Help:Editing

Mediawiki Cheatsheet
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 H:IW for linking to sister projects	[[copy edit]] [[copy edit]]ors	copy edit copy editors
"Pipe" a link to change the link's destination	[[Android (operating system)|Android]]	Android
Link to a section	[[Frog#Locomotion]] [[Frog#Locomotion|the movement of frogs]]	Frog#Locomotion the movement of frogs
Red link red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages	[[something missing]]	something missing
References and footnotes 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>[http://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> References: {{reflist}}	Hello,<ref>Library of Congress</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> References:
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 06:45, 2 November 2025 (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Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	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.
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]]	File:Wiki.png Caption
Template:Citation needed one of many cleanup templates	This statement is true.{{cn}}	This statement is true.Template:Cn
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]]	30px Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	30px 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 Template:Outdent return to left margin