| MediaWiki | WackoWiki |
| Italic | ''text'' (quotes!) | //text// |
| Bold | '''text''' (more quotes!!) | **text** |
| Both | '''''''[censored] lot of quotes, I lost count. | //**text**// or **//text//** |
| Underline | <ins>text</ins> | __text__ |
Stroked out | <del>text</del> | --text-- |
| Ordered list | # Item | 1. Item |
| Ordered list (Roman literals) | Joking? | i. Item |
| Ordered list (Uppercase alphabet) | Kidding? | A. Item |
| Ordered list (Lowercase alphabet) | Bullying? | a. Item |
| Unordered(marked) list | * Item | * Item |
| Unmarked list/indentation | ; Term : Definition1 (is that a comment? And only two levels?) | Double space marks indent. The depth is unlimited. |
| Multilevel lists | ############# Item | Indent the list marker by a double space. |