Help:Wikitext

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How to access source mode in the editor

Wikitext is the markup language used to format content on wikis. It can be used to add photos, tables, bold styles, links, and other visual changes.

It's not necessary to know wikitext in order to edit at Wikia. You can use the Visual mode in the standard editor, or the new VisualEditor (where enabled), to avoid it. However, users who learn it find that they have more control over their editing experience. It can be used in "source" mode in either editor.

Below is a cheat sheet for basic wikitext that you can use while editing. Many of the options listed below have shortcut buttons in the visual editors' toolbars. For more complex content that is sometimes more easily managed with wikitext editing, see:

• Help:Wikitext/more examples
• Help:Wikitext/table examples
• Help:Galleries, Slideshows, and Sliders/wikitext
• Help:Templates
• Help:Infobox
• Help:Tables

Wikitext Cheatsheet
Description	You type	You get
Applies anywhere
Italicise text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within a local wiki)	[[Help:Contents]] [[Help:Contents|Displayed text]]	Help:Contents Displayed text
Redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[Help:Contents]]	http://images.wikia.com/common/skins/common/images/redirectltr.png Help:Contents
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org] [http://www.example.org displayed text] http://www.example.org	[1] displayed text http://www.example.org
Sign your posts on talk pages	~~~~	Your username 23:06, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings 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 6======	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
Images
Description	You type	You get
Image	[[File:SeaOtter.png]]	File:SeaOtter.png
Sized image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|150px]]	File:SeaOtter.png
Thumbnail image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|thumb|Caption text]]	File:SeaOtter.png Caption text
Bordered image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|border|Caption text]]	Caption text
Aligned image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|border|150px|left]] [[File:SeaOtter.png|border|150px|center]] [[File:SeaOtter.png|border|150px|right]]	File:SeaOtter.png File:SeaOtter.png File:SeaOtter.png
Linked image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|link=Help:Contents]]	File:SeaOtter.png

See also

• Don't see what you are looking for here? Try Help:Wikitext/more examples
• Editing
• {{#NewWindowLink:http://community.wikia.com/index.php?title=Admin Central:Guide:Wikitext|Wikitext Guide}} at Admin Central
• MediaWiki's thorough reference on {{#NewWindowLink:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images%7Cimage formatting}}
• For print cheatsheets, see the {{#NewWindowLink:m:Help:Reference card|MediaWiki reference card}} or the {{#NewWindowLink:m:Cheatsheet|poster-size cheatsheet}} (available in many languages).