User:Hans/Contribute/Cheatsheet

Works anywhere in the text (wikitext)
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic text	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Link to another ArchWiki page	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]]	Categories should be placed at the beginning of pages. The category name will display in a bar at the bottom when the page is previewed or saved.
Signature Sign your contributions when posting to a Talk page. Do not sign when contributing to an article.	~~~~	Username (talk) 15:07, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Works anywhere in the text (HTML)
Description	You type	You get
Strikethrough	<s>strikethrough</s>	strikethrough
Underline	<u>underline</u>	underline
Monospace Consider using <pre> tags to format code blocks. There exist also a number of code formatting templates.	<tt>teletype</tt>	teletype
Centering text	<center>center</center>	center
Subscripts and superscripts	<sub>sub</sub> <sup>sup</sup>	sub sup
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
Section headings A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article. =Level 1= should not be used.	== 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
Definition list	; Term one: Definition one ; Term two: Definition two	Term one Definition one Term two Definition two
Indenting text This is generally used when replying on a Talk page, as it keeps conversations easy to browse.	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent

See also

• For a full list of editing commands, see Help:Editing
• To experiment with editing, use the sandbox