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Wikitext cheatsheet

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Works anywhere in the text

|- style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"

| style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | Description

| style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" | You type

| style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | You get

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|Italics{{Anchor|Italic text}}, bold{{Anchor|Bold text}}, and both{{Anchor|bold and italic}}

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italics, bold, and both

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italics, bold, and both

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|Link{{Anchor|Internal link}} to another page

see Help:Interwikimedia links for linking to sister projects

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copy edit

copy editors

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copy edit

copy editors

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

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Android

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Android

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Link to a section

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Frog#Locomotion

locomotion in frogs

{{slink|Frog#Locomotion}}

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Frog#Locomotion

locomotion in frogs

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|Red link

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

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Red link example

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Red link example

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|Plain website

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https://www.wikipedia.org

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https://www.wikipedia.org

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|Link a website

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[https://www.wikipedia.org]

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[https://www.wikipedia.org]

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|Link and name a website

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

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

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|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.

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Hello[https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress] World!{{cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/ |title = World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}}

Hello again!Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.

References: {{reflist}}

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Hello[https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress] World!{{cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/ |title = World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}}

Hello again!Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.

References: {{reflist}}

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|Template:Citation needed

one of many cleanup templates

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This statement is true.{{cn}}

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This statement is true.{{cn}}

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|Signature{{Anchor|Signature}}

sign your contributions when posting to a talk page

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~~~~

do not sign in an article, only on talk pages

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Username (talk) {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)

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|Ping a user on a talk page

so they will see your comment

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User:Example or {{u|Example}}

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User:Example or {{u|Example}}

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|Strike your talk page comment

to show your previous comment is outdated

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~~This topic isn't notable.~~

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~~This topic isn't notable.~~

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|Underline your text

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This topic is notable

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This topic is notable

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|Hide comment(s) somewhere for editors; hidden comments are visible only in the editors

consensus is how things are decided

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|Show an image

for uploading, see the intro to uploading images

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File:Wiki.png

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File:Wiki.png

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|Add a page to a category{{Anchor|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

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|Link to a category or file

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:Category:Category name
:File:File name

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:Category:Wikipedia basic information
:File:Example.jpg

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|- style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"

| style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | Description

| style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" | You type

| style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | You get

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|Redirect to another page{{Anchor|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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File:Redirect arrow without text.svg Target page

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|Redirect to a section of another page

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#REDIRECT Target page#anchorName

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File:Redirect arrow without text.svg Target page#anchorName

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|Section headings{{Anchor|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 3 ===

==== Level 4 ====

===== Level 5 =====

====== Level 6 ======

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

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Level 2

= Level 3 =

== Level 4 ==

=== Level 5 ===

==== Level 6 ====

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|Bulleted list{{Anchor|Bulleted list}}

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* One

* Two

** Two point one

* Three

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One
Two
Two point one
Three

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|Numbered list{{Anchor|Numbered list}}

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# One

# Two

## Two point one

# Three

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One
Two
Two point one
Three

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|Indenting text{{Anchor|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.

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no indent (normal)

: first indent

:: second indent

::: third indent

:::: fourth indent

{{Outdent|4}} return to left margin

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no indent (normal)

: first indent

:: second indent

::: third indent

:::: fourth indent

{{Outdent|4}} return to left margin

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:Help:Cheatsheet

Wikitext cheatsheet

Level 2

= Level 3 =

== Level 4 ==

=== Level 5 ===

==== Level 6 ====

See also