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Wiktenauer Cheatsheet
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both creates <b> and <i> tags	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
Underline and strikethrough applies the css text-decoration property	{{dec|u|underline}}, {{dec|d|double underline}}, and {{dec|s|strikethrough}}	normal, double underline, and strikethrough
Small caps applies the css font-variant-caps property	Here are some {{sc|Small Caps}}.	Here are some Small Caps.
Small text	This is normal text, <small>and this is smaller</small>.	This is normal text, and this is smaller.
Rubrics in normal or bold weight	{{red|red text}} and {{blue|blue text}} {{red|red text|b=1}} and {{blue|blue text|b=1}}	red text and blue text red text and blue text
Link to another page	[[sword]] [[sword]]s	sword swords
"Pipe" a link to change the link's text	[[Johannes Liechtenauer|Liechtenauer]]	Liechtenauer
Link to a section	[[Johannes Liechtenauer#Treatise]] [[Johannes Liechtenauer#Treatise|Recital]]	Johannes Liechtenauer#Treatise Recital
Red link red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages	[[something missing]]	something missing
References and footnotes footnotes in the article will appear where {{reflist}} is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) labeled "References" at the bottom of the page; text between {{ }} is for a template	Hello,<ref>Library of Congress</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> {{reflist}}	Hello, World.
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 05:10, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
Plain link to a website	http://www.wiktenauer.com	http://www.wiktenauer.com
Numbered link to a website	[http://www.wiktenauer.com]	[1]
Link and name for a website	[http://www.wiktenauer.com Wiktenauer]	Wiktenauer
Hide text somewhere for editors consensus is how things are decided	<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->
Show an image for uploading, see the intro to uploading images	[[File:Wiktenauer logo.png|100px]]
Show an image with a caption	[[File:Wiktenauer logo.png|thumb|left|Caption]]	Caption
template:Citation needed one of many cleanup templates	This statement is true.{{cn}}	This statement is true.[citation needed]
Add a page to a category	[[category:Category name]] place at the bottom of a page	shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Pre-formatted text placing a space before the first character on a line creates a block of pre-formatted text; since nothing on the site uses this feature, when this appears it usually indicates a space where one shouldn't be	_Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
Redirect to another page redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	Target page#anchorName
Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when at least four headings are added to an article; you can make one appear with less than four headings with the __FORCETOC__ magic word	= Level 1 = == Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ====== do not use = Level 1 = as it is for page titles	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bulleted list	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting text this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations technically, it's an abuse of the HTML <dd> tag	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent
Mixed list all three lists can be stacked together arbitrarily, as long as the symbols line up correctly	None : Indent :* Indent bullet :*# Indent number :* Indent bullet :*# Indent bullet number :*# Indent bullet number :*#: Indent bullet number indent :*#:# Indent bullet number indent number :*# Indent bullet number :*#: Indent bullet number indent :*#:# Indent bullet number indent number	None Indent Indent bullet Indent number Indent bullet Indent bullet number Indent bullet number Indent bullet number indent Indent bullet number indent number Indent bullet number Indent bullet number indent Indent bullet number indent number

See also

Wiki markup quick reference (PDF download)

• For a full list of editing commands, see Wiki markup
• For a guide to editing, see How to edit a page
• For a pre-formatted collapsible cheatsheet with the most commonly used templates, see wikipedia:template:Quicktemplates
• For more quick introductions, see wikipedia:category:wikipedia quick introductions