Wikitext Cheat-Sheet

Markup-Code Formatted Result
Cheat-Sheet compiled by Alexander Sasse / Wikitext © Wikimedia Foundation
''italic text'' italic text
'''bold text''' bold text
'''''bold and italic text''''' bold and italic text
http://www.example.com
[http://www.example.com The text for the link]
http://www.example.com
The text for the link
[[internal Wiki-Link]]
[[internal Wiki-Link|Alternate Title]]
internal Wiki-Link
Alternate Title
==Headtext 1==
...
====Headtext 4====

Headtext 1

...
Headtext 4
Numeric Lists
# Listpoint 1
# Listpoint 2
Use ## for indented lists
  1. Listpoint 1
  2. Listpoint 2
Unordered Lists
* Listpoint 1
* Listpoint 2
Use ** for indented lists
  • Listpoint 1
  • Listpoint 2
Footnotes
Two components neccessary
Some text <ref>This is the actual Footnote to be displayed.</ref>
<references />
Some text [1]
  1. this ist the reference
Tables
Table-Open: {| class="optional"
Table-Close: |}
Row-Open: |- class="optional"
Table-Header
!value !! value !! value
Simple Rows
|value || value || value

Example:
{| class="wikitable"
|- class="headcolumn"
!ID !! Country !! Capital City
|-
|1 || USA || Washington DC
|-
|2 || Germany || Berlin
|}
ID Country Capital City
1 USA Washington DC
2 Germany Berlin
Info-Boxes
Info-Boxes are a special form of information tables. Wikipedia offers diverse templates for info-boxes. Common structure is as follows
{{Infobox type_of_box
|Variable Identifier = Value
|Variable Identifier = Value
}}

type_of_box
Variable Identifier Value
Variable Identifier Value
HTML-Code
Wikitext supports native HTML-Code, no special Markup required
Horizontal Lines 4 dashes
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