Help:Wiki markup cheatsheet

Wiki markup cheatsheet
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
Link to another page	[[Help:Starting a new page]]	Help:Starting a new page
"Pipe" a link to change the link's destination	[[Help:Editing pages|Edit a page]]	Edit a page
Link to a section	[[Flak vest#Acquisition]] [[Flak pants#Acquisition|acquisition of flak pants]]	Flak vest#Acquisition acquisition of flak pants
Red link red links in articles help by showing desired pages to be created	[[Test Broken Link]]	Test Broken Link
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 18:41, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
Plain website	https://www.mediawiki.org	https://www.mediawiki.org
Link a website	[https://www.mediawiki.org]	[1]
Link and name a website	[https://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki]	MediaWiki
Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	<s>This page is missing important information.</s>	This page is missing important information.
Hide text somewhere for editors Essentially leaving comments in an article	<!--Check the help section for assistance with templates!-->
Show an image	[[File:Bedroll east.png|thumb|Caption]]	Caption
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]] place near the bottom of a page	shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved
Link to a category or file	[[:Category:Help]] [[:File:Medicine industrial a.png]]	Category:Help File:Medicine industrial a.png
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 [[About RimWorld]]	↪ About RimWorld
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[About RimWorld#The tactics engine]]	↪ About RimWorld#The tactics engine
Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article	==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6====== do not use  =Level 1=  as it is for page titles	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.	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent ::::fourth indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent

See also

• MediaWiki reference card