Wikitravel:Wiki markup

Wikitravel uses a special code called Wiki markup for formatting the text and images in an article. The Wiki markup used while editing a page will determine how the text looks and what links and images are in the page. When editing Wikitravel articles, try to follow the conventions in the Manual of style and avoid raw HTML unless Wiki markup can not do the job. These are guidelines for making a "good" Wikitravel article; if you don't quite get all of them, then just do what you can, and someone else will come through and clean up your work after you're done. Text formatting To get this output... ...use this markup. Bold text is surrounded by three apostrophes. '''Bold text''' is surrounded by three apostrophes. Italic text is surrounded by two apostrophes. ''Italic text'' is surrounded by two apostrophes. For a bullet-point list, put each list item on its own line, with a star in front of it: Winken Blinken Nod For a bullet-point list, put each list item on its own line, with a star in front of it: *Winken *Blinken *Nod A numbered list is similar to a bullet-point list, but each item starts with a hash symbol instead: Tinker Evers Chance A numbered list is similar to a bullet-point list, but each item starts with a hash symbol sign instead: #Tinker #Evers #Chance Making links To get this output... ...use this markup. You can link to an article like Main Page by adding the article title with two square brackets around it. You can link to an article like [[Main Page]] by adding the article title with two square brackets around it. You can give the link alternate text, like go to the main page, by adding a vertical bar after the title, and then the text you want to use. You can give the link alternate text, like [[Main Page|go to the main page]], by adding a vertical bar after the title, and then the text you want to use. Links in different namespaces, like Wikitravel:FAQ or User:Evan, work the same way. Links in different namespaces, like [[Wikitravel:FAQ]] or [[User:Evan]], work the same way. Using a vertical bar at the end of the link (but before the closing brackets) will hide the namespace, like FAQ or Evan. Using a vertical bar at the end of the link (but before the closing brackets) will hide the namespace, like [[Wikitravel:FAQ|]] or [[User:Evan|]]. It's OK to put in links to a page that doesn't exist yet. It's OK to put in links to [[a page that doesn't exist yet]]. Putting an URL like http://www.google.com/ into text makes it into an external link automatically. Putting an URL like http://www.google.com/ into text makes it into an external link automatically. You can make an external link Wikitravel style with more readable text, like Google, by using a single square bracket, the URL, a space, the title you want to use and a closing square bracket. You can make an external link Wikitravel style with more readable text, like [http://www.google.com/ Google], by using a single square bracket, the URL, a space, the title you want to use and a closing square bracket. Special links Some links to special namespaces appear not in the article itself, but in the Other sites/languages sidebar. These are used for linking to... Wikitravel articles on the same topic in different language versions Wikipedia or Open Directory articles on the same topic Interlanguage links have the format [[xx:Article]], where "xx" is the code for the language being linked to. Wikipedia/Open Directory links are [[WikiPedia:Article]] and [[Dmoz:Article]] respectively. These should be placed at the end of the article, with any Interlanguage links above any Wikipedia or Open Directory links, and any Wikipedia links above any Open Directory links. Listings Content in the special tags <see>...</see>, <do>...</do>, <eat>...</eat>, <drink>...</drink>, <sleep>...</sleep>, <listing>...</listing> is automatically formatted into a listing for an attraction, activity, restaurant, bar or accommodation. These listings can be automatically added and edited by pointing and clicking, and you should generally not need to touch their contents in the page editor; see Wikitravel:Listings for details. Templates Text enclosed in curly brackets {{ }} is used to insert the contents of templates into text. For example, {{warningbox|Don't go here}} produces the following: WARNING Don't go here See Wikitravel:Template index for a full list. Tables Think twice before you add a table to Wikitravel: many things like complicated transport schedules go out of date pretty much instantly and are thus better not added. But if you insist, here's how they work: {| table start -- add border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" to make the lines between table cells visible |+ table caption, optional; only between table start and first table row |- table row, optional on first row -- wiki engine assumes the first row ! 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 (!). | 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 (|). |} table end So, for example, this: {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" |+ Caption ! Header 1 !! Header 2 |- | Cell 1 || Cell 2 |} Looks like this: Caption Header 1 Header 2 Cell 1 Cell 2 Comments Text enclosed between the special comment characters <!-- and --> is not displayed. This can be used to leave instructions or warnings visible only when editing the page, but should be used sparingly. See also Wikitravel:Help Mediawiki Help The MediaWiki User's Guide section on Wiki markup Wikitravel's external links policy - when and how to add links to other sites