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 visual mode in the classic 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 mode' in either editor. To access an article's wikitext:

On UCP wikis:
- VisualEditor: click "Visual Editor" in the top middle, above the edit bar, which will open a menu where you can select "source editing".
- Before editing, you can go right to source mode by clicking the arrow next to the edit button, and clicking "Edit source" from the drop-down menu.

On legacy wikis:
- Classic editor: click the "Source" tab at the top right of the edit area.
- VisualEditor: click the menu button towards the right side of the toolbar, and choose 'Source Editor'.

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.

Text formatting

Inline wikitext: code you can use anywhere in the page
Description	You type	You get
Italicize text	`''italic''`	italic
Bold text	`'''bold'''`	bold
Bold and italic	`'''''bold & italic'''''`	bold & italic
Strikethrough	`<s>strikethrough</s>`	~~strikethrough~~
Internal link (within a wiki)	`[[Help:Contents]]` `[[Help:Contents\|Displayed text]]`	Help:Contents Displayed text
Redirect to another page	`#REDIRECT [[Help:Contents]]`	Help:Contents
External link (to other websites)	`[https://www.example.org]` `[https://www.example.org displayed text]` `https://www.example.org`	[1] displayed text https://www.example.org
Sign your posts on talk pages (username only)	`~~~`	Your username
Sign your posts on talk pages	`~~~~` (4 tildes)	Your username 23:59, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Insert the current date and time (UTC). Generally only used on talk pages.	`~~~~~` (5 tildes)	23:59, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Display wikitext code as typed	`<nowiki>[[This is not a link]]</nowiki>`	[[This is not a link]]

Code that works only at the start of a line
Description	You type	You get
Headings A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article. (Skip level 1; it's used for the page name.)	`== Level 2 ==` `=== Level 3 ===` `==== Level 4 ====` `===== Level 5 =====` `====== Level 6 ======`	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Indented paragraph or line	`No indent` `: One indent` `:: Two indents`	No indent One indent Two indents
Bulleted list	`* One` `* Two` `** Two point one` `* Three`	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list	`# One` `# Two` `## Two point one` `# Three`	One Two Two point one Three
Mixed list	`* bulleted item` `# numbered item 1` `#: indented item a` `#: indented item b` `# numbered item 2`	bulleted item numbered item 1 indented item a indented item b numbered item 2
Preformatted text with working links	`" "Color Text` (note space at start, remove quotation marks)	Color Text
Preformatted text that shows underlying wikitext	`<pre>[[Color]] Text</pre>`	[[Color]] Text

Image formatting

Description	You type	You get
Image	`[[File:SeaOtter.png]]`
Sized image (width change with aspect ratio maintained)	`[[File:SeaOtter.png\|100px]]`
Thumbnail image	`[[File:SeaOtter.png\|thumb\|Caption text]]`	Caption text
Aligned image	`[[File:SeaOtter.png\|thumb\|100px\|left]]` `[[File:SeaOtter.png\|thumb\|100px\|center]]` `[[File:SeaOtter.png\|thumb\|100px\|right]]`
Linked image	`[[File:SeaOtter.png\|link=Help:Contents]]`
Changed alt text	`[[File:SeaOtter.png\|alt=A sea otter\|]]`

Further wikitext examples

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

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Text formatting

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Further wikitext examples

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