Handy Wikipedia Cheatsheet
Everyone can contribute to the free encylopedia Wikipedia. This is possible because Wikipedia is a wiki: Simply click on the link “Edit this page“ on top of an article and start writing.
This cheatsheet shows the basic formatting tricks and is very handy.
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Wiki text |
Result |
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”italic” |
italic |
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”’bold”’ |
bold |
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””’bold and italic””’ |
bold and italic |
| ==heading== ===level 2=== ====level 3==== =====level 4===== |
Headings in different sizes |
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[[Link to another page]] [[Link|different title]] |
Internal Link to another page on the wiki |
| http://www.example.org [http://www.example.org Text] |
External link Link with description |
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[[fr:Page en français]] |
Interwiki link to french Wikipedia (appears under “languages“) |
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[[Category:Example]] |
Add article to category “example“ |
| —- |
horizontal line |
| * one * two * three |
Bullet list |
| # one # two # three |
Numbered list |
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[[Image:File.jpg|Text]] [[Image:File.jpg|frame|Text]] |
Image with alternative text Image aligned right with caption |
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[[Media:File.ogg]] |
Download link |
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{{Name}} |
Include template “Name” |
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–~~~ |
Signature (Link to userpage) |
| –~~~~ |
Signature with timestamp (date & time) |
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#REDIRECT [[Other article]] |
Redirect one title to another article |
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