CATUG wiki:Formatting guide

Wiki markup
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within this Wiki)	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.org Text to display] [http://www.example.org] http://www.example.org	Text to display [1] http://www.example.org
Redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page
Article title	{{title|Title to appear at top of page}}
Section headings1 A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	= Level 1 = == Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ======	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bulleted list1 Empty lines between list items discouraged (see numbered lists).	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list1 Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting text1	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent
Image	[[File:Redirect arrow without text.png|thumb|alt=Alternative text|Caption]]	Caption
For use only on Talk Pages (following discussion about articles and messages for other editors)
Signature	~~~~	Username (talk) 19:46, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
Note 1: Applies only at the very beginning of lines.

See also

• To experiment with editing, use the sandbox.
• For more advanced details, see see the Wikipedia page Wikipedia:Cheatsheet, of which the above is a cut-down version, as this Wiki uses the same software.