Help:Cheatsheet

For a full list of wiki markup, see Help:Wiki markup.

Wikipedia Cheatsheet
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
Link to another page see H:IW for linking to sister projects	[[copy edit]] [[copy edit]]ors	copy edit copy editors
"Pipe" a link to change the link's text	[[Android (operating system)|Android]]	Android
Link to a section	[[Frog#Locomotion]] [[Frog#Locomotion|the movement of frogs]]	Frog#Locomotion the movement of frogs
Red link links to pages that don't exist are automatically red. Red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages.	[[Red link example]]	Red link example
References and footnotes (first time used on page, not necessarily "first" in the text) 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	<source lang="xml"> Hello, World. References: </source>	Hello, World. References:
References and footnotes (once the full reference is in place; otherwise it will cause an error)	<source lang="xml">Hello again,</source>
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 13:14, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
Plain website	http://www.wikipedia.org	http://www.wikipedia.org
Link a website	[http://www.wikipedia.org]	[1]
Link and name a website	[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]	Wikipedia
Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	<s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s>	This topic isn't notable.
Underline your text	<u>This topic is notable</u>	This topic is notable
Hide text somewhere for editors consensus is how things are decided	<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->
Show an image for uploading, see the intro to uploading images	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]	File:Wiki.png Caption
Template:Citation needed one of many cleanup templates	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
Link to a category	[[:Category:Category name]]	Category:Wikipedia basic information Category:Wikipedia help
<center>Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another page redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	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	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
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.	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent ::::fourth indent {{Outdent|4}} return to left margin	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ return to left margin

Quick Templates

Image [[File: | thumb | 250px | upright | right | alt= | caption ]] Cite Web <ref>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate= }}</ref> Cite Journal <ref>{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |year= |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher= |doi= |url= |accessdate= }}</ref> Cite Book (Short) <ref>{{cite book |last = |first = |authorlink = |title = |publisher = |series = |year = |doi = |isbn = }}</ref> Cite Book (Extended) <ref>{{cite book | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor = | title = | trans_title = | url = | accessdate = | edition = | series = | volume = | date = | year = | publisher = | location = | isbn = | doi = | page = | pages = | chapter = }}</ref> Metric Conversions Single Input: {{convert|original_value|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on}} Range of Values: {{convert|orig_val1|range|orig_val2|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on}} EXAMPLES: {{convert|60|and|170|kg|lb|abbr=on}} {{convert|18|°C|°F}} {{convert|3.21|kg|lb}} Variables Code Effect {{CURRENTWEEK}} 43 {{CURRENTDOW}} 0 {{CURRENTMONTH}} 10 {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} October {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} October {{CURRENTDAY}} 26 {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} Sunday {{CURRENTYEAR}} 2025 {{CURRENTTIME}} 13:14 {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} 96 {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} 752 {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} 29 {{PAGENAME}} Cheatsheet {{NAMESPACE}} Help {{REVISIONID}} 878 {{REVISIONUSER}} Setvadmin {{localurl:pagename}} /Pagename {{localurl:Wikipedia:Sandbox|action=edit}} https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox?action=edit {{fullurl:pagename}} http://wiki.ssdcougars.tv/Pagename {{fullurl:pagename|query_string}} http://wiki.ssdcougars.tv/index.php?title=Pagename&query_string {{SERVER}} http://wiki.ssdcougars.tv {{ns:index}} e.g. '{{ns:1}}' fullname of namespace e.g 'Talk' {{SITENAME}} SETV Springfield Technical Wiki Recalling Named Reference <ref name="NAMEOFREF" /> Quote {{quote| text =| sign =}} Blockquote <blockquote> <p>QUOTED PARAGRAPH</p> <p>NAME, SOURCE, REFERENCE</p> </blockquote> About (This page is about USE1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).) {{About|USE1}} (This page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.) {{About|USE1||PAGE2}} (This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.) {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} (This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For USE4, see PAGE4. For USE5, see PAGE5.) {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5}} Table (Borderless) {| |- ! scope="col" width="width:20em;" |COLUMN1 ! scope="col" width="width:20em;" |COLUMN2 |- |ROW1 |ROW1/COL2 |- |ROW2 |ROW2/COL2 |- |} Table Style 1 {| border="1" cellpadding="2" |---- ! scope="col" width="width:20em;" |COLUMN1 ! scope="col" width="width:20em;" |COLUMN2 |- |ROW1 |ROW1/COL2 |- |ROW2 |ROW2/COL2 |---- |} Table Style 2 (Wikitable) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" |- ! style="width:20em;" |COLUMN1 ! style="width:20em;" |COLUMN2 |- |ROW1 |ROW1/COL2 |- |ROW2 |ROW2/COL2 |- |} Collapsible Table, Default: Collapsed {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: left;margin:0px;" |- ! style="width:20em;" |COLUMN1 ! style="width:20em;" |COLUMN2 |- |ROW1 |ROW1/COL2 |- |ROW2 |ROW2/COL2 |- |} Columns {{col-begin|width=100%}} {{col-break|width=}} {{col-end}} Interwiki Wiki Shortcut Wikicommons [[commons:]] Wikipedia [[w:]] Wiktionary [[wikt:]] Wikibooks [[b:]] Wikisource [[s:]] Wikispecies [[species:]] Metawiki [[m:]] Mediawiki [[mw:]]

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See also

Wiki markup quick reference (PDF download)

• For a full list of editing commands, see Wiki markup
• To experiment with editing, use the sandbox
• For a guide to editing, see How to edit a page
• For a PDF, printable cheatsheet, see m:WMDOC/Cheatsheet
• For a pre-formatted collapsible cheatsheet with the most commonly used templates, see Template:Quicktemplates
• For more quick introductions, see Category:Wikipedia quick introductions
• For a guide to editing and displaying mathematical equations and formulas, see Displaying a formula
• If you don't want to use wikitext markup, try VisualEditor instead.

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