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*To add superscripted text, put <nowiki><sup></sup></nowiki> around it. <nowiki><sup>example</sup></nowiki> shows <sup>example</sup>. |
*To add superscripted text, put <nowiki><sup></sup></nowiki> around it. <nowiki><sup>example</sup></nowiki> shows <sup>example</sup>. |
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*To add subscripted text, put <nowiki><sub></sub></nowiki> around it. <nowiki><sub>example</sub></nowiki> shows <sub>example</sub>. |
*To add subscripted text, put <nowiki><sub></sub></nowiki> around it. <nowiki><sub>example</sub></nowiki> shows <sub>example</sub>. |
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*To show your code in a |
*To show your source code in a box, add a <nowiki><lang></nowiki> tag with a programming language as an argument: |
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<lang c>int main(char* argv, int argc){ |
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printf("Hello, World!"); |
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}</lang> |
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(See [[Help:Syntax highlighting]] for language arguments) |
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*To show text with wikicode in a code box, add a space before each line (including blank lines): |
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This is |
''This is italic text.'' |
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This is |
''This is italic text in a box.'' |
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*To show text without wikicode in a box, add a <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag: |
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''This is italic text.'' |
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<pre>''This is not italic text in a box, but it shows the wikicode for italics.''</pre> |
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*Putting two spaces after a period (as is common practice) will only show up as one space when typing plain text. It basically wastes server space. |
*Putting two spaces after a period (as is common practice) will only show up as one space when typing plain text. It basically wastes server space. |
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*If you have a question about something on a page, ask! Sometimes even we are wrong about coding, so if you think you see a problem or don't understand something, click the "discussion" tab at the top of the page and tell us about it. |
*If you have a question about something on a page, ask! Sometimes even we are wrong about coding, so if you think you see a problem or don't understand something, click the "discussion" tab at the top of the page and tell us about it. |
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