Help:Cheatsheet

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This is a cheatsheet containing some of the most commonly used wikitext formatting codes. For a more comprehensive list, see Help:Wikitext.

Description	You type	You get
Works anywhere in the text
Bold text	'''Bold text'''	Bold text
Italic text	''Italic text''	Italic text
Bold and italic text	'''''Bold and italic'''''	Bold and italic
Escape wiki markup	<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>	no ''markup''
Internal link These link to other pages on this wiki	[[Help:Contents]] [[Help:Contents|Main help page]] [[Help:Contents#Collaborating|Help on collaborating]]	Help:Contents Main help page Help on collaborating
External link These link to other websites	[http://www.example.com/ Example website]	Example website
Citations, references, and footnotes	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 World! Hello again! References:
Image	[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|Caption]]	Caption
Category	[[Category:Category name]]	Shows "Category name" in a box at the bottom of the page
Link to image/category This lets you link directly to the image or category, rather than embedding the image or adding the category	[[:Category:Category name]] [[:File:Example.jpg]]	Category:Category name File:Example.jpg
Signature Use this on talk pages after your comments; don't use this in articles	~~~~	Username (talk) 06:12, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Hidden comment These won't be shown to readers, but can be seen while editing the page	<!-- Note to editors -->
Works only at the start of the line
Section headings Don't use "Level 1" headings as these are used in page titles	==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6======	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
Redirect Must be placed on the very first line of the page	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page