Help:Quick editing guide

This page provides a quick rundown of some of the most common and basic wiki formatting commands. If you need additional help editing pages, refer to Help:Contents.

Description	You Type	You See
Applies everywhere
Italic Text	''italics''	italics
Bold Text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold & Italic Text	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Underlined Text (see ox)	<span style="text-decoration: underline">underline</span>	underline
Internal Link	[[Catacryst]] [[Catacryst|An awesome pattern]] [[:Category:Patterns|List of patterns]]	Catacryst An awesome pattern List of patterns
External Link	http://www.google.com/ [http://www.google.com/] [http://www.google.com/ Google Search Engine]	http://www.google.com/ [1] Google Search Engine
No Wiki Markup	With ''markup'' <nowiki>Without ''markup''</nowiki>	With markup Without ''markup''
Applies only at the beginning of a line
Headings	=Level 1= ==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5=====	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Indented List	: Level one : Level one :: Level two :::Level three : Level one	Level one Level one Level two Level three Level one
Bulleted list	* Number one * Number two ** Number two point one * Number three	Number one Number two Number two point one Number three
Numbered list	# Number one # Number two ## Number two point one # Number three	Number one Number two Number two point one Number three
Image	[[Image:Glider.png|framed|center|This is a glider.]]	This is a glider.
LifeViewer applet	{{LV:Viewer|bob$2bo$3o}}	bob$2bo$3o

External links

• Wikipedia:Cheatsheet at Wikipedia