PoetsWiki:Editing/Cheat sheet

This page is a cheat sheet to help users learn the basics of editing and formatting. Poets.Wiki uses a markup language called wikitext to create particular elements of the page. This language is used on websites that run the MediaWiki software, including Wikipedia and all Wikia sites, and is designed to be a simplified alternative to HTML.

Cheat sheet

Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within the wiki)	[[Lollipop]] [[Lollipop|The red and white spiral]] [[Lollipop]]s and [[Hopecatcher]]s	Lollipop The red and white spiral Lollipops and Hopecatchers
Anchor links	[[Current_Page#Heading|Heading]] [[Other_Page#Heading|Heading]]	Scrolls current page down to linked heading. Goes to linked page, then scrolls to heading.
Categorization	[[Category:Singles]]	Places the page in Category:Singles
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org Text to display] [http://www.example.org] http://www.example.org	Text to display [1] http://www.example.org
Redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]	Main Page
Section headings A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ======