Help:Formatting

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Stolen from Wikipedia:Help:Cheatsheet

very WIP

Text formatting

Description You type You get
Italic text ''italic text'' italic text
Bold text '''bold text''' bold text
Bold and italic text '''''bold and italic text''''' bold and italic text
Underlined text <u>underlined text</u> underlined text
Strikethrough text <s>strikethrough text</s> strikethrough text
Hidden text <!--hidden text-->
Small text <small>small text</small>
<small><small>smaller text</small></small>

can be nested virtually indefinitely
small text
smaller text
Big text <big>big text</big>
<big><big>bigger text</big></big>

can be nested virtually indefinitely
big text
bigger text
Fixed width text
also known as "monospaced text", often used on wikis for designating code
<code>fixed width text</code> fixed width text

Link formatting

Description You type You get
Link to another page
links to nonexistant pages will display red
[[Rock Raider]]
[[Rock Raider]]s
[[Red link example]]
Rock Raider
Rock Raiders
Red link example
Change a link's displayed text
also known as a "piped" link
[[Super Teleport|Teleport Station]] Teleport Station
Link to a section of a page [[Map file#CryOre map]]
[[Map file#CryOre map|CryOre map]]
Map file#CryOre map
CryOre map
Plain website URL https://www.wikipedia.org https://www.wikipedia.org
Link a website [https://www.wikipedia.org] [1]
Link and name a website [https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] Wikipedia
Signature
sign your contributions when posting to a talk page
~~~~

do not sign in an article, only on talk pages
Username (talk) 10:20, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Add a page to a category [[Category:Category name]]

place near the bottom of a page
shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom of the page
Link to a category or file [[:File:RRU Emblem.png]]
[[:Category:LEGO Rock Raiders]]
Category:LEGO Rock Raiders
File:RRU Emblem.png

Image formatting

Description You type You get
Show an image [[File:RRU Emblem.png]] RRU Emblem.png
Show an image with mouseover text [[File:RRU Emblem.png|Mouseover text]] Mouseover text
Show an image with a caption [[File:RRU Emblem.png|thumb|Caption]]
Caption
Reposition an image [[File:RRU Emblem.png|thumb|left|Left]]
[[File:RRU Emblem.png|thumb|center|Centered]]
[[File:RRU Emblem.png|right|Right]]
Left
Centered
Right
Resize an image [[File:RRU Emblem.png|30px|Resized]] Resized

Other formatting

WIP

Description You type You get
Redirect to another page #REDIRECT [[Debug mode]] Redirect arrow without text.svg Debug mode
Redirect to a section of another page #REDIRECT [[Debug mode#LEGO Island]] Redirect arrow without text.svg Debug mode#LEGO Island
Section headings

==Level 2==
===Level 3===
====Level 4====
=====Level 5=====
======Level 6======

avoid using  =Level 1=  as it is for page titles