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Wikitext 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 Help:Interwikimedia links 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#Locomotion]]` `[[Frog#Locomotion\|locomotion in frogs]]` `((slink\|Frog#Locomotion))`	Frog#Locomotion locomotion in frogs Frog § Locomotion

Red link Links to pages that don't exist are automatically red. Red links in articles often help by showing desired redirects or notable pages.	`[[Red link example]]`	Red link example

Plain website	`https://www.wikipedia.org`	https://www.wikipedia.org

Link a website	`[https://www.wikipedia.org]`	[1]

Link and name a website	`[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]`	Wikipedia

Citations, 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 name="LoC">[https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World!<ref>((cite web \|url=https://www.w3.org/ \|title = World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)))</ref> Hello again!<ref name="LoC" /><ref>Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.</ref> References: ((reflist))	Hello^[1] World!^[2] Hello again!^[1]^[3] References: ^ ^a ^b Library of Congress ^ "World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)". ^ Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.

Template:Citation needed one of many cleanup templates	`This statement is true.((cn))`	This statement is true.^{[citation needed]}

Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	`~~~~` do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 04:31, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Ping a user on a talk page so they will see your comment	`[[User:Example]]` or `((u\|Example))`	User:Example or Example

Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	`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.~~

Underline your text	`<u>This topic is notable</u>`	This topic is notable

Hide comment(s) somewhere for editors; hidden comments are visible only in the editors consensus is how things are decided	`<!-- This had consensus, discuss at talk page -->`

Show an image for uploading, see the intro to uploading images	`[[File:Wiki.png\|thumb\|Caption]]`	Caption

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 published

Link to a category or file	`[[:Category:Category name]]` `[[:File:File name]]`	Category:Wikipedia basic information File:Example.jpg
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

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. After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent ((Outdent\|n)) (Template:Outdent) can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.	`no indent (normal)` `: first indent` `:: second indent` `::: third indent` `:::: fourth indent` `((Outdent\|4)) return to left margin`	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent return to left margin

Images
[[File: \| thumb \| upright \| right \| alt= \| caption ]]

Cite web
<ref>((cite web \|url= \|title= \|author= \|date= \|website= \|publisher= \|access-date= ))</ref>

Cite journal
<ref>((cite journal \|last1= \|first1= \|last2= \|first2= \|date= \|title= \|journal= \|volume= \|issue= \|pages= \|publisher= \|doi= \|url= \|access-date= ))</ref>

Cite book (short)
<ref>((cite book \|last= \|first= \|author-link= \|title= \|publisher= \|series= \|date= \|doi= \|isbn= ))</ref>

Cite book (extended)

<ref>((cite book
 |last1        = 
 |first1       = 
 |last2        = 
 |first2       = 
 |author-link1 = 
 |author-link2 = 
 |editor       = 
 |title        = 
 |trans-title  = 
 |url          = 
 |access-date  = 
 |edition      = 
 |series       = 
 |volume       = 
 |date         = 
 |publisher    = 
 |location     = 
 |isbn         = 
 |doi          = 
 |page         = 
 |pages        = 
 |chapter      = 
))</ref>

Metric conversions

Single input:

((convert|original_value|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on))

Range of values:

((convert|orig_val1|range|orig_val2|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on))

Examples:

((convert|60|and|170|kg|lb|abbr=on))
((convert|18|°C|°F))
((convert|3.21|kg|lb))

Variables

Code	Effect
((CURRENTWEEK))	9
((CURRENTDOW))	3
((CURRENTMONTH))	02
((CURRENTMONTHNAME))	February
((CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN))	February
((CURRENTDAY))	28
((CURRENTDAYNAME))	Wednesday
((CURRENTYEAR))	2024
((CURRENTTIME))	04:31
((NUMBEROFARTICLES))	6,789,879
((NUMBEROFPAGES))	60,087,391
((NUMBEROFUSERS))	47,014,355
((PAGENAME))	Nihil novi
((NAMESPACE))	User
((REVISIONID))	-
((REVISIONUSER))	Nihil novi
((localurl:pagename))	/wiki/Pagename
((localurl:Wikipedia:Sandbox\|action=edit))	/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit
((fullurl:pagename))	//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagename
((fullurl:pagename\|query_string))	//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pagename&query_string
((SERVER))	//en.wikipedia.org
((ns:index)) e.g. '((ns:1))'	fullname of namespace e.g 'Talk'
((SITENAME))	Wikipedia

Recalling named reference
<ref name="NAMEOFREF" />

Quotes
((blockquote \|text= \|sign= ))

Blockquotes
<blockquote> <p>QUOTED PARAGRAPH</p> <p>NAME, SOURCE, REFERENCE</p> </blockquote>

About
(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).) ((About\|USE1))
(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.) ((About\|USE1\|\|PAGE2))
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.) ((About\|USE1\|USE2\|PAGE2))
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For USE4, see PAGE4. For USE5, see PAGE5.) ((About\|USE1\|USE2\|PAGE2\|USE3\|PAGE3\|USE4\|PAGE4\|USE5\|PAGE5))

Tables (borderless)
{\| \|- ! scope="col" \|COLUMN1 ! scope="col" \|COLUMN2 \|- \|ROW1 \|ROW1/COL2 \|- \|ROW2 \|ROW2/COL2 \|}

Tables (wikitable)
{\| class="wikitable" \|- ! scope="col" \|COLUMN1 ! scope="col" \|COLUMN2 \|- \|ROW1 \|ROW1/COL2 \|- \|ROW2 \|ROW2/COL2 \|}

Collapsible tables (Default: collapsed)
{\| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;margin:0px;" \|- ! style="width:20em;" \|COLUMN1 ! style="width:20em;" \|COLUMN2 \|- \|ROW1 \|ROW1/COL2 \|- \|ROW2 \|ROW2/COL2 \|- \|}

Columns
((col-begin\|width=100%)) ((col-break\|width=)) ((col-end))

Interwiki links

Wiki	Shortcut
Wikimedia Commons	[[commons:]]
Wikipedia	[[w:]]
Wiktionary	[[wikt:]]
Wikibooks	[[b:]]
Wikisource	[[s:]]
Wikispecies	[[species:]]
Metawiki	[[m:]]
MediaWiki	[[mw:]]

Vandalism response templates

 * ((subst:uw-vandalism1|PageName)) ~~~~ (unintentional vandalism/test)
 * ((subst:uw-delete1|PageName)) ~~~~ (unintentional removal of content)
 * ((subst:uw-vandalism2|PageName)) ~~~~ (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption)
 * ((subst:uw-delete2|PageName)) ~~~~ (variant for removal of content)
 * ((subst:uw-vandalism3|PageName)) ~~~~ ("please stop" for use after level 2 warning)
 * ((subst:uw-delete3|PageName)) ~~~~ (please stop removing content)
 * ((subst:uw-vandalism4|PageName)) ~~~~ (last warning for vandalism)
 * ((subst:uw-delete4|PageName)) ~~~~ (last warning for removing content)
 * ((subst:uw-vandalism4im|PageName)) ~~~~ (only warning; for severe or grotesque vandalism only)
 * ((subst:uw-delete4im|PageName)) ~~~~ (only warning; for many blankings in a short period of time)

Page citations
((rp\|page=))

Nihil novi

Nihil novi (talk) 22:16, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Template: "Wikipedia:Please clarify"

Nihil novi (talk) 00:52, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request

Nihil novi (talk) 19:05, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Ignore all rules

Wikipedia:Shortcut

"In use": The article is actively undergoing a major edit for a short while.

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