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#Jumping]]
[[Frog#Jumping|the jumping of frogs]]
Frog#Jumping
the jumping of frogs
Red link
[[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>http://www.w3.org/</ref>
References:
{{reflist}}
Hello,[ ១] World.[ ២]
References:
Signature
sign your contributions when posting to a talk page
~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages
Username (talk ) ម៉ោង១៤:១៤, ១០ ខែឧសភា ២០២៥ (UTC)
Plain website
http://www.wikipedia.org
http://www.wikipedia.org
Link a website
[http://www.wikipedia.org]
[១]
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to show your previous comment is outdated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 .
Hide text somewhere for editors
<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->
Show an image
[[ File:Wiki.png|thumb| Caption]]
Caption
Template:Citation needed
Hello, World.{{cn}}
Hello, World.[ត្រូវការអំណះអំណាង ]
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
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