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Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	`''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''`	italics, bold, and both

Link to another page see Help:Interwikimedia links for linking to sister projects	`[[copy edit]]` `[[copy edit]]ors`	copy edit copy editors

"Pipe" a link to change the link's text	`[[Android (operating system)\|Android]]`	Android

Link to a section	`[[Frog#Locomotion]]` `[[Frog#Locomotion\|locomotion in frogs]]`	Frog#Locomotion locomotion in frogs

Red link links to pages that don't exist are automatically red. Red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages.	`[[Red link example]]`	Red link example

References and footnotes (first time used on page, not necessarily "first" in the text) sources in the article will appear where {{reflist}} is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page; text between {{}} is for a template	Hello,<ref name="LoC">[http://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> References: {{reflist}}	Hello,^[1] World.^[2] References: ^ Library of Congress ^ http://www.w3.org/
References and footnotes (once the full reference is in place; otherwise it will cause an error)	Hello again,<ref name="LoC" />

Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	`~~~~` do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 14:23, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Plain website	`http://www.wikipedia.org`	http://www.wikipedia.org

Link a website	`[http://www.wikipedia.org]`	[1]

Link and name a website	`[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]`	Wikipedia

Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	`<s>This topic isn't [[WP:N\|notable]].</s>`	~~This topic isn't notable.~~

Underline your text	`<u>This topic is notable</u>`	This topic is notable

Hide text somewhere for editors consensus is how things are decided	`<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->`

Show an image for uploading, see the intro to uploading images	`[[File:Wiki.png\|thumb\|Caption]]`	Caption

Template:Citation needed one of many cleanup templates	`This statement is true.{{cn}}`	This statement is true.^{[citation needed]}

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	`[[:Category:Category name]]`	Category:Wikipedia basic information Category:Wikipedia help
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another page redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	`#REDIRECT [[Target page]]`	Target page

Redirect to a section of another page	`#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]`	Target page#anchorName

Section headings 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 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

Indenting text this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations. After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent {{Outdent\|n}} (Template:Outdent) can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.	`no indent (normal)` `:first indent` `::second indent` `:::third indent` `::::fourth indent` `{{Outdent\|4}} return to left margin`	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ return to left margin

Quick Templates

Image
`[[File: \| thumb \| 250px \| upright \| right \| alt= \| caption ]]`

Cite Web
`<ref>{{cite web` `\|url=` `\|title=` `\|author=` `\|date=` `\|work=` `\|publisher=` `\|accessdate=` `}}</ref>`

Cite Journal
`<ref>{{cite journal` `\|last1=` `\|first1=` `\|last2=` `\|first2=` `\|year=` `\|title=` `\|journal=` `\|volume=` `\|issue=` `\|pages=` `\|publisher=` `\|doi=` `\|url=` `\|accessdate= }}</ref>`

Cite Book (Short)
`<ref>{{cite book` `\|last =` `\|first =` `\|authorlink =` `\|title =` `\|publisher =` `\|series =` `\|year =` `\|doi =` `\|isbn =` `}}</ref>`

Cite Book (Extended)
`<ref>{{cite book` `\| last =` `\| first =` `\| authorlink =` `\| coauthors =` `\| editor =` `\| title =` `\| trans_title =` `\| url =` `\| accessdate =` `\| edition =` `\| series =` `\| volume =` `\| date =` `\| year =` `\| publisher =` `\| location =` `\| isbn =` `\| doi =` `\| page =` `\| pages =` `\| chapter =` `}}</ref>`

Metric Conversions
`Single Input:` `{{convert\|original_value\|original_unit\|conversion_unit\|abbr=on}}` `Range of Values:` `{{convert\|orig_val1\|range\|orig_val2\|original_unit\|conversion_unit\|abbr=on}}` `EXAMPLES:` `{{convert\|60\|and\|170\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}}` `{{convert\|18\|°C\|°F}}` `{{convert\|3.21\|kg\|lb}}`

Variables

Code	Effect
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	14
{{CURRENTDOW}}	5
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	04
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	April
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}	April
{{CURRENTDAY}}	7
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Friday
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2017
{{CURRENTTIME}}	14:23
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	5,378,171
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}	41,877,591
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}	30,648,319
{{PAGENAME}}	Cheatsheet
{{NAMESPACE}}	Help
{{REVISIONID}}	771560462
{{REVISIONUSER}}	Sangdeboeuf
{{localurl:pagename}}	/wiki/Pagename
{{localurl:Wikipedia:Sandbox\|action=edit}}	/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit
{{fullurl:pagename}}	//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagename
{{fullurl:pagename\|query_string}}	//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pagename&query_string
{{SERVER}}	//en.wikipedia.org
{{ns:index}} e.g. '{{ns:1}}'	fullname of namespace e.g 'Talk'
{{SITENAME}}	Wikipedia

Recalling Named Reference
`<ref name="NAMEOFREF" />`

Quote
`{{quote\| text =\| sign =}}`

Blockquote
`<blockquote>` `<p>QUOTED PARAGRAPH</p>` `<p>NAME, SOURCE, REFERENCE</p>` `</blockquote>`

About
(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).) `{{About\|USE1}}`
(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.) `{{About\|USE1\|\|PAGE2}}`
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.) `{{About\|USE1\|USE2\|PAGE2}}`
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For USE4, see PAGE4. For USE5, see PAGE5.) `{{About\|USE1\|USE2\|PAGE2\|USE3\|PAGE3\|USE4\|PAGE4\|USE5}}`

Table (Borderless)
`{\|` `\|-` `! scope="col" width="width:20em;" \|COLUMN1` `! scope="col" width="width:20em;" \|COLUMN2` `\|-` `\|ROW1` `\|ROW1/COL2` `\|-` `\|ROW2` `\|ROW2/COL2` `\|-` `\|}`

Table Style 1
`{\| border="1" cellpadding="2"` `\|----` `! scope="col" width="width:20em;" \|COLUMN1` `! scope="col" width="width:20em;" \|COLUMN2` `\|-` `\|ROW1` `\|ROW1/COL2` `\|-` `\|ROW2` `\|ROW2/COL2` `\|----` `\|}`

Table Style 2 (Wikitable)
`{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"` `\|-` `! style="width:20em;" \|COLUMN1` `! style="width:20em;" \|COLUMN2` `\|-` `\|ROW1` `\|ROW1/COL2` `\|-` `\|ROW2` `\|ROW2/COL2` `\|-` `\|}`

Collapsible Table, Default: Collapsed
`{\| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: left;margin:0px;"` `\|-` `! style="width:20em;" \|COLUMN1` `! style="width:20em;" \|COLUMN2` `\|-` `\|ROW1` `\|ROW1/COL2` `\|-` `\|ROW2` `\|ROW2/COL2` `\|-` `\|}`

Columns
`{{col-begin\|width=100%}}` `{{col-break\|width=}}` `{{col-end}}`

Interwiki

Wiki	Shortcut
Wikicommons	[[commons:]]
Wikipedia	[[w:]]
Wiktionary	[[wikt:]]
Wikibooks	[[b:]]
Wikisource	[[s:]]
Wikispecies	[[species:]]
Metawiki	[[m:]]
Mediawiki	[[mw:]]

Vandalism Response Templates

* {{subst:uw-vandalism1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional vandalism/test)
* {{subst:uw-delete1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional removal of content)
* {{subst:uw-vandalism2|PageName}} ~~~~ (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption)
* {{subst:uw-delete2|PageName}} ~~~~ (variant for removal of content)
* {{subst:uw-vandalism3|PageName}} ~~~~ ("please stop" for use after level 2 warning)
* {{subst:uw-delete3|PageName}} ~~~~ (please stop removing content)
* {{subst:uw-vandalism4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for vandalism)
* {{subst:uw-delete4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for removing content)
* {{subst:uw-vandalism4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for severe or grotesque vandalism only)
* {{subst:uw-delete4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for many blankings in a short period of time)

Page Citation
`{{rp\|page=}}`

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