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A cheat sheet for Wikipedia, including markup help.
Five PillarsThe "Five Pillars" are the fundamental principles of Wikipedia: | 1. | | 2. | | 3. | | 4. | | 5. | |
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" | [[Article Name]]s Link with text "Article Names" | [[Article Name|Link Text]] Link with text "Link Text" | [[Article Name#Subsection|Link Text]] Link to subsection of article | [http://www.example.com Link Text] Link to example.com | [[Category:Category Name]] Add article to "Category Name" | [[:Category:Category Name]] Link to category |
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 |
| | Wikipedia Allowed HTML Tags<!-- Comment --> | <pre> | <abbr> | <tt> | <div> | <font> | <span> | <del> | <br /> | <ins> | <blockquote> | <sub> | <code> | <sup> |
Wikipedia Tables{| class="name" | Start table | |- | Start row | ! Header 1 | Headings | ! Header 2 | |- | | row 1, cell 1 | Data | | row 1, cell 2 | |- | | row 2, cell 1 | | row 2, cell 2 | |} | End Table |
Wikipedia Images[[File:img.jpg|thumb|alt=Text|Caption]] Place an image | [[File:img.jpg|thumb|left]] Image on the left | [[File:img.jpg|thumb|none]] Image with no text flowing around it |
Wikipedia Citations<ref>Smith, John. 'Reference Title''. Journal, 2011, p. 1.</ref> Inline citation. | <ref name="refname">text</ref> Named inline citation. | <ref name="refname" /> Use earlier named citation. | {{citation needed}} Citation needed. | {{reflist}} Citations list. |
| | Wikipedia Useful PagesHelp with editing | Wikipedia guidelines | Wikipedia policies | Wikipedia manual of style | Guide to notability | Wikipedia help desk | Comprehensive list of useful links |
Wikipedia Abbreviations and ShortcutsWP: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.
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