Help:Wikitext

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

It's not necessary to know wikitext in order to edit a page: you can use the new 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:

• 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'.

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

Description	You type	You get
Italicise text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
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)	[http://www.example.org] [http://www.example.org displayed text] http://www.example.org	[1] displayed text http://www.example.org
Sign your posts on talk pages	~~~~	Your username 04:17, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
The following work only when used at the start of a line of code
Headings A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6======	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
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

Image formatting

Description	You type	You get
Image	[[File:SeaOtter.png]]
Sized image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|100px]]
Thumbnail image	[[File:SeaOtter.png|thumb|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]]

Further wikitext examples

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

• Help:Wikitext/more examples
• Help:Wikitext/link examples
• Help:Wikitext/table examples
• Help:Galleries, Slideshows, and Sliders/wikitext
• Help:Main page column tags
• Help:Templates
• Help:Infobox
• Help:Tables
• Help:Magic words

See also

• Help:Editing
• MediaWiki.org's thorough reference on image formatting
• For print cheatsheets, see the MediaWiki reference card or the poster-size cheatsheet (available in many languages).

Further help and feedback

• Browse and search other help pages at Help:Contents
• Check Help:Wikia Community Central for sources of further help and support
• Check Help:Contacting Wikia for how to report any errors or unclear steps in this article
• Learn how to use Wikia in Wikia University : short how-to videos for all levels of experience