Help:Wiki markup cheatsheet

Wiki markup cheatsheet
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
ItalicsTemplate:Anchor, boldTemplate:Anchor, and bothTemplate:Anchor	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
LinkTemplate:Anchor to another page	[[Help:Starting a new page]] [[Help:Links]]	Help:Starting a new page Help:Links
"Pipe" a link to change the link's destination	[[Help:Editing pages|Edit a page]]	Edit a page
Link to a section	[[Images#Link_behavior]] [[Images#Link_behavior|Link behavior and images]]	Images#Link behavior Link behavior and images
Red link red links in articles help by showing desired pages to be created	[[a red link]]	a red link
SignatureTemplate:Anchor sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 19:38, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Plain website	https://www.mediawiki.org	https://www.mediawiki.org
Link a website	[https://www.mediawiki.org]	[1]
Link and name a website	[https://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki]	MediaWiki
Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	<s>This page is missing important infomation.</s>	This page is missing important infomation.
Hide text somewhere for editors Essentially leaving comments in an article	<!--Check the help section for assistance with templates!-->
Show an image for uploading, see the Help:Managing files	[[File:Bedroll east.png|thumb|Caption]]	Caption
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 or file	[[:Category:Help]] [[:File:Medicine.png]]	Category:Help File:Medicine.png
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another pageTemplate:Anchor redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	#REDIRECT [[About RimWorld]]	30px About RimWorld
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[About RimWorld#The tactics engine]]	30px About RimWorld#The tactics engine
Section headingsTemplate: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 listTemplate:Anchor	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered listTemplate: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.	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent ::::fourth indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent

See also

• MediaWiki reference card