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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 World! Hello again! References:
Template:Citation needed one of many cleanup templates	This statement is true.{{cn}}	This statement is true.
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 20:14, 15 December 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Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	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

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