Resources/wikicheatsheet

what was the syntax again?

Working with wikis can be confusing because they have their own peculiar syntax. Additionally to confuse things more it is possible to use some HTML tags and additional CSS next to the wiki syntax. The good thing of that is that it allows for

creative expression

The following stuff is borrowed from the wikipedia cheatsheet and adapted for our purposes.

This mediawiki cheatsheet is more extensive and will answer specific questions

Wikipedia 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	[[people]] [[people]]s	people peoples
"Pipe" a link to change the link's destination	[[People | The People involved in Digital Craft]]	The People involved in Digital Craft
Link to a section	[[People#Students]] [[People#Students | Students of Digital Craft]]	People#Students Students of Digital Craft
Red link Red links show references to pages that don't exist yet ( they don't have content). Click them to add content to that page.	[[something missing]]	something missing
References and footnotes sources in the article will appear where <references /> is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page.	Hello,<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> References: <references />	Hello, World. References:
SignatureTemplate:Anchor sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~	Username (talk) 10:05, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Plain website	http://www.wikipedia.org	http://www.wikipedia.org
Link a website	[http://www.wikipedia.org]	[1]
Link and name a website	[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]	Wikipedia
Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	<s>This topic isn't [[WP:N|notable]].</s>	This topic isn't notable.
Hide text somewhere for editors consensus is how things are decided	<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->
Show an image for uploading, use Upload File in the menu on the top left of the page	[[File:SteveUrkel.jpg|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
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
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