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BoyWiki Cheatsheet
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both''''' (Two apostrophes, three apostrophes, and five apostrophes	italics, bold, and both
LinkInternal link to another page see H:IW for linking to sister projects	[[copy edit]] [[copy edit]]ors	copy edit copy editors
"Pipe" a link to change the link's destination	[[Android (operating system)|Android]]	Android
Link to a section	[[Frog#Jumping]] [[Frog#Jumping|the jumping of frogs]]	Frog#Jumping the jumping of frogs
Red link red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages	[[something missing]]	something missing
References and footnotes sources in the article will appear where {{reflist}} is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page; text between {{}} is for a template	Hello,<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> References: {{reflist}}	Hello, World. References:
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 21:14, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
Plain website	http://www.wikipedia.org	http://www.wikipedia.org
Link a website	[http://www.wikipedia.org]	[2]
Link and name a website	[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]	Wikipedia
Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	<s>This topic isn't notable.</s>	This topic isn't notable.
Hide text somewhere for editors consensus is how things are decided	<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->
Show an image for uploading, see the intro to uploading images	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]
Template:Citation needed one of many Page tags	This statement is true.{{cite}}	This statement is true.[Citation needed]
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]] place near the bottom of a page	shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another page redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	Target page#anchorName
Section 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====== do not use  =Level 1=  as it is for page titles	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
Indenting text this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent ::::fourth indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent

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