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This document provides a cheatsheet for basic formatting and linking techniques on Wikipedia. It shows how to create italics, bold, headings, internal and external links, images, lists, templates, signatures and redirects using wiki markup. Formatting includes bold, italics, headings, horizontal lines, bullet and numbered lists. Links can be internal to other pages, external URLs or interwiki. Images can be added with or without frames or captions. Templates and media files can also be included.

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This document provides a cheatsheet for basic formatting and linking techniques on Wikipedia. It shows how to create italics, bold, headings, internal and external links, images, lists, templates, signatures and redirects using wiki markup. Formatting includes bold, italics, headings, horizontal lines, bullet and numbered lists. Links can be internal to other pages, external URLs or interwiki. Images can be added with or without frames or captions. Templates and media files can also be included.

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Wikipedia

Cheatsheet
Everyone can contribute to the free
encylopedia Wikipedia. This is possible
because Wikipedia is a wiki: Simply click
on the link “ Edit this page“ on top of an
article and start writing. This cheatsheet
shows the basic formatting tricks.

Wiki text Result


''italic'' italic
'''bold''' bold
'''''bold and italic''''' bold and italic
==heading= = Headings in different sizes
== =level 2= = =
== = =level 3= = = =
== = = =level 4= = = = =

[[Link to another page]] Internal Link to another page


[[Link|different title]] on the wiki
http://www.test.org External link
[http://www.test.org Text] Link with description
[[fr:Page en français]] Interwiki link to french Wikipedia
(appears under “languages“)
[[Category:Example]] Add article to category “example“
---- horizontal line
* one Bullet list
* two
* three
# one Numbered list
# two
# three

[[Image:File.jpg|Text]] Image with alternative text


[[Image:File.jpg|frame|Text]] Image aligned right with caption
[[Image:File.jpg|thumb|Text]] Thumbnail
[[Media:File.ogg]] Download link
{{Name}} Include template “Name“
--~~~ Signature (Link to userpage)
--~~~~ Signature with timestamp
#REDIRECT [[Other article]] Redirect to another article

http://www.wikipedia.org

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