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==Question==
What can you tell me about Joseph's seer stone? What is its relation to the "Urim and Thummim"?
==Response==

===How did Joseph obtain his seer stone?===

The seer stone was reportedly found on the property of William Chase in 1822 as Chase described it:

:In the year 1822, I was engaged in digging a well. I employed Alvin and Joseph Smith to assist me.... After digging about twenty feet below the surface of the earth, we discovered a singularly appearing stone, which excited my curiosity. I brought it to the top of the well, and as we were examining it, Joseph put it into his hat, and then his face into the top of his hat.... The next morning he came to me, and wished to obtain the stone, alleging that he could see in it; but I told him I did not wish to part with it on account of its being a curiosity, but I would lend it.{{ref|chase1}}

Martin Harris and Wilford Woodruff were to later confirm this account after Joseph's death.{{ref|confirmchase}}

===What did the stone look like?===
One witness reported, from 1826:

:It was about the size of a small hen's egg, in the shape of a high-instepped shoe. It was composed of layers of different colors passing diagonally through it. It was very hard and smooth, perhaps by being carried in the pocket.{{ref|stonesize}}

===For what purpose(s) did Joseph use the stone prior to the restoration?===

Martin Harris recounted that Joseph could find lost objects with the stone:

:: I was at the house of his father in Manchester, two miles south of Palmyra village, and was picking my teeth with a pin while sitting on the bars. The pin caught in my teeth and dropped from my fingers into shavings and straw. I jumped from the bars and looked for it. Joseph and Northrop Sweet also did the same. We could not find it. I then took Joseph on surprise, and said to him--I said, "Take your stone." I had never seen it, and did not know that he had it with him. He had it in his pocket. He took it and placed it in his hat--the old white hat--and placed his face in his hat. I watched him closely to see that he did not look to one side; he reached out his hand beyond me on the right, and moved a little stick and there I saw the pin, which he picked up and gave to me. I know he did not look out of the hat until after he had picked up the pin.{{ref|pin}}

Joseph's mother also indicated that Joseph was sought out by some, including Josiah Stoal, to use the stone to find hidden valuables. He

:came for Joseph on account of having heard that he possessed certain keys by which he could discern things invisible to the natural eye.{{ref|lucymack1}}

Joseph referred to this incident in {{scripture||JS-H|1|55-56}}.

Stoal eventually joined the Church; some of his family, however, charged Joseph in court for events related to this treasure seeking. Stoal testified in Joseph's defense. (See ''FAIRwiki'' article on the trial [[Joseph_Smith's_1826_glasslooking_trial|here]].)

===How was the stone involved in the translation of the Book of Mormon?===

Joseph Knight recalled that Joseph was more excited about the Nephite interpreters than the gold plates:

:After breakfast Joseph called me into the other room, set his foot on the bed, and leaned his head on his hand and said, "Well I am disappointed."
:"Well, I said, "I am sorry."
:"Well, he said, "I am greatly disappointed. It is ten times better than I expected."
:Then he went on to tell the length and width and thickness of the plates and, said he, they appear to be gold. But, he seemed to think more of the glasses or the Urim and thummim than he did of the plate for, said he, "I can see anything. They are marvelous."{{ref|knight1}}

Martin Harris later described the Nephite interpreters as

:about two inches in diameter, perfectly round, and about five-eighths of an inch thick at the centre.... They were joined by a round bar of diver, about three-eights of an inch in diameter, and about four inches long, which with the two stones, would make eight inches.{{ref|harris1}}

Despite having the Nephite interpreters, Joseph Smith often used the seer stone to translate. This led to an episode in which Martin tested the veracity of Joseph's claim to use the stone to translate:

:Once Martin found a rock closely resembling the seerstone Joseph sometimes used in place of the interpreters and substituted it without the Prophet’s knowledge. When the translation resumed, Joseph paused for a long time and then exclaimed, “Martin, what is the matter, all is as dark as Egypt.” Martin then confessed that he wished to “stop the mouths of fools” who told him that the Prophet memorized sentences and merely repeated them.{{ref|mouthoffools}}

Following the loss of the 116 pages, the Lord told Joseph:

:1 NOW, behold, I say unto you, that because you delivered up those writings which you had power given unto you to translate by the means of the Urim and Thummim, into the hands of a wicked man, you have lost them.
:2 And you also lost your gift at the same time, and your mind became darkened.
:3 Nevertheless, it is now restored unto you again; therefore see that you are faithful and continue on unto the finishing of the remainder of the work of translation as you have begun.
:4 Do not run faster or labor more than you have strength and means provided to enable you to translate; but be diligent unto the end.{{s||DC|10|1-4}}

Thus, "it" (Joseph's gift) was restored to him, but there is no indication that the Nephite interpreters (Urim and Thummim) were also returned, Joseph having also lost "them." In fact, the historical record suggests the opposite:

:As a chastisement for this carelessness [loss of the 116 pages], the Urim and Thummim was taken from Smith. But by humbling himself, he again found favor with the Lord and was presented a strange oval-shaped, chocolate colored stone, about the size of an egg, but more flat which it was promised should answer the same purpose. With this stone all the present book was translated.{{ref|hr1}}

David Whitmer, who only came in contact with the translation after the loss of the 116 pages, indicated through a friend that

:With the sanction of David Whitmer, and by his authority, I now state that he does not say that Joseph Smith ever translated in his presence by aid of Urim and Thummim; but by means of one dark colored, opaque stone, called a 'Seer Stone,' which was placed in the crown of a hat, into which Joseph put his face, so as to exclude the external light. Then, a spiritual light would shine forth, and parchment would appear before Joseph, upon which was a line of characters from the plates, and under it, the translation in English; at least, so Joseph said.{{ref|sh1}}

Joseph also used the seer stone to keep himself and the plates safe, as his mother recorded:

:That of which I spoke, which Joseph termed a key, was indeed, nothing more nor less than the Urim and Thummim, and it was by this that the angel showed him many things which he saw in vision; by which also he could ascertain, at any time, the approach of danger, either to himself or the Record, and on account of which he always kept the Urim and Thummim about his person.{{ref|lucymack2}}

We see here the tendency to use the term "Urim and Thummim" to refer to Joseph's seer stone (or to the Nephite interpreters, which would have been too large for Joseph to carry on his person undetected). This lack of precision in terminology has, on occasion, confused some members who have not understood that either or both may be referred to by authors as "Urim and Thummim."

===What is the relation between Urim and Thummim and seer stones?===

As seen above, members of the Church tended to conflate the seer stone with the Nephite interpreters (never called "Urim and Thummim" by the Book of Mormon text; the label is a modern application).

The Book of Mormon makes reference to a stone that likely has reference to Joseph Smith's seer stone (as distinct from the Nephite interpreters):

: And the Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light, that I may discover unto my people who serve me, that I may discover unto them the works of their brethren, yea, their secret works, their works of darkness, and their wickedness and abominations.{{s||Alma|37|23}}

Joseph Smith's "code name," used for the publication of some sections of the Doctrine and Covenants to hide the recipients from their enemies, was "Gazalem." And, at his funeral, W.W. Phelps also applied this name to Joseph.{{ref|gazalem1}}

Alma's account then goes on to speak of the Nephite interpreters:

:24 And now, my son, these interpreters were prepared that the word of God might be fulfilled, which he spake, saying:
:25 I will bring forth out of darkness unto light all their secret works and their abominations; and except they repent I will destroy them from off the face of the earth; and I will bring to light all their secrets and abominations, unto every nation that shall hereafter possess the land.{{s||Alma|37|24-25}}

Thus, "stone" (singular) may well be distinct from the "interpreters" (plural) possessed by the Nephites. The Book of Mosiah makes clear that the interpreters consisted of "two stones":

: 13 Now Ammon said unto him: I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records; for he has wherewith that he can look, and translate all records that are of ancient date; and it is a gift from God. And the things are called interpreters, and no man can look in them except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he ought not and he should perish. And whosoever is commanded to look in them, the same is called seer.
:14 And behold, the king of the people who are in the land of Zarahemla is the man that is commanded to do these things, and who has this high gift from God.{{s||Mosiah|8|3-14}}
:…
:13 And now he translated them by the means of those two stones which were fastened into the two rims of a bow.
:14 Now these things were prepared from the beginning, and were handed down from generation to generation, for the purpose of interpreting languages;
:15 And they have been kept and preserved by the hand of the Lord, that he should discover to every creature who should possess the land the iniquities and abominations of his people;
:16 And whosoever has these things is called seer, after the manner of old times. .{{s||Mosiah|28|13-16}}

The first use in print of "Urim and Thummim" to refer to the interpreters was in January 1833:

:[The Book of Mormon] was translated by the gift and power of God, by an unlearned man, through the aid of a pair of Interpreters, or spectacles--(known, perhaps in ancient days as Teraphim, or Urim and Thummim).{{ref|wwphelps1}}

Members of the Church seem to have used the term interchangeably on many occasions.{{ref|interchange1}}

===Why did Joseph tend to use the seer stone more than the Nephite interpreters?===

The size of the interpreters may have been a significant barrier to their use. William Smith, Joseph's brother, described the Nephite instruments as

:too large for Joseph's eyes; they must have been used by larger men.{{ref|williamsmith1}}

Charles Anthon agreed when he later recalled Martin Harris' description and wrote:

:These spectacles were so large that if a person attempted to look through them, his two eyes would have to be turned towards one of the glasses merely, the spectacles in question being altogether too large for the breadth of the human face.{{ref|anthon1}}

===Why did use of the seer stone subside?===

The Urim and Thummim were the means of receiving most of the formal revelations until June 1829. That was the time of completing the Book of Mormon, which was translated through the Urim and Thummim and also the seer stone. But no type of stone is involved in receiving revelation or translation after that. Orson Pratt watched the New Testament revision and wondered why the Book of Mormon procedure was not continued:

::While this thought passed through the speaker's mind, Joseph, as if he read his thoughts, looked up and explained that the Lord gave him the Urim and Thummim when he was inexperienced in the Spirit of inspiration. But now he had advanced so far that he understood the operations of that Spirit and did not need the assistance of that instrument.{{ref|prattuandt}}

===Are there any Biblical parallels to Joseph's seer stone understanding?===

The idea of sacred stones acting as revelators to believers is present in the Bible, and Joseph Smith embraced a decidedly "non-magical" and "pro-religious" view of them:

:In Revelation, John incorporates past religious symbols into his message. Thus the most internally consistent interpretation of the "white stone" combines with the book's assurance that the faithful will become "kings and priests" to the Most High (Rev. 1:6). These eternal priests will be in tune with God's will, like the High Priest with the breastplate of shining stones and the Urim. In Hebrew that term means "light," corresponding to the "white" stone of John's Revelation. This correlation should be obvious, but Joseph Smith is virtually alone in confidence that John sees the redeemed as full High Priests: "Then the white stone mentioned in Rev. 2:17 is the Urim and Thummim, whereby all things pertaining to a higher order of kingdoms, even all kingdoms, will be made know." As for genuine religion, Joseph Smith perceived the stone of John's vision not as a stone of chance but as a conduit of enlightenment and a reward of worthiness of character.{{ref|revelationjohn1}}

===What happened to the seer stone?===

Van Wagoner and Walker write:
: David Whitmer indicated that the seer stone was later given to Oliver Cowdery: "After the translation of the Book of Mormon was finished early in the spring of 1830 before April 6th, Joseph gave the Stone to Oliver Cowdery and told me as well as the rest that he was through with it, and he did not use the Stone anymore.” Whitmer, who was Cowdery's brother-in-law, stated that on Oliver's death in 1848, another brother-in-law, "Phineas Young, a brother of Brigham Young, and an old-time and once intimate friend of the Cowdery family came out from Salt Lake City, and during his visit he contrived to get the stone from its hiding place, through a little deceptive sophistry, extended upon the grief-stricken widow. When he returned to Utah he carried it in triumph to the apostles of Brigham Young's 'lion house.'"

: Whatever the exact circumstances of its acquisition, the Chase seer stone remained in Brigham Young's possession until his death in 1877. Hosea Stout described in detail the stone President Young displayed to the University of Deseret Board of Regents on 25 February 1856, "a silecious granite dark color almost black with light colored stripes some what resembling petrified poplar or cotton wood bark. It was about the size but not the shape of a hen's egg."

: This same seer stone was carried by President Wilford Woodruff to the dedication of the Manti Temple in 1888: "Before leaving I consecrated upon the Altar the sears stone that Joseph Smith found by Revelation some 30 feet under the earth carried by him through life." Another description of the stone was given by Richard M. Robinson when he returned from a Southern States mission in 1899 and presented a strange coin he felt might be of Nephite origin to President Lorenzo Snow. Robinson relates that President Snow

::went and got the money purse or leather bag that President Young had brought to the Rocky Mountains with him, also the Seer Stone and said, "This is the Seer Stone that the Prophet Joseph used. There are very few worthy to view this, but you are." He handed the Seer Stone to me and I couldn't express the joy that came to me and took that stone in my hands. Words are not equal to the task of expressing such a sublime joy! He then told me to hand the Seer Stone to my wife and I handed it to her. He then blessed us with the greatest blessing I have ever heard fall from the mouth of man!

::The Seer Stone was the shape of an egg though not quite so large, of a gray cast something like granite but with white stripes running around it. It was transparent but had no holes, neither in the end or in the sides. I looked into the stone, but could see nothing, as I had not the gift and power of God that must accompany such a manifestation.

:Though we seldom hear the Chase seer stone mentioned in the Church today, it remains in the possession of the First Presidency. Joseph Fielding Smith, as an apostle, made clear that "the Seer Stone which was in the possession of the Prophet Joseph Smith in early days . . . is now in the possession of the Church." Elder Joseph Anderson, Assistant to the Council of the Twelve and long-time secretary to the First Presidency, clarified in 1971 that the "Seer Stone that Joseph Smith used in the early days of the Church is in possession of the Church and is kept in a safe in Joseph Fielding Smith's office.... [The stone is] slightly smaller than a chicken egg, oval, chocolate in color."{{ref|fatestone}}

==Endnotes==

#{{note|chase1}} Eber Dudley Howe, ''Mormonism Unvailed'' (Painesville, Ohio: Telegraph Press, 1834), 241-242; cited in {{Dialogue|author=Richard Van Wagoner and Steven Walker|article=Joseph Smith: 'The Gift of Seeing|vol=15|num=2|date=Summer 1982|start=48|end=68}}
#{{note|chaseconfirm}} See Van Wagoner and Walker, 54.

#{{note|stonesize}} W. D. Purple, ''The Chenango Union'' (3 May 1877); cited in {{NewWitnessForChrist1|vol=2|start=365}} (See Van Wagoner and Walker, 54.)

#{{note|refpin}} Joel Tiffany, ''Tiffany's Monthly'' (June 1859): 164;cited in Van Wagoner and Walker, 55.
#{{note|lucymack1}} {{biosketch|start=91|end=92}}

#{{note|knight1}} Joseph Knight, cited in Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, ''Saints Without Halos: The Human Side of Mormon History'' (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1981), 6. Spelling and punctuation have been modernized. The original text reads: "After Brackfist Joseph Cald me in to the other Room and he sit his foot on the Bed and leaned his head on his hand and says, well I am Dissopented. Well, say I, I am sorrey. Well, says he, I am grateley Dissopnted. It is ten times Better then I expected. Then he went on to tell the length and width and thickness of the plates and, said he, they appear to be gold. But he seamed to think more of the glasses or the urim and thummim than he Did of the plates for says he, I can see anything. They are Marvelous."
#{{note|harris1}} Joel Tiffany, ''Tiffany's Monthly'' (June 1859): 165–166; cited in VanWagoner and Walker, footnote 27.
#{{note|mouthoffools}} Told in ''Millennial Star'' 44:87; quotation from {{Ensign1|author=Kenneth W. Godfrey|article=A New Prophet and a New Scripture: The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon|date=January 1988|start=6}}{{link|url=http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1988.htm/ensign%20january%201988.htm/a%20new%20prophet%20and%20a%20new%20scripture%20the%20coming%20forth%20of%20the%20book%20of%20mormon.htm}}
#{{note|hr1}} ''The Historical Record. Devoted Exclusively to Historical, Biographical, Chronological and Statistical Matters'', (LDS Church Archives), 632,; cited in Van Wagoner and Walker, 54.
#{{note|sh1}} ''Saints' Herald'' 26 (15 November 1879): 341.
#{{note|lucymack2}} {{Biosketch1|start=106}} Also cited in {{LucyMackSmith-Nibley1|start=107}}; {{IE1|author=Joel Ricks|article=Urim and Thummim|date=May 1915|vol=18|num=7|start=?}}

#{{note|gazalem1}} The material on "gazelem" is derived from Van Wagoner and Walker, 56.
#{{ref|wwphelps1}} {{EMS1|vol=1|num=8|date=January 1833|author=William W. Phelps (uncredited)|article=The Book of Mormon|start=58}}; cited in Van Wagoner and Walker, 53. {{link|url=http://www.centerplace.org/history/ems/v1n08.htm Direct}}
#{{note|interchange1}} See discussion in Van Wagoner and Walker, 59–63.

# {{note|williamsmith1}} William Smith interview by J. W. Peterson and W. S. Pender, 4 July 1891, reported in ''The Rod of Iron'' 3 (February 1924): 6-7; ''Saints' Herald'' 79 (9 March 1932): 238; cited in VanWagoner and Walker, footnote 27.
#{{note|anthon1}} Charles Anthon letter to E. D. Howe, 17 Feb. 1834, published in E.D. Howe, ''Mormonism Unvailed'', 17; cited in VanWagoner and Walker, footnote 27.

#{{note|prattuandt}} {{MatureJS}} ; citing Orson Pratt, "Discourse at Brigham City," 27 June 1874, Ogden (Utah) Junction, cited in {{MS|author=Orson Pratt|article=Two Days´ Meeting at Brigham City|vol=36|date=11 August 1874|start=498|end=499}}

#{{note|revelationjohn1}} {{MatureJS}}

#{{note|fatestone}} Van Wagoner and Walker, 58–59 (citations removed).


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</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Multiplication table
|-
! × !! 1 !! 2 !! 3
|-
! 1
| 1 || 2 || 3
|-
! 2
| 2 || 4 || 6
|-
! 3
| 3 || 6 || 9
|-
! 4
| 4 || 8 || 12
|-
! 5
| 5 || 10 || 15
|}
</blockquote>

===Color; scope of parameters===

Two ways of specifying color of text and background for a single cell are as follows. The first form is preferred:

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{|
| style="background:red; color:white" | abc
| def
| bgcolor="red" | <font color="white"> ghi </font>
| jkl
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{|
| style="background:red; color:white" | abc
| def
| bgcolor="red" | <font color="white"> ghi </font>
| jkl
|}
</blockquote>

Like other parameters, colors can also be specified for a whole row or the whole table; parameters for a row override the value for the table, and those for a cell override those for a row:

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{| style="background:yellow; color:green"
|-
| abc || def || ghi
|- style="background:red; color:white"
| jkl || mno || pqr
|-
| stu || style="background:silver" | vwx || yz
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| style="background:yellow; color:green"
|-
| abc || def || ghi
|- style="background:red; color:white"
| jkl || mno || pqr
|-
| stu || style="background:silver" | vwx || yz
|}
</blockquote>

To make the table blend in with the background, use <code>style="background:none"</code>. (Warning: <code>style="background:inherit"</code>, does not work with some browsers, including IE6!)

===Width, height===
The width and height of the whole table can be specified, as well as the height of a row. To specify the width of a column one can specify the width of an arbitrary cell in it. If the width is not specified for all columns, and/or the height is not specified for all rows, then there is some ambiguity, and the result depends on the browser.

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{| style="width:75%; height:200px" border="1"
|-
| abc || def || ghi
|- style="height:100px"
| jkl || style="width:200px" |mno || pqr
|-
| stu || vwx || yz
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| style="width:75%; height:200px" border="1"
|-
| abc || def || ghi
|- style="height:100px"
| jkl || style="width:200px" |mno || pqr
|-
| stu || vwx || yz
|}
</blockquote>

Note that <code>style="</code>inline CSS<code>"</code> has no effect with some browsers. If it's important equivalent older constructs like <code>width="75%"</code> should work on more browsers.

====Setting your column widths====
If you wish to force column widths to your own requirements, rather than accepting the width of the widest text element in a column's cells, then follow this example. Note that wrap-around of text is forced.

<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid black; padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
!width="50"|Name
!width="225"|Effect
!width="225"|Games Found In
|-
|Pokeball || Regular Pokeball || All Versions
|-
|Great Ball || Better than a Pokeball || All Versions
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid black; padding: 1em;">
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
!width="50"|Name
!width="225"|Effect
!width="225"|Games Found In
|-
|Pokeball || Regular Pokeball || All Versions
|-
|Great Ball || Better than a Pokeball || All Versions
|}
</blockquote>

===Positioning===
One can position the table itself, and all contents in a row, and contents in a cell, but not with a single parameter all contents in the table, see [[m:Template talk:Table demo]]. Do not, under any circumstances, use "float" to position a table. It will break page rendering at large font sizes.

===Mélange===
Here's a more advanced example, showing some more options available for making up tables. You can play with these settings in your own table to see what effect they have. Not all of these techniques may be appropriate in all cases; just because you can add colored backgrounds, for example, doesn't mean it's always a good idea. Try to keep the markup in your tables relatively simple -- remember, other people are going to be editing the article too! This example should give you an idea of what is possible, though.

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"
|+'''An example table'''
|-
! style="background:#efefef;" | First header
! colspan="2" style="background:#ffdead;" | Second header
|-
| upper left
|  
| rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid grey;" valign="top" |
right side
|-
| style="border-bottom:3px solid grey;" | lower left
| style="border-bottom:3px solid grey;" | lower middle
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" |
{| border="0"
|+''A table in a table''
|-
| align="center" width="150px" | [[Image:wiki.png]]
| align="center" width="150px" | [[Image:wiki.png]]
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid red; border-right:1px
solid red; border-bottom:2px solid red; border-left:1px solid red;" |
Two Wikimedia logos
|}
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" align="center"
|+'''An example table'''
|-
! style="background:#efefef;" | First header
! colspan="2" style="background:#ffdead;" | Second header
|-
| upper left
|  
| rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid grey;" valign="top" |
right side
|-
| style="border-bottom:3px solid grey;" | lower left
| style="border-bottom:3px solid grey;" | lower middle
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" |
{| border="0"
|+''A table in a table''
|-
| align="center" width="150px" | [[Image:wiki.png]]
| align="center" width="150px" | [[Image:wiki.png]]
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid red; border-right:1px solid red; border-bottom:2px solid red; border-left:1px solid red;" |
Two Wikimedia logos
|}
|}
</blockquote>

=== Floating table ===
'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
This paragraph is before the table. Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad
minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation...

{| align="right" border="1"
| Col 1, row 1
|rowspan="2"| Col 2, row 1 (and 2)
| Col 3, row 1
|-
| Col 1, row 2
| Col 3, row 2
|}

Note the floating table to the right.

This paragraph is after the table. Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad
minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation...
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">

This paragraph is before the table. Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad
minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation...

{| align="right" border="1"
| Col 1, row 1
|rowspan="2"| Col 2, row 1 (and 2)
| Col 3, row 1
|-
| Col 1, row 2
| Col 3, row 2
|}

Note the floating table to the right.

This paragraph is after the table. Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad
minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation...
</blockquote>{{-}}

=== Nested tables ===
This shows one table (in blue) nested inside another table's cell2. ''Nested tables have to start on a new line.''

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><p style="border: 1px dashed #2f6fab; background-color: #f9f9f9;"><tt>
<nowiki>{|</nowiki> border="1"<br />
| &alpha;<br />
| align="center" | cell2<br />
<span style="color: navy;">
'''<nowiki>{|</nowiki> border="2" style="background-color:#ABCDEF;"'''<br />
'''| NESTED'''<br />
'''|-'''<br />
'''| TABLE'''<br />
'''<nowiki>|}</nowiki>'''<br />
</span>
| valign="bottom" | the original table again<br />
<nowiki>|}</nowiki>
</tt></p></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| border="1"
| α
| align="center" | cell2
{| border="2" style="background-color:#ABCDEF;"
| NESTED
|-
| TABLE
|}
| valign="bottom" | the original table again
|}
</blockquote>

===Combined use of COLSPAN and ROWSPAN===

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Column 1 || Column 2 || Column 3
|-
| rowspan="2"| A
| colspan="2" align="center"| B
|-
| C 
| D
|-
| E
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" align="center"| F
|-
| G 
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| H
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Column 1 || Column 2 || Column 3
|-
| rowspan="2"| A
| colspan="2" align="center"| B
|-
| C 
| D
|-
| E
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" align="center"| F
|-
| G 
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| H
|}
</blockquote>

Note that using <code>rowspan="2"</code> for cell '''G''' combined with <code>rowspan="3"</code> for cell '''F''' to get another row below '''G''' and '''F''' won't work, because all (implicit) cells would be empty.
Likewise complete columns are not displayed if all their cells are empty. Borders between non-empty and empty cells might be also not displayed (depending on the browser), use <code>&nbsp;</code> to fill an empty cell with dummy content.

===Centering tables===
Centered tables can be achieved, but they will not "float"; that is to say, no text will appear to either side. The trick is <tt><nowiki>{| style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"</nowiki></tt>

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ '''Cells left-aligned, table centered'''
! Duis || aute || irure
|-
| dolor || in reprehenderit || in voluptate velit
|-
| esse cillum dolore || eu fugiat nulla || pariatur.
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ '''Cells left-aligned, table centered'''
! Duis || aute || irure
|-
| dolor || in reprehenderit || in voluptate velit
|-
| esse cillum dolore || eu fugiat nulla || pariatur.
|}
</blockquote>

===Setting parameters===

At the start of a cell, add your parameter followed by a single pipe. For example <tt>width="300"|</tt> will set that cell to a width of 300 pixels. To set more than one parameter, leave a space between each one.

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{|
|-
| bgcolor="red"|cell1 || width="300" bgcolor="blue"|cell2 || bgcolor="green"|cell3
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{|
|-
| bgcolor="red"|cell1 || width="300" bgcolor="blue"|cell2 || bgcolor="green"|cell3
|}
</blockquote>

===Decimal point alignment===

A method to get columns of numbers aligned at the decimal point is as follows:

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|align="right"| 432 || .1
|-
|align="right"| 43 || .21
|-
|align="right"| 4 || .321
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|align="right"| 432 || .1
|-
|align="right"| 43 || .21
|-
|align="right"| 4 || .321
|}
</blockquote>

If the column of numbers appears in a table with cell padding or cell spacing, one can still align the decimal points without an unsightly gap in the middle. Embed a table in each number's cell and specify its column widths. Make the embedded tables' column widths the same for each cell in the column. (If decimal points are still misaligned using this method, the main table's column may be too narrow. Add a parameter to increase the column's width.)

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{|border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2"
|
{|cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
|align="right" width="50%"| 432 ||width="50%"| .1
|}
|-
|
{|cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
|align="right" width="50%"| 43 ||width="50%"| .21
|}
|-
|
{|cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
|align="right" width="50%"| 4 ||width="50%"| .321
|}
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{|border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2"
|
{|cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
|align="right" width="50%"| 432 ||width="50%"| .1
|}
|-
|
{|cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
|align="right" width="50%"| 43 ||width="50%"| .21
|}
|-
|
{|cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
|align="right" width="50%"| 4 ||width="50%"| .321
|}
|}
</blockquote>

In simple cases one can dispense with the table feature and simply start the lines with a space, and put spaces to position the numbers:

432.1
43.21
4.321

==Style classes==

Some users have created [[w:CSS|CSS]] classes and [[Help:templates|templates]] to make table styles easier. Instead of remembering table parameters, you just include an appropriate style class after the <code>{|</code>. This helps keep table formatting consistent, and can allow a single change to the class to fix a problem or enhance the look of all the tables that are using it at once. For instance, this:

<table border="0" align="center"><tr><td width="46%">
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+Multiplication table
|-
! &times; !! 1 !! 2 !! 3
|-
! 1
| 1 || 2 || 3
|-
! 2
| 2 || 4 || 6
|-
! 3
| 3 || 6 || 9
|-
! 4
| 4 || 8 || 12
|-
! 5
| 5 || 10 || 15
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>
</td><td> </td><td width="48%">
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+Multiplication table
|-
! × !! 1 !! 2 !! 3
|-
! 1
| 1 || 2 || 3
|-
! 2
| 2 || 4 || 6
|-
! 3
| 3 || 6 || 9
|-
! 4
| 4 || 8 || 12
|-
! 5
| 5 || 10 || 15
|}
</blockquote></td></tr><tr>
<td colspan="3" align="center">becomes this:</td></tr>
<tr><td width="46%">
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Multiplication table
|-
! &times; !! 1 !! 2 !! 3
|-
! 1
| 1 || 2 || 3
|-
! 2
| 2 || 4 || 6
|-
! 3
| 3 || 6 || 9
|-
! 4
| 4 || 8 || 12
|-
! 5
| 5 || 10 || 15
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>
</td><td> </td><td width="48%">
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| class="wikitable"
|+Multiplication table
|-
! × !! 1 !! 2 !! 3
|-
! 1
| 1 || 2 || 3
|-
! 2
| 2 || 4 || 6
|-
! 3
| 3 || 6 || 9
|-
! 4
| 4 || 8 || 12
|-
! 5
| 5 || 10 || 15
|}
</blockquote></td></tr></table>

simply by replacing inline CSS for the table by <code>class="wikitable"</code>. This is because the ''wikitable'' class in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] contains a number of ''table.wikitable'' [[w:CSS|CSS]] style rules. These are all applied at once when you mark a table with the class. You can then add additional style rules if desired. These override the class's rules, allowing you to use the class style as a base and build up on it:

'''Wiki markup'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;"><pre><nowiki>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-style:italic; font-size:120%; border:3px dashed red;"
|+Multiplication table
|-
! &times; !! 1 !! 2 !! 3
|-
! 1
| 1 || 2 || 3
|-
! 2
| 2 || 4 || 6
|-
! 3
| 3 || 6 || 9
|-
! 4
| 4 || 8 || 12
|-
! 5
| 5 || 10 || 15
|}
</nowiki></pre></blockquote>

'''What it looks like in your browser'''
<blockquote style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 1em;">
{| class="wikitable" style="font-style:italic; font-size:120%; border:3px dashed red;"
|+Multiplication table
|-
! × !! 1 !! 2 !! 3
|-
! 1
| 1 || 2 || 3
|-
! 2
| 2 || 4 || 6
|-
! 3
| 3 || 6 || 9
|-
! 4
| 4 || 8 || 12
|-
! 5
| 5 || 10 || 15
|}
</blockquote>

Notice that the table retains the gray background of the wikitable class, and the headers are still bold and centered. But now the text formatting has been overridden by the local ''style'' statement; all of the text in the table has been made italic and 120% normal size, and the wikitable border has been replaced by the red dashed border.

Of course this works only for browsers supporting inline CSS, if it's important use XHTML markup like <code><big></code> instead of "font-size:120%", or Wiki markup like <code><nowiki>''text''</nowiki></code> instead of "font-style:italic".

==Other table syntax==
Other types of '''table''' syntax that MediaWiki supports:
#XHTML
#HTML and wiki <nowiki><td></nowiki> syntax ('''Do not use''')

All three are supported by MediaWiki and create (currently) valid HTML output, but the pipe syntax is the simplest, especially for people who are already familiar with HTML. Also, HTML and wiki <nowiki><td></nowiki> syntax will not necessarily remain browser-supported in the upcoming future, especially on handheld internet-accessible devices.

See also [[w:Table (HTML)|Table (HTML)]], [[w:HTML element#Tables|HTML element#Tables]]. Note however that the <code>thead</code>, <code>tbody</code>, <code>tfoot</code>, <code>colgroup</code>, and <code>col</code> elements are currently not [[Help:HTML in wikitext#Permitted_HTML|supported in MediaWiki]].

===Comparison of table syntax===
<table class="wikitable">
<tr><th> <th>XHTML <th>HTML & Wiki-td <th>Wiki-pipe

<tr>
<th>Table
<td><nowiki><table></table></nowiki>
<td><nowiki><table></table></nowiki>
<td><pre><nowiki>{| params
|}</nowiki></pre>

<tr>
<th>Caption
<td><nowiki><caption></caption></nowiki>
<td><nowiki><caption></caption></nowiki>
<td><pre><nowiki>|+ caption</nowiki></pre>

<tr>
<th>Row
<td><nowiki><tr></tr></nowiki>
<td><nowiki><tr></nowiki>
<td><pre><nowiki>|- params </nowiki></pre>

<tr>
<th>Data cell

<td>
<nowiki><td>cell1</td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td>cell2</td></nowiki>

<td>
<nowiki><td>cell1</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td>cell2</nowiki>

<td>
<pre><nowiki>| cell1
| cell2</nowiki></pre>

<tr>
<th>Data cell
<td><nowiki><td>cell1</td> <td>cell2</td> <td>cell3</td></nowiki>
<td><nowiki><td>cell1 <td>cell2 <td>cell3</nowiki>
<td><pre><nowiki>|cell1||cell2||cell3</nowiki></pre>

<tr>
<th>Header cell
<td><nowiki><th></th></nowiki>
<td><nowiki><th></nowiki>
<td><pre><nowiki>! heading</nowiki></pre>

<tr>
<th rowspan="2">Sample table
<td colspan="3">
<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
</table>

<tr>
<td><pre><nowiki>
<table>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
</table>
</nowiki></pre>

<td><pre><nowiki>
<table>
<tr>
<td> 1 <td> 2
<tr>
<td> 3 <td> 4
</table>
</nowiki></pre>

<td><pre><nowiki>
{|
| 1 || 2
|-
| 3 || 4
|}</nowiki></pre>

<tr>
<th rowspan="2">Sample table
<td colspan="3">
<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
</table>

<tr>
<td><pre><nowiki>
<table>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
</table>
</nowiki></pre>

<td><pre><nowiki>
<table>
<tr>
<td> 1 <td> 2
<tr>
<td> 3 <td> 4
<tr>
<td> 5 <td> 6
</table>
</nowiki></pre>

<td><pre><nowiki>
{|
| 1 || 2
|-
| 3 || 4
|-
| 5 || 6
|}</nowiki></pre>

<tr>
<th>Pros
<td valign="top">
* Can be previewed/debugged with any XHTML editor
* Can be formatted for easier reading
* Well-known

<td valign="top">
* Can be previewed/debugged with any HTML editor
* Can be formatted for easier reading
* Well-known
* Takes less space than XHTML
<td valign="top">
* Easy to write
* Easy to read
* Takes little space

<tr>
<th>Cons
<td valign="top">
* Tedious
* Takes a lot of space
* Difficult to read quickly

<td valign="top">
* Should not be used
* Confusing, especially for people with little HTML experience
* Poorly formed
* Poorly delimited
* Generally odd looking
* May not have browser support in future

<td valign="top">
* Unfamiliar syntax
* Rigid structure
* Cannot be indented
* Text (as in HTML tags) may be easier for some people to read than series of pipes, plus signs, exclamation marks, etc.
* Is nothing more than a shortcut for HTML-style tags. Not easily understood by those unfamiliar with HTML table concepts

<tr><th> <th>XHTML <th>HTML & Wiki-td <th>Wiki-pipe
</table>

==Pipe syntax in terms of the HTML produced==
The pipe syntax, developed by [[m:User: Magnus Manske| Magnus Manske]], substitutes pipes (<nowiki>|</nowiki>) for HTML. There is an [http://www.uni-bonn.de/~manfear/html2wiki-tables.php on-line script] which converts html tables to pipe syntax tables.

The pipes must start at the beginning of a new line, except when separating parameters from content or when using <code>||</code> to separate cells on a single line. The parameters are optional.

===Tables===
A [[w:Table (HTML)|table]] is defined by
<nowiki>
{| ''params''
|}
</nowiki>
which equals
<nowiki>
<table ''params''>Insert non-formatted text here
</table>
</nowiki>

:''Careful'': You '''must include''' the '''space''' between <code>'''{|'''</code> and <code>''params''</code>, or the first parameter gets ignored.

===Rows===
<tr> tags will be generated automatically for the first row. To start a new row, use
|-
which results in
<tr>
Parameters can be added like this:
|- ''params''
which results in
<tr ''params''>

Note:
* <tr> tags will be automatically opened at the first <td> equivalent
* <tr> tags will be automatically closed at <tr> and </table> equivalents

===Cells===
Cells are generated either like this:
|cell1
|cell2
|cell3
or like this:
|cell1||cell2||cell3
which both equal
<td>cell1</td><td>cell2</td><td>cell3</td>
so "||" equals "newline" + "|"

Parameters in cells can be used like this:
|''params''|cell1||''params''|cell2||''params''|cell3
which will result in
<td ''params''>cell1</td>
<td ''params''>cell2</td>
<td ''params''>cell3</td>

===Headers===
Functions the same way as TD, except "!" is used instead of the opening "|". "!!" can be used instead of "||". Parameters still use "|", though! Example:
<nowiki>!</nowiki>''params''|cell1

===[[Help:Table Caption|Captions]]===

A <caption> tag is created by
|+ Caption
which generates
<caption>Caption</caption>
You can also use parameters:
|+ ''params''|Caption
which will generate
<caption ''params''>Caption</caption>

== Displaying the table code which generates a table ==

A simple wiki markup table codes inside a ''Code box'' can be seen below.

<pre>
{| border="5" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2"
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Image:gnome-system.png]]
|-
! Computer
|-
| Processor Speed: 1.8 GHz
|}
</pre>

Above codes produces / displays below table:

{| border="5" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2" style="background-color: transparent;"
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Image:gnome-system.png]]
|-
! Computer
|-
| Processor Speed: 1.8 GHz
|}

Below codes, generated and displayed the above table's ''Code box'' code itself, on the screen and web page, inside a blue colored dashed bordered rectangular box.

{| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: transparent;"
| width="10%" |  
|<pre>
<pre>
{| border="5" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2"
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Image:gnome-system.png]]
|-
! Computer
|-
| Processor Speed: 1.8 GHz
|}
</pre>
</pre>
| width="10%" |  
|}

Note that, HTML tag '''<tt><pre></tt>''' was used to achieve displaying the above codes and the ''Code box''.

=== Other alternatives to display table code ===

In most cases, when a code line is longer than the web browser window's width, then a scrolling bar appears at bottom, to let the viewer slide to the right side (and also left side) to see the rest of the codes, because, the use of <tt><pre></tt> tag causes to keep the code line intact, unless a [[w:End-of-line|EOL]] ([[w:Carriage return|CR]]/[[w:Line feed|LF]]) hidden character is reached in that text line. But having to slide or scroll to the right or left for viewing the full codes is often not comfortable to many ones. To solve such problem, using the '''<tt><p></tt>''', '''<tt><tt></tt>''' and '''<tt><br /></tt>''' HTML tags, are better than using the '''<tt><pre></tt>''' tag, as those will not result in moving the scroll-bar right (or left) side for viewing, by keeping all the codes to the same width as the web browser window's width. By placing the codes inside the <tt><tt>...</tt></tt> HTML tags, codes are displayed with a [[w:Non-proportional font|fixed width]] text/font, (like the <tt><pre></tt> tag uses) for easier reading. HTML tag <tt><br /></tt> is used to display (or bring) next line of codes, starting from the next line. HTML tag <tt><p></tt> along with its CSS style properties, is used to create the blue colored dashed bordered rectangular box ('''''Code box''''') around the codes, (like the HTML <tt><pre></tt> tag, which gets these properties from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/style/monobook/main.css main.css] stylesheet file).

An example of table code with a long line is:

<p style="padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2f6fab; color: Black; background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 1.1em;"> <tt>
{| border="5" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2" <br />
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Image:gnome-system.png]] <br />
|- <br />
! Computer <br />
|- <br />
| style="color: yellow; background-color: green;" | Processor Speed: <span style="color: white;"> 1.8 GHz </span>''' <br />
|}
</tt> </p>

producing the below table:

{| border="5" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2"
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Image:gnome-system.png]]
|-
! Computer
|-
| style="color: yellow; background-color: green;" | Processor Speed: <span style="color: white;"> 1.8 GHz </span>
|}

''Code box'' above the table has the auto line wrapping feature enabled. Note the long line (the sixth line from top) inside the codes, which is wrapped inside the ''Code box''. This ''Code box'' and the codes, can be displayed by using below codes in the edit box.

<p style="padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2f6fab; color: Black; background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 1.1em;"> <tt>
<p style="padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2f6fab; color: Black; background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 1.1em;"> <tt> <br />
<nowiki><nowiki>{|</nowiki></nowiki> border="5" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2" <br /> <br />
| style="text-align: center;" | '''<nowiki>'''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>'''</nowiki>'''Image:gnome-system.png]] <br /> <br />
|- <br /> <br />
! Computer <br /> <br />
|- <br /> <br />
'''| style="color: yellow; background-color: green;" | Processor Speed: <nowiki><nowiki><span style="color: white;"></nowiki></nowiki> 1.8 GHz <nowiki><nowiki></span></nowiki></nowiki> <br />''' <br />
<nowiki><nowiki>|}</nowiki></nowiki> <br /> <br />
</tt> </p>
</tt></p>

See the above codes, note that, <tt><nowiki></tt>...<tt></nowiki></tt> tags were used to disable wiki markup codes for beginning a table ('''{|'''), ending a table ('''|}'''), start of an image displaying ('''[['''), or a hyperlink, etc. All wiki & HTML markup codes need to be disabled by enclosing them inside the <tt><nowiki></tt>...<tt></nowiki></tt> tags. If these codes were to be displayed inside another table, then, each '''|''' (pipe) & '''!''' (Exclamation mark) symbol also needed to be enclosed inside the <tt><nowiki></tt> tags. Note that, the longer line is automatically wrapped according to the width of the web browser's window, inside the ''Code box''.

Alternatively, we can replace each '''|''' ([[w:Vertical bar|pipe symbol]]) character with <tt>'''&#124;'''</tt> (HTML decimal entity code), replace each '''!''' ([[w:Exclamation mark|exclamation mark]]) with <tt>'''&#33;'''</tt> code, replace '''{''' (beginning curly/second [[w:Bracket|bracket]]) with <tt>'''&#123;'''</tt> and we may replace '''}''' (closing curly/second bracket) with <tt>'''&#125;'''</tt> code. Also replace the '''<''' (less than sign, or beginning angle bracket) with <tt>'''&#60;'''</tt> numeric entity code or, replace it with <tt>'''&lt;'''</tt> (HTML symbol entity code). For more on HTML decimal or [[w:Hexadecimal|hexadecimal]] numeric entity codes, please see [[w:Windows Alt codes]]. To display the wiki image markup code, we should replace the '''[''' (beginning square/third bracket) with <tt>'''&#91;'''</tt> and we may replace ''']''' (closing square/third bracket) with <tt>'''&#93;'''</tt>. When we are replacing characters with their numeric enitity codes, we are actually disabling their normal functionality, so we can display them on the web page(s).

{| border="0" width="100%"
| By using the numeric entity codes, mentioned in above paragraph, below codes can display the above ''Code box'' in another '''alternative (better)''' way. Note that, the ''longer line'' is automatically wrapped, without exceeding the browser window's width, inside the below ''Code box''.
|   
| width="33%" |
<center>
{| border="5" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2"
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Image:gnome-system.png]]
|-
! Computer
|-
| style="color: yellow; background-color: green;" | Processor Speed: <span style="color: white;"> 1.8 GHz </span>
|}
</center>
|}

<p style="padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2f6fab; color: Black; background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 1.1em;"> <tt>
<p style="padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2f6fab; color: Black; background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 1.1em;"> <tt> <br />
&#123;&#124; border="5" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2" <br /> <br />
&#124; style="text-align: center;" &#124; &#91;&#91;Image:gnome-system.png]] <br /> <br />
&#124;- <br /> <br />
&#33; Computer <br /> <br />
&#124;- <br /> <br />
'''&#124; style="color: yellow; background-color: green;" &#124; Processor Speed: &#60;span style="color: red;"> 1.8 GHz &#60;/span> <br />''' <br />
&#124;&#125; <br /> <br />
</tt> </p>
</tt> </p>

See also [[Help:Advanced_editing#Disabling_wikitext_interpretation_and.2For_reformatting|disabling wikitext interpretation and/or reformatting]].

==See also==
*[[m:simplified table syntax]]
*[[m:wiki markup tables]]
*[[w:en:User:Dcljr/Tables]]
*[[w:Table (HTML)]]
*examples:
**[[w:en:Template talk:Chess position|Chess board]]
**[[w:en:Template talk:Game of Go Position|Go board]]
**[[w:en:Monopoly (game)#Board|Monopoly board]]
**[[m:Template talk:Square 8x8 pentomino example|Square 8x8 pentomino example]]

==External links==
*[[:de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/EXCEL Tabellenumwandlung|VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion]] published in German-Wikipediaproject (english instructions included)
*[http://www.cnic.org/html2mediawiki.html HTML tables to wiki converter at cnic.org]
*[http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php csv2wp] - converts [[w:comma-separated values|comma-separated values]] (CSV) format to pipe syntax. You may use this to import tables from Excel etc. ([[wikipedia:de:Benutzer:Duesentrieb/csv2wp|more information]])
*[http://www.uni-bonn.de/~manfear/html2wiki-tables.php HTML tables to wiki converter at uni-bonn.de]
*[http://diberri.dyndns.org/html2wiki.html HTML tables to wiki converter at diberri.dyndns.org]
*[http://pywikipediabot.sourceforge.net/ pywikipediabot] (can convert HTML tables to wiki)

{{h:f|enname=Table}}

Ajuda:Table

2006-07-23T20:25:30Z

MikeClark:

Until we have our own Editing Help page, here's a ling to Wikpedia's (opens in a new browser window):

* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing</a>

Discussão:Quote mining examples

2006-07-23T18:19:33Z

MikeClark:

I guess I have to take a little exception to the premise here: "...Or that education, book reading, and scholarship were higher in Palmyra than London? Can anyone take this assertion seriously?" My understanding of the literacy rate in the United States in comparison to the literacy rate in England, at this time in history, is that the vast majority of white Americans were literate, while in England this was nowhere near the case. Before printers became more common in English America, a large part of the trade between England and America was, in fact, books. The notion that there was a larger proportion of people in Palmyra who not only read, but also owned books, than in London, is not at all unlikely. Of course, the sheer number of book-owning people in London definitely exceeded the population of Palmyra and its surrounds, but as to literacy rate Palmyra would have had London beat all around. It is always a mistake to simply assume that because something might be true today that it was true a hundred and fifty years ago. And consider that in little Podunk Palmyra there was a printer who could print major books! That was the case because there was a ''local market'' for the product of E. B. Grandin's press; Palmyra was not full of ignorant, unlettered, country bumpkins. Well, maybe there were a lot of country bumpkins, but in contrast to Mother England at the time, almost all ''our'' country bumpkins could read. [[User:MikeClark|Mike Clark]] 14:50, 6 Nov 2005 (EST)

Does anyone actually read these Talk pages? No response to the above. Hmmm. Completely changing the topic to a little problem with </table> tags appearing in the article. I copied the text where this is occurring over to an html editor and it turns out that the html tables are correctly formed, so that is not the problem. I think the problem rests with how MediaWiki handles embedded html. It would probably be best for us to start using MediaWiki table notation instead of trying to embed html tables. [[User:MikeClark|Mike Clark]] 12:19, 23 Jul 2006 (MDT)

Predefinição:Book of Mormon anachronisms

2006-06-28T03:26:41Z

MikeClark:

:<small>[http://www.fairwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:Book_of_Mormon_anachronisms&action=edit edit this list]</small>
*[[Book_of_Mormon_anachronisms |Anachronisms (general page)]]
*[[%22Adieu%22_in_the_Book_of_Mormon|"Adieu"]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Animals|Animals]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Cement|Cement]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Coins|Coins]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Compass|Compass]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Gadianton_masons|Gadianton Robbers as Masons?]]
*[[Book of Mormon geography|Geography]]{{nw}}
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Holy Ghost|Holy Ghost]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Jerusalem_vs_Bethlehem|Jerusalem as site of Jesus' birth]]
*[[Legal codes in Book of Mormon| Legal codes and concepts]]{{nw}}
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Metals|Metals]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Names|Names]]{{nw}}
*[[Olive culture in the Book of Mormon|Olive culture]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Plants|Plants]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Red sea versus reed sea| Red Sea vs Reed Sea]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Reformed Egyptian|Reformed Egyptian]]
*[[Satyrs_in_the_Book_of_Mormon|Satyrs]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Shiz struggles to breathe|Shiz struggles to breathe]]
*[[Sweat and skin pores]]
*[[Snow in the Book of Mormon|Snow]]
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Temple in New World|Temple in the New World]]{{nw}}
*[[Book of Mormon and warfare|Warfare]]

Utilizador:MikeClark

2006-06-25T21:50:18Z

MikeClark:

I am Mike Clark (imagine that), and am just playing around for the moment. Here's a mission photograph with my father on the right and me on the left. In the Salt Lake Airport in 1972.

[[Image:MikeClarkMissionPhoto.jpg]]

FAIRwiki:Sandbox

2006-06-24T05:22:25Z

MikeClark: /* Headline text */

10<sup>-2</sup>

== Headline text ==
Being Pigheaded

Another simple, yet often overlooked way of determining the true meaning of Alma 7:10, "which states the birth'' of Jesus will occur, “at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers”, is to refer to a ''common dictionary'' for the definition of the word “at.” Miriam-Webster provides the following definition: At - used as a function word to indicate presence or occurrence in, on, or near1. This definition provides ample justification for the use of the word “at” in the verse.

<math>1+2=3</math>
<math>1 + 2 = 3</math>

--[[User:AndySwenson|AndySwenson]] 19:40, 18 May 2006 (EDT)

[[Special:Userlogin]]

[http://www.fairwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=FAIRwiki:Project_home]

[[Special:Userlogin&returnto=FAIRwiki:Project_home|LOGIN]]

I'm just testing something here...

FAIRwiki:Sandbox

2006-06-24T05:22:09Z

MikeClark: /* Headline text */

10<sup>-2</sup>

== Headline text ==
Being Pigheaded

Another simple, yet often overlooked way of determining the true meaning of Alma 7:10, "which states the birth'' of Jesus will occur, “at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers”, is to refer to a ''common dictionary'' for the definition of the word “at.” Miriam-Webster provides the following definition: At - used as a function word to indicate presence or occurrence in, on, or near1. This definition provides ample justification for the use of the word “at” in the verse.

<math>1+2=3</math>
<math>1+2=3</math>

--[[User:AndySwenson|AndySwenson]] 19:40, 18 May 2006 (EDT)

[[Special:Userlogin]]

[http://www.fairwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=FAIRwiki:Project_home]

[[Special:Userlogin&returnto=FAIRwiki:Project_home|LOGIN]]

I'm just testing something here...

FAIRwiki:Sandbox

2006-06-24T05:11:33Z

MikeClark: /* Headline text */

10<sup>-2</sup>

== Headline text ==
Being Pigheaded

Another simple, yet often overlooked way of determining the true meaning of Alma 7:10, "which states the birth'' of Jesus will occur, “at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers”, is to refer to a ''common dictionary'' for the definition of the word “at.” Miriam-Webster provides the following definition: At - used as a function word to indicate presence or occurrence in, on, or near1. This definition provides ample justification for the use of the word “at” in the verse.

<math>1+2=3</math>

--[[User:AndySwenson|AndySwenson]] 19:40, 18 May 2006 (EDT)

[[Special:Userlogin]]

[http://www.fairwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=FAIRwiki:Project_home]

[[Special:Userlogin&returnto=FAIRwiki:Project_home|LOGIN]]

I'm just testing something here...

Utilizador:MikeClark

2006-06-24T05:09:15Z

MikeClark:

FAIRwiki:Project home

2006-06-24T05:06:40Z

MikeClark: /* Signatures */

==Introduction==

Welcome to the FAIRwiki project homepage. This page is the central reference and resource for FAIRwiki editors, a place where we can collaborate, identify and prioritize needs, and make assignments.

Please treat this page as an ongoing discussion by adding your questions and comments. Vote on issues by adding your name; use the '''signature''' button on the toolbar above the editing space — [[Image:sig_button.png|alt Signature/timestamp button]] — to add your name and a timestamp.

==Wiki management==

*Managing editor: [[User:MikeParker|Mike Parker]] (mike@mike-parker.org)
*Senior editor: [[User:GregSmith|Greg Smith]] (glsmith7@telus.net)
*Senior editor: [[User:KevinBarney|Kevin Barney]] (klbarney@yahoo.com)
*Senior editor: [[User:McKayJones|McKay Jones]] (sumac@localnet.com)
*Senior editor: [[User:MikeAsh|Mike Ash]] (mash@xmission.com)
*FAIR board liason: [[User:JohnLynch|John Lynch]] (jlynchs@pacbell.net)
*Wiki technical support: [[User:Fisherad|Adam Fisher]] (fisherad@gmail.com)

==Links==

<table border="0" cellpadding="4">
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background-color:#ffcccc">
*[[FAIRwiki:Table_of_contents|List of articles to create]]
*[[Special:Recentchanges|Recently modified articles]]
*[[FAIRwiki:Style_guide|Style guide]] (<font color="red">''please read and heed!''</font>)
*Templates:
:[[FAIRwiki:New_page_template|New page]]
:[[FAIRwiki:Answer_template|Answer to a question]]
*[[Help:Editing|Wiki markup language reference]]
*[[FAIRwiki:Sandbox|Practice editing]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

==Urgent needs==

The following articles are '''<span style="color:red; background-color:yellow">''high priority''</span>''' and need to be written as soon as possible. Please comment here if you would like to volunteer, or if you get to final draft status and need peer review.

*[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence]] — Looks okay; could use minor improvements.
*[[Book of Mormon geography]] — Could Larry Paulson from FAIR list help?
*[[First Vision accounts]] — Can someone summarize [http://www.eldenwatson.net/1stVIntro.htm Eldon Watson's] material?
*[[Joseph Smith and polyandry]] — [[GregSmith|Greg Smith]] summarize [[AllenWyatt|Allen Wyatt's]] forthcoming material
*[[Jesus Christ is the brother of Satan]] — [[GregSmith|Greg Smith]] has started this; collaboration would help.
*[[Temple endowment changes]] — Needs to be written.

===Recently completed needs===
Thanks for:
*[[Book of Abraham papyri]] — summary, with links to longer original; thanks [[MikeAsh|Mike Ash]]!
*[[Kirtland Egyptian Papers]] — [[KevinBarney|Kevin Barney]] has done!
*[[Temple work for Holocaust victims]] — [[DavidFerguson|David Ferguson]] and other editors have done this.

Please check these new contributions for errors, improvements.

==Source material for wiki editors==

*[[Walter Martin's plagiarism criticisms]]

==Wiki editors' commitment==

===What editors may do===

As a wiki editor, you can modify, delete from, or add to any article in the wiki. If you're logged in, you'll see a series of tabs at the top of each article; click the "edit" tab and you'll see the text and formatting codes behind the article. You can also click the "edit" link next to each section to edit just the text of that section.

The idea behind the wiki is that the editors will be visiting on a regular basis to add new material and improve existing material:

* If you see a typo, fix it.
* If you see something that could be worded more clearly, change it.
* If you think an existing article would be better if it had some additional information, add it.
* If you think an article would make more sense if paragraphs were rearranged, move them.
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No one needs to approve your changes; just make them. If there's a problem with something you did, someone will be along to fix it.

You can track the articles that have been recently created or modified by using the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] link at the left side of each page. That page also has an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_Feed RSS feed] you can set up to monitor wiki activity.

===Your commitment as an editor===

The wiki will only succeed as a resource if it has a group of committed editors who are actively improving it. To this end, the commitment FAIR asks of all editors is:

* Visit the wiki at least two times each week.
* On each visit spend a personally determined amount of time (at least 15 minutes) browsing the [[FAIRwiki:Table_of_contents|Table of Contents]] and [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] pages, looking for improvements and additions you can make.
* Do at least one thing to improve the wiki at each visit, no matter how small.

If each of our editors will make and keep this commitment, the wiki will quickly become one a great resources for FAIR and members of the Church. Active collaboration is the key to that success.

===Affirm and acknowledge your commitment===

Please electronically sign your name in the section below. Click the "edit" link to the right, add an asterisk beneath the existing signatures, and use the '''signature''' button on the toolbar above the editing space — [[Image:sig_button.png|alt Signature/timestamp button]] — to add your name and a timestamp.

====Signatures====
*--[[User:MikeParker|MikeParker]] 12:06, 23 Jun 2006 (MDT)
*--[[User:SuzanneArmitage|SuzanneArmitage]] 12:15, 23 Jun 2006 (MDT)
*--[[User:BrianPalmer|BrianPalmer]] 13:01, 23 Jun 2006 (MDT)
*--[[User:DavidFerguson|DavidFerguson]] 15:07, 23 Jun 2006 (MDT)
*--[[User:MikeClark|Mike Clark]] 23:06, 23 Jun 2006 (MDT)

Discussão:Quote mining examples

2005-11-06T19:50:32Z

MikeClark:

Utilizador:MikeClark

2005-09-28T02:25:29Z

MikeClark:

Utilizador:MikeClark

2005-09-28T02:25:14Z

MikeClark:

I am Mike Clark (imagine that), and am just playing around for the moment. Here's a mission photograph with my father on the right and me on the left. In the Salt Laked Airport in 1972.

[[Image:MikeClarkMissionPhoto.jpg]]

Ficheiro:MikeClarkMissionPhoto.jpg

2005-09-28T02:13:22Z

MikeClark:

Utilizador:MikeClark

2005-09-17T16:52:50Z

MikeClark:

I am Mike Clark (imagine that), and am just playing around for the moment. So far, so good, but cannot upload pictures.

Utilizador:MikeClark

2005-09-17T16:52:23Z

MikeClark:

I am Mike Clark (imagine that), and am just playing around for the moment.