Help:Contents

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Formatting

Formatting content on UOGuide is really easy. Here are some basic notations from the Wikipedia quick format guide:

Description You type You get
Applies anywhere
No table of contents __NOTOC__  
Italicize text ''italic'' italic
Bold text '''bold''' bold
Bold and italic

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

bold & italic
Internal link
(within UOGuide)
[[Name of Page]]
[[Name of Page|Display Text]]
#REDIRECT [[Target Page]]
Name of Page
Display Text
Target Page
External link
(to other websites)
[http://www.example.com]
[http://www.example.com display text]
http://www.example.com
[1]
display text
http://www.example.com
Escape wiki markup ''markup''
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
markup
no ''markup''
Sign your posts
on talk pages
~~~~ Username 23:00,
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Image [[Image:Kingdom reborn icon.jpg]] Kingdom reborn icon.jpg
Thumbnail image [[Image:Kingdom reborn icon.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]
Caption text
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings
of different sizes
A Table of Contents will
automatically be generated
when four headings are
added to an article.
=Level 1=
==Level 2==
===Level 3===
====Level 4====
=====Level 5=====
======Level 6======

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5
Level 6
Bullet list * one
* two
** two point one
* three
  • one
  • two
    • two point one
  • three
Numbered list # one
# two
## two point one
# three
  1. one
  2. two
    1. two point one
  3. three
Definition list ;Definition
:item 1
:item 2
Definition
item 1
item 2
Unformatted text   a space at the
  beginning of each line
  creates unformatted
  monospaced text
a space at the 
beginning of each line 
creates unformatted
monospaced text
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Editing Guidelines

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