Wikipedia Cheat Sheet by DaveChild
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Wikipedia Headings
| ==Text== |
Level 1 heading |
| ===Text=== |
Level 2 |
| ====Text==== |
Level 3 |
Wikipedia Text Effects
| ''text'' |
Italics |
| '''text''' |
Bold |
| <s>text</s> |
Strikethrough |
| <sup>text</sup> |
Superscript |
| <nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki> |
Escape wiki markup |
Wikipedia Links
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[[Article Name]] Link to article "Article Name"
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[[Article Name]]s Link with text "Article Names"
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[[Article Name|Link Text]] Link with text "Link Text"
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[[Article Name#Subsection|Link Text]] Link to subsection of article
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[http://www.example.com Link Text] Link to example.com
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[[Category:Category Name]] Add article to "Category Name"
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[[:Category:Category Name]] Link to category
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Wikipedia Lists and Indents
| * Text |
Bullet list |
| ** Text |
Bullet list (second level) |
| # Text |
Numbered list |
| ## Text |
Numbered list (second level) |
| ; Item |
Definition list item |
| : Definition |
Definition list definition |
| : Text |
Indented text |
| :: Text |
Indented text (second level) |
Can be nested, e.g., use #* to put a bullet list within a numbered list.
Wikipedia Lines and Signatures
| ---- |
Horizontal Line |
| <br /> |
Line break |
| ~~~ |
Signature |
| ~~~~ |
Signature with timestamp |
| ~~~~~ |
Timestamp |
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Wikipedia Allowed HTML Tags
Wikipedia Tables
| {| class="name" |
Start table |
| |- |
Start row |
| ! Header 1 |
Headings |
| ! Header 2 |
| |- |
| | row 1, cell 1 |
Data |
| | row 1, cell 2 |
| |- |
| | row 2, cell 1 |
| | row 2, cell 2 |
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End Table |
Wikipedia Images
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[[File:img.jpg|thumb|alt=Text|Caption]] Place an image
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[[File:img.jpg|thumb|left]] Image on the left
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[[File:img.jpg|thumb|none]] Image with no text flowing around it
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Wikipedia Citations
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<ref>Smith, John. 'Reference Title''. Journal, 2011, p. 1.</ref> Inline citation.
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<ref name="refname">text</ref> Named inline citation.
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<ref name="refname" /> Use earlier named citation.
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{{citation needed}} Citation needed.
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{{reflist}} Citations list.
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More information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources
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Wikipedia Abbreviations and Shortcuts
| WP:3RR |
Three Revert Rule |
| WP:AFC |
Articles For Creation |
| WP:AFD |
Articles For Deletion |
| WP:AGF |
Assume Good Faith |
| WP:AN |
Administrator's Noticeboard |
| WP:AP |
Arbitration Policy |
| WP:BOT |
Bots |
| WP:BCRAT |
Bureaucrats |
| WP:CIVIL |
Civility |
| WP:D |
Disambiguation |
| WP:DEL |
Deletion Policy |
| WP:NEW |
New user log |
| WP:NOR |
No Original Research |
| WP:NOT |
What Wikipedia is not |
| WP:NPA |
No Personal Attacks |
| WP:NPOV |
Neutral Point Of View |
| WP:PD |
Public Domain |
| WP:PN |
Patent Nonsense |
| WP:PROD |
Proposed Deletion |
| WP:SELF |
Avoid self-references |
| WP:V |
Verifiability |
| WP:VAND |
Vandalism |
| WP:VIE |
Voting Is Evil |
More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kjkolb/Abbreviations and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcuts
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very good, Dave, thanks
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A cheat sheet for Wikipedia, including markup help.
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