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A cheat sheet for Wikipedia, including markup help.
Five Pillars
The "Five Pillars" are the fundamental principles of Wikipedia: |
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Wikipedia Headings
==Text== |
Level 1 heading |
===Text=== |
Level 2 |
====Text==== |
Level 3 |
Wikipedia Text Effects
''text'' |
Italics |
'''text''' |
Bold |
<s>text</s> |
Strikethrough |
<sup>text</sup> |
Superscript |
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki> |
Escape wiki markup |
Wikipedia Links
[[Article Name]] Link to article "Article Name"
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[[Article Name]]s Link with text "Article Names"
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[[Article Name|Link Text]] Link with text "Link Text"
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[[Article Name#Subsection|Link Text]] Link to subsection of article
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[http://www.example.com Link Text] Link to example.com
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[[Category:Category Name]] Add article to "Category Name"
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[[:Category:Category Name]] Link to category
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Wikipedia Lists and Indents
* Text |
Bullet list |
** Text |
Bullet list (second level) |
# Text |
Numbered list |
## Text |
Numbered list (second level) |
; Item |
Definition list item |
: Definition |
Definition list definition |
: Text |
Indented text |
:: Text |
Indented text (second level) |
Can be nested, e.g., use #* to put a bullet list within a numbered list.
Wikipedia Lines and Signatures
---- |
Horizontal Line |
<br /> |
Line break |
~~~ |
Signature |
~~~~ |
Signature with timestamp |
~~~~~ |
Timestamp |
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Wikipedia Allowed HTML Tags
<!-- Comment --> |
<pre> |
<abbr> |
<tt> |
<div> |
<font> |
<span> |
<del> |
<br /> |
<ins> |
<blockquote> |
<sub> |
<code> |
<sup> |
Wikipedia Tables
{| class="name" |
Start table |
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Start row |
! Header 1 |
Headings |
! Header 2 |
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| row 1, cell 1 |
Data |
| row 1, cell 2 |
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| row 2, cell 1 |
| row 2, cell 2 |
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End Table |
Wikipedia Images
[[File:img.jpg|thumb|alt=Text|Caption]] Place an image
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[[File:img.jpg|thumb|left]] Image on the left
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[[File:img.jpg|thumb|none]] Image with no text flowing around it
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Wikipedia Citations
<ref>Smith, John. 'Reference Title''. Journal, 2011, p. 1.</ref> Inline citation.
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<ref name="refname">text</ref> Named inline citation.
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<ref name="refname" /> Use earlier named citation.
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{{citation needed}} Citation needed.
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{{reflist}} Citations list.
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Wikipedia Useful Pages
Help with editing
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Wikipedia guidelines
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Wikipedia policies
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Wikipedia manual of style
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Guide to notability
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Wikipedia help desk
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Comprehensive list of useful links
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Wikipedia Abbreviations and Shortcuts
WP:3RR |
Three Revert Rule |
WP:AFC |
Articles For Creation |
WP:AFD |
Articles For Deletion |
WP:AGF |
Assume Good Faith |
WP:AN |
Administrator's Noticeboard |
WP:AP |
Arbitration Policy |
WP:BOT |
Bots |
WP:BCRAT |
Bureaucrats |
WP:CIVIL |
Civility |
WP:D |
Disambiguation |
WP:DEL |
Deletion Policy |
WP:NEW |
New user log |
WP:NOR |
No Original Research |
WP:NOT |
What Wikipedia is not |
WP:NPA |
No Personal Attacks |
WP:NPOV |
Neutral Point Of View |
WP:PD |
Public Domain |
WP:PN |
Patent Nonsense |
WP:PROD |
Proposed Deletion |
WP:SELF |
Avoid self-references |
WP:V |
Verifiability |
WP:VAND |
Vandalism |
WP:VIE |
Voting Is Evil |
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very good, Dave, thanks
Thank you Dave, very helpful.
Thanks very helpful for me as before this my knowledge about Wikipedia was little bit. Today I got much more information.
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