Product Code Database
Wikipedia Cheatsheet | ||
| Description | You type | You get |
| Italics, bold, and both | ''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both''''' | italics, bold, and both |
| Link to another page
see for linking to sister projects | [[copy edit]] [[copy edit]]ors | copy edit |
| "Pipe" a link to change the link's destination | [[Android (operating system)|Android]] | Android |
| Link to a section | [[Frog#Jumping]] [[Frog#Jumping|the jumping of frogs]] | Frog#Jumping the jumping of frogs |
red links in articles help by showing desired or pages | [[something missing]] | something missing |
| 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>[http://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref>
References: {{reflist}}
| Hello, Library of Congress World.http://www.w3.org/
References: |
| Signature
sign your contributions when posting to a talk page | ~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages | () 02:26, 23 February 2026 (UTC) |
| Plain website | http://www.wikipedia.org | http://www.wikipedia.org |
| Link a website | [http://www.wikipedia.org] | [2] |
| Link and name a website | [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] | Wikipedia |
| your comment
to show your previous comment is outdated | <s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s> | |
| Hide text somewhere for editors
is how things are decided | ||
| Show an image
''for uploading, see the intro to uploading images
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| [[File:Wiki.png|thumbCaption]] | |
one of many | This statement is true.{{cn}} | This statement is true. |
| 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 |
| Description | You type | You get |
| Redirect to another page
redirects must be placed at the start of the first line | #REDIRECT [[Target page]] | |
| Redirect to a section of another page | #REDIRECT [[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 |
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| Numbered list | # One # Two ## Two point one # Three |
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| 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}} () can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin. | no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent ::::fourth indent {{Outdent|4}} outdent | no indent (normal)
(return to left margin)
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