Cheat sheet

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Template:Shortcut Wikitext Cheatsheet
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
ItalicsTemplate:Anchor, boldTemplate:Anchor, and bothTemplate:Anchor	Template:Mono	italics, bold, and both

Link Template:Anchor 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]]`	Frog#Locomotion locomotion in frogs

Red link Links to pages that don't exist are automatically red. Red links in articles 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>https://www.w3.org/</ref> Hello again!<ref name="LoC" /><ref>Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.</ref> References: {{reflist}}	Hello<ref name="LoC">Library of Congress</ref> World!<ref>https://www.w3.org/</ref> Hello again!<ref name="LoC" /><ref>Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.</ref> References: Template:Reflist

Template:Citation needed one of many cleanup templates	`This statement is true.{{cn}}`	This statement is true.Template:Cn

Signature Template:Anchor sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	`~~~~` do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 15:19, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	`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 Template:Anchor	`[[File:Wiki.png\|thumb\|Caption]]`	File:Wiki.png Caption

Add a page to a category Template:Anchor	`[[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 Template:Anchor redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	`#REDIRECT [[Target page]]`	File:Redirect arrow without text.svg Target page

Redirect to a section of another page	`#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]`	File:Redirect arrow without text.svg Target page#anchorName

Section headings Template:Anchor 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 Template:Anchor	`* One` `* Two` `** Two point one` `* Three`	One Two Two point one Three

Numbered list Template:Anchor	`# One` `# Two` `## Two point one` `# Three`	One Two Two point one Three

Indenting textTemplate:Anchor 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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Wikitext Cheatsheet

Level 2

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Level 5

Level 6

See also