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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
        
                        
                                                            
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                                 [[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  | 
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                                                                                            # Text  | 
                                                                                                                        Numbered list  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            ## Text  | 
                                                                                                                        Numbered list (second level)  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            ; Item  | 
                                                                                                                        Definition list item  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            : Definition  | 
                                                                                                                        Definition list definition  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            : Text  | 
                                                                                                                        Indented text  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            :: Text  | 
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                            Can be nested, e.g., use #* to put a bullet list within a numbered list.  
                             
    
    
            Wikipedia Lines and Signatures
        
                        
                                                                                    
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                                                                                                                        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>  | 
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            Wikipedia Tables
        
                        
                                                                                    
                                                                                            {| class="name"  | 
                                                                                                                        Start table  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
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                                                                                                                        Start row  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            ! Header 1  | 
                                                                                                                        Headings  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            ! Header 2  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            |-  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            | row 1, cell 1  | 
                                                                                                                        Data  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            | row 1, cell 2  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            |-  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            | row 2, cell 1  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            | row 2, cell 2  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
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            Wikipedia Images
        
                        
                                                            
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                                 [[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
        
                        
                                                            
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                                 <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
        
                        
                                                            
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                                                                                                     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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