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Hi all,

One of the major projects I worked on as an intern this summer was integrating the Math extension into the site. The Math extension is a feature that you may have seen on Wikipedia that allows editors to use the LaTeX markup language in articles to generate styled mathematical expressions. I’m proud to announce that this feature is now live on the site.

To add math formulas to an article:

  1. Click the Edit button on any article.
  2. Enter in the LaTeX you want to render as math.
  3. Add math tags to the LaTeX expression. If you are in guided editing mode, you can add these by hand: <math>e=mc^2</math> or you can add them automatically in Advanced Editing Mode by selecting the LaTeX you wrote and clicking the Math button.
  4. Hit the publish button. It may take a few seconds to generate the renderings the first time, depending on the number of math formulas you add.

Note that math will look slightly different depending on what browser you’re using, but it should look something like this:

There are two slight bugs that still need to be worked out – the first is that math expressions won’t show up if you’re looking at a diff page in Recent Changes Patrol like this one . The other is that math tags that are added when creating an article in the Article Creator will be automatically removed and won’t show up in the article. I hope to have both of these fixed very soon:slight_smile:

You can see more advanced math rendering in action on How to Take Derivatives in Calculus , and find a cheatsheet for LaTeX expressions on Wikipedia . Feel free to test it out in the Sandbox . If you find any issues, please report them in the Bug Reports forum . I’m excited to see how this is used! 

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Wow. This sounds like a very nice feature.:smiley:

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This feature will be helpful for articles about mathematics:slight_smile:Although I’m not really a fan of math, this would be helpful for others and at times when people can use the formulas with the math template.

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Helpful for good uses!:slight_smile:

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Nice!

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Great addition!

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Congrats to the constant toil and harwork of the team that works behind the scene.:slight_smile:

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Thank you!

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The new feature will really improve the articles on maths and give them more of a professional feel.  However one of my big concerns for a while now is the low quality of the articles on math passing through NAB.  At least 90% of them are inaccurate to the point of being total nonsense.  Yes I know this is a little off topic!  Just saying!

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That might be useful on an article on soccer. http://www.wikihow.com/Improve-Kicking-Power anyone care to help with the edit?

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@ReubenGabriel I sent a reply to your comment on your talk page:slight_smile:

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Great idea!

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I’m liking wikiHow more and more everyday! Added some math on the [[improve kicking power]]

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http://www.wikihow.com/Improve-Kicking-Power