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Tags, wikilinks and stuff
There are certain tags which will effect words they are "wrapped around":
Formatting of words
The ' are used in formatting words:
- ''Italics'' (2x ') will make Italics
- '''Bold''' (3x ') to write in Bold
- '''''Hi all!''''' (5x ') will print Hi all!
Placing headlines
Headlines come in various sizes.
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How to wikify
This is probably the most important of the tags. To wikify a sentence means to make the sentence link to the corresponding article on the Prime-Wiki. This is done by putting [[ ]] around the word.
An example:
"The person who runs the [[GIMPS]] project is [[George Woltman]]"
will make:
"The person who runs the GIMPS project is George Woltman".
It it also possible to link using a different title. That is done by using | inside the [[ ]] to seperate link and title.
An example would be:
"Certain [[Lucas-Lehmer test|tests]] are used in [[GIMPS]], which is the biggest mathematical [[Distributed computing project|project]]"
which would turn up as:
"Certain tests are used in GIMPS, which is the biggest mathematical project"
Creating a link to a category a : has to be put before. The code [[:Category:Project]] will create Category:Project or with [[:Category:Project|Proj.]] displays as Proj..
Plurals of article names can be obtained by adding the 's' outside the brackets: [[Project]] is shown as Project but [[project]]s as projects.
Links
To add a link to a page outside Prime-Wiki you could either just type the URL:
"To get more info, please visit https://www.google.com"
or you could make a description by putting it in the form [link title]. That would turn
"To get more info, please visit [https://www.google.com Google]"
into "To get more info, please visit Google"
Currents default links with icons
Links containing a designated domain are shown with an icon behind the link. The following options are implemented:
- MersenneForum:
[https://www.mersenneforum.org/index.php Forum]creates Forum - The Prime Database:
[https://primes.utm.edu/primes/status.php Status]creates Status - Wolfram Mathworld:
[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ Home]creates Home - GIMPS Hompage:
[https://www.mersenne.org/ GIMPS]creates GIMPS
For Wikipedia an internal shortcut is set, so the calling is slightly different:
- Wikipedia:
[[Wikipedia:Pierre de Fermat|Fermat]]creates Fermat
- (Can be done as usual but longer:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Fermat Fermat]creates Fermat)
Math symbols
To write mathematical formulas, insert <math> and </math> around your formula.
For example
"The [[Sierpiński problem]] is about numbers of the form <math>k*2^n+1</math>"
would show
- "The Sierpiński problem is about numbers of the form [math]\displaystyle{ k*2^n+1 }[/math]"
For more detailed help with math formulas, see math rendering
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