This document provides a cheatsheet for basic formatting and linking techniques used in Wikipedia articles. It shows how to create italics, bold, headings, internal and external links, images, templates, signatures, and redirects using wiki markup tags. The cheatsheet is intended to help anyone who wants to easily contribute to and edit pages on the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
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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.
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''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 fran巽ais]] 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
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