Difference between revisions of "Help:Editing"

Latest revision as of 04:26, 7 July 2021

Copy of Cheatsheet from Wikipedia. Because it was copied manually it may have some omissions, and you are encouraged to visit the original.

See also: Help:Contents for an explanation of non-generic-MediaWiki features (ie. stuff that's unique to this wiki).

Wikipedia Cheatsheet
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	`''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''`	italics, bold, and both

Link You can also use a pipe, or both "Pipe" a link to change the link's text	`[[Tradeskill]]` `[[Tradeskill]]ing` `[[Cultural Tradeskills \| Racial Trade]]` `[[Cultural Tradeskills \| Racial Trade]]skilling`	Tradeskill Tradeskilling Racial Trade Racial Tradeskilling

Link to a section	`[[Brewing#Leveling Guide]]` `[[Brewing#Leveling Guide\| Leveling Brewing]]`	Brewing#Leveling Guide Leveling Brewing

Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	`~~~~` do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 12:50, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

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

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

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

Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	`<s>[[Roots]] are the best food.</s>`	~~Roots are the best food.~~

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

Hide text somewhere for editors	`<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->`

Show an image for uploading, see the intro to uploading images

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

Link to a category	`[[:Category:Category name]]`

Add a Templet to a page	`[[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

Link to a category	`[[:Category:Category name]]`

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 pageName]]`

Redirect to a section of another page	`#REDIRECT [[Target pageName#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.	`no indent (normal)` `:first indent` `::second indent` `:::third indent` `::::fourth indent`	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent

Tables

Wiki Tables

Caption: example table
header1	header2	header3
row1cell1	row1cell2	row1cell3
row2cell1	row2cell2	row2cell3

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption: example table
|-
! header1
! header2
! header3
|-
| row1cell1
| row1cell2
| row1cell3
|-
| row2cell1
| row2cell2
| row2cell3
|}

Notes

Item templates (eg. {{:Fungus Covered Scale Tunic}},

Fungus Covered Scale Tunic

LORE ITEM
Slot: CHEST
AC: 21
STR: +2 DEX: -10 INT: +2 AGI: -10
Effect: Fungal Regrowth (Worn)
WT: 2.0 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD DRU MNK BRD ROG SHM
Race: ALL

) will usually not work inside these tables. You have to use HTML tables instead.

HTML Tables

Instead of using wiki syntax, you can also use HTML to create tables (which will work with item links):

Caption: example table
header1	header2	header3
row1cell1	row1cell2	row1cell3
row2cell1	row2cell2	row2cell3

<table class="wikitable">
<caption>Caption: example table</caption>
<tr>
  <th>header1</th>
  <th>header2</th>
  <th>header3</th>
</tr><tr>
  <td>row1cell1</td>
  <td>row1cell2</td>
  <td>row1cell3</td>
</tr><tr>
  <td>row2cell1</td>
  <td>row2cell2</td>
  <td>row2cell3</td>
</tr>
</table>

Table Classes

Both table styles can use classes (as well as HTML style attributes) to change the table's appearance.

wikitable Class Example

The default wiki style table uses a class of "wikitable":

Caption: example table
header1	header2	header3
row1cell1	row1cell2	row1cell3
row2cell1	row2cell2	row2cell3

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption: example table
|-
! header1
! header2
! header3
|-
| row1cell1
| row1cell2
| row1cell3
|-
| row2cell1
| row2cell2
| row2cell3
|}

eoTable Class Example

Caption: example table
header1	header2	header3
row1cell1	row1cell2	row1cell3
row2cell1	row2cell2	row2cell3

{| class="eoTable"
|+ Caption: example table
|-
! header1
! header2
! header3
|-
| row1cell1
| row1cell2
| row1cell3
|-
| row2cell1
| row2cell2
| row2cell3
|}

eoTable2 Class Example

Caption: example table
header1	header2	header3
row1cell1	row1cell2	row1cell3
row2cell1	row2cell2	row2cell3

{| class="wikitable eoTable2"
|+ Caption: example table
|-
! header1
! header2
! header3
|-
| row1cell1
| row1cell2
| row1cell3
|-
| row2cell1
| row2cell2
| row2cell3
|}

eoTable3 Class Example

Caption: example table
header1	header2	header3
row1cell1	row1cell2	row1cell3
row2cell1	row2cell2	row2cell3

{| class="eoTable3"
|+ Caption: example table
|-
! header1
! header2
! header3
|-
| row1cell1
| row1cell2
| row1cell3
|-
| row2cell1
| row2cell2
| row2cell3
|}

sortable Class Example

Caption: example table
header1	header2	header3
row1cell1	row1cell2	row1cell3
row2cell1	row2cell2	row2cell3

{| class="sortable"
|+ Caption: example table
|-
! header1
! header2
! header3
|-
| row1cell1
| row1cell2
| row1cell3
|-
| row2cell1
| row2cell2
| row2cell3
|}

eoTable3 + sortable Class Example

Classes can also be combined, so you can have (for instance) a "sortable eoTable3" table:

Caption: example table
header1	header2	header3
row1cell1	row1cell2	row1cell3
row2cell1	row2cell2	row2cell3

{| class="eoTable3 sortable"
|+ Caption: example table
|-
! header1
! header2
! header3
|-
| row1cell1
| row1cell2
| row1cell3
|-
| row2cell1
| row2cell2
| row2cell3
|}

Difference between revisions of "Help:Editing"

Latest revision as of 04:26, 7 July 2021

Wikipedia Cheatsheet

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Tables

Wiki Tables

Notes

HTML Tables

Table Classes

wikitable Class Example

eoTable Class Example

eoTable2 Class Example

eoTable3 Class Example

sortable Class Example

eoTable3 + sortable Class Example

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-Link to Cheatsheet:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet
+__NOTOC__
+Copy of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Cheatsheet] from Wikipedia.  Because it was copied manually it may have some omissions, and you are encouraged to visit the original.
-Copy of Cheatsheet (Copied from Wikipedia, and therefore might have some differences from here):
+See also: [[Help:Contents]] for an explanation of non-generic-MediaWiki features (ie. stuff that's unique to this wiki).
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 |-<!--2ND ROW 1ST COLUMN-->
-|[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|Link]]| to another page
+|[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|Link]]<br />
-<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''see [[H:IW]] for linking to sister projects''</div>
+You can also use a pipe, or both<br />
-|
-<tt><nowiki>[[copy edit]]</nowiki></tt><br />
-<tt><nowiki>[[copy edit]]ors</nowiki></tt>
-|
-[[copy edit]]<br />
-[[copy edit]]ors
-|-
-|colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
-|-
-|
 "[[Wikipedia:Piped link|Pipe]]" a link to change the link's text
 |
-<tt><nowiki>[[Android (operating system)|Android]]</nowiki></tt>
+<tt><nowiki>[[Tradeskill]]</nowiki></tt><br />
+<tt><nowiki>[[Tradeskill]]ing</nowiki></tt><br />
+<tt><nowiki>[[Cultural Tradeskills | Racial Trade]]</nowiki></tt><br />
+<tt><nowiki>[[Cultural Tradeskills | Racial Trade]]skilling</nowiki></tt>
 |
-[[Android (operating system)|Android]]
+[[Tradeskill]]<br />
+[[Tradeskill]]ing<br />
+[[Cultural Tradeskills | Racial Trade]]<br />
+[[Cultural Tradeskills | Racial Trade]]skilling
 |-
 |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
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 |
-<tt><nowiki>[[Frog#Locomotion]]</nowiki></tt><br />
+<tt><nowiki>[[Brewing#Leveling Guide]]</nowiki></tt><br />
-<tt><nowiki>[[Frog#Locomotion|the movement of frogs]]</nowiki></tt>
+<tt><nowiki>[[Brewing#Leveling Guide| Leveling Brewing]]</nowiki></tt>
 |
-[[Frog#Locomotion]]<br />
+[[Brewing#Leveling Guide]]<br />
-[[Frog#Locomotion|the movement of frogs]]
+[[Brewing#Leveling Guide| Leveling Brewing]]
-|-
-|colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 |-
 |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 |-
-|[[Wikipedia:Signatures|Signature]]|Signature}}
+|[[Wikipedia:Signatures|Signature]]
 <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''sign your contributions when posting to a [[Wikipedia:Tutorial (Talk pages)|talk page]]''</div>
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 |-
-|[[WP:STRIKE|Strike]] your [[WP:TALK|talk page]] comment
+|Strike your talk page comment
 <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''to show your previous comment is outdated''</div>
 |
-<tt><nowiki><s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s></nowiki></tt>
+<tt><nowiki><s>[[Roots]] are the best food.</s></nowiki></tt>
 |
-<s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s>
+<s>[[Roots]] are the best food.</s>
 |-
 |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 |-
-|[[WP:Underline|Underline]] your text
+|Underline your text
 |
 <tt><nowiki><u>This topic is notable</u></nowiki></tt>
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 |-
 |Hide text somewhere for editors
-<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''[[WP:CON|consensus]] is how things are decided''</div>
 |
 <tt><nowiki><!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page--></nowiki></tt>
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 |-
-|[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Show an image]]
+|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial Show an image]
-<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''for uploading, see the [[Help:Introduction to uploading images|intro to uploading images]]
+<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''for uploading, see the [[Special:Upload|intro to uploading images]]
 ''</div>
 |-
 |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 |-
-|Add a page to a [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories|category]]|Add a page to a category}}
+|Add a page to a [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories|category]]
 |<tt><nowiki>[[Category:Category name]]</nowiki></tt><br /><br /><span style="font-size:0.9em;">''place near the bottom of a page''</span>
 |<span style="font-size:0.9em;">''shows''</span> "Category name" <span style="font-size:0.9em;">''in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved''</span>
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 |Link to a [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories|category]]
 |<br><tt><nowiki>[[:Category:Category name]]</nowiki></tt><br /><br />
-|<br>[[:Category:Wikipedia basic information]]<br>[[:Category:Wikipedia help]]
+|-
+|colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
+|-
+|Add a Templet to a page
+|<tt><nowiki>[[Category:Category name]]</nowiki></tt><br /><br /><span style="font-size:0.9em;">''place near the bottom of a page''</span>
+|<span style="font-size:0.9em;">''shows''</span> "Category name" <span style="font-size:0.9em;">''in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved''</span>
+|-
+|colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
+|-
+|Link to a [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories|category]]
+|<br><tt><nowiki>[[:Category:Category name]]</nowiki></tt><br /><br />
+|-
+|colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 |-<!--WORKS ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF LINES-->
-| colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; border-top:2px #a3b1bf solid" |
+| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#E6F2FF; text-align:center;" border-top:2px #a3b1bf solid" |
-<center>'''Works only at the beginning of lines''' &nbsp; &nbsp;
+'''Works only at the beginning of lines''' &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
 |-<!--COLUMN HEADINGS--> style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"
 | style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | Description
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 | style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | You get
 |-
-|[[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect to another page]]|Redirect to another page}}
+|Redirect to another page
 <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''redirects must be placed at the start of the first line''</div>
 |
-<tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target page]]</nowiki></tt>
+<tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target pageName]]</nowiki></tt>
 |
-[[File:Redirect arrow without text.svg|30px|link=]] [[Target page]]
 |-
 |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 |-
-|[[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect to a section of another page]]
+|Redirect to a section of another page
 |
-<tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]</nowiki></tt>
+<tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target pageName#anchorName]]</nowiki></tt>
 |
-[[File:Redirect arrow without text.svg|30px|link=]] [[Target page#anchorName]]
 |-
 |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 |-
-|[[Help:Section|Section headings]]|Section headings}}<br />
+|Section headings<br />
 <div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article''</div>
 |
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 |-
-|[[Help:List|Bulleted list]]|Bulleted list}}
+|Bulleted list
 |
 <tt>* One</tt><br />
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-|[[Help:List|Numbered list]]|Numbered list}}
+|Numbered list
 |
 <tt># One</tt><br />
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 |-
-|Indenting text|Indenting text}}
+|Indenting text
-<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''this is used when replying on a [[Wikipedia:Tutorial (Talk pages)|talk page]], to make it easier to follow conversations. <br /> After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent <nowiki>{{Outdent|n}}</nowiki> ([[Template:Outdent]]) can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.''</div>
+<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''this is used when replying on a [[Wikipedia:Tutorial (Talk pages)|talk page]], to make it easier to follow conversations. <br /> ''</div>
 |
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 <tt><nowiki>:::third indent</nowiki></tt><br />
 <tt><nowiki>::::fourth indent</nowiki></tt><br />
-<tt><nowiki>{{Outdent|4}} return to left margin</nowiki></tt>
 |
 no indent (normal)<br />
@@ Line 218: / Line 228: @@
 :::third indent
 ::::fourth indent
-{{Outdent|4}} return to left margin
 |}
-</div>
+== Tables ==
+=== Wiki Tables ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}
+<pre>{| class="wikitable"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}</pre>
+=== Notes ===
+Item templates (eg. <code><nowiki>{{:Fungus Covered Scale Tunic}}</nowiki></code>, {{:Fungus Covered Scale Tunic}}) will usually not work inside these tables.  You have to use HTML tables instead.
+=== HTML Tables ===
+Instead of using wiki syntax, you can also use HTML to create tables (which ''will'' work with item links):
+<table class="wikitable">
+<caption>Caption: example table</caption>
+<tr>
+  <th>header1</th>
+  <th>header2</th>
+  <th>header3</th>
+</tr><tr>
+  <td>row1cell1</td>
+  <td>row1cell2</td>
+  <td>row1cell3</td>
+</tr><tr>
+  <td>row2cell1</td>
+  <td>row2cell2</td>
+  <td>row2cell3</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<pre><table class="wikitable">
+<caption>Caption: example table</caption>
+<tr>
+  <th>header1</th>
+  <th>header2</th>
+  <th>header3</th>
+</tr><tr>
+  <td>row1cell1</td>
+  <td>row1cell2</td>
+  <td>row1cell3</td>
+</tr><tr>
+  <td>row2cell1</td>
+  <td>row2cell2</td>
+  <td>row2cell3</td>
+</tr>
+</table></pre>
+=== Table Classes ===
+Both table styles can use classes (as well as HTML style attributes) to change the table's appearance.
+==== wikitable Class Example ====
+The default wiki style table uses a class of "wikitable":
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}
+<pre>{| class="wikitable"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}</pre>
+==== eoTable Class Example ====
+{| class="eoTable"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}
+<pre>{| class="eoTable"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}</pre>
+==== eoTable2 Class Example ====
+{| class="wikitable eoTable2"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}
+<pre>{| class="wikitable eoTable2"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}</pre>
+==== eoTable3 Class Example ====
+{| class="eoTable3"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}
+<pre>{| class="eoTable3"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}</pre>
+==== sortable Class Example ====
+{| class="sortable"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}
+<pre>{| class="sortable"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}</pre>
+==== eoTable3 + sortable Class Example ====
+Classes can also be combined, so you can have (for instance) a "sortable eoTable3" table:
+{| class="eoTable3 sortable"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}
+<pre>{| class="eoTable3 sortable"
+|+ Caption: example table
+|-
+! header1
+! header2
+! header3
+|-
+| row1cell1
+| row1cell2
+| row1cell3
+|-
+| row2cell1
+| row2cell2
+| row2cell3
+|}</pre>