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Template:DISPLAYTITLE is a behaviour switch for MediaWiki code. Use {{DISPLAYTITLE:}} to format the title of an article without changing the address of the page. All or part of a page title can be shown in italics, with subscript and superscript, or any formatting required by article guidelines.
Although it is not possible to change a page title via the magic word {{DISPLAYTITLE:}}, it is possible to stylize the way a page title is displayed at the top of its page to the reader. This should be done only if the article meets the criteria for a non-standard title format, as detailed in the Wikipedia:Article titles policy.
Exclamation points (!) should usually only be used in direct quotes and titles of creative works. Bold type is reserved for certain uses. Quotation marks for emphasis of a single word or phrase are incorrect, and "scare quotes" are discouraged. Quotation marks are to show that you are using the correct word as quoted from the original source.
Italic formatting cannot be part of the actual (stored) title of a page; adding single quotes to a page title will cause those quotes to become part of the URL, rather than affecting its appearance. A title or part of it is made to appear in italics with the use of the DISPLAYTITLE magic word or the {{Italic title}} template.
Titles affected by this behavior can generally be made to display correctly using the DISPLAYTITLE magic word. However, this does not work for titles consisting of only spaces or underscores, which should use a parenthetical disambiguator e.g. _ is located at .
Text inside "big" display in an enlarged font. Without size-formatting, the text displays in the current default font. Without size-formatting, the text displays in current default font. Text inside "small" {{small| display in a }} {{small| reduced-size }} font. This text will display in a reduced-size font.
Zero or more of these options may be specified to control the alt text, link title, and caption for the image. Captions may contain embedded wiki markup, such as links or formatting. See Wikipedia:Captions for discussion of appropriate caption text. See Wikipedia:Alternative text for images for discussion of appropriate alt text. Internet ...
To display text in italics, enclose it in double apostrophes. The Mary Tyler Moore Show is produced by italicizing around (not inside) the link: ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''. If the title is also a wikilink but only part of it should be italicized, use italics around or inside a piped link to properly display the title: