Help:Table/History of pipe syntax development

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Wikicode table syntax, also known as pipe syntax, was developed by Magnus Manske as a substitute for HTML and employs the pipe character (i.e., vertical bar:  | ) and other symbols for HTML elements like <tr> and <td>. There is an online script, which converts an HTML table to a wikicode table.

The pipe character must start at the beginning of a new line, except when separating parameters from content or when using doubled pipes (||) to separate cells on a single code line. The parameters are optional.