Format Examples

Very basic formatting information is shown below. For more information, use the Media Wiki Formatting Documentation.

Headings

The name of the page is shown automatically as the top heading.

Sub headings can be used by surrounding the sub heading text with increasing numbers of equals signs (=) on both sides.

==Heading 1==

==Heading 2==

==Heading 3==

==Heading 4==

When a certain threshold of headings is used, the page will automatically obtain a menu at the top of the page.

Links

Link Type	You Type	Description	Shows on Page
Internal Link	[[Uffington]]	The name of the page you wish to link to, enclosed in two sets of square brackets.	Uffington
Internal Link with alternative text	[[Uffington | Emergency Crossovers]]	The name of the page you wish to link to, then a pipe (|), then the text to be displayed, all enclosed in TWO sets of square brackets.	Emergency Crossovers
External Link	http://www.bbc.co.uk	The link of the external site, starting with http://.	http://www.bbc.co.uk
External Link with alternative text	[http://www.bbc.co.uk BBC]	The link of the external site, starting with http://, then a space, then the text to be displayed, all enclosed in ONE set of square brackets.	BBC

Tables

{|	Open curly bracket, pipe	Table start
|+	Pipe, plus	Table caption, optional; only between table start and first table row
|-	Pipe, hyphen	Table row, optional on first row -- wiki engine assumes the first row
!	Exclamation Mark	Table header cell, optional. Consecutive table header cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (!!) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (!).
|	Pipe	Table data cell, required! Consecutive table data cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (||) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (|).
|}	Pipe, close curly bracket.	Table end

Example:

{| class="wikitable"
!Column A
!Column B
!Column C
|-
|Cell A1
|Cell B1
|Cell C1
|-
|Cell A2 ||Cell B2  ||Cell C2
|}

produces:

Column A	Column B	Column C
Cell A1	Cell B1	Cell C1
Cell A2	Cell B2	Cell C2

(Note the use of 'class="wikitable"' to get the nice formatting.

Other Formatting

Format	You Type	Shows on Page
Bold	'''Bold'''	Bold
Italics	''Italics''	Italics
Bullet List	* Item 1 * Item 2	Item 1 Item 2
Numbered List	# Item 1 # Item 2	Item 1 Item 2

More info: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

References

When making a citation, type <ref >, then the citation, then </ref>.

At the bottom of the page, to show all the references, type <references>.

Ie, Swindon Panel opened in 1968.

If it is necessary to use the same citation twice, type <ref name="SPS">Swindon Panel Society</ref> on the first occasion, and then <ref name="SPS /> thereafter.

Ie, Swindon Panel opened in 1968 and closes in 2014 or 2015.