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1This page provides a more complete list of some of the markup sequences available in TV Tropes wiki pages and forum posts. Note that it's easy to create and edit pages without using any of the markups below, but if you ever need them, they're here.
2
3To experiment with the rules, please try editing the WikiSandbox. Some additional markup may be listed in a box when you are actually editing a page.
4
5See also Administrivia/ImagesInWikiPages for more formatting tips, and Administrivia/ExampleIndentationInTropeLists.
6
7----
8!!Folders
9
10Pages with collapsing folders often have a folder control listed first:
11
12[[[=foldercontrol]]=]
13
14[[foldercontrol]]
15
16Long spans of text can be collapsed like so:
17
18[[[=folder:Title or Description]]=]\
19[=Text to hide.=]\
20[=* List=]\
21[=* To=]\
22[=* Hide=]\
23[[[=/folder]]=]
24
25[[folder:Title or Description]]
26Text to hide.
27* List
28* To
29* Hide
30[[/folder]]
31
32----
33[[folder:Aligned Text]]
34To center text, use [=[[center:Text goes here]]=]:
35
36[[center:Text goes here]]
37
38To add padding to the text from the left, use [=[[indent:''Number'':Text goes here]]=]:
39
40[[indent:140:Text goes here]]
41
42To right-justify text (for example, to support languages and scripts like Arabic or Hebrew that require the opposite of the usual left to right text flow), use [=[[rtl:Text goes here.]]=]:
43
44[[rtl:Text goes here.]]
45
46Notice that the punctuation will be mirrored accordingly.
47
48[[/folder]]
49
50[[folder:Bulleted Lists]]
51Bullet lists are made by placing asterisks (*) at the left margin. More asterisks increases the level of bullet. Plus signs (+) do the same thing.
52
53* First-level list item
54** Second-level list item
55*** A third level item
56* Another first-level item
57
58Indentation beyond third-level is almost always in violation of Administrivia/{{Example Indentation|InTropeLists}} rules (and the very few exceptions can be reformatted to use no more than three levels anyway) and is frequently a sign of {{Natter}}, so the wiki software forces indentation beyond third level back down to third level whenever loading a page to edit.
59[[/folder]]
60
61[[folder:Comments]]
62Text following a '''[=%%=]''' tag, up to the end of the line, is not displayed and will be visible only in the editing markup. Using this tag at the ''start'' of the line will make the entire line hidden from view. It doesn't work in headers.
63
64Any word surrounded by percent signs -- e.g. '''[=%comment%=]''', '''[=%rem%=]''', or so on, will also be treated as a comment marker and text following it (until the end of line) will not be displayed.
65
66%% Note that any line containing an external link will not allow a comment after the link. This is to prevent parts of the URL from becoming part of a comment in case the URL has more than one percent sign in it. This line, for example, won't, due to the following link to this page. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/TextFormattingRules]] %This% shows up normally on the line. [=URLs=] can be placed ''within'' a comment without the comment showing up on the page, however.
67
68'''Examples:'''
69
70@@[=This editor has been %Unpersoned%!=]@@
71This editor has been %Unpersoned%!
72
73@@[=%%This editor has been Unpersoned!=]@@
74%%This editor has been Unpersoned!
75
76Alternatively, an entire comment block can be created by utilizing a side-effect of the "numlist" block discussed below, where no lines that do not start with # are displayed.
77[[/folder]]
78
79[[folder:Definition Lists]]
80Definition lists are made by placing colons at the left margin:
81
82
83[=:term:definition of term=]\
84[=::second-level item: definition of 2nd-level item=]
85
86becomes
87
88:term:definition of term
89::second-level item: definition of 2nd-level item
90
91This effect can be replicated by using "->", where each additional "-" increases the indent. Font size is decreased for lines prefixed in this manner. Note: insert a dummy comment line before each indented line ([=--=] and higher) to ensure that all indents show.
92
93@@[=->term=]\
94[=%%NO COMMENTO=]\
95[=-->definition of term=]\
96[=%%NO COMMENTO=]\
97[=-->second-level item=]\
98[=%%NO COMMENTO=]\
99[=--->definition of 2nd-level item=]\
100[=%%No comment?=]@@
101
102becomes
103
104->term
105%%NO COMMENTO
106-->definition of term
107%%NO COMMENTO
108-->second-level item
109%%NO COMMENTO
110--->definition of 2nd-level item
111%%No comment?
112[[/folder]]
113
114[[folder:Embedding [=YouTube=] Videos]]
115* If you want to embed a Platform/YouTube video in a post on the forums, use the following the markup (without the spaces in the middle):
116* [=[[youtube : VideoID]]=]
117* "[=VideoID=]" refers to the string of characters at the end of the video's [=URL=]. For example, to embed the video located at: [=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjyvOFgnstM=], you would include [="YjyvOFgnstM"=] in place of [="VideoID"=].
118* Please note that timestamps[[note]]the [="?t=##"=] string located at the end of a [=URL=] to view a specific portion of a video[[/note]] do not work with this markup.
119[[/folder]]
120
121[[folder:Emphasis]]
122* Use doubled single-quotes ([=''=]), i.e., ''two apostrophes'', for emphasis (usually ''italics'')
123* Use tripled single-quotes ([='''=]), i.e. ''three apostrophes'', for strong emphasis (usually '''bold''')
124* Use five single-quotes ([='''''=]), or triples within doubles (''five apostrophes''), for some other kind of emphasis (usually '''''bold italics''''')
125* Use pairs of doubled at-signs ([=@@monospace@@=]) for @@monospace@@ text.
126** Note: the two pairs of at-signs have to be on the same line of markup text, and they cause line breaks. This can be worked around with the "double backslash and line break" method shown above.
127** The equivalent of [=<pre>=] is to put double at-signs at the beginning and end of each line.
128* Emphasis can be used multiple times within a line, but cannot span across markup line boundaries (i.e., you can't put a paragraph break in the middle of bold text).
129* Little note about potholes and emphasis: the single-quotes need to go outside the brackets in order for it to work properly. For example, [=''[[PotHole this]]''=] is the right way, and gets you ''[[PotHole this]]''. On the other hand, [=[[PotHole ''this'']]=] is the wrong way, and leaves you with [[PotHole ''this'']]. In order to bold/italicize only part of a pothole, you need to make a separate one; [=''[[PotHole like]]''=] [='''[[PotHole this]]'''=], for instance, to get it ''[[PotHole like]]'' '''[[PotHole this]]'''.
130[[/folder]]
131
132[[folder:Escape Sequence]]
133Anything placed between [=[= and =]=] is not interpreted. This makes it possible to easily have [=CamelCase=] without it being interpreted as Administrivia/WikiWord syntax for making a link, and turn off other special formatting interpretation. For another example, escaping the slash in "AntiHero[=/=]AntiVillain" avoids having [=AntiHero/=] misinterpreted as a namespace for the latter trope.
134
135The [=[= and =]=] can span multiple input lines, allowing effects to be applied to multiple input lines. This is useful when combined with monospace markup: for a computer program listing, surround lines with [=@@[==] and =]@@ to be monospace and uninterpreted.
136
137Note that ''some'' markups--if left complete within the escape sequence--''are'' interpreted. These include redirect markup and HTML character entities. For these, you will need to escape in parts, like just the brackets or just the ampersand.
138[[/folder]]
139
140[[folder:Float Box]]
141Floatboxes are mainly used for listing relevant Useful Notes pages or subcategories on a trope index or an artist's influences:
142
143[=[floatboxright=] [=:=] [=Influences:=]\
144[=+ Creator/Artist1, Creator/Artist2, Creator/Artist3]=]
145
146[floatboxright:Influences:
147+ Creator/Artist1, Creator/Artist2, Creator/Artist3]
148[[/folder]]
149
150[[folder:Genre Box]]
151The genre box was a floatbox in work pages that can be used to show a work's {{Format|s}} and {{Genre}}. It worked with a ~~[=FIRSTNAME, SECONDNAME=]~~ markup, where the FIRSTNAME shows the format and SECONDNAME the genre. This markup is outdated; please remove it wherever you see it.
152[[/folder]]
153
154[[folder:Headings]]
155Headings are made by placing an exclamation mark ('''!''') at the left margin. More exclamation marks increases the level of heading. For example:
156
157[=! Level 1 Heading=]
158
159[=!! Level 2 Heading=]
160
161[=!!! Level 3 Heading=]
162
163! Level 1 Heading
164!! Level 2 Heading
165!!! Level 3 Heading
166There are also thinner headings, chiefly used on WildMassGuessing pages. These can be made with [=[[WMG:text]] or [[header:text]]=], thus...
167[[header:The header header is as thick as a level 1 header but not emboldened.]]
168[[/folder]]
169
170[[folder:Horizontal Line]]
171Four or more hyphens ([=----=]) at the beginning of a line produce a horizontal line.
172[[/folder]]
173
174[[folder:Images]]
175[=URLs=] ending with .gif, .jpg, or .png are displayed as images in the page and float left, allowing text to appear on the right if there is room.
176
177Making an image caption: [=[[=]caption-width:''number'':''some text''[=]]=] will place an enclosed box under the image. Setting the ''number'' parameter to the width of the image will make the caption line up nicely with the image.
178
179To shift an image and text to the right:
180
181For images: [=[[=]quoteright:''Number'':''Image URL''[=]]=]
182
183For text: [=[[=]caption-width-right:''number'':''some text''[=]]=]
184
185Please only embed images hosted on Website/TVTropes. Hotlinks to other sites will be blocked.
186[[/folder]]
187
188[[folder:Indexing]]
189Adding [=[[index]][[/index]]=] markup will autogenerate an [[Administrivia/HowIndexingWorks index]] tab at the bottom of the bulleted or numbered wikiworded pages inside the markup. Note that putting multiple entries in a bullet[=/=]number in the list will only affect the ''first'' entry for each. For example:
190
191@@[=* WikiWord1=]\
192[=[[index]]=]\
193[=* blah blah WikiWord2 blah blah WikiWord3=]\
194[=* WikiWord4: blah blah WikiWord5=]\
195[=* blah blah blah WikiWord6 blah blah blah WikiWord57=]\
196[=WikiWord8=]\
197[=[[/index]]=]\
198[=WikiWord9=]@@
199
200Will give [=WikiWord2=], [=WikiWord4=], and [=WikiWord6=] a navbox to each other and to the page with the index. Note that the index tabs only update when their entries are updated.
201[[/folder]]
202
203[[folder:Interlanguage links]]
204Leaving [=[[source:En:WikiWord]]=] at the bottom of a page allowed connecting pages of the Administrivia/TVTropesTranslationProject despite having different titles, but this is no longer functional and it's now done by making redirects both ways.
205[[/folder]]
206
207[[folder:Linking to Pages]]
208* Join capitalized words (Administrivia/{{Wiki Word}}s) to make references to other pages on this Wiki. Custom titles and/or spaces between the words will be automatically applied.
209* Links with arbitrary text labels ("piped links") can be created in double brackets as [[''url'' ''text'']] or [[''Administrivia/{{WikiWord}}'' ''text'']]. ''Text'' can be an image URL, in which case the image becomes the link to the remote ''url'' or ''Administrivia/WikiWord''. In [=TVTropes=] parlance this is a Main/PotHole.
210* Curly braces [={{ }}=] will convert just about any word or phrase (excluding punctuation marks) into an article link by the same name. Note that this is the ''only'' way to link to articles with single-word titles (such as {{Plot}}), because there's no way to Administrivia/WikiWord them.
211** Text added to the outside of the brackets can be included in the link. This is useful for pluralizing links; for example [=Administrivia/{{wiki word}}s=] links to the Administrivia/WikiWord page but looks like Administrivia/{{wiki word}}s.
212** If you want the inverse of that, use the | character: For example, [=Administrivia/{{Renamed Trope|s}}=] displays "Administrivia/{{Renamed Trope|s}}" while linking to Administrivia/RenamedTropes.
213** Note that this markup does ''not'' automatically apply spacing or custom titles -- the spacing and capitalization will be rendered exactly as-is. This can be useful for some articles with nonstandard spacing (e.g. [={{MacGuffin}}=]), although we've got most of them covered by the custom-title system already.
214** Curly braces can be included in piped links, e.g. [=[[{{article}} phrase text]]=]. This is the only way to create piped links to articles with single-word titles.
215* [=URLs=] can be placed in double brackets [[''url'']] when the URL itself is not important to the text. For example, [=[[http://www.google.com/]]=] will appear as [[http://www.google.com/]]
216* '''Troper handles''': They all go in the Tropers/ namespace. You can reference one by typing [=@=]/[={{Tropername}}=] or [=@=]/[=TroperName=].
217* To prevent a [=CamelCase=] word from being linked when you don't want it to, use the "Escape sequence" demonstrated here: [=[=CamelCase=]=]
218
219All internal references by default point to "Main." To link to a page in a different namespace, put it in front of the wiki word:\
220'''[=Test/{{Trope}}=]''' gives Test/{{Trope}}.
221
222If for some reason you want your link to show the namespace, you can use a period instead of a slash:\
223'''[=Test.{{Trope}}=]''' gives Test.{{Trope}}.
224[[/folder]]
225
226[[folder:Notes]]
227A note lets you hide some text behind a [=JavaScript=] link. The reader has to click the link to expand the text in-place. Somewhat similar to the spoiler tag, but for non-spoiler information, and unlike spoiler text, it takes up almost no room until expanded. Very useful for collapsing a tenuously related or humourous aside, or additional explanatory text that would otherwise be cluttering up the trope description.
228
229@@This is an example of a note. [=[[note]]=]tenuously related or humourous aside[=[[/note]]=]@@
230
231This is an example of a note. [[note]]tenuously related or humourous aside[[/note]]
232
233You can also use [=[[labelnote]]=] to change the label of your link. You can use anything you want as the thing to click so long as it doesn't contain a Administrivia/WikiWord or other markup (and if you don't have anything to say in the label, regular [=[[note]]=] markup is preferred):
234
235@@[[[=labelnote:Don't click me!]]Click the example below to see the real text.[[/labelnote]]=] @@
236
237[[labelnote:Don't click me!]]We call that SchmuckBait here at TV Tropes.[[/labelnote]]
238
239Please be careful with [=[[note]]=][=[[/note]]=] markup. There is a bug that causes the entire page text to disappear if the tag is not properly closed. Preview your edits when adding notes. [=[[labelnote]]=][=[[/labelnote]]=] can similarly make parts of a page disappear if not properly closed.
240
241Please also don't put notes ''within'' spoiler tags. They become unreadable and defeats the point in having notes.
242[[/folder]]
243
244[[folder:Notifying Users to Forum Replies]]
245You can notify tropers about a forum post they might be interested in by putting ~[=@=]/[=NameOfTheTroper=] or ~[=@=]/[={{=]Handle[=}}=] in your forum post. Upon hitting "Send", this automatically sends the troper in question a private message, calling their attention to the forum post.
246
247This only works in the forums, and only in the add post function; you can't send a message that way by editing the markup into an already existing forum post.
248[[/folder]]
249
250[[folder:Numbered Lists]]
251Numbered lists are made by placing number-signs (#) at the left margin.
252
253# Prepare the experiment
254## Unwrap the pop-tart
255## Insert the pop-tart into the toaster
256# Begin cooking the pop tart
257# Stand back
258
259The starting number can be changed by putting [=[=]numlist:START_NUMBER[=]=] at the beginning of the list and [=[=]/numlist[=]=] at the end, where START_NUMBER is the number you want the list to start at. Inside this block, all lines that do ''not'' begin with "#" are treated as comments and are not displayed; nested lists are not supported here, either.
260
261[numlist:21]
262# Prepare the experiment
263This line will not be displayed.
264# Unwrap the pop-tart
265# Insert the pop-tart into the toaster
266# Begin cooking the pop tart
267# Stand back
268# If cooking bacon at the same time, make sure to not back towards the stove unless you're wearing a shirt. And pants.
269[/numlist]
270[[/folder]]
271
272[[folder:Paragraphs]]
273* Do not indent paragraphs.
274* Words wrap and fill as needed.
275* Use blank lines as separators.
276* Use (backslash) at the end of a line to join the next line to the current one.
277* Use \ (two backslashes) at the end of a line to force a line break while keeping the same level of indentation. \
278This is an example.\
279In order for this to work, the second slash ''must'' be the last character of any kind on the line. This includes a blank space: if a space follows the backslashes, then the next line will not have the same level of indentation. If for whatever reason you want the page to display a new line, but have the source be a single line, you can use [softreturn], like this. [softreturn] Note: softreturn cannot be escaped. It generates a line break anyway. It can be commented out, though. In the unlikely event that you should need to write "[softreturn]" somewhere, write "[=&=]#91;softreturn]", which renders as "[softreturn]", instead.
280* Use \ (three backslashes) at the end of a line to force a paragraph break (a blank line) with the same level of indentation,\
281like in this example. Like the double backslash, in order for this to work, the third slash ''must'' be the last character of any kind on the line. This includes a blank space: if a space follows the backslashes, the next line will not have the same level of indentation.
282[[/folder]]
283
284[[folder:Quote Blocks]]
285Useful only on the forums, since the markup doesn't work in the main wiki. It can be practiced in the Sandbox forum.
286
287[[[==]quoteblock]] Text that you want to quote [[[==]/quoteblock]].
288[[/folder]]
289
290[[folder:Quotes Formatting]]
291In order to keep the wiki looking crisp and clean, we prefer standardized formatting for quotes across the entire site. The formatting can be a little bit complicated at first glance.
292
293[[AC:General Formatting]]
294
295Always bold the names of the people speaking in the quote, with a colon after their name. Do not italicize the text of the quote itself, except parts of it for emphasis. Don't use anything else to indicate emphasis (except all caps and bolding, used sparingly); don't use apostrophes, underscores, slashes, [=[i][/i]=], or anything of that nature. Don't enclose the dialogue in inverted commas or quotation marks. Stage directions and actions go in square brackets, italicized. For example:
296
297@@[=->'''David:''' ''[deadpan]'' Maybe we should actually get some ''work'' done?=]@@
298
299becomes:
300
301->'''David:''' ''[deadpan]'' Maybe we should actually get some ''work'' done?
302
303[[AC:Page Quotes]]
304
305Page quotes (or quotes on a quotes page) work slightly differently from other quotes. First, use one hyphen for the indent, [=->=] (see Quotes Indentation, below). If it's only one person speaking, then italicize the line with double quotes ('') and put it in quotes, and put their name in bold on the line below. On a related note, do not put trope potholes in a quote at the top of a page (see Administrivia/WhatToPutAtTheTopOfAPage). For example:
306
307@@[=->''"Not everyone can win."''=]\
308[=-->-- '''Alice''', ''Website/TVTropes''=]@@
309
310becomes:
311
312->''"Not everyone can win."''
313-->-- '''Alice''', ''Website/TVTropes''
314
315Note that the second line is given an additional hyphen to indent it further, two hyphens are added after the arrow to create an em dash, and Alice's name is bolded.
316
317If it's more than one person speaking, then it becomes the same as the other quotes. Bold the names of the speakers with triple quotes ('''), and do not italicize the line or put it in quotes. For the last line, still indent it with two hyphens, but don't put the characters' names. For example:
318
319@@[=->'''Alice:''' Not everyone can win.\=]\
320[='''Bob:''' Not all the time.=]\
321[=-->-- ''Website/TVTropes''=]@@
322
323becomes:
324
325->'''Alice:''' Not everyone can win.\
326'''Bob:''' Not all the time.
327-->-- ''Website/TVTropes''
328
329Note the use of backslashes. These are a text-formatting trick that tells the system to indent the line below at the same level. They are required for any multi-line quotes.
330
331The use of backslashes allows for formatting to span multiple lines. For example:
332
333@@[=->''This is the first line of a song\=]\
334[=This is the second line of a song''=]\
335[=-->-- ''Website/TVTropes''=]@@
336
337becomes:
338
339->''This is the first line of a song\
340This is the second line of a song''
341-->-- ''Website/TVTropes''
342
343[[AC:Article Quotes:]]
344
345Unlike page quotes, quotes in the body of the article itself do not need the context of having the name of the work in the line below; that is provided by the example it is listed under. Therefore, all quotes under examples, whether single-line or multiple, use the "multiple line quote" (so to speak) formatting. For example:
346
347@@[=* In ''Website/TVTropes'', Alice drops a foreboding line at one point.=]\
348[=-->'''Alice:''' Not everyone can win.=]@@
349
350becomes:
351
352* In ''Website/TvTropes'', Alice drops a foreboding line at one point.
353-->'''Alice:''' Not everyone can win.
354
355You'll also notice that the quote is indented farther than the page quote is. That is because two hyphens were used ([=-->=]), because otherwise it would look bad under the bullet indent. Always use one hyphen for your quotes, plus one hyphen for every bullet. So, page quotes get one hyphen ([=->=]), one bullet gets two hyphens ([=-->=]), two bullets get three ([=--->=]), and three bullets get four hyphens ([=---->=]). Note, however, that an example very rarely needs three bullets--see Administrivia/ExampleIndentationInTropeLists for more on that.
356
357If you need to continue a bullet point after a quote, you can use colon indentation (see Definition Lists above) to match the indentation level. The number of colons to use is "bullet level + 2" -- so three colons for a first-level bullet, four colons for a second-level bullet, etc. For example:
358
359@@[=* First point.=]\
360[=--> "Obligatory quote."=]\
361[=::: I, too, am indented.=]@@
362
363becomes:
364
365* First point.
366--> "Obligatory quote."
367::: I, too, am indented.
368
369[[AC:Literature Quotes:]]
370
371Books are frustrating to quote at times. There are two ways to do it. If it's a straight quote, exactly what the character said, then just follow the rules above. For example:
372
373@@[=->'''Charlie:''' That doesn't mean everyone always loses.=]@@
374
375can be used to make
376
377->'''Charlie:''' That doesn't mean everyone always loses.
378
379However, if you are lifting an entire passage of the book, then simply copy it directly, without adding the character's name or author's name in bold, italicizing the text, or adding any additional quotes. For example:
380
381@@[=->Charlie scrunched up his face at his friends' fatalism. "That doesn't mean everyone always loses," he noted.=]@@
382
383making
384
385->Charlie scrunched up his face at his friends' fatalism. "That doesn't mean everyone always loses," he noted.
386[[/folder]]
387
388[[folder:Redirects]]
389If you want a trope title to redirect to another trope with content (e.g. make Franchise/{{Mario}} point to Franchise/SuperMarioBros), in Franchise/{{Mario}} enter the following (but see Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects first for guidelines!):
390
391%%Redirect markup is sensitive for escaping. Please don't mess with it.
392[=[[=]redirect:[=Franchise/SuperMarioBros]]=]
393
394Note that redirects to single word titles (such as {{Handguns}}) must have the page title be surrounded by double curly brackets. Like so[=:=] [={{Handguns}}=]
395
396'''Caution:''' It can be difficult to edit a redirected article. Make sure you mean it! See Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects for more information.
397[[/folder]]
398
399[[folder:Special Characters]]
400HTML special characters can be used ("named character entities"). There is a list of them [[http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_symbols.asp here]], and a longer list [[http://www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm here]].
401[[/folder]]
402
403[[folder:Special Markup]]
404There are a few special markups on the wiki:
405* [=[[=]noreallife[=]]=]: Designed for pages that are Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease, it replaces the edit tips with a big red note saying not to add RealLife examples.
406* [=[[=]invoked[=]]=]: When links to [[YMMV.HomePage YMMV]], {{Trivia}} or FlameBait items are placed on work pages, they will display an icon beside them indicating that they should be either moved to the appropriate subpage (YMMV or Trivia) or deleted entirely (Flame Bait). Since InUniverse or PlayedWith examples aren't really YMMV nor Trivia, this markup can be added to the examples to prevent the icons from showing up.
407* [=[[=]#[=AnchorPoint=][=]]=]: Creates a point on a wiki page for linking to, in the same way that headings on Wikipedia can be linked individually. For something with a lot of sections, put one of these in each heading with the same text as the heading itself for ease of navigation. Link by typing [=Namespace/PageTitle#AnchorPoint=]. Note that this will show as a Administrivia/RedLink even though it's valid.
408* [=[[=]hardline[=]]=]: This acts like the [=----=] line, except it's invisible on the page. It's useful when messing with text around images.
409* [=[[AATAFOVS:{{Sandworm}}]]=] or [=[[AATAFOVS:SandWorm]]=] give a box about ''JustForFun/AvatarAndTheAirbendingFellowshipOfVampireSlayers'', indicating {{Sandworm}} as the recapper of the episode in question.
410* [=[[reviews:TitleOfTheFic]]=] generates a Reviews section for FanficRecs.TitleOfTheFic, which allows giving more detailed opinion on a fanwork in FanficRecommendations without needing to make a page for it.
411* [[thump]], the old thump markup for forums. Previously mods would append it to a rule-breaking post to hide it. Now it replaces the forum post with a random funny message (the original text is preserved). Tropers can use it to "self-thump" own messages they dislike.
412[[/folder]]
413
414[[folder:Spoilers]]
415Text which might give away spoilers can be enclosed in [=[[spoiler:Text to be hidden]]=]. The hidden text will be shown as a blank, and the text can be revealed (and hidden again) by clicking on it. For example "The choice of weapon suggested that it was [[spoiler:the Butler]] who did it".
416* Be sure to take note of the Spoilers section in the TipsWorksheet page.
417* Also note points 2, 9 and 14 on the TipsWorksheet page.
418* And please read [[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers Handling Spoilers]]
419* Lastly, please don't put note tags ''within'' spoiler tags. The note becomes unreadable.
420[[/folder]]
421
422[[folder:Tables]]
423Table are defined by enclosing cells with '||'. A cell with leading and trailing spaces is centered; a cell with leading spaces is right-aligned; all other cells are left-aligned. An empty cell will cause the previous cell to span multiple columns. (There is currently no mechanism for spanning multiple rows.) A line beginning with '||' specifies the table attributes for subsequent tables.
424
425[=
426||align=center border=1 width=50%=]\
427||Left || Center || Right||\
428||A || B || C||\
429|| || single || ||\
430|| || multi span ||||\
431
432
433
434||align=center border=1 width=50%
435||Left || Center || Right||
436||A || B || C||
437|| || single || ||
438|| || multi span ||||
439[[/folder]]
440
441[[folder:Text Colors]]
442'''Please use colored text sparingly outside of the forums. It should be limited to quoting RainbowSpeak or for self-demonstration.'''
443* [[red:Red Text]] = [=[[red:Red Text]]=]
444* [[cinnamon:Cinnamon Text]] = [=[[cinnamon:Cinnamon Text]]=]
445* [[gold:Gold Text]] = [=[[gold:Gold Text]]=]
446* [[green:Green Text]] = [=[[green:Green Text]]=]
447* [[forestgreen:Forest Green Text]] = [=[[forestgreen:Forest Green Text]]=]
448* [[teal:Teal Text]] = [=[[teal:Teal Text]]=]
449* [[blue:Blue Text]] = [=[[blue:Blue Text]]=]
450* [[purple:Purple Text]] = [=[[purple:Purple Text]]=]
451* [[pink:Pink Text]] = [=[[pink:Pink Text]]=]
452* [[white:White Text]] (White Text) = [=[[white:White Text]]=]
453* [[gray:Gray Text]] = [=[[gray:Gray Text]]=]
454* [[evil:Evil Text]] = [=[[evil:Evil Text]]=]
455** "Evil Text" can also be combined with any of the above colors, [[evil:[[blue:for example]]]] = [=[[evil:[[blue:for example]]]]=].
456'''Note that colored text does not work within spoiler tagging, [[spoiler:[[red:as seen here]]]]. The color tag should encompass the spoiler tag [[red:[[spoiler:[=[[red:[[spoiler:like this]]]]=]]]]]'''.
457[[/folder]]
458
459[[folder:Text Effects]]
460Note: Abuse of text effects may get your editing or forum privileges revoked.
461* Big and Small caps: [=[[AC:Text]]=] (called [=AssCaps=]) for [[AC:Text]] (as opposed to using [=[-...-]=] for [-ALL CAPS in smaller text-])
462* Superscript: [=[[superscript:2]]=] for [[superscript:2]]
463* Subscript: [=[[subscript:2]]=] for [[subscript:2]]
464* Strike-through: [=[[strike:text]]=] will put a strikethrough line though your text. This markup is exclusive to the forums. It's disabled on the wiki proper.
465* Reduce Text Size: [=[-text-]=] gives you [-text-]. More hyphens mean smaller text, such as [=[--text--]=] gives you [--text--].
466[[/folder]]

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