Help:Cheatsheet
Wikipedia Cheatsheet | ||
Works anywhere in the text | ||
Description | You type | You get |
Italics, bold, and both |
''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both''''' |
italics, bold, and both |
Link to another page |
[[football]] |
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"Pipe" a link to change the link's text |
[[Android (operating system)|Android]] |
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Link to a section |
[[Frog#Jumping]] |
Frog#Jumping[broken anchor] |
Red link |
[[something missing]] |
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References and footnotes
sources in the article will appear where {{reflist}} is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page; text between {{}} is for a template
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Hello,<ref></span>Library of Congress</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref>
References:
{{reflist}}
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References:
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Signature
sign your contributions when posting to a talk page
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~~~~ |
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Plain website |
http://www.wiki.x.io |
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Link a website |
[http://www.wiki.x.io] |
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Link and name a website |
[http://www.wiki.x.io Wikipedia] |
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Strike your talk page comment
to show your previous comment is outdated
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<s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s> |
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Hide text somewhere for editors
consensus is how things are decided
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<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page--> |
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Show an image
the Simple English Wikipedia does not allow new files to be uploaded. To learn how to upload a file to Wikimedia Commons, visit the Upload Wizard.
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[[File:Wikipedia-logo-simple.png|thumb|Caption]] |
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Template:Citation needed
one of many cleanup templates
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Hello, World.{{cn}} |
Hello, World.[source?] |
Add a page to a category | [[Category:Category name]] place near the bottom of a page |
shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved |
Works only at the beginning of lines | ||
Description | You type | You get |
Redirect to another page
redirects must be placed at the start of the first line
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#REDIRECT [[Target page]] |
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Redirect to a section of another page |
#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]] |
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Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article
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==Level 2== |
Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6 |
Nonindexed headers left out of Table of Contents
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; Header name has a leading semicolon ";" in front
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Header name will not appear in Table of Contents
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Bulleted list |
* One |
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Numbered list |
# One |
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Indenting text
this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations
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no indent (normal) |
no indent (normal)
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Related pages
- To experiment with editing, use the sandbox
- For a guide to editing, see How to change pages
- For a PDF, printable guide, see m:WMDOC/Cheatsheet or the Wiki markup quick reference.