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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) 07:45, 2 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Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	`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

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}}	49
{{CURRENTDOW}}	1
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	12
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	December
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}	December
{{CURRENTDAY}}	2
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Monday
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2024
{{CURRENTTIME}}	07:45
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	6,918,639
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}	61,945,057
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}	48,349,144
{{PAGENAME}}	Cheatsheet
{{NAMESPACE}}	Help
{{REVISIONID}}	-
{{REVISIONUSER}}	Riod456
{{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:]]
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=}}

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