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Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Wikipedia:Cheatsheet) Brief guide to Wikipedia formatting codes Help! Contributing Tutorial Tips FAQ Help directory Help menu Cheatsheet Questions Help desk Reference desk Teahouse For a complete list of wikitext codes, see Help:Wikitext. For information on special words, see Help:Magic words.ShortcutsH:CSH:CSWP:CHEATWP:CHEAT 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 ~~~~ Username (talk) 11:13, 28 February 2026 (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or {{u|Example}} User:Example or Example Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated or withdrawn <s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s> This topic isn't notable. Underline your text This topic is notable This topic is notable Hide comment(s) somewhere for editors; hidden comments are visible only in the editors consensus is how things are decided  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 informationFile: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 vteQuick templates 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 {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}} 6 {{CURRENTMONTH}} 02 {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} February {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} February {{CURRENTDAY}} 28 {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} Saturday {{CURRENTYEAR}} 2026 {{CURRENTTIME}} 11:13 {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} 7,144,078 {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} 65,182,269 {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} 51,722,556 {{PAGENAME}} Cheatsheet {{TALKPAGENAME}} Help talk:Cheatsheet {{NAMESPACE}} Help {{REVISIONID}} - {{REVISIONUSER}} Theknoledgeableperson {{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|action=history}} //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pagename&action=history {{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> QUOTED PARAGRAPH NAME, SOURCE, REFERENCE </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:]] Wikiversity [[wv:]] 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=}} See also Note: You can use the sandbox to experiment with page editing. 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