*italic* **bold** _italic_ __bold__
An [example](http://url.com/ "Title")or
An [example][id]. Then, anywhere else in the doc, define the link: [id]: http://example.com/ "Title"
Inline (titles are optional):

Reference-style:
![alt text][id] [id]: /url/to/img.jpg "Title"
End a line with two or more spaces:
Roses are red, Violets are blue.
Setext-style:
Header 1 ======== Header 2 --------
atx-style (closing #'s are optional):
# Header 1 # ## Header 2 ## ###### Header 6
Ordered, without paragraphs:
1. Foo 2. Bar
Unordered, with paragraphs:
* A list item. With multiple paragraphs. * Bar
You can nest them:
* Abacus * answer * Bubbles 1. bunk 2. bupkis * BELITTLER 3. burper * Cunning
> Email-style angle brackets > are used for blockquotes. > > And, they can be nested. > #### Headers in blockquotes > > * You can quote a list. > * Etc.
Three or more dashes or asterisks:
--- * * * - - - -
`<code>` spans are delimited by backticks. You can include literal backticks like `` `this` ``.
Indent every line of a code block by at least 4 spaces or 1 tab.
This is a normal paragraph. This is a preformatted code block.
See the official help and the allowed HTML elements and classes.
[faq]
and [faq#anchor]
– should be obvious. Link text is faq (capitalization is respected).
[answer]
– link to current-site/questions/how-to-answer
. Link text is How to answer.
[ask]
– link to current-site/questions/how-to-ask
. Link text is How to ask.
[about]
– link to current-site/about
. Link text is About.
[meta]
– link to the current site's Meta; link text is the site name (e.g. "Super User Meta"). Does nothing if the site doesn't have (or already is) a Meta site.
[main]
– like [meta]
, just the other way around.
[edit]
– link to the edit page for the post the comment is on, i.e. /posts/{id}/edit
. Link text is "edit" (capitalization is respected).
[so]
, [su]
, [sf]
, [metaso]
– link to the given site. Link text is the site name.
[something.se]
– link to something.stackexchange.com, if that site exists. Link text is the site name.
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Spoilers have the same text color as background color, but can be revealed by hovering over them (or selecting the text).
>! Spoiler text
meta-tag syntax is only available on per-site metas. tag works everywhere.
[tag:tag-name]
and [meta-tag:tag-name]
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