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 ## Help on formatting text
 
 Text on this wiki is written in a form very close to how you might write
 ## Help on formatting text
 
 Text on this wiki is written in a form very close to how you might write

-text for an email message.
+text for an email message. This style of text formatting is called [[MarkDown]].

 
 Leave blank lines between paragraphs.
 
 
 Leave blank lines between paragraphs.
 


@@ -10,23 +10,23 @@ in single or double asterisks.
 
 To create a list, start each line with an asterisk:
 
 
 To create a list, start each line with an asterisk:
 

-* \* this is my list
-* \* another item
+* "* this is my list"
+* "* another item"

 
 To make a numbered list, start each line with a number (any number will
 do) followed by a period:
 
 
 To make a numbered list, start each line with a number (any number will
 do) followed by a period:
 

-1. 1\. first line
-2. 2\. second line
-2. 2\. third line
+1. "1. first line"
+2. "2. second line"
+2. "2. third line"

 
 To create a header, start a line with one or more `#` characters followed
 by a space and the header text. The number of `#` characters controls the
 size of the header:
 
 
 To create a header, start a line with one or more `#` characters followed
 by a space and the header text. The number of `#` characters controls the
 size of the header:
 

-## h2
-### h3
-#### h4
+## ## h2
+### ### h3
+#### #### h4

 
 To create a horizontal rule, just write three or more dashes on their own
 line:
 
 To create a horizontal rule, just write three or more dashes on their own
 line:


@@ -38,18 +38,21 @@ To quote someone, prefix the quote with ">":
 > To be or not to be,
 > that is the question.
 
 > To be or not to be,
 > that is the question.
 

-To write a code block, indent each line with a tab:
+To write a code block, indent each line with a tab or 8 spaces:

 
        10 PRINT "Hello, world!"
        20 GOTO 10
 
 To link to another page on the wiki, place the page's name inside double
 
        10 PRINT "Hello, world!"
        20 GOTO 10
 
 To link to another page on the wiki, place the page's name inside double

-square brackets to create a [[[[WikiLink]]]].
+square brackets, so you would use `\[[WikiLink]]` to link to [[WikiLink]].

 
 

-To link to any other web page, you can just put the url in angle brackets:
-<<http://ikiwiki.kitenet.net>>, or you can use the form
+To link to any other web page, or to an email address, you can just put the url in angle brackets: <<http://ikiwiki.kitenet.net>>, or you can use the form

 \[link text\]\(url\)
 
 ----
 
 \[link text\]\(url\)
 
 ----
 

-This style of text formatting is called [[MarkDown]].
+Advanced users can use [[PreProcessorDirective]]s to do additional cool
+stuff.
+
+Also, if the smiley plugin is enabled in your wiki, you can insert
+[[smileys]] and some other useful symbols.