.

Wiki pages automatically include a title h1 tag, separated from the modifiable article content. As a result, the most used header will usually be the h2 header, created in wikitext with two equal signs.

Input

==Sample Header==
This is the most-used header

===Subsection Header===
Lower level headers are also available

There are six levels of headers available, with any more equal signs being interpreted as plain text equal signs.

Headers create anchors, which allow for individual sections to be linked to (e.g. a link to another section).

Links

Links are created by wrapping a page's name in two square brackets ([[ and ]]).

Input

[[Shock and Awe]]
[[Annihilator]]
[[Avenger]]

Output

Shock and Awe

Annihilator

Avenger

Pages in specific namespaces can be linked to by prepending the namespace and a colon to the page's name.

Input

[[User:Tye12447]]
[[MediaWiki:Noarticletext]]
[[Template:Encyclopedia navbox]]

Output

User:Tye12447

MediaWiki:Noarticletext

Template:Encyclopedia navbox

Certain namespaces (File and Category) have their functionalities activated when they are linked to. In order to more traditionally link to these namespaces, a colon must be added before the namespace (adding a colon before the namespace works for every namespace, not just the ones that need it).

Input

[[:File:Shock and Awe.png]]
[[:Category:Shield]]
[[:Template:Quote]]

Output

File:Shock and Awe.png

Category:Shield

Template:Quote

Including text directly after a link, without a space, will extend the link to the connected text. This behavior can be disabled by including a self-terminating nowiki tag (<nowiki/>) between the link and the text. Certain characters, such as apostrophes, will not induce the effect in the first place.

Input

...[[Mechanic]]s can take advantage of this...
...this is a boon for [[blast jump]]ing, as...
...I'm out of good [[Template:Quote|Quote]]s... (the nowiki tag doesn't appear because of software limitations)

Output

...Mechanics can take advantage of this...

...this is a boon for blast jumping, as...

...I'm out of good Quotes... (the nowiki tag doesn't appear because of software limitations)

The text that a link displays can be changed by adding a vertical pipe (|) to the link, with the page name to the left of the pipe and the text to display to the right.

Input

[[Rescue Ranger|Orange box]]
[[Template:Painted variants|Coolest template]]
[[Revolver]], [[Revolver (Team Fortress)|Revolver]], [[Revolver (Marksman)|Revolver]]

Output

Orange box

Coolest template

Revolver, Revolver, Revolver

Links to anchors can be used, created by putting a hashtag (#) after the page name, and the anchor's name after the hashtag. Exactly what is an anchor can be difficult to determine, but the most obvious and accessible anchors are section headers. If no page name is included, the link will instead search for the anchor on the page the link is located on.

Input

[[Shock and Awe#Trivia]]
[[Summer Striker#Painted variants|Coolest template in action]]
[[#Text markup|Check out the first section, again!]]

Output

Shock and Awe#Trivia

Coolest template in action

Check out the first section, again!