“ A wikitable is an arrangement of columns and rows used to organize and position data. Tables are useful, and there are many ways and tricks that can be used. By design this page covers only the basics of table usage, more extensive direction and examples are available at MediaWiki Help:Tables and Wikipedia w:Help:Table or w:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables. ”

“ A section on Wikisource specific formatting for tables used for typography and layout is also included here.
For a better understanding of how tables offer flexible formatting options, adjust the width of your browser window while observing the changes to the examples below. The Complex example is particularly interesting.
Wiki table markup summary The above marks must start on a new line except the double || and !! for optionally adding consecutive cells to a line. However, blank spaces at the beginning of a line are ignored. XHTML attributes. ”

“ Columns Tables Design notes 4 columns 12 rows row 1 / first cell, single / second cell, single / 3&4 join row 2 / first 2 cells empty / last 2 singles row 3-11 column 1 Join (rowspan="9") row 3-5 join column 2 single / last 2 singles row 6-8 join column 2 single / last 2 singles row 9-11 join column 2 single / last 2 singles row 12 / first cell, single / column 2 single / last 2 singles Formatting Highlights (abbreviated version) , This example does not add width or height to the empty cells, they are added in the complex example. ”