Help:Cheat Sheet

Wikipedia 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 Wiki page	[[Character Name]] [[Character Name|Text to display]]	Character Name Text to display
Link internal heading	[[#Heading name]] [[#Heading name2|Name2]]	#Heading name Name2
Link to Wikipedia	{{wplink|Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry}} {{wplink|Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Text to display}}	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Text to display
Link to the Harry Potter Wiki	{{hplink|Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry}} {{hplink|Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Text to display}}	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Text to display
Show an image	[[File:Charms.jpg|thumb|alt=text|Caption]]	Caption
Size an image	[[File:Charms.jpg|thumb|60px|alt=text|Cap]] (option "60px" means 60 pixels wide)	Cap
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.
Signature Sign your contributions when posting to a Talk Page.	~~~~ (Do not sign in an article, only on talk-pages.)	Username (talk) 20:05, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Using Templates
Description	You type	You get
Use a template	{{tempname}}	Template:Tempname - The template named "tempname" must exist first.
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]]	Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	Target page#anchorName
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
Nonindexed headers (left out of Table of Contents)	; Header name (has a leading semicolon ";" in front)	Header name (will not appear in Table of Contents)
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	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent
Changing text fonts
Description	You type	You get
Small text	<small>smaller text</small>	smaller text
Set text font color blue	<span style="color:blue">words</span>	words
Set text gold (see: Wikipedia:Web colors)	<span style="color:gold">golden </span>	golden
Set text grayish	<span style="color:#616161">grayed </span>	grayed
Set text white-on-blue	<span style="color:white; background:blue"> blue background</span>	blue background
Strike through text	<s>strike words</s>	strike words

See also

• For a full list of editing commands, see Wiki markup
• To experiment with editing, use the sandbox
• For a guide to editing, see How to edit a page
• For a pre-formatted collapsible cheatsheet with the most commonly used templates, see Wikipedia:Template:Quicktemplates
• For more quick introductions, see Wikipedia:Category:Wikipedia quick introductions