Mediawiki Cheatsheet

{|align="center" style="width:100%; border:2px #a3b1bf solid; background:#f5faff; text-align:left;" Wikipedia Cheatsheet  italic  italic  bold  bold  bold & italic  bold & italic  Name of page 
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 * colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;" | Works anywhere in the text
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 * style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"|You type
 * width="30%" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"|You get
 * Italic text
 * width="30%" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"|You get
 * Italic text
 * Italic text
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 * Bold text
 * Bold text
 * Bold text
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 * Bold and italic text
 * Bold and italic text
 * Bold and italic text
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 * Link to another Wikipedia page
 * Link to another Wikipedia page
 * Link to another Wikipedia page

 Text to display  Name of page

Text to display   Sign your contributions when posting to a Talk Page. Do not sign when contributing to an article.  ~  Username (talk), 27 August 2024 (UTC)
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 * Add an image
 * Add an image
 * Add an image
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 * Add a page to a category
 *  </tt>
 * Categories should be placed at the end of pages. The category name will display in a bar at the bottom when the page is previewed or saved.
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 * Signature
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 * Signature
 * Signature
 * Signature

 Hello, World. </tt>  References:
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 * Insert a reference into a page so it will be automatically formatted
 * Insert a reference into a page so it will be automatically formatted
 * Insert a reference into a page so it will be automatically formatted

</tt> Hello, World.

References:

Redirects must be placed at the start of the first line.  #REDIRECT Target page </tt> Target page Redirects must be placed at the start of the first line.  #REDIRECT Target page </tt> Target page
 * colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;" | Works only at the beginning of lines
 * width="30%" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"|Description
 * style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"|You type
 * width="30%" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"|You get
 * Redirect to another page
 * width="30%" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"|You get
 * Redirect to another page
 * Redirect to another page
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 * Redirect to a section of another page
 * Redirect to a section of another page
 * Redirect to a section of another page
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 * Section headings
 * Section headings
 * Section headings

A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article. Do not use =Level 1=; it is reserved for page titles.  == Level 2 == </tt>

 === Level 3 === </tt>

 ==== Level 4 ==== </tt>

 ===== Level 5 ===== </tt>

 ====== Level 6 ====== </tt>

Level 6
* One</tt>
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 * Bulleted list
 * Bulleted list
 * Bulleted list

* Two</tt>

** Two point one</tt>

* Three</tt> # One</tt>
 * One
 * Two
 * Two point one
 * Three
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 * Numbered list
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 * Numbered list
 * Numbered list

# Two</tt>

## Two point one</tt>

<tt># Three</tt> This is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations. <tt> no indent (normal) </tt>
 * 1) One
 * 2) Two
 * 3) Two point one
 * 4) Three
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 * Indenting text
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 * Indenting text
 * Indenting text

<tt> :first indent </tt>

<tt> ::second indent </tt>

<tt> :::third indent </tt> no indent (normal)


 * first indent
 * second indent
 * third indent

<tt> </tt>
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 * Adding templates
 * Adding templates
 * Adding templates

Cheatsheet for citing a website or publication
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Referencing for beginners
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