Help:Editing

The rules on this page have been approved in concept by the SCRAP committee, but the exact wording is still being adjusted. Please use these rules. Please send any feedback to SCRAP.

Wikipedia Cheatsheet For more advanced details, see How to edit a page
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within Wikipedia)	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org Text to display] [http://www.example.org] http://www.example.org	Text to display [1] http://www.example.org
Redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page
Footnotes/References Numbering is generated automatically.	To create a footnote or reference, use this format: Article text.<ref name="test">[http://www.example.org Link text], additional text.</ref>	Article text.
	To reuse the same note, reuse the name with a trailing slash: Article text.<ref name="test" />
	To display notes, add either of these lines to the References section
Section 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 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Bulleted list Empty lines between list items discouraged, (see numbered lists).	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Thumbnail image	[[Image:Plankton.jpg|thumb|Plankton]]	Plankton

See also

• For a tour of features, see the Introduction to Wikipedia.
• For experimentation with editing, use the sandbox.
• For a guide to more advanced page editing, see How to edit a page
• For a checklist of elements required to make a "perfect" article, see The perfect article.
• For print cheatsheets, see the MediaWiki reference card or the poster-size cheatsheet (available in many languages).
• The encyclopedic article on cheat sheets
• Citation templates