User:JCockrum/sandbox

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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 Wikipedia page Name of page Text to display

Name of page

Text to display

Link internal heading #Heading name Name2

#Heading name

Name2

Show an image

Caption

Size an image

Cap

(option "60px" means 60 pixels wide)

Cap

Add a page to a category Category:Test

(place at the bottom of a page) Shows "Test" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved.

Signature Sign your contributions when posting to a Talk Page. JCockrum (talk) 20:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

(Do not sign in an article, only on talk-pages.)

Username (talk) 18:52, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Using Templates Description You type You get Use a template

This is an example of a template. For help with templates, see Help:Template.

 This is an example of a template. For help with templates, see Help:Template.

Use {{{1}}} This Text

This Text

Use ^{[convert: needs a number]} to change units 29 kilometres (18 mi)

29 kilometres (18 mi)

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 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 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
1. Two point one
Three

1.One

2.Two 1.Two point one 3.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 Adding footnote references Cheatsheet for citing a website or publication Referencing for beginners

Insert footnotes as references in a page to list at page bottom

 Hello,^[1] World.^[2]

References:

^ Encyclopædia Britannica
^ http://www.w3.org/

Hello,[1] World.[2]

References:

1.^ Encyclopædia Britannica 2.^ http://www.w3.org/

Changing text fonts Description You type You get

Small text smaller text

smaller text

Set text font color blue words

words

Set text gold (see: Web colors) golden

golden

Set text grayish grayed

grayed

Set text white-on-blue blue background

blue background

Strike through text ~~strike words~~

strike words

See also Wiki markup quick reference (PDF download)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 PDF, printable cheatsheet, see m:WMDOC/Cheatsheet For a pre-formatted collapsible cheatsheet with the most commonly used templates, see Template:Quicktemplates For more quick introductions, see Category:Wikipedia quick introductions Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Cheatsheet&oldid=501743325" Categories: Wikipedia basic informationHidden categories: Semi-protected project pages

[1] Encyclopædia Britannica

[2] ttp://www.w3.org/

[1]

[2]