MediaWiki Cheat Sheet

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1 MediaWiki Cheat Sheet
2 Paragraphs
3 Phrase Emphasis
4 Links
5 Images
6 Headers
7 Lists
8 Signatures
9 Use HTML for other formatting
10 Prevent wiki formatting
11 Templates
12 Horizontal Rules

Paragraphs

Two line breaks
will signify
a paragraph.

New paragraph starts
here.

For a linebreak, just
use <br/> the html tag

Phrase Emphasis

''italics''
'''bold'''

Links

External:

An [http://url.com/ example].

Wiki-links:

An [[example]] wikilink, possibly even
from another namespace: [[talk:example]].
Renaming [[hyperlink|links]] is easy.

Categories: add the page to a category as follows:

[[category:example]]

Images

Not floated:

[[Image:example.png]]

Thumbnail, with a caption, floated left, 200 pixels wide:

[[Image:example.png|left|200px|Floating!]]

Link to the image, but don't show it on the page:

[[:Image:example.png|example.png]]

Headers

== Header 2 ==

=== Header 3 ===

====== Header 6 ======

Lists

Ordered:

#  Foo
#  Bar

Unordered:

* A list item. <br> With a line break.
* Bar

Definition:

; a term
: some defining
: and more defining
; and another term : definition

They can be nested:

* Abacus
** answer
* Bubbles
*# bunk
*# bupkis
*#; BELITTLER : one who belittles
*# burper
* Cunning

Definitions, without the word they are defining, are used to indent talk pages:

Delete this article! [[user:spam]]
: No, it's great! [[user:eggs]]

Signatures

Comments should be signed:

~~~ is my signature
~~~~ is my signature with datestamp
~~~~~ is just the datestamp

Use HTML for other formatting

For a monospaced font:

use the <tt>tt</tt> tag.

To center text:

<center>put me in the middle</center>

For a blockquote:

<blockquote>To be or not to be…</blockquote>

Prevent wiki formatting

Use the <nowiki>'''tag'' to write
'''about''</nowiki> mediawiki code
itself, or suppress rendering for
some other reason.

Templates

One page can be transcluded in another page by using a template:

{{templates}} go in curly braces

Horizontal Rules

Four or more dashes:

----

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@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 <h2>Paragraphs</h2>
-<pre><code>Two line breaks
+<pre>Two line breaks
 will signify
 a paragraph.
@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 For a linebreak, just
 use &lt;br/&gt; the html tag
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <h2>Phrase Emphasis</h2>
-<pre><code>''italics''
+<pre>''italics''
 '''bold'''
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <h2>Links</h2>
@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 <p>External:</p>
-<pre><code>An [http://url.com/ example].
+<pre>An [http://url.com/ example].
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <p>Wiki-links:</p>
-<pre><code>An [[example]] wikilink, possibly even
+<pre>An [[example]] wikilink, possibly even
 from another namespace: [[talk:example]].
 Renaming [[hyperlink|links]] is easy.
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <p>Categories:  add the page to a category as follows:</p>
-<pre><code>[[category:example]]
+<pre>[[category:example]]
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <h2>Images</h2>
@@ Line 42: / Line 42: @@
 <p>Not floated:</p>
-<pre><code>[[Image:example.png]]
+<pre>[[Image:example.png]]
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <p>Thumbnail, with a caption, floated left, 200 pixels wide:</p>
-<pre><code>[[Image:example.png|left|200px|Floating!]]
+<pre>[[Image:example.png|left|200px|Floating!]]
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <p>Link to the image, but don't show it on the page:</p>
-<pre><code>[[:Image:example.png|example.png]]
+<pre>[[:Image:example.png|example.png]]
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <h2>Headers</h2>
-<pre><code>== Header 2 ==
+<pre>== Header 2 ==
 === Header 3 ===
 ====== Header 6 ======
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <h2>Lists</h2>
@@ Line 68: / Line 68: @@
 <p>Ordered:</p>
-<pre><code>#  Foo
+<pre>#  Foo
 #  Bar
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <p>Unordered:</p>
-<pre><code>* A list item. &lt;br&gt; With a line break.
+<pre>* A list item. &lt;br&gt; With a line break.
 * Bar
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <p>Definition:</p>
-<pre><code>; a term
+<pre>; a term
 : some defining
 : and more defining
 ; and another term : definition
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <p>They can be nested:</p>
-<pre><code>* Abacus
+<pre>* Abacus
 ** answer
 * Bubbles
@@ Line 96: / Line 96: @@
 *# burper
 * Cunning
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <p>Definitions, without the word they are defining, are used
 to indent talk pages:</p>
-<pre><code>Delete this article! [[user:spam]]
+<pre>Delete this article! [[user:spam]]
 : No, it's great! [[user:eggs]]
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <h2>Signatures</h2>
@@ Line 109: / Line 109: @@
 <p>Comments should be signed:</p>
-<pre><code>~~~ is my signature
+<pre>~~~ is my signature
 ~~~~ is my signature with datestamp
 ~~~~~ is just the datestamp
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <h2>Use HTML for other formatting</h2>
@@ Line 118: / Line 118: @@
 <p>For a monospaced font:</p>
-<pre><code>use the &lt;tt&gt;tt&lt;/tt&gt; tag.
+<pre>use the &lt;tt&gt;tt&lt;/tt&gt; tag.
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <p>To center text:</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;center&gt;put me in the middle&lt;/center&gt;
+<pre>&lt;center&gt;put me in the middle&lt;/center&gt;
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <p>For a blockquote:</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;blockquote&gt;To be or not to be…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
+<pre>&lt;blockquote&gt;To be or not to be…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <h2>Prevent wiki formatting</h2>
-<pre><code>Use the &lt;nowiki&gt;'''tag'' to write
+<pre>Use the &lt;nowiki&gt;'''tag'' to write
 '''about''&lt;/nowiki&gt; mediawiki code
 itself, or suppress rendering for
 some other reason.
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <h2>Templates</h2>
@@ Line 144: / Line 144: @@
 by using a template:</p>
-<pre><code>{{templates}} go in curly braces
+<pre>{{templates}} go in curly braces
-</code></pre>
+</pre>
 <h2>Horizontal Rules</h2>
@@ Line 151: / Line 151: @@
 <p>Four or more dashes:</p>
-<pre><code>----
+<pre>----
-</code></pre>
+</pre>

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