Changes: Help:Wikitext

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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 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 "⧼visualeditor-ca-ve-edit⧽" 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.
When editing a section of an article, click "edit source" to edit that section in source.

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
Underlined text	`<u>underline</u>`	underline
Bold and italic	`'''''bold & italic'''''`	bold & italic
Strikethrough	`<s>strikethrough</s>`	~~strikethrough~~
Superscript	`1<sup>st</sup>`	1^st
Subscript	`O<sub>2</sub>`	O₂
Small Text	`small <small>text</small>`	small text
Big Text	`big <big>text</big>`	big text
Blockquote text	`<blockquote>It is a blockquote</blockquote>`	It is a blockquote
Internal link (within a wiki)	`[[Help:Contents]]` `[[Help:Contents\|Displayed text]]`	Help:Contents Displayed text
Colored Link	`[[Help:Contents\|<span style="color:orange;">Help:Contents</span>]]`	Help:Contents
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
Cite link	`<cite>https://www.fandom.com/</cite>`	https://www.fandom.com/
Sign your posts on talk pages (username only)	`~~~`	Your username
Sign your posts on talk pages	`~~~~` (4 tildes)	Your username 10:42, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Insert the current date and time (UTC). Generally only used on talk pages.	`~~~~~` (5 tildes)	10:42, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Display wikitext code as typed	`<nowiki>[[This is not a link]]</nowiki>`	[[This is not a link]]
Display text as source code	<code>Source Code</code>	`Source Code`

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	`" "[[Help:Color\|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]]`
Media Image	`[[Media:SeaOtter.png]]`	Media:SeaOtter.png

Further wikitext examples

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

Further help and feedback

Browse and search other help pages at Help:Contents
Check Fandom Community Central for sources of further help and support
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 {{tocright}}'''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 [[Help:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]] or [[Help:Source editor|source editor]], to avoid it. However, users who learn it may appreciate the additional control they have over page content.
+It's not necessary to know wikitext in order to edit a page: you can use the [[Help:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]] to avoid it. However, users who learn it may appreciate the additional control they have over page content.
 Wikitext can be used via [[Help:Source editor|source editor]] in either editor. To access an article's wikitext:
 * [[Help:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]]: click "{{int:visualeditor-ca-ve-edit}}" in the top middle, above the edit bar, which will open a menu where you can select "{{int:visualeditor-mweditmodesource-tool-current}}".
 * Before editing, you can go right to source mode by clicking the arrow next to the edit button, and clicking "{{int:visualeditor-ca-editsource-section}}" from the drop-down menu.
+* When editing a section of an article, click "{{int:visualeditor-ca-editsource-section}}" to edit that section in source.
 On both platforms, you can also choose your preferred editor in [[Help:Preferences|preferences]], and it will open by default when you click the edit button.
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 Below is an outline of basic wikitext that you can use while [[Help:Editing|editing]]. Many of the options listed below have shortcut buttons in the editor toolbars.
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 |-
 |Italicize text
-|<code><nowiki>''italic''or <i>italic</i></nowiki></code>
+|<code><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></code>
 |''italic''
 |-
 |Bold text
-|<code><nowiki>'''bold''' or <b>bold</b></nowiki></code>
+|<code><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></code>
 |'''bold'''
 |-
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 |<code><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></code>
 |'''''bold & italic'''''
-|-
-|Bold and underline
-|<code><nowiki><u>'''bold and underline'''</u></nowiki></code>
-|<u>'''bold and underline'''</u>
-|-
-|Italic and underline
-|<code><nowiki><u>''italic and underline''</u></nowiki></code>
-|<u>''italic and underline''</u>
 |-
 |Strikethrough
@@ Line 62: / Line 55: @@
 |<code><nowiki>big <big>text</big></nowiki></code>
 |big <big>text</big>
+|-
+|Blockquote text
+|<code><nowiki><blockquote>It is a blockquote</blockquote></nowiki>
+|<blockquote>It is a blockquote</blockquote>
 |-
 ||Internal link<br />(within a wiki)
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 [https://www.example.org displayed text]<br />
 https://www.example.org
+|-
+|Cite link
+|<code><nowiki><cite>https://www.fandom.com/</cite></nowiki></code>
+|<cite>https://www.fandom.com/</cite>
 |-
 |Sign your posts on talk pages (username only)
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 |-
 |Display text as source code
-|<code><nowiki>Source Code</nowiki></code>
+|<nowiki><code>Source Code</code></nowiki>
 |<code>Source Code</code>
 |}
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 |Preformatted text '''with''' working links
 |
-<code>" "[[Help:Color|Color]] Text</code> (note space at start, remove quotation marks)
+<code><nowiki>" "[[Help:Color|Color]] Text</nowiki></code> (note space at start, remove quotation marks)
 |
-|Colored Text
+ [[Help:Color|Color]] Text
 |-
+|Preformatted text that shows underlying wikitext
-|Color a text
 |
-<code><nowiki><span style="color:#178810";>Color Text</span></nowiki></code>
+<code><nowiki><pre>[[Color]] Text</pre></nowiki></code>
 |
-<span style="color:#178810";>Color Text</span>
+<pre>[[Color]] Text</pre>
 |}
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 |-
 |Changed alt text
-|<code><nowiki>[[File:SeaOtter.png|alt=A sea otter|]]</nowiki></code>
+|<code><nowiki>[[File:SeaOtter.png|alt=A sea otter]]</nowiki></code>
-|[[File:SeaOtter.png|alt=A sea otter|]]
+|[[File:SeaOtter.png|alt=A sea otter]]
 |-
 |Media Image
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+[[ca:Ajuda:Wikitext]]
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