The term "wikitable " refers to Wikipedia's wp:table structure, like HTML <table>. Formats:
{| ... |} → beginning ... ending of table (on separate lines)
|- valign=top → begin row, aligning items at top
|- style="font-size:92%" → begin row, setting font size for all cells
| align=right | → begin column, text aligned right (bar "|" means column)
| AA || BB → begin 2 columns, for "AA" & "BB" (double-bar "||" means next column)
{| class="wikitable" border=1 cellspacing=4 ! Column 1 || Col 2 || Column 3 |- align=center | AA || BB || CC |- align=right | DD || ee || FF |- | colspan=3 | bottom row text |}
Column 1
Col 2
Column 3
AA
BB
CC
DD
ee
FF
bottom row text
A related page is Template:Wikitext , see helpbox: {{Wikitext/help }}.
The page Template:Wikitable/help displays a condensed helpbox about wikitable markup elements, to be displayed as a concise nutshell overview, of template parameters, while editing another page.