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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.

Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
Link to another page	[[Fish]] or [[Fish]]ing	Fish or Fishing
"Pipe" a link to change the link's text	[[Kiki|The black cat]]	The black cat
Link and name a website	[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]	Wikipedia
Show an image	[[File:100 Bells CF Icon.png|thumb|Caption]]	Caption
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 published
Link to a category or file	[[:Category:Category name]] [[:File:File name]]	Category:Articles in need of an update File:Emotion Love NH Icon.png
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ (do not sign in an article, only on talk pages)	Username (talk) 04:50, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
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==== (do not use =Level 1= as it is for page titles)	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Bulleted 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	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: {{image}} 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.

See also

• Wikitext Cheatsheet
• Help:Wikitext
• Help:Magic words for beginners