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Wikipedia Cheatsheet

For more advanced details, see [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]

|- | width="25%" style="background:#cee0f2; padding:0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''Description''' | style="background:#cee0f2; padding:0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''You type''' | width="25%" style="background:#cee0f2; padding:0.3em; text-align:center;"|'''You get''' |- |[[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Character_formatting|Italic text]]{{Anchor|Italic text}} | ''italic'' | ''italic'' |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Character_formatting|Bold text]]{{Anchor|Bold text}} | '''bold''' | '''bold''' |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Character_formatting|Bold and italic]]{{Anchor|bold and italic}} | '''''bold & italic''''' | '''''bold & italic''''' |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- ||[[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Links_and_URLs|Internal link]]{{Anchor|Internal link}}

''(within Wikipedia)''

| [[Name of page]]
[[Name of page|Text to display]] | [[Name of page]]
[[Name of page|Text to display]] |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Links_and_URLs|External link]]{{Anchor|External link}}

''(to other websites)''

| [http://www.example.org Text to display]
[http://www.example.org]
http://www.example.org | [http://www.example.org Text to display]
[http://www.example.org]
http://www.example.org |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect to another page]]{{Anchor|Redirect to another page}} | #REDIRECT [[Target page]] | [[Image:Redirect arrow without text.svg|30px]][[Target page]] |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |rowspan="3"|[[Help:Citations quick reference|Footnotes]]/[[Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners|References]]{{Anchor|Footnotes/References}}

''Numbering is generated automatically.''

''To create a footnote or reference, use this format:''

Article text.[http://www.example.org Link text], additional text. |rowspan="2"|Article text.[http://www.example.org Link text], additional text. |- |

''To reuse the same note, reuse the name with a trailing slash:''

Article text. |- |

''To display notes, add '''either''' of these lines to the References section''

{{tl|Reflist}} |

|- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Headings|Section headings]]{{Anchor|Section headings}}''Applies only at the very beginning of lines.''

''A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.''

| == Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ====== | == Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Help:List|Bulleted list]]{{Anchor|Bulleted list}}

''Empty lines between list items discouraged, (see numbered lists).''

| * One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three | * One * Two ** Two point one * Three |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Help:List|Numbered list]]{{Anchor|Numbered list}}

''Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.''

| # One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three
| # One # Two ## Two point one # Three |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax|Thumbnail image]]{{Anchor|Thumbnail image}} | [[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption text]] | [[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption text]] |- |- | colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding: 0.2em; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;" | For [[Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Talk_pages%29|Talk Pages]] |- |Signature{{Anchor|Signature}} | ~~~~

~~~ | [[Special:Mypage|Username]] ([[Special:Mytalk|talk]]) {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)

[[Special:Mypage|Username]] ([[Special:Mytalk|talk]]) |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |Indenting text{{Anchor|Indenting text}} | no indent (normal)
:first indent
::second indent
:::third indent | no indent (normal)
:first indent ::second indent :::third indent |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2; font-size:0.9em;"| |}