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 through value 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 (see help about formatting).

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‎<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 have itemprop and href attributes set.[1] Excludes most values for rel, including the stylesheet value. ‎<mark> Marked or highlighted text. Common attributes 1.21 ‎<meta> Metadata itemprop, content 1.27 Must have itemprop and content 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.  preformatted text.

‎<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 a ruby tag. Common attributes 1.1 ‎<ruby> Ruby annotation. Encloses rt and rp. 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 a tr 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 a tr 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 a table 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