Wikipedia:Guide To Editing
''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''
italics, bold, and both
[[copy edit]]
[[copy edit]]ors
"Pipe" a link to change the link's text
[[Android (operating system)|Android]]
Link to a section
[[Frog#Locomotion]]
[[Frog#Locomotion|locomotion in frogs]]
{{slink|Frog#Locomotion}}
[[Red link example]]
https://www.wikipedia.org
[https://www.wikipedia.org]
[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]
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}}
Hello World!
Hello again!
References:- ^ Library of Congress
- ^ "World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)".
- ^ Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.
This statement is true.{{cn}}
This statement is true.
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do not sign in an article, only on talk pages
[[User:Example]]
or {{u|Example}}
<s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s>
This topic isn't notable.
<u>This topic is notable</u>
This topic is notable
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[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]
[[Category:Category name]]
place near the bottom of a page
[[:Category:Category name]]
[[:File:File name]]
Category:Wikipedia basic information
File:Example.jpg
#REDIRECT [[Target page]]
#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
do not use = Level 1 = as it is for page titles
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
* One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three
- One
- Two
- Two point one
- Three
# One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three
- One
- Two
- Two point one
- Three
After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent {{Outdent|n}} (Template:Outdent) can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.
no indent (normal)
: first indent
:: second indent
::: third indent
:::: fourth indent
{{Outdent|4}} return to left margin
no indent (normal)
- first indent
- second indent
- third indent
- fourth indent
- third indent
- second indent
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See also
Note: You can use the sandbox to experiment with page editing. |
- For a full list of editing commands, see Help:Wikitext
- For including parser functions, variables and behavior switches, see Help:Magic words
- For a guide to displaying mathematical equations and formulas, see Help:Displaying a formula
- For a guide to editing, see Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia
- For an overview of commonly used style guidelines, see Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style
- For a page on how to use Wikipedia in bite-sized morsels, see Wikipedia:Tips
- For advice on writing style and formatting in a bullet-point format, see Wikipedia:Styletips
- For summaries of some Wikipedia protocols and conventions, see Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts
- If you don't want to use wikitext markup, try Wikipedia:VisualEditor instead
- To ask a question, see Wikipedia:Questions to locate the appropriate venue(s)