Wikitext is the main markup language used to format content on wikias. It can be used to add photos, tables, bold styles, links, and other visual changes.

It's not necessary to know wikitext in order to edit at Wikia. You can use the visual mode in the classic editor, or the new VisualEditor (where enabled), to avoid it. However, users who learn it find that they have more control over their editing experience. It can be used in 'source mode' in either editor.

Below is a cheat sheet for basic wikitext that you can use while editing. Many of the options listed below have shortcut buttons in the visual editors' toolbars.

Wikitext cheat sheetEdit

TextEdit

Description	You type	You get
Italicise text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within a local wiki)	[[Help:Contents]] [[Help:Contents|Displayed text]]	Help:Contents Displayed text
Redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[Help:Contents]]	Help:Contents
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org] [http://www.example.org displayed text] http://www.example.org	[1] displayed text http://www.example.org
Sign your posts on talk pages	~~~~	Your username 20:46, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
The following work only when used at the start of a line of code
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======	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

ImagesEdit

Description	You type	You get
Image	[[File:SeaOtter.png]]
Sized image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|150px]]
Thumbnail image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|thumb|Caption text]]
Bordered image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|border|Caption text]]
Aligned image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|border|150px|left]] [[File:SeaOtter.png|border|150px|center]] [[File:SeaOtter.png|border|150px|right]]
Linked image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|link=Help:Contents]]

Further examplesEdit

For more complex content that is sometimes more easily managed with wikitext editing, see:

• Help:Wikitext/more examples
• Help:Wikitext/link examples
• Help:Wikitext/table examples
• Help:Galleries, Slideshows, and Sliders/wikitext
• Help:Main page column tags
• Help:Templates
• Help:Infobox
• Help:Tables
• Help:Magic words

See alsoEdit

• Editing
• Wikitext Guide at Admin Central
• MediaWiki's thorough reference on image formatting
• For print cheatsheets, see the MediaWiki reference card or the poster-size cheatsheet (available in many languages).

Further help & feedbackEdit

• Browse and search other help pages at Help:Contents
• Check Help:Wikia Community Central for sources of further help and support
• Check Help:Contacting Wikia for how to report any errors or unclear steps in this article