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==See also==
==See also==
* For a tour of features, see the [[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction to Wikipedia]].
* For experimentation with editing, use the [[OOModels:Sandbox|sandbox]].
* [[Help:Magic words|Magic Words]] of Wikipedia
* For experimentation with editing, use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]].
* For a guide to more advanced page editing, see [[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page|How to edit a page]]
* For a checklist of elements required to make a "perfect" article, see [[Wikipedia:The perfect article|The perfect article]].
* For print cheatsheets, see the [[:m:Help:Reference card|MediaWiki reference card]] or the [[:m:Cheatsheet|poster-size cheatsheet]] (available in many languages).
* The encyclopedic article on [[cheat sheet]]s
* [[Citation templates]]


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Revision as of 19:34, 5 June 2008

Wikipedia Cheatsheet

For more details, see How to edit a page

Description You type You get
Applies anywhere
Italicise text

''italic''

italic

Bold text

'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic

'''''bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Internal link
(within Wikipedia)

[[Name of page]]
[[Name of page|Text to display]]

Name of page
Text to display

External link
(to other websites)

[http://www.example.org Text to display]
[http://www.example.org]
http://www.example.org

Text to display
[1]
http://www.example.org

Redirect to another page

#REDIRECT [[Target page]]

File:Redirectltr.pngTarget page

Footnotes/References
Numbering is generated automatically.
To create a footnote or reference, use this format:

Article text.<ref name=test>[http://www.example.com Link text], additional text.</ref>

Article text.<ref name=test>Link text, additional text.</ref>
To reuse the same note, reuse the name with a trailing slash:

Article text.<ref name=test/>

To display notes, add this line to the References section

<references/>


<references />
For talkpages
Signature (for Talk Pages)

~~~~

Your username 23:38,
21 November 2024 (UTC)

Indenting Text
Applies only at the beginning of lines.

no indent (normal)
:first indent
::second indent
:::third indent

no indent (normal)

first indent
second indent
third indent
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings
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
Bulleted list

* One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three

  • One
  • Two
    • Two point one
  • Three
Numbered list

# One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. Three
Images
Thumbnail image

[[Image:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption text]]

File:Wiki.png
Caption text

See also

  • For experimentation with editing, use the sandbox.