For a complete list of wikitext codes, see Help:Wikitext. For information on special words, see Help:Magic words. |
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Italics, bold, and both |
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italics, bold, and both |
Link to another page
see Help:Interwikimedia links for linking to sister projects |
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"Pipe" a link to change the link's text |
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Link to a section |
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Red link
Links to pages that don't exist are automatically red. Red links in articles often help by showing desired redirectsornotable pages. |
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Plain website |
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Link a website |
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Link and name a website |
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Citations, 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 name="LoC">[https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World!<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/ |title = World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}}</ref>
Hello again!<ref name="LoC" /><ref>Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.</ref>
References: {{reflist}}
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References:
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Template:Citation needed
one of many cleanup templates |
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This statement is true.[citation needed] |
Signature
sign your contributions when posting to a talk page |
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Ping a user on a talk page
so they will see your comment |
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Strike your talk page comment
to show your previous comment is outdated |
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Underline your text |
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This topic is notable |
Hide comment(s) somewhere for editors; hidden comments are visible only in the editors
consensus is how things are decided |
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Show an image
for uploading, see the intro to uploading images
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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 published |
Link to a categoryorfile | [[:Category:Category name]] [[:File:File name]]
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Category:Wikipedia basic information File:Example.jpg
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Redirect to another page
redirects must be placed at the start of the first line |
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Redirect to a section of another page |
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Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article |
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Bulleted list |
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Numbered list |
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Indenting text
this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations. |
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no indent (normal)
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