BGWiki:Formatting

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Text Formatting Markup

The following general formatting information is taken from the Media Wiki Formatting Page

  • It has been slightly modified as well as added to for some of our own unique BGWikiesque abilities.

Description

You type

You get

Character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere

Italic text

''italic''

italic

Bold text

'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic

'''''
bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Strike text

<strike> strike text </strike>
strike text

Escape wiki markup

<nowiki>
no ''markup''</nowiki>

no ''markup''

Escape wiki markup once

[[Special:MyLanguage/API:Main page|API]]<nowiki/> 
extension

API  extension

Section formatting – only at the beginning of the line

Headings of different levels


== Level 2 == 

=== Level 3 === 

==== Level 4 ====

===== Level 5 ===== 

====== Level 6 ====== 


  • Skip Level 1, it is page name level.
  • An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a table of contents.


Level 2


Level 3


Level 4


Level 5


Level 6

Horizontal rule


Text before
----

Text after

Text before


Text after

Bullet list



* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.

* combine bullet list
** with definition 
::- definition
** creates empty space

* combine bullet list
** with definition 
*:- definition
** without empty spaces

*bullet list
:- definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition


  • Start each line
  • with an asterisk (*).
    • More asterisks give deeper
      • and deeper levels.
  • Line breaks
    don't break levels.
      • But jumping levels creates empty space.

Any other start ends the list.

  • combine bullet list
    • with definition
- definition
    • creates empty space
  • combine bullet list
    • with definition
    - definition
    • without empty spaces
  • bullet list
- definition
  • sublist that doesn't create empty
  • spaces after definition

Numbered list



# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give 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.


  1. Start each line
  2. with a number sign (#).
    1. More number signs give deeper
      1. and deeper
      2. levels.
  3. Line breaks
    don't break levels.
      1. But jumping levels creates empty space.
  4. Blank lines


  1. end the list and start another.

Any other start also ends the list.

Definition list



;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2


item 1
definition 1
item 2
definition 2-1
definition 2-2

Indent text



: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent


This workaround may harm accessibility.


Single indent
Double indent
Multiple indent

Mixture of different types of list



# 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 harm accessibility.


  1. one
  2. two
    • two point one
    • two point two
  3. three
    three item one
    three def one
  4. four
    four def one
    this looks like a continuation
    and is often used
    instead
    of <br />
  5. five
    1. five sub 1
      1. five sub 1 sub 1
    2. five sub 2

Preformatted text


 
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.


Start each line with a space.

Text is preformatted and
markups can be done.

Preformatted text blocks

 
<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>
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

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

You type

You get

Inserted
(Displays as underline in most browsers)

<ins>
Inserted</ins>


or

<u>
Underline</u>

Inserted


or

Underline

Deleted
(Displays as strikethrough in most browsers)

<s><
Struck out</s>


or

<del>
Deleted</del>

Struck out


or

Deleted

Fixed width text

<code>
Source code</code>


or

<tt>
Fixed width text</tt>

Source code


or

Fixed width text

Blockquotes


Text before
<blockquote>
Blockquote</blockquote>

Text after

Text before

Blockquote

Text after

Comment


<!-- This is a comment -->
Comments are visible only 
in the edit zone.


Comments are visible only in the edit zone.

Completely preformatted text

<pre>

Text is '''preformatted''' and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>

For marking up of preformatted text, check the "Preformatted text" entry at the end of the previous table.


Text is '''preformatted''' and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done

Customized preformatted text

<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 attribute. For plain text outside of a table you are best off using the color template below in the "BG Templates" section.


Text is '''preformatted''' 
with a style and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done


continued:

Description

You type

You get

Default preformatted text has a CSS attribute (white-space: pre-wrap;) to wrap the text according to available width

<pre>

This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
</pre>

This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.

Customized preformatted text with disabled text wrapping

<pre style="white-space: pre; 
white-space: -moz-pre; 
white-space: -pre; 
white-space: -o-pre;">

This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
</pre>

This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.

Inserting symbols

Symbols and other special characters not available on your keyboard can be inserted in a multitude of ways. Many Operating Systems and browsers allow you to insert special characters through a menu option or Operating System panel. Additionally, you can use the WikiEditor to insert them into the edit screen.

As a last resort, you can use a special sequence of characters. Those sequences are called HTML entities. For example, the following sequence (entity) &rarr; when inserted will be shown as right arrow HTML symbol → and &mdash; when inserted will be shown as an em dash HTML symbol —.


Hover over any character to find out the symbol that it produces. Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.

HTML symbol entities
Á á Â â ´ Æ æ À à Α α & Å å Ã ã Ä ä Β β ¦ Ç ç ¸ ¢
Χ χ ˆ © ¤ ° Δ δ ÷ É é Ê ê È è Ε ε Η η
Ð ð Ë ë ƒ ½ ¼ ¾ Γ γ > Í í Î î ¡ Ì ì Ι ι
¿ Ï ï Κ κ Λ λ « < ¯ µ · Μ μ  
¬ Ñ ñ Ν ν Ó ó Ô ô Œ œ Ò ò Ω ω Ο ο ª º Ø ø Õ õ Ö
ö Φ φ Π π ϖ ± £ Ψ ψ " » ® Ρ ρ
Š š § ­ Σ σ ς ¹ ² ³ ß Τ τ Θ θ ϑ Þ þ ˜
× Ú ú Û û Ù ù ¨ ϒ Υ υ Ü ü Ξ ξ Ý ý ¥ ÿ Ÿ Ζ ζ

Description

You type

You get

Copyright symbol

&copy;
©

Greek delta letter symbol

&delta;
δ

Euro currency symbol

&euro;


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 &rlm; 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)

&amp;euro;  → &euro;
<span style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;">

Typo to be corrected</span>  → Typo to be corrected

&lt;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>

Youtube

<youtube>last digits of the video after watch?v=</youtube> tags may be used to place videos on the wiki.

Nowiki for HTML

<nowiki /> can prohibit (HTML) tags:

  • <<nowiki />pre>  → <pre>

But not & symbol escapes:

  • &<nowiki />amp;  → &

To print & symbol escapes as text, use "&amp;" to replace the "&" character (eg. type "&amp;nbsp;", which results in "&nbsp;").

Table Formatting

Refer to the Media Wiki table page for more info.

  • Various tables can also be found on pages all around the wiki for reference.

BG Templates

There are various Templates on the wiki, but some are specifically there for formatting.

Description

You type

You get

Multiple Inserts within prelinked template fields.
[[Templates{{mi}}Templates]]

This generally applies when you wish to link two entries into one field in a template.

You can not simply use ]]<br />[[ as that breaks the template so this is how it is done.

Templates
Templates
Multiple Inserts with a line divider within prelinked template fields.
<center>[[Templates{{mi2}}Templates]]</center>

Same as before except this inserts a line to break up the two entries ]]<hr />[[. Text must be centered as the line itself ends up centered.

Templates
Templates
Easily coloring text
{{color|thunder|Butts}}

{{color|lightning|Butts}}

{{color|purple|Butts}}

{{color|style=normal|positive|Butts}}

{{color|style=italic|negative|Butts}}

{{color|style=bold|neutral|Butts}}

{{color|style=bold-italic|light|Butts}}
Butts

Butts

Butts

Butts

Butts

Butts

Butts

Icons
{{Icon|wind|BLM}}

{{Icon|wind|whm}}

{{Icon|fire|cor}}

{{Icon|ice|brd}}

{{Icon|wind|blu}}

Various icons are available. See the linked description template.

Wind-BLM-Icon.gif

Wind-WHM-Icon.gif

Fire-COR-Icon.gif

Ice-BRD-Icon.gif

Wind-BLU-Icon.gif


You can can resize these icons in this template to small, medium, and large (these are just preset |#pxs). Otherwise you need to specify the size. (|#px)


Windurst-Flag.jpg Windurst-Flag.jpg Windurst-Flag.jpg

Page Naming Conventions

Constraint Replacements

Pagenames
Symbol Replaced with
Ampersand & "and"
Commercial at @ "at"
Hash # Removed
Percent % Removed
Plus + "Plus"

Item pages

  • Respective pages named as if they were in your inventory (short name) with proper casing.

Missions

  • Syntax: <Region> Mission <Mission number>[-<Sub-mission number>]
  • Regions include: Bastok, San d'Oria, Windurst, Zilart, Promathia, Aht Urhgan, and Goddess.

All other pages

  • Respective pages named accordingly with proper casing.
Image names
Symbol Replaced with
Ampersand & "and"
Commercial at @ "at"
Colon : "-" (hyphen)
Hash # Removed
Percent % Removed
Plus + "Plus"

Items

  • Icons are named with the pagename with a " icon" suffix. File must be of type .png.
  • Item descriptions are named with the pagename with a " description" suffix. File must be of type .png.
  • Items which contain a colon must have two additional lines placed within the Item template
Example: If the page was named "Example: A" the colon would be replaced with a hyphen for links to images.
|icon=[[Image:Example- A icon.png]]
|description image=[[Image:Example- A description.png]]

Maps

  • Named after the zone. File must be of type .png.
  • Area with multiple maps will be suffixed with "-map#", replacing the hash with the map number.

User Images

  • Images to be used on personal userpages must be named after the username (not the character name if it is different) in the format User-Username.jpg. No Exceptions.
  • Additional user images will be numbered after the initial, starting with the number 2.
  • User images are restricted to a total file size of less than 300kb per user.
  • Unlinked images will be deleted.

All other pages

  • Respective images named with the pagename. File must be of type .jpg.