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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
[[football]]
[[football]]ers
football
footballers
"Pipe" a link to change the link's text
[[Android (operating system)|Android]]
Android
Link to a section
[[Frog#Jumping]]
[[Frog#Jumping|the jumping of frogs]]
Frog#Jumping
the jumping of frogs
Red link
red links in articles help by showing desired
redirects
or
notable
pages
[[something missing]]
something missing
References and footnotes
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
Hello,
ref
Library of Congress
ref
World.
ref
ref
References:

{{reflist}}
Hello,
World.
References:
Library of Congress
Signature
sign your contributions when posting to a
talk page
~~~~
do not sign in an article, only on talk pages
Username
talk
12:40
24
April
2026
(UTC)
Plain website
Link a website
[http://www.wikipedia.org]
Link and name a website
[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]
Wikipedia
Strike your
talk page
comment
to show your previous comment is outdated
This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].
This topic isn't
notable
Hide text somewhere for editors
consensus
is how things are decided

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Caption
Template:Citation needed
one of many
cleanup templates
Hello, World.{{cn}}
Hello, World.
source?
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
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
Nonindexed headers
left out of Table of Contents
; Header name
has a leading semicolon
";"
in front
Header name
will not appear in Table of Contents
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
no indent (normal)
:first indent
::second indent
:::third indent
no indent (normal)
first indent
second indent
third indent
Related pages
To experiment with editing, use the
sandbox
For a guide to editing, see
How to change pages
For a PDF, printable guide, see
m:WMDOC/Cheatsheet
or the
Wiki markup quick reference
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