Wikipedia Cheatsheet

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= ==level 2== ===level 3=== ====level 4====	Headings in different sizes
[[Link to another page]] [[Link\|different title]]	Internal Link to another page on the wiki
http://www.example.org [http://www.example.org Text]	External link 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 * two * three	Bullet list
# one # two # three	Numbered list
[[Image:File.jpg\|Text]] [[Image:File.jpg\|frame\|Text]] [[Image:File.jpg\|thumb\|Text]]	Image with alternative text Image aligned right with caption Thumbnail
[[Media:File.ogg]]	Download link
{{Name}}	Include template "Name"
--~~~	Signature (Link to userpage)
--~~~~	Signature with timestamp (date & time)
#REDIRECT [[Other article]]	Redirect one title to another article
Unformated text - one space before text/paragraph	unformated text (good for code and things formated with tabs)

Syntax Cheatsheet