formatting text

You can either use BBCode or Markdown syntax. BBCode is a very simple formatting syntax used on many bulletin boards, while Markdown is a more expressive formatting syntax primarily used on weblogs.

Note: Two consecutive line breaks mark a paragraph, but to force a manual line break within a paragraph, you need to end the first line with two or more spaces.

BBCode syntax

emphasis

[i]italic[/i]
[b]bold[/b]

links

Link to [url="http://example.com/"]an example site[/url].

images

[img]http://example.com/example.gif[/img]

blockquotes

[quote]In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.[/quote]

Markdown syntax

emphasis

_italic_ or *italic*
__bold__ or **bold**

links

Link to [an example site](http://example.com/ "optional title").

images

![alt text](http://example.com/example.gif "optional title")

blockquotes

> You dozed, and watched the night revealing
> The thousand sordid images
> Of which your soul was constituted;
> They flickered against the ceiling.

lists

* ideas
* old gossip
* oddments of all things
* strange spars of knowledge
* dimmed wares of price

You can learn more about Markdown by reading this introduction to using Markdown, or you can read the Markdown syntax documentation, if you like.

article linking

To link to an article, enclose the article name in double square brackets. For example, to link to an article called apatosaurus, you would type:

[[apatosaurus]]