Wiki Cheatsheet

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Wiki Editing Cheatsheet

Works anywhere in the text
Description You type You get
Italic text

''italic''

italic

Bold text

'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic text

'''''bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Link to another page

[[Name of page]]
[[Name of page|Text to display]]

Name of page
Text to display

Link to external website

[http://externalsite.com Site Name]

Site Name

Add an image

[[File:LiftTracWithTracks.jpg|400px]]

LiftTracWithTracks.jpg

Add a page to a category [[Category:Category name]] Categories should be placed at the end of pages. The category name will display in a bar at the bottom when the page is previewed or saved.
Add a link to a category [[:Category:Category name]] Just put : in front of the same code for adding a page to a category
Signature
Sign your contributions when posting to a Talk Page.
Do not sign when contributing to an article.

~~~~

Username (talk) 04:16, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Use a template

{{Example}}

Template:Example

Works only at the beginning of lines
Description You type You get
Redirect to another page
Redirects must be placed at the start of the first line.

#REDIRECT [[Target page]]

redirect to the Target page

Section headings
A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.
Do not use =Level 1=; it is reserved for page titles.

==Level 2==
===Level 3===
====Level 4====
=====Level 5=====
======Level 6======

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

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. Three
Indenting text
This is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.

no indent (normal)
:first indent
::second indent
:::third indent

no indent (normal)

first indent
second indent
third indent