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There are many key tags that you will have to learn when formatting an article. Here is a breakdown on them. YTMND wiki is powered by MediaWiki, and therefore can be edited the same way as many other sites, like Wikipedia.

Text Formatting

• Two apostrophes makes text italicized.
• Three apostrophes makes text bolded.
• A colon (":") will make an indent in the text.
• To type text as it is without formatting, use the <nowiki> tag.

  For example; To make "[[You're]] ''the'' '''man''' {{now}} [dog !]", you'd first type <nowiki>, what you'll write, and end it with </nowiki>.

• To make comments only visible when editing, you'd type <!-- Comment -->. Press "edit" for a proof.

Link Formatting

• To make a link to a page on the wiki, surround the page's name with double square brackets.

  For example. to make a link to Fads, you'd write [[Fads]].

• If you want to link a page on the wiki using different text, separate the article name and the text by a pipe ("|").

  For example; To make a link to Fads, you'd write [[Fads|link to Fads]].

• To make a link to a site outside of the wiki, you can either type it's url and it will automatically make the link (remember to include the http:// part)

  For Example: http://www.ytmnd.com/

• To make a link to a site outside the wiki appear as a number in brackets, surround the URL in brackets. Note that links to some major wiki sites have special formatting to link to their articles, those can be found at Help:Interwiki links.

  [http://www.ytmnd.com] makes [1]

• To make a link to a site outside the wiki using different text, separate the URL and the text with a space.

  [http://www.ytmnd.com YTMND] makes YTMND

• To make a link to a user's page in the wiki:

  [[User:max|Max Goldberg]] makes Max Goldberg.

• To make a link to a user's profile in YTMND:

  {{ytmnduser|max}} makes max.

• To make a link to a YTMND:

  {{ytmnd|isurvivedunicorns|I Survived the Night of the Unicorns}} links to isurvivedunicorns.ytmnd.com (formatted as I Survived the Night of the Unicorns).

List Formatting

1. The number sign (shift + 3) will make a numbered list. Use the number sign (a.k.a. hash) each time you want a different number to come up.
2. When in a numbered list, a hash and a colon will make an indent.

   Such as this.

3. An asterik (shift + 8) will make a bullet.
   • Such as this.

Article Formatting

1. Two equals signs makes a main topic.

   See Formatting An Article.

2. Three equals signs makes a sub-topic.

   See Text Formatting.

3. Four equals signs makes a sub-sub-topic.

Special Characters

Characters: Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ĺ ĺ Ń ń Ó ó Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ź ź À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù  â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô Ŝ ŝ Û û Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü Ÿ ÿ ß Ã ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ Ñ ñ Õ õ Ũ ũ Ỹ ỹ Ç ç Ģ ģ Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ Đ đ Ů ů Ǎ ǎ Č č Ď ď Ě ě Ǐ ǐ Ľ ľ Ň ň Ǒ ǒ Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ǔ ǔ Ž ž Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ȳ ȳ Ǣ ǣ ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ Ă ă Ĕ ĕ Ğ ğ Ĭ ĭ Ŏ ŏ Ŭ ŭ Ċ ċ Ė ė Ġ ġ İ ı Ż ż Ą ą Ę ę Į į Ǫ ǫ Ų ų Ḍ ḍ Ḥ ḥ Ḷ ḷ Ḹ ḹ Ṃ ṃ Ṇ ṇ Ṛ ṛ Ṝ ṝ Ṣ ṣ Ṭ ṭ Ł ł Ő ő Ű ű Ŀ ŀ Ħ ħ Ð ð Þ þ Œ œ Æ æ Ø ø Å å Ə ə ⓐ ⓑ ⓒ ⓓ ⓔ ⓕ ⓖ ⓗ ⓘ ⓙ ⓚ ⓛ ⓜ ⓝ ⓞ ⓟ ⓠ ⓡ ⓢ ⓣ ⓤ ⓥ ⓦ ⓧ ⓨ ⓩ

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Greek: Ά ά Έ έ Ή ή Ί ί Ό ό Ύ ύ Ώ ώ Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω

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