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Wiki language

On a wiki, text is formatted in wiki language. To edit the wiki, you need to know which wiki language characters to use.

Wiki language characters can be added by:

  • Typing wiki markup in directly when in edit mode, or
  • Using the buttons at the top of the edit area (if you have javascript enabled). Positioning the mouse over a button will show you its purpose.

The following table shows the button image for each format option, the resulting layout and the wiki markup you can use instead of the button.

Which button What it looks like What you type

Headline button.

New section

Subsection

Sub-subsection 


== New section ==

=== Subsection ===

==== Sub-subsection ====

Bold button.

Italics button.

Bold text

or

Italicised text 

'''Bold text'''

or

''Italicised text''

Image:Button_link.png

A link to the wiki's main page:

Home page

or use '|' (above enter on your keyboard) for

a renamed hyperlink 

A link to the wiki's main page: 
[[Home page]]

or use '|' (above '''enter''' on your keyboard) for

[[Home page|a renamed hyperlink]]

Image:Button_extlink.png

An external link to Google:

http://www.google.com

or name it:

The Google Site 

An external link to Google: 
http://www.google.com

or name it:

[http://www.google.com The Google Site]
 

A single newline has no effect on the layout.

But an empty line starts a new paragraph. 


A single
newline
has no
effect on the
layout.

But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.
 
  • bullet
    • points
      • with
  • different
    • levels 
*bullet
**points
***with
*different
**levels
 
  1. numbered
    1. lists,
      1. more
  2. of
  3. the
    1. same 
#numbered
##lists,
###more
#of
#the
##same
 
Centered text.
<center>Centered text.</center>
Horizontal rule button. A horizontal dividing line:

this is above it...

...and this is below it. 

A horizontal dividing line: 
this is above it...
----
...and this is below it.
 

To put it in a box, 

begin a new line with a space.

 
To put it in a box, 
 begin a new line with a space.
 

To indent a paragraph,

start it with a colon. 
 
To indent a paragraph,
:start it with a colon.

Templates

Templates are used to duplicate the same content across more than one page. You can change a template in one place and it will immediately propagate to the pages that use it.

To insert the template's content into an article, type {{namespace:pagename}} in the wiki page, eg:{{Standard:Recommendation_32.1.4_Agency_having_a_record-keeping_strategy}}

The text of each Standard or Recommendation is contained in a template, so if you need to cite the wording of a Standard, use this method to quote it.

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