Wikipedia Cheatsheet
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| Description |
You type |
You get |
| Italicise text |
''italic''
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italic
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| Bold text |
'''bold'''
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bold
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| Bold and italic |
'''''bold & italic'''''
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bold & italic
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Internal link
(within Wikipedia)
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[[Name of page]]
[[Name of page|Text to display]]
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Name of page
Text to display
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External link
(to other websites)
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[http://www.example.org Text to display]
[http://www.example.org]
http://www.example.org
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Text to display
[1]
http://www.example.org
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| Redirect to another page |
#REDIRECT [[Target page]]
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 Target page
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| Footnotes/References
Numbering is generated automatically.
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To create a footnote or reference, use this format:
Article text.<ref name=test>[http://www.example.org Link text], additional text.</ref>
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Article text.[1] |
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To reuse the same note, reuse the name with a trailing slash:
Article text.<ref name=test/>
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To display notes, add either of these lines to the References section
<references/>
{{Reflist}}
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- ^ Link text, additional text.
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Headings[1]
A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.
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== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
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Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
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| Bulleted list[1]
Empty lines between list items discouraged, (see numbered lists).
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* One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three
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| Numbered list[1]
Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.
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# One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three
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- One
- Two
- Two point one
- Three
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| Thumbnail image |
[[Image:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption text]]
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| For Talk Pages |
| Signature |
~~~~
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Your username 23:26,
5 September 2008 (UTC)
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| Indenting Text[1] |
no indent (normal)
:first indent
::second indent
:::third indent
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no indent (normal)
- first indent
- second indent
- third indent
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- ^ a b c d Applies only at the very beginning of lines.
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