Help:Editing

Wikipedia Cheatsheet For more advanced details, see How to edit a page
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within Wikipedia)	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org Text to display] [http://www.example.org] http://www.example.org	Text to display [1] http://www.example.org
Redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	File:Redirect arrow without text.svgTarget page
Footnotes/References Numbering is generated automatically.	To create a footnote or reference, use this format: Article text.<ref name="test">[http://www.example.org Link text], additional text.</ref>	Article text.<ref name="test">Link text, additional text.</ref>
	To reuse the same note, reuse the name with a trailing slash: Article text.<ref name="test" />
	To display notes, add either of these lines to the References section <references/> {{Reflist}}	<references />
Section headings<ref name="firstline">Applies only at the very beginning of lines.</ref> A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ======	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Bulleted list<ref name="firstline" /> Empty lines between list items discouraged, (see numbered lists).	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list<ref name="firstline" /> Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Thumbnail image	[[Wikipedia:Image:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption text]]	thumb|Caption text
Indenting Text	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent
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See also

• Image posting (basic)
• Comprehensive review of posting images
• Creating tables
• Help on Editing at Wikipedia
• Examples of wiki text
• How to Edit a Page