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You can add a table using HTML rather than wiki markup, as described at HTML element#Tables. However, HTML tables are discouraged because wikitables are easier to customize and maintain, as described at manual of style on tables. Also, note that the <thead>, <tbody>, <tfoot>, <colgroup>, and <col> elements are not supported in wikitext.
The easiest way to insert a new table is to use the editing toolbar that appears when you edit a page (see image above). Clicking the button will open a dialog where you define what you want in your new table. Once you've chosen the number of rows and columns, the wiki markup text for the table is inserted into the article.
Category:Wikipedia tables: lists even more table help pages. Help:Introduction to tables with Wiki Markup. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables: the Manual of Style indicates best practices for tables. Wikipedia:Table dos and don'ts: a quick guide to the Manual of Style for tables. mw:Help:Tables; User:Dcljr/Tables: table tutorials.
The two most commonly used classes are "wikitable" and "wikitable sortable"; the latter allows the reader to sort the table by clicking on the header cell of any column. |+ caption Required for accessibility purposes on data tables, and placed only between the table start and the first table row. ! header cell Optional.
Help: Introduction to tables with Wiki Markup/2/markup examples. 8 languages.
Tables are ideal for presenting information in a row-and-column format. You create Wikipedia tables using wiki markup, which begins with "{|" and ends with "|}". Since you'll edit tables much more often than create them, this section begins with editing. (To see how to create a wikicode table, skip to the section about creating tables.)
The two most commonly used classes are "wikitable" and "wikitable sortable"; the latter allows the reader to sort the table by clicking on the header cell of any column. |+ caption Required for accessibility purposes on data tables, and placed only between the table start and the first table row. ! header cell Optional.
To add an extra row into a table, you'll need to insert an extra row break and the same number of new cells as are in the other rows. The easiest way to do this in practice, is to duplicate an existing row by copying and pasting the markup. It's then j