Editing Wikipedia / Editing Code Reference Sheet
Simplified Markup Language
When editing in Wikipedia you aren’t working with website programming code but you aren’t working with Microsoft either. You are in whole different realm and quite frankly MS Office has spoiled you. Basically markup language instructs in text what is suppose to happen to the body of the work. Wikis use a specialized, simple markup language that often uses a combination of symbols rather than text.
Common Codes Used in Editing
Code
== text ==
=== text ===
:text
:: text
‘‘‘text ’’’
‘‘ text’’
*text
** text
# text
[ http://www]
[ http://www text]
[[ article ]]
[[article| text]]
~~~~
<ref>source </ref>
{{reflist}}
[[Image:filename]]
<br />
Meaning
subtitle (button 5)
sub-subtitle
tab 1
tab 2
bold (3 commas, no quotation marks) (button 1)
italics (2 commas, no quotation marks) (button 2)
bullet lvl 1
bullet lvl 2
number list
external link (button 4)
external link (displays alternative text) (button 4)
Wikipedia link (button 3)
Wikipedia link (displays alternative text)
Signature (button 10)
reference to footnote, displays as a number (button 22)
lists references (displays as information placed in ref)
inserts an uploaded image
line break (may or may not be needed (button 14)
Editing Toolbar
When editing a Wikipedia article, a toolbar with 22 buttons appear just above the editing box.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Bold
Italics
Wikipedia link
External link
Subtitle
Embedded file
File Link
Math formula
Ignore wiki formatting
Signature
Line
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Redirect
Strike
Break
Superscript
Subscript
Small text
Hidden comment
Picture gallery
Block quote
Insert table
Reference
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Last Updated 14 October 2008
