Help:Wikify

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To format content within a MediaWiki installation (running on a LAN, WAN, or WWW server), such as:

....using MediaWiki markup (a.k.a., Wiki markup, wikitext, wiki text), as opposed to "plain text" or "HTML".

Noun: Wikification

Verb: Wikifying; wikified

Note: Sometimes shortened to "wfy" (especially, when used in an Edit summary).

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+To format content within a [[MediaWiki]] installation (running on a LAN, WAN, or WWW server), such as:
-: To format using '''[[#Wiki markup|Wiki markup]]''' (as opposed to plain text or [[HTML]]) and add internal links to material, incorporating it into the whole of Wikipedia. Noun: <span id=Wikification style="font-weight: bold">Wikification</span>; verb: <span id=Wikifying style="font-weight: bold">wikifying</span>. Sometimes shortened to <span id=Wfy style="font-weight: bold">wfy</span>.
+* text (with linkable headings and sub-headings),
-: ''See also [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]], [[:Category:Articles that need to be wikified]], [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout]] and [[Wikipedia:Make only links relevant to the context]].''
+* hyperlinks (internal and/or external),
+* tables,
+* images,
+* et al
+....using '''MediaWiki markup''' (a.k.a., Wiki markup, wikitext, wiki text), as opposed to "plain text" or "HTML".
+:Noun: Wikification
+:Verb: Wikifying; wikified
+:Note: Sometimes shortened to "wfy" (especially, when used in an [[Help:Edit summary|Edit summary]]).
+==See also==
+* ''Wikipedia'' &mdash; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup Help:Wiki markup]
+* ''Wikipedia'' &mdash; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext Help:HTML in wikitext]