Wiki Cheatsheet

DO NOT BE AFRAID OF WIKI MARKUP! Once you have explored the editing code, you will find it becomes easier. Here is a cheatsheet to help with the basics.

Formatting

WIKI CHEATSHEET

Character Formatting
YOU WANT	YOU TYPE	YOU GET	COMMENT
Italic text	''italic''	italics	two single quote marks
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold	three single quote marks
Bold & italic text	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic	five single quote marks
Strike text	<strike>strike text</strike>	strike text	-
No wiki markup	<nowiki>no ''italics markukp''</nowiki>	no ''italics markup''	This disabled the single quotes
Subscript	H<sub>2</sub>O	H2O
Superscript	Number<sup>exponent</sup>	Numberexponent
Section Formatting
YOU WANT	YOU TYPE	YOU GET	COMMENT
Level 2 Heading	==Level 2==	Level 2	Level 1 Heading reserved for Page Name
Level 3 Heading	===Level 3===	Level 3	each successive use of "=" makes smaller heading
Horizontal Rule	----	Text before Text after	Four hyphens (----) create a solid line across the page.
Bullet List	*First Bullet	First Bullet	One asterik * is an unindented bullet
	**Second (indented) Bullet	Second Bullet	Two or more asteriks ** indent the bullet
Numbered List	# a numbered line	a numbered line the second numbered line	A single hashtag # will create a first ordered numbered line. Subsequent hashtagged lines will continue a numbered sequence.
	## an indented numbered line	an indented numbered line the second indented numbered line	Two hashtags ## will indent the numbered line under a first order numbered line. Subsequent lines with two hashtags will continue a numbered sequence.
TBD
YOU WANT	YOU TYPE	YOU GET	COMMENT

See Also

While we build our own Cheatsheet on this page, try some of these already established formatting pages on Mediwiki and Wikipedia

1. Help with Formatting on Mediawiki
2. Help with Wiki Markup on Wikipedia
3. Wikipedia Cheatsheet
4. Handy online Table Generator
5. Help with Formatting Tables on Mediawiki

Additional Resources

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