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Wiki formatting setting not to forget: Check Mediawiki advanced editing [1] for more.
- <syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
- </syntaxhighlight>
- Block of code formatted for the specified language
- <nowiki>
- </nowiki>
- Do not apply wiki formatting on this block
- ; Definition list term (<dt>)
- : Definition list definition or just indent(<dd>)
- :: Indent more
- * Bullit list
- Bullit list
- # Numbered list
- Numbered list
- [[category:name]]
- Add this page to category 'name'
- [[wikipage|alt text]]
- Link to page on local wiki. When provided 'alt text' is displayed instead of the page name.
- [[wikipage#Anchor|alt text]]
- Link to anchor on local wiki page. Headings, span and div's are automatic anchors.
- <span id=Anchor1></span>
- <div id=Anchor1></div>
- =Heading=
- Create anchor (works for each heading level)
- [URL text]
- Link to URL. When text is not provided the links consecutive number is displayed.
- ''italics''
- '''bold'''
- '''''bold italics'''''
- <code>
Fixed width text
</code>
- [URL text]
- Link to URL. When text is not provided the link's consecutive number is displayed.
Tables
{| | table start, required |
|+ | table caption, optional; only between table start and 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, optional.> 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, required |
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%"
|+
! Header
! Header
|-
| Content
| Content
|}
Header | Header |
---|---|
Content | Content |
- Edit the sidebar (not the Tools section there).
- Like editing a wikipage, goto //yourwikiurl/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar
- Syntax is a bit different, e.g. no [[]] for links
- More info on the MediaWiki manual
Delete page history
20180817 BEWARE, yet untested
- Prodecure found here [2] that just invokes
# php deleteOldRevisions.php --delete
- A more complex suggestion
- This page advises to go to Special:Nuke, which does not exist on my wiki.