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The WikiTextEditor uses a Mark-up Language to enable functions and modify the text, which essentially means the insertion of special characters that communicate specific commands to the MediaWiki software.

Here are a list of the key characters (referred to throughout both manuals):

• Pipe (or vertical line): |
  • Used to substitute the titles of entries/pages with alternate names/titles
• Braces: { }
  • Used in special functions, such as templates
• Square Brackets: [ ]
  • Used to establish links
• Single Quotation Marks: ' '
  • ​Used to modify text - enclosing text with two single quotation marks at both ends will produce italic text, while three will produce bold text
• Forward Slash: /
  • Different from the Back Slash: \
• Pound: #
  • ​Anchor
  • Also used to create a numbered list, if placed at the beginning of a line in the WikiTextEditor
• Asterisk: *
  • ​Used to create a bulleted list