Cheatsheet

Wikis use symbols such as asterisks, single-quotes, square-brackets and braces to represent formatting elements like making words into links to other sites or articles, or creating tables for layout and dividing the text into headings. This kind of text markup used in the MediaWiki (Wikipedia) project is called wikitext.

Below is a table of the most commonly used wikitext formatting. The middle column is what you type into the article in "edit mode" (after clicking the edit link at the top of the page), and the right-hand column shows what the result would be when viewing the article normally. For more detailed information about editing and wikitext, see Help:Wikitext.

Description	You type	You get
Applies anywhere
Italicise text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Underline	<u>underline</u>	underline
Internal link (within this wiki) Internal link (to a category) Interwiki Link (to partner wiki)	[[name of page]] [[name of page|display text]] [[:Category:name of category]] [[w:name of article]] [[wiki:name of article]] [[wiki:name of article|display text]]	name of page display text Category:name of category w:name of article wiki:name of article display text Note: red links mean the page doesn't exist yet
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.com] [http://www.example.com display text] http://www.example.com [mailto:bob@yahoo.com Bob's email]	[1] display text http://www.example.com Bob's email
Redirect	#redirect [[Target page]]	1. redirect Target page
Language bar	<languages />
Link to Corr-Proust website	=[http://www.corr-proust.org/letter/LetterNumber Sender/Receiver on Corr-Proust website <nowiki>[Date on Corr-Proust website]]=</nowiki>	Sender/Receiver on Corr-Proust website [Date on Corr-Proust website]
Tags for footnotes	<ref name="n1" /> <ref name="n2" />
Footnotes section	==Notes== <references> <ref name="n1">Text text text...</ref> <ref name="n2">Text text text...</ref> </references>	Notes
Escape wiki markup	with ''markup'' <nowiki>without ''markup''</nowiki>	with markup without ''markup''
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different sizes	== level 1 == === level 2 === ==== level 3 ==== ===== level 4 ===== Tip: put __NOTOC__ in an article to remove its table-of-contents	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Outline Numbered Headings	# one # two ## two point one # three	1. one 2. two 2.1 two point one 3. three
Bullet list	* one * two ** two point one * three	one two two point one three
Menu	{{#menu: * one * two ** two point one ** two point two ** two point three * three }}	{{#menu: one two two point one two point two two point three three }}
Tree	{{#tree:root=Example Tree| * one * two ** two point one ** two point two ** two point three * three }}	{{#tree:root=Example Tree| one two two point one two point two two point three three }}
Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2
Thumbnail image	[[Image:Udegawa.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]	File:Udegawa.jpg Caption text