Wiki Editing
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Wikipedia cheatsheet
Anyone can edit Wikipedia: just click on "edit" at the top of any page. Remember - you can't break Wikipedia, all edits can be reversed, fixed or improved later. This card will help you to remember some basic formatting and editorial code.
| Wiki code | Result |
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| ''italic'' | italic |
| '''bold''' | bold |
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== Section == | structures the document and adds headings |
| [[Link to another page]] | links to another page on Wikipedia |
| [[Link to page A|text B]] | adds a text B linking to page A |
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* automatic |
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# automatic |
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| [[File:Example.jpg|thumb|Caption]] | displays the Example.jpg file (image) in the page with a caption |
| {{Example}} | includes the template "Example" |
| [[Category:Example]] | adds the page to the category "example" |
| <ref>John Doe, title, date</ref> | adds a note or a reference in the text |
| <references /> | displays all added references at the end of the page |
| [http://www.example.org Description of the link] | adds an external link to another website www.example.org |
| [[fr:Cuisine]] | adds an interwiki link to the article Cuisine on fr.wikipedia.org (Wikipedia in French) |
| ~~~~ | adds your signature with a timestamp |
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== Discussion == | Indentation for discussions |
