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MediaWiki is able to parse someHTML tags in wikitext. Brackets for other tags are escaped and the tags are displayed instead of being parsed.
| Tag | Meaning | Allowed attributes | Tag allowed since… | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
<abbr> | Abbreviation | common attributes | 1.16 | |
<b> | Bring attention | common attributes | 1.1 | Wikitext: three single quotes, e.g.Be careful to '''this text'''. |
<bdi> | Bidirectional isolate | common attributes | 1.20 | |
<bdo> | Bidirectional text override | common attributes | 1.22 | |
<big> | Make text bigger | common attributes | 1.1 | <big> is deprecated in HTML, but not in wikitext (T154067) |
<blockquote> | Block quotation | common attributes +cite | 1.1 | |
<br> | Line break | common attributes +clear | 1.1 | |
<caption> | Table caption | common attributes +align | 1.1 | |
<cite> | Citation, i.e. reference to a cited creative work. | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<code> | Inline computer code | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<col> | common attributes +span | |||
<colgroup> | common attributes +span | |||
<data> | Data, linked to machine-readable translation throughvalue attribute. | common attributes +value | 1.21 | |
<dd> | Description details for a description term element, inside a description list. | common attributes | 1.1 | Wikitext:: starting the line, respectively for description list details. |
<del> | Deleted text | common attributes +cite,datetime | 1.3 | |
<dfn> | Definition. Wrap a term/phrase which is being defined. | common attributes | 1.17 | |
<div> | Content division, to apply CSS formatting to a block. | common attributes +align | 1.1 | |
<dl> | Description list. | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<dt> | Description term, inside a description list. | common attributes | 1.1 | Wikitext:; starting the line, respectively for description list term. |
<em> | Emphasis | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<h1> | Section heading – levels 1 to 6 | common attributes +align | 1.1 | Wikitext: pairs of equal signs (seehelp about formatting). Note when you edit a section headed by an HTML heading, the edit summary willnot be prefilled. |
<hr> | Thematic break | common attributes +width | 1.1 | Wikitext: 4+ dashes (----) starting a line. |
<i> | Idiomatic text | common attributes | 1.1 | Wikitext: two single quotes, e.g.''idiomatic text''. |
<ins> | Added text | common attributes +cite,datetime | 1.3 | |
<kbd> | Keyboard input | common attributes | 1.17 | |
<li> | List item | common attributes +type,value | 1.1 | Wikitext:# or* starting the line, respectively for ordered list and unordered list. |
<link> | External resource link | itemprop,href,title | 1.27 | Must haveitemprop andhref attributes set.[1]Excludes most values forrel, including thestylesheet value. |
<mark> | Marked or highlighted text. | common attributes | 1.21 | |
<meta> | Metadata | itemprop,content | 1.27 | Must haveitemprop andcontent attributes set.[1] |
<ol> | Ordered list | common attributes +type,start,reversed | 1.1 | |
<p> | Paragraph | common attributes +align | 1.1 | Wikitext: text between empty lines. |
<pre> | Preformatted text | common attributes +width | 1.1 | Content is not parsed, as in a<nowiki> tag.Wikitext: line starting with a blank space, i.e. |
<q> | Inline quotation | common attributes +cite | 1.22 | |
<rp> | Ruby fallback parenthesis | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<rt> | Ruby text: annotation rendered near the base text. Inside aruby tag. | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<ruby> | Ruby annotation. Enclosesrt andrp. | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<s> | Strikethrough, for no longer accurate or relevant text. | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<samp> | Sample output, inline ouput text of a computer program. | common attributes | 1.17 | |
<small> | Side comment. | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<span> | Content span, to apply CSS formatting to an inline text. | common attributes | 1.4 | |
<strong> | Strong importance. | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<sub> | Subscript | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<sup> | Superscript | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<table> | Table, for tabular data. | common attributes +summary,width,border,frame,rules,cellspacing,cellpadding,align,bgcolor | 1.1 | Wikitext:see help page about tables. |
<td> | Table data cell, inside atr tag. | common attributes +abbr,axis,headers,scope,rowspan,colspan,nowrap,width,height,bgcolor,align,valign | 1.1 | Wikitext:see help page about tables. |
<th> | Table header cell, inside atr tag | common attributes +abbr,axis,headers,scope,rowspan,colspan,nowrap,width,height,bgcolor,align,valign | 1.1 | Wikitext:see help page about tables. |
<time> | Date/Time | common attributes +datetime | 1.21 | |
<tr> | Table row, inside atable tag. | common attributes +bgcolor,align,valign | 1.1 | Wikitext:see help page about tables. |
<u> | Unarticulated annotation. | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<ul> | Unordered list. | common attributes +type | 1.1 | |
<var> | Variable | common attributes | 1.1 | |
<wbr> | Line break opportunity. | common attributes | 1.22 |
The following attributes are permitted on almost all tags listed in the table above (exceptmeta andlink):
idclassstylelangdirtitletabindexaria-describedbyaria-flowtoaria-hiddenaria-labelaria-labelledbyaria-levelaria-ownsroleaboutpropertyresourcedatatypetypeofitemiditempropitemrefitemscopeitemtypeThe following tags are parsed by MediaWiki, but they are obsolete in HTML 5. They should be replaced with one of above tags.You might add astyle attribute to reproduce the expected display.
| Tag | Allowed since… | EmitsLint error? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
<center> | 1.1 | Yes | |
<font> | 1.1 | Yes | |
<rb> | 1.1 | No | |
<rtc> | 1.24 | No | |
<strike> | 1.1 | Yes | |
<tt> | 1.1 | Yes |
To create alinkable anchor, you can use any HTML tag with anid attribute.
E.g.<spanid="note2"></span> allows you to create a link to its location on the page using[[#note2|See relevant note]].
style attributeUsing HTML tag instead of wikitext equivalent allows you to add astyle attribute to define a custom display throughCSS language.
class andid attributesThanks toTemplateStyles, you may add a custom stylesheet to the document.So it is useful to addclass orid attributes to the elements you want to customize their display.
Wikitext uses HTML comment syntax for its own comments: the parser ignores them, they are not rendered in resulting HTML source.
<!-- This text is a wikitext comment. After saving, it will be kept in wikitext source but will not be displayed, neither rendered in HTML source. -->Pre tagThe content of apre tag is not parsed, as in a<nowiki> tag.
You have to use the equivalent wikitext syntax to allow the content parsing. I.e. start each line with a blank space:
Some preformatted text which can contain wikitext, i.e.this idiomatic text will be parsed. Other line.