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There's an argument to [[MakeTheMachineWorkHarder]] and not specify bold or italic presentation, but rather specify "emphasis", "alternate title", etc. The way a [[heading]] for instance is presented is not up to users but the service.
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A [[star]] (*) is the most used symbol to bold text online. However it is used to specify [[unordered list]]s almost universally in wikis, so this is an overload. Bolding with stars at the start of a line is ambiguous. ''See [[Talk.BoldAndItalicsReasoning]].''
A star (*) is the most used symbol to bold text online. A slash (/) looks like slanted italics, so it is intuitive and thus easier to remember. Double symbols are generally used in Creole to avoid accidentally parsing text not meant to be parsed.
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A [[slash]] (/) looks like slanted italics, so some see it as intuitive and thus easier to remember. Double symbols are generally used in Creole to avoid accidentally parsing text not meant to be parsed. However, anyone using the net already knows that a slash indicates a hierarchy, as in a published URL in the media, and that a double slash indicates a protocol, as in any URL whatsoever. ''See [[Talk.BoldAndItalicsReasoning]].''
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However, there remains no way to [[underline]] and this may yet be used for that. ''See [[Talk.BoldAndItalicsReasoning]].''
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The double single quote ({{{''}}}) and triple single quote ({{{'''}}}) were not chosen, because they could be confused for a regular quotemark (") and is not clear that it is for emphasis. Also, having to use quintuple quotes ({{{'''''}}}) to open and close bold italics gets really confusing to some users. There is however a vast amount of data in this form and both tikiwiki and mediawiki use the double single quote for italics, so it could be supported for backwards compatibility for those who strongly object to use of slash and star.
The double single quote ({{{''}}}) and triple single quote ({{{'''}}}) were not chosen, because they could be confused for a regular quotemark (") and is not clear that it is for emphasis. Also, having to use quintuple quotes ({{{'''''}}}) to open and close bold italics gets really confusing.
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10 06-Jun-2007 05:19 3.139 kB 65.87.20.138 to previous | to last
9 03-Apr-2007 19:26 3.135 kB ChristophSauer to previous | to last added pie charts
8 03-Apr-2007 19:24 2.959 kB ChristophSauer to previous | to last added pie charts
7 29-Mar-2007 07:36 2.739 kB 82.40.185.127 to previous | to last
6 28-Mar-2007 16:07 2.301 kB ChuckSmith to previous | to last Bold and italics in other wiki engines
5 05-Feb-2007 21:33 0.783 kB RadomirDopieralski to previous | to last revert, please use the talk pages for discussion
4 05-Feb-2007 20:03 1.852 kB 142.177.76.130 to previous | to last adding other side of these arguments, without changing the default choices
3 05-Feb-2007 11:24 0.783 kB ChuckSmith to previous | to last why not quintuple quotes for bold italics ;)
2 24-Jan-2007 14:46 0.677 kB ChuckSmith to previous | to last more detailed explanation
1 24-Jan-2007 13:47 0.291 kB ChuckSmith to last copy summary from spec
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