Help:Intro to Wikitext

Welcome to Nookipedia and the world of Wikitext! Also known as Wiki markup or Wikicode, Wikitext consists of the syntax and keywords used by the MediaWiki software to format a page. This page serves as a quick explanation of the most commonly used Wiki markup. For a more complete treatment of the subject be sure to check out Help:Wikitext or the Wikitext Cheatsheet.

{| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3" | Works anywhere in the text ! Description ! You type ! You get ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3" | Works only at the beginning of lines ! Description ! You type ! You get
 * - style="text-align:center;"
 * Italics, bold, and both
 * ,, and
 * italics, bold, and both
 * Link to another page
 * or
 * Fish or Fishing
 * "Pipe" a link to change the link's text
 * The black cat
 * Link and name a website
 * Wikipedia
 * Show an image
 * 100 Bells CF Icon.png
 * Add a page to a category
 * (place near the bottom of a page)
 * shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or published
 * Link to a category or file
 * Category:Articles in need of an update File:Example 1.jpg
 * Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page
 * (do not sign in an article, only on talk pages)
 * Username (talk), 28 August 2024 (UTC)
 * Add a page to a category
 * (place near the bottom of a page)
 * shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or published
 * Link to a category or file
 * Category:Articles in need of an update File:Example 1.jpg
 * Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page
 * (do not sign in an article, only on talk pages)
 * Username (talk), 28 August 2024 (UTC)
 * Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page
 * (do not sign in an article, only on talk pages)
 * Username (talk), 28 August 2024 (UTC)
 * Username (talk), 28 August 2024 (UTC)
 * - style="text-align:center;"
 * Redirect to another page redirects must be placed at the start of the first line
 * ⤷ Target page
 * Redirect to a section of another page
 * ⤷ Target page
 * Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article
 * (do not use =Level 1=  as it is for page titles)
 * ⤷ Target page
 * Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article
 * (do not use =Level 1=  as it is for page titles)
 * Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article
 * (do not use =Level 1=  as it is for page titles)

Level 4

 * Bulleted list
 * One
 * Two
 * Two point one
 * Three
 * Indenting text this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.
 * no indent (normal)
 * no indent (normal)
 * first indent
 * second indent
 * third indent
 * no indent (normal)
 * first indent
 * second indent
 * third indent


 * }

More markup
Markup such as,  ,  ,  , and   is sometimes found on article pages near the start of a line. These are codes used to generate different parts of a table, which is a container used to organize information. Find out more about them at Help:Tables.

Text in between curly brackets:  is a template call. Template calls are like a stamp that acts as a signal for the MediaWiki software to retrieve data from another page (kind of like a "copy and paste" button). Templates are used when the same text or formatting needs to be used on multiple pages. Find out more about them at Help:Templates.