Wiki Cheatsheet | ||
| Description | You type | You get |
| Italic text | ''italic'' | italic |
| Bold text | '''bold''' | bold |
| Bold and italic text | '''''bold & italic''''' | bold & italic |
| Link to another page | [[Name of page]]
[[Name of page|Text to display]] | Name of page |
| Link internal heading | [[#Heading name]]
[[#Heading name2|Name2]] | #Heading name |
| Show an image | [[File:Wiki.png|thumb|alt=textCaption]] | |
| Size an image | [[File:Wiki.png|thumb|60px|alt=textCap]]
(option "60px" means 60 pixels wide) | |
| 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. |
| Signature
Sign your contributions when posting to a Talk Page. | ~~~~
(Do not sign in an article, only on talk-pages.) | () 07:20, 11 March 2026 (UTC) |
| Description | You type | You get |
| Use a template | {{example}} | This is an example. |
| {{smallcaps|This Text}} | This Text | |
| {{convert|29|km|mi}} | 29 kilometres (18 mi) | |
| 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 |
| Nonindexed headers (left out of Table of Contents) | ; Header name
(has a leading semicolon ";" in front) | Header name
(will not appear in Table of Contents)
|
| Bulleted list | * One
* Two ** Two point one * Three |
|
| Numbered list | # One
# Two ## Two point one # Three |
|
| Indenting text
This is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations. | no indent (normal)
:first indent ::second indent :::third indent | no indent (normal)
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| Cheatsheet for citing a website or publication | ||
| Insert footnotes as references in a page to list at page bottom | Hello,<ref>Encyclopdia Britannica</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref>
References: {{reflist}} | Hello,Encyclopdia Britannica World.http://www.w3.org/
References: |
| Description | You type | You get |
| Small text | <small>smaller text</small> | smaller text |
| Set text font color blue | <span style="color:blue">words</span> | words |
| Set text gold (see: Web colors) | <span style="color:gold">golden </span> | golden |
| Set text grayish | <span style="color:#616161">grayed</span> | grayed |
| Set text white-on-blue | <span style="color:white; background:blue">
blue background</span> | blue background |
| Strike through text | <s>strike words</s> | |