Help:Editing/Notation

Basically, IntactiWiki articles should avoid using too much emphazing and highlighting of text. But sometimes, you may want to use italics or even bold text. Here is how:

Mark up

Bold, italic

Description	What you type	What you get
Italic	''Italic text''	Italic text
Bold	'''Bold text'''	Bold text
Bold & italic	'''''Bold & italic text'''''	Bold & italic text

You find this information also in the top line of the article editor. Either write some text, select it and click the [B] or [I] icon on the left of the editor's toolbar, or click the Help link.

Note: Please avoid using the relevant HTML tags for mark up.

Underlined

Do. Not. Use. Underlined. Text. At. All.

Lists

Bullet list

Bullet lists are simply created by starting a bullet list item line with the asterix character plus a space character (* ). Keep in mind that the asterix has to be the very first character in a line.

Example:

* Bulleted list item
* Another bulleted list item
* A third bulleted list item

• Bulleted list item
• Another bulleted list item
• A third bulleted list item

Numbered list

Numbered lists are simply created by starting a numbered list item line with the hashtag character plus a space character (# ). Keep in mind that the hashtag has to be the very first character in a line.

Example:

# Numbered list item
# Another numbered list item
# A third numbered list item

1. Numbered list item
2. Another numbered list item
3. A third numbered list item

Advanced markup

You can use the following features in the article editor's toolbar, too:

No wiki formatting

Sometimes, you want to show text which would be interpreted by the Wiki markup parser, but without the Wiki formatting. This is done by using the special <nowiki></nowiki> tags.

<nowiki>'''This text won't be shown in bold.'''</nowiki>

Result: '''This text won't be shown in bold.'''

HTML tags

You can use various HTML tags for further formatting, e.g. <br> for forced new lines, <big></big> for larger text, <small></small> for smaller text,  for superscript and  for subscript text. Basically, you should avoid these and let the Wiki formatting engine do its job.

Picture gallery

For your first picture gallery, use the relevant button in the editor's toolbar.

Redirect

For your first redirect article, use the relevant button in the editor's toolbar.

Table

For your first table, use the relevant button in the editor's toolbar.

AMA style notation of references in the text

Because the IntactiWiki uses the AMA style for references, it should be used for references inside the text, too.

How to use et al.

et al. is an abbreviation of the Latin term "et alii" (and others) or "et alia" (and another). Because "al." is an word abbreviation of "alii/alia", it should always be followed by a point. "et" must not be followed by a point, because it is the simple Latin word for "and".

In texts or paraphrases, you should use "et al." when there are more than two authors for a reference. Opposite to Harvard notation style, "et al." must not be italicized. Opposite to the REFerence formatting, "et al." should not be preceded by a colon in normal text and paraphrases. And please don't emphasize "et al." in bold letters in normal text and paraphrases.

Examples:

• Mayor (2001) stated that circumcision has no medical advantages for newborns.
• Miller & Mayor (2002) reported that circumcision harms newborns.
• Miller et al. (2003) reported that there is no such thing as a "good circumcision" for newborns.

See also

• Wikitext examples