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''Note: For a complete list of wikitext codes, see <b>[[Help:Wikitext]].'' <!--COMMENT MARKUP. Displays:Edit mode only.--> {|align="center" style="width:100%; border:2px #a3b1bf solid; background:#f5faff; text-align:left;" |colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" |{{shortcut|H:CS|H:CHEAT}} <h2 style="margin:.5em; margin-top:.1em; margin-bottom:.1em; border-bottom:0; font-weight:bold;"><br>Wikitext cheatsheet</h2> |-<!--WORKS ANYWHERE IN THE TEXT--> | colspan=3 style="background:#E6F2FF; border-top:2px #a3b1bf solid;text-align:center;" | '''Works anywhere in the text''' |-<!--COLUMN HEADINGS--> 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 |-<!--1ST ROW 1ST COLUMN--> |Italics{{Anchor|Italic text}}, bold{{Anchor|Bold text}}, and both{{Anchor|bold and italic}} |<!--2ND COLUMN--> {{mono|<nowiki>''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''</nowiki>}} |<!--3RD COLUMN--> ''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both''''' |-<!--HORIZONTAL LINE--> |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |-<!--2ND ROW 1ST COLUMN--> |[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|Link]]{{Anchor|Internal link}} to another page | <code><nowiki>[[Attempt2]]</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>[[Attempt2]]'s</nowiki></code> | [[Attempt2]]<br> [[Attempt2]]'s |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- | "[[Wikipedia:Piped link|Pipe]]" a link to change the link's text | <code><nowiki>[[Android (operating system)|Android]]</nowiki></code> | [[Android (operating system)|Android]] |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- | Link to a section | <code><nowiki>[[Frog#Locomotion]]</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>[[Frog#Locomotion|locomotion in frogs]]</nowiki></code> | [[Frog#Locomotion]]<br> [[Frog#Locomotion|locomotion in frogs]] |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[WP:RED|Red link]] <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''Links to pages that don't exist are automatically red. Red links in articles often help by showing desired [[WP:REDIRECT|redirects]] or [[WP:N|notable]] pages. ''</div> | <code><nowiki>[[Red link example]]</nowiki></code> | [[Red link example]] |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |Plain website | <code><nowiki>https://www.wikipedia.org</nowiki></code> | https://www.wikipedia.org |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |Link a website | <code><nowiki>[https://www.wikipedia.org]</nowiki></code> | [https://www.wikipedia.org] |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |Link and name a website | <code><nowiki>[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]</nowiki></code> | [https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Help:Citations quick reference|Citations, references, and footnotes]] <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">sources in the article will appear where <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page; text between <nowiki>{{}}</nowiki> is for a [[Help:Template|template]].</div> | <syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> Hello<ref name="LoC">[https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World!<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/ |title = World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}}</ref> Hello again!<ref name="LoC" /><ref>Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.</ref> References: {{reflist}} </syntaxhighlight> | Hello<ref name="LoC">[https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World!<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/ |title = World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}}</ref> Hello again!<ref name="LoC" /><ref>Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.</ref> References: {{reflist}} |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Template:Citation needed]] <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''one of many [[WP:TC|cleanup templates]]''</div> | <code><nowiki>This statement is true.{{cn}}</nowiki></code> | This statement is true.{{cn}} |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Wikipedia:Signatures|Signature]]{{Anchor|Signature}} <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''sign your contributions when posting to a [[Wikipedia:Tutorial (Talk pages)|talk page]]''</div> | <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code><br><br><span style="font-size:0.9em;">''do not sign in an article, only on talk pages''</span> | [[Special:Mypage|Username]] ([[Special:Mytalk|talk]]) {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC) |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |Ping a user on a [[Help:Talk pages#Notifications|talk page]] <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''so they will see your comment''</div> | <code><nowiki>[[User:Example]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{u|Example}}</nowiki></code> | [[User:Example]] or {{u|Example}} |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[WP:STRIKE|Strike]] your [[WP:TALK|talk page]] comment <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''to show your previous comment is outdated''</div> | <syntaxhighlight lang="tid" inline><s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s></syntaxhighlight> | <s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s> |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[WP:Underline|Underline]] your text | <code><nowiki><u>This topic is notable</u></nowiki></code> | <u>This topic is notable</u> |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |Hide text somewhere for editors <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''[[WP:CON|consensus]] is how things are decided''</div> | <code><nowiki><!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page--></nowiki></code> | <!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page--> |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Show an image]] <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''for uploading, see the [[Help:Introduction to uploading images|intro to uploading images]]''</div> {{Anchor|Thumbnail image}} | <code><nowiki>[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]</nowiki></code> | [[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]] |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |Add a page to a [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories|category]]{{Anchor|Add a page to a category}} |<code><nowiki>[[Category:Category name]]</nowiki></code><br><br><span style="font-size:0.9em;">''place near the bottom of a page''</span> |<span style="font-size:0.9em;">''shows''</span> "Category name" <span style="font-size:0.9em;">''in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or published''</span> |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |Link to a [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories|category]] or [[Help:Files|file]] |<br><code><nowiki>[[:Category:Category name]]</nowiki></code><br><code><nowiki>[[:File:File name]]</nowiki></code> |<br>[[:Category:Wikipedia basic information]]<br>[[:File:Example.jpg]] |-<!--WORKS ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF LINES--> | colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; border-top:2px #a3b1bf solid; text-align:center;" | '''Works only at the beginning of lines''' |-<!--COLUMN HEADINGS--> 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 |- |[[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect to another page]]{{Anchor|Redirect to another page}} <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''redirects must be placed at the start of the first line''</div> | <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target page]]</nowiki></code> | [[File:Redirect arrow without text.svg|30px|link=]] [[Target page]] |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect to a section of another page]] | <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]</nowiki></code> | [[File:Redirect arrow without text.svg|30px|link=]] [[Target page#anchorName]] |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Help:Section|Section headings]]{{Anchor|Section headings}}<br> <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article''</div> | <code><nowiki>==Level 2==</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>===Level 3===</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>====Level 4====</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>=====Level 5=====</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>======Level 6======</nowiki></code><br><br> <span style="font-size:0.9em">''do not use'' =Level 1= ''as it is for page titles''</span> | ==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6====== |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Help:List|Bulleted list]]{{Anchor|Bulleted list}} | <code>* One</code><br> <code>* Two</code><br> <code>** Two point one</code><br> <code>* Three</code> | * One * Two ** Two point one * Three |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |[[Help:List|Numbered list]]{{Anchor|Numbered list}} | <code># One</code><br> <code># Two</code><br> <code>## Two point one</code><br> <code># Three</code> | # One # Two ## Two point one # Three |- |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"| |- |Indenting text{{Anchor|Indenting text}} <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.<br> After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent <nowiki>{{Outdent|n}}</nowiki> ([[Template:Outdent]]) can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.''</div> | <code><nowiki>no indent (normal)</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>:first indent</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>::second indent</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>:::third indent</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>::::fourth indent</nowiki></code><br> <code><nowiki>{{Outdent|4}} return to left margin</nowiki></code> | no indent (normal)<br> :first indent ::second indent :::third indent ::::fourth indent {{Outdent|4}} return to left margin |} {{Quicktemplates|state=expanded}} </div> <noinclude> ==See also== {{ombox|image=none|small=y|text='''Note''': You can use the [[A2wiki:Sandbox|sandbox]] to experiment with page editing.|imageright=[[File:Sandbox.svg|42px]]}} [[File:Wiki_markup_cheatsheet_EN.pdf|upright|thumb|Wiki markup quick reference (PDF download)]] * For a full list of editing commands, see [[Help:Wikitext]] * If you don't want to use wikitext markup, try [[A2wiki:VisualEditor]] instead * '''To ask a question''', see [[A2wiki:Questions]] to locate the appropriate venue(s) ---- <div style="font-size:smaller">{{Center|1={{Offer help}}}}</div> __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ [[Category:A2wiki basic information|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:A2wiki text help]] [[Category:A2wiki quick introductions]] [[Category:A2wiki editor snippet collections]] </noinclude> {{En-WP attribution notice|Help:Cheatsheet}}
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