Wikipedia:Cheatsheet

Wikipedia Cheatsheet
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic text	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Link to another Wikipedia page	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
Link internal heading	[[#Heading name]] [[#Heading name2|Name2]]	#Heading name Name2
Show an image	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|alt=text|Caption]]	Caption
Size an image	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|60px|alt=text|Cap]] (option "60px" means 60 pixels wide)	Cap
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 saved.
Signature Sign your contributions when posting to a Talk Page.	~~~~ (Do not sign in an article, only on talk-pages.)	Username (talk) 15:49, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Using Templates
Description	You type	You get
Use a template	{{tempname}}	Template:Tempname - The template named "tempname" must exist first.
Use {{Smallcaps}}	{{smallcaps|This Text}}	This Text
Use {{Convert}} to change units	{{convert|29|km|mi}}	29 kilometres (18 mi)
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
Nonindexed headers (left out of Table of Contents)	; Header name (has a leading semicolon ";" in front)	Header name (will not appear in Table of Contents)
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.	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent
Adding footnote references
Cheatsheet for citing a website or publication Referencing for beginners
Insert footnotes as references in a page to list at page bottom	Hello,<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> References: {{reflist}}	Hello, World. References:
Changing text fonts
Description	You type	You get
Small text	<small>smaller text</small>	smaller text
Set text font color blue	<span style="color:blue">words</span>	words
Set text gold (see: Web colors)	<span style="color:gold">golden </span>	golden
Set text grayish	<span style="color:#616161">grayed </span>	grayed
Set text white-on-blue	<span style="color:white; background:blue"> blue background</span>	blue background
Strike through text	<s>strike words</s>	strike words

See also

Wiki markup quick reference (PDF download)

• For a full list of editing commands, see Wiki markup
• To experiment with editing, use the sandbox
• For a guide to editing, see How to edit a page
• For a PDF, printable cheatsheet, see m:WMDOC/Cheatsheet
• For a pre-formatted collapsible cheatsheet with the most commonly used templates, see Template:Quicktemplates
• For more quick introductions, see Category:Wikipedia quick introductions