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Link to Cheatsheet:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet
 
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<h2 style="margin:.5em; margin-top:.1em; margin-bottom:.1em; border-bottom:0; font-weight:bold;"><br/>Wikipedia Cheatsheet</h2>
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<center>'''Works anywhere in the text''' &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
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<tt><nowiki>''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''</nowiki></tt>
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|[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|Link]]| to another page
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<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''see [[H:IW]] for linking to sister projects''</div>
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<tt><nowiki>[[copy edit]]</nowiki></tt><br />
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[[copy edit]]<br />
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"[[Wikipedia:Piped link|Pipe]]" a link to change the link's text
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<tt><nowiki>[[Android (operating system)|Android]]</nowiki></tt>
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[[Android (operating system)|Android]]
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<tt><nowiki>[[Frog#Locomotion]]</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt><nowiki>[[Frog#Locomotion|the movement of frogs]]</nowiki></tt>
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[[Frog#Locomotion]]<br />
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[[Frog#Locomotion|the movement of frogs]]
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|<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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<tt><nowiki>==Level 2==</nowiki></tt><br />
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<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>
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Revision as of 03:30, 31 January 2017

Link to Cheatsheet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet

Copy of Cheatsheet (Copied from Wikipedia, and therefore might have some differences from here):

Contents


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| to another page
see H:IW 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|the movement of frogs]]

Frog#Locomotion
the movement of frogs

Signature|Signature}}
sign your contributions when posting to a talk page

~~~~

do not sign in an article, only on talk pages

Username (talk) 12:51, 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>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 text somewhere for 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
Add a page to a category|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]]
Category:Wikipedia basic information
Category:Wikipedia help


<center>Works only at the beginning of lines    

Description You type You get
Redirect to another page|Redirect to another page}}
redirects must be placed at the start of the first line

#REDIRECT [[Target page]]

30px Target page

Redirect to a section of another page

#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]

30px Target page#anchorName

Section headings|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|Bulleted list}}

* One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three

  • One
  • Two
    • Two point one
  • Three
Numbered list|Numbered list}}

# One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. 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

Template:Outdent return to left margin


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