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Wikitext Cheatsheet

Works anywhere in the text        

DescriptionYou typeYou get
Italics, bold, and both

''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''

italics, bold, and both

Link to another page
see Help:Interwikimedia links for linking to sister projects

[[copy edit]]
[[copy edit]]ors

copy edit
copy editors

"Pipe" a link to change the link's text

[[Android (operating system)|Android]]

Android

Link to a section

[[Frog#Locomotion]]
[[Frog#Locomotion|locomotion in frogs]]

Frog#Locomotion
locomotion in frogs

Red link
Links to pages that don't exist are automatically red. Red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages.

[[Red link example]]

Red link example

Plain website

https://www.wikipedia.org

https://www.wikipedia.org

Link a website

[https://www.wikipedia.org]

[1]

Link and name a website

[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]

Wikipedia

Citations, 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.
Hello<ref name="LoC">[https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World!<ref>https://www.w3.org/</ref>Hello again!<ref name="LoC" /><ref>Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.</ref>References: {{reflist}}

Hello[1] World![2]

Hello again![1][3]

References:
  1. ^ a b Library of Congress
  2. ^ https://www.w3.org/
  3. ^ Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.
Template:Citation needed
one of many cleanup templates

This statement is true.{{cn}}

This statement is true.[citation needed]

Signature
sign your contributions when posting to a talk page

~~~~

do not sign in an article, only on talk pages

Username (talk) 16:23, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Strike your talk page comment
to show your previous comment is outdated

<s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s>

This topic isn't notable.

Underline your text

<u>This topic is notable</u>

This topic is notable

Hide text somewhere for editors
consensus is how things are decided

<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->

Show an image
for uploading, see the intro to uploading images

[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]

Caption
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 published
Link to a category or file
[[:Category:Category name]]
[[:File:File name]]
Category:Wikipedia basic information
File:Example.jpg


Works only at the beginning of lines    
DescriptionYou typeYou get
Redirect to another page
redirects must be placed at the start of the first line

#REDIRECT [[Target page]]

Redirect arrow without text.svg Target page

Redirect to a section of another page

#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]

Redirect arrow without text.svg Target page#anchorName

Section headings
a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article

==Level 2==
===Level 3===
====Level 4====
=====Level 5=====
======Level 6======

do not use  =Level 1=  as it is for page titles

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5
Level 6
Bulleted list

* One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three

  • One
  • Two
    • Two point one
  • Three
Numbered list

# One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. Three
Indenting text
this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.
After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent {{Outdent|n}} (Template:Outdent) can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.

no indent (normal)
:first indent
::second indent
:::third indent
::::fourth indent
{{Outdent|4}} return to left margin

no indent (normal)

first indent
second indent
third indent
fourth indent
return to left margin
  • v
  • t
  • e
Quick templates

Images

[[File: | thumb | upright | right | alt= | caption ]]

Cite web

<ref>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= }}</ref>

Cite journal

<ref>{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |year= |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher= |doi= |url= |access-date= }}</ref>

Cite book (short)

<ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |title= |publisher= |series= |year= |doi= |isbn= }}</ref>

Cite book (extended)

<ref>{{cite book |last1 = |first1 = |last2 = |first2 = |author-link = |coauthors = |editor = |title = |trans-title = |url = |access-date = |edition = |series = |volume = |date = |year = |publisher = |location = |isbn = |doi = |page = |pages = |chapter = }}</ref>

Metric conversions

Single input:
{{convert|original_value|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on}}
Range of values:
{{convert|orig_val1|range|orig_val2|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on}}
Examples:
{{convert|60|and|170|kg|lb|abbr=on}}{{convert|18|°C|°F}}{{convert|3.21|kg|lb}}

Variables

CodeEffect
{{CURRENTWEEK}}18
{{CURRENTDOW}}6
{{CURRENTMONTH}}05
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}May
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}May
{{CURRENTDAY}}8
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}Saturday
{{CURRENTYEAR}}2021
{{CURRENTTIME}}16:23
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}6,294,827
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}53,311,933
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}41,501,108
{{PAGENAME}}Cheatsheet
{{NAMESPACE}}Help
{{REVISIONID}}-
{{REVISIONUSER}}Daask
{{localurl:pagename}}/wiki/Pagename
{{localurl:Wikipedia:Sandbox|action=edit}}/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit
{{fullurl:pagename}}//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagename
{{fullurl:pagename|query_string}}//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pagename&query_string
{{SERVER}}//en.wikipedia.org
{{ns:index}} e.g. '{{ns:1}}' fullname of namespace e.g 'Talk'
{{SITENAME}}Wikipedia

Recalling named reference

<ref name="NAMEOFREF" />

Quotes

{{quote |text= |sign= }}

Blockquotes

<blockquote><p>QUOTED PARAGRAPH</p><p>NAME, SOURCE, REFERENCE</p></blockquote>

About

(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).)
{{About|USE1}}
(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.)
{{About|USE1||PAGE2}}
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.)
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For USE4, see PAGE4. For USE5, see PAGE5.)
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}}

Tables (borderless)

{||-! scope="col" width="width:20em;" |COLUMN1! scope="col" width="width:20em;" |COLUMN2|-|ROW1|ROW1/COL2|-|ROW2|ROW2/COL2|-|}

Tables (style 1)

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"|----! scope="col" width="width:20em;" |COLUMN1! scope="col" width="width:20em;" |COLUMN2|-|ROW1|ROW1/COL2|-|ROW2|ROW2/COL2|----|}

Tables (style 2: wikitable)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"|-! style="width:20em;" |COLUMN1! style="width:20em;" |COLUMN2|-|ROW1|ROW1/COL2|-|ROW2|ROW2/COL2|-|}

Collapsible tables (Default: collapsed)

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: left;margin:0px;"|- ! style="width:20em;" |COLUMN1! style="width:20em;" |COLUMN2|- |ROW1|ROW1/COL2|-|ROW2|ROW2/COL2|-|}

Columns

{{col-begin|width=100%}}{{col-break|width=}} {{col-end}}

Interwiki links

WikiShortcut
Wikimedia Commons[[commons:]]
Wikipedia[[w:]]
Wiktionary[[wikt:]]
Wikibooks[[b:]]
Wikisource[[s:]]
Wikispecies[[species:]]
Metawiki[[m:]]
MediaWiki[[mw:]]

Vandalism response templates

 * {{subst:uw-vandalism1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional vandalism/test) * {{subst:uw-delete1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional removal of content) * {{subst:uw-vandalism2|PageName}} ~~~~ (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption) * {{subst:uw-delete2|PageName}} ~~~~ (variant for removal of content) * {{subst:uw-vandalism3|PageName}} ~~~~ ("please stop" for use after level 2 warning) * {{subst:uw-delete3|PageName}} ~~~~ (please stop removing content) * {{subst:uw-vandalism4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for vandalism) * {{subst:uw-delete4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for removing content) * {{subst:uw-vandalism4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for severe or grotesque vandalism only) * {{subst:uw-delete4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for many blankings in a short period of time)

Page citations

{{rp|page=}}


See also

Wiki markup quick reference (PDF download)
  • For a full list of editing commands, see Help:Wikitext
  • For including parser functions, variables and behavior switches, see Help:Magic words
  • For a guide to displaying mathematical equations and formulas, see Help:Displaying a formula
  • For a guide to editing, see Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia
  • For an overview of commonly used style guidelines, see Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style
  • For a page on how to use Wikipedia in bite-sized morsels, see Wikipedia:Tips
  • For advice on writing style and formatting in a bullet-point format, see Wikipedia:Styletips
  • For summaries of some Wikipedia protocols and conventions, see Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts
  • If you don't want to use wikitext markup, try Wikipedia:VisualEditor instead
  • To ask a question, see Wikipedia:Questions to locate the appropriate venue(s)
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