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formatting in relation to Wikipedia itself, see
Wikipedia:Glossary and
Wikipedia:Cheatsheet.
Wikitext as it is used in Wikipedia
Wikitext language or wiki markup is a
markup language that offers a
simplified alternative to
HTML
and is used to write pages in
wiki
websites such as
Wikipedia. Wikitext is text in this language.
There is no commonly accepted standard wikitext language. The
grammar, structure, features, keywords and so on are dependent
on the particular
wiki software used on the particular
website. For example, all wikitext markup languages have a
simple way of
hyperlinking to other pages within the site, but there are
several different syntax conventions for these links. Many
wikis, especially the earlier ones, use
CamelCase to mark words that should be automatically linked.
In many modern wikis (such as
Wikipedia and other
MediaWiki-based wikis) this convention was abandoned in
favor of explicit link markup, e.g. with [[
]].
Some
Wiki programs allow extensive optional use of
HTML tags within wikitext, others a smaller subset, and
still others no HTML at all. In some cases, restrictions on HTML
may be determined by each site that uses the program. It is now
actually considered poor etiquette on wiki websites to use HTML
in place of wiki markup, despite the former option being
available.
MediaWiki, the software that runs Wikipedia, has a wiki
markup language that allows many common HTML tags; it is
intended to provide a simple, readable syntax to allow users to
use it without knowing HTML.
See also
External links
Meta has a page about this at:
Wikitext standard
-
WikiMarkupStandard WorkingGroup mailing list
-
WikiCreole - Common wiki markup language to be used
across different Wikis
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