Help:Wikitext

Wikitext is the main markup language used to format content on Fandom. It can be used to add photos, tables, bold styles, links, and many other visual changes.

It's not necessary to know wikitext in order to edit a page: you can use the VisualEditor or source editor, to avoid it. However, users who learn it may appreciate the additional control they have over page content.

Wikitext can be used via source editor in either editor. To access an article's wikitext:
 * VisualEditor: click "" in the top middle, above the edit bar, which will open a menu where you can select "".
 * Before editing, you can go right to source mode by clicking the arrow next to the edit button, and clicking "" from the drop-down menu.

On both platforms, you can also choose your preferred editor in preferences, and it will open by default when you click the edit button.  Below is an outline of basic wikitext that you can use while editing. Many of the options listed below have shortcut buttons in the editor toolbars.

Further wikitext examples
For more complex content that is sometimes more easily managed with wikitext editing, see:


 * Help:Galleries, Slideshows, and Sliders/wikitext
 * Help:Main page column tags
 * Help:Templates
 * Help:Signature
 * Help:Tables
 * Help:Magic words

Further help and feedback
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