How to Write an Asterisk at the Beginning of a Line in Wiki Syntax

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When using wiki syntax, if I put an asterisk (*) at the beginning of a line, it gets transformed into a unordered list. How is it possible to have the asterisk to remain as it is when at the beginning of a line?

Example :

*Hello world, this sentence is not in an unordered list.

Best Answer

I think a better method is to use the 'nowiki' tag. This is generic and does not rely on knowing character codes, plus your text is more readable.

    <nowiki>*</nowiki> will display as an asterisk at the start of the sentence.

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

Now you can display any special characters you like!

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