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The markup language called '''wikitext''', also known as '''wiki markup''' or '''wikicode''', consists of the syntax and keywords used by the [[MediaWiki]] software to format a page. (Note the lowercase spelling of these terms.) To learn how to see this [[hypertext markup]], and to save an edit, see [[Help:Editing]]. Generally, coding can be copied and pasted, without writing new code. There is a short list of markup and tips at [[Help:Cheatsheet]].

In addition to wikitext, some [[HTML element]]s are also allowed for presentation formatting. See [[Help:HTML in wikitext]] for information on this.

'''Wikitext''', also known as '''wiki markup''' or '''wikicode''', is the [[markup language]] used by the [[MediaWiki]] software to format pages. (Note the use of lowercase spelling for these terms.){{efn|Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that uses wikitext—wikitext is not named after Wikipedia.}}

To learn how to view and edit wikitext, and how to save changes, see [[Help:Editing]]. In most cases, markup can be copied and pasted without the need to write new code. A quick reference guide is available at [[Help:Cheatsheet]].

In addition to wikitext, some [[HTML elements]] are also permitted for presentation formatting. For more details, see [[Help:HTML in wikitext]].
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==Layout==

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====<span class="anchor" id="DL"></span><span class="anchor" id="Definition lists"></span><span class="anchor" id="Association lists"></span><span class="anchor" id="H:DL"></span>Description lists====

===={{Anchor|DL}}Description lists====

{{anchors|Definition lists|Association lists|H:DL}}

{{Shortcut|H:DL}}

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====Create a pagenew link=page===

* To create a new page:

*# SaveEdit thatany page.

*# Create a link to it on some other (related) page.

*# Enter a [[help:Redlink|redlink]] wikilink: <nowiki>[</nowiki>[page name]].

*# Save that page.

*# Preview or save.

*# Click onActivate the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.

* For more information, see [[Wikipedia:Starting an article|starting an article]] and check out Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|naming conventions]].

* Please dolink notto create ayour new article without linking to it from at least one other article.

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===Create an alias for a page===

===Redirects===

{{main|Help:Redirect}}

* Create an alias for any page by creating a [[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect]] from one [[Help:Page name| page name]] to another.

* [[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect]] one article title to another by placing a directive like the one shown to the right on the ''first'' line of the article (such as at a page titled "[[US]]").

* First create a new page whose page name is the name of the alias. That is the redirect.

* It is possible to redirect to a section. For example, a redirect to [[United States#History]] will redirect to the History section of the [[United States]] page, if it exists.

* On the ''first'' line of the new redirect page, use the syntax shown in the table below. For example, [[US]] is a redirect.

* It is possible to redirect to a section. For example, a redirect to [[United States#History]] will redirect to the History section of the [[United States]] page, if it exists.

{| class="wikitable" border=1

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* Embedding the image in the text is only possible for very small images.

* Embedding the image will affect the vertical formatting of text.

|- style="vertical-align: top;" id="alt tag"

| <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">With alternative text:

[[File:wiki.png|alt=Puzzle globe logo]]</syntaxhighlight>

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* {{anchor|alt tag}}Alternative text, used when the image is unavailable or when the image is loaded in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud, is '''strongly''' encouraged. See [[Wikipedia:Alternative text for images|Alternative text for images]] for help on choosing it.

|- style="vertical-align:top;"

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* The frame tag automatically floats the image right.

* The frame tag is only of use with very small images or ones using the [[#px tag|px tag]]

* The attributes left, center or centre override this, and places the image to the left or the centre of the page. {{anchor|upright tag}}

* The last parameter is the caption that appears below the image.

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* The [[WP:PIC|picture tutorial]] explains more options.

|- style="vertical-align:top;" id="px tag"

| <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">A picture resized to 50 pixels...

[[File:wiki.png|50 px|Wikipedia encyclopedia]]</syntaxhighlight>

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* {{anchor|px tag}}The [[WP:PIC|picture tutorial]] explains more options.

* Sizing in pixels is deprecated and should be used very sparingly.

* There is an [[#upright tagWP:PICSIZE|''upright'' attributeparameter]] that should be used instead. These tags are optimised for both laptop and mobile phone screens.

|- style="vertical-align:top;"

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If a page is transcluded without transclusion markup, it may cause an unintentional [[Help:Category#Putting_pages_in_categories|categorization]]. Any page transcluding it will contain the same category as the original page. Wrap the category markup with '''<nowiki><noinclude></nowiki>''' tags to prevent incorrect categorization.

{{anchor|hovertext}}

Some templates take ''parameters'', as well, which you separate with the pipe character <code>|</code>.

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{{Help:Transclusion demo}}

|- id=hovertext

|-

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<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

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=={{<span class="anchor|" id="Limiting formatting}}"></span><span class="anchor" id="Limiting formatting / escaping wiki markup"></span> Limiting formatting and escaping wikitext ==

{{see also|Template:Escape template list}}

Several formatting methods in wikitext can force the wikitext to be displayed exactly as typed – essentially a "[[WYSIWYG|what you see is what you get]]" effect. These techniques are useful when you need to prevent wikitext from being interpreted by [[parser]], such as when showing examples of wikitext nested in a template.

A few different kinds of formatting will tell the wiki to display things as you typed them – what you see is what you get!

{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:0em;"

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===<span class="anchor" id="NOWIKI"></span>Nowiki===

{{anchor|NOWIKI}}

{{redirect|WP:NOWIKI|the essay about the name "Wiki"|Wikipedia:Don't abbreviate "Wikipedia" as "Wiki"!|the Wikipedia language edition|Norwegian Wikipedia}}

{{shortcut|H:NOWIKI|WP:NOWIKI}}

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| <nowiki>{{CURRENTWEEK}}</nowiki> || {{CURRENTWEEK}}

|Number of weeks since January 1 (January 1 can be in week 1; but only if it's a Monday, Tues, Wed, Thurs - if it's Friday, Sat or Sun, Jan 1 will be in week 52 or 53){{cn|date=August 2025|}}

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| <nowiki>{{CURRENTDOW}}</nowiki> || {{CURRENTDOW}}

|

Monday0 =Sunday, 1 = Monday, Tuesday2 = 2Tuesday, etc.,.. but Sunday6 = 0Saturday

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| <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki>

| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}

|The nominative (subject) form, as usually seen in English

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|-

| <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}</nowiki>

| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}

'''{{tlf|CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}''' is theThe genitive (possessive) grammatical form of the month name, as used in some languages but not in English; '''{{tlf|CURRENTMONTHNAME}}''' is the nominative (subject) form, as usually seen in English.

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| <nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}}</nowiki> || {{CURRENTDAY}}

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| <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</nowiki>

| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}

'''{{tlf|NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' is the numberNumber of pages in the main namespace that contain a link and are not a redirect. This includes full articles, stubs containing a link, and disambiguation pages.

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| <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}</nowiki>

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In languages where it makes a difference, you can use constructs like <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{grammar:case|word}}</syntaxhighlight> to convert a word from the nominative case to some other case. For example, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{grammar:genitive|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}}</syntaxhighlight> means the same as <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}</syntaxhighlight>. <!-- Is there a reference for this, other than the source code (for example, phase3/languages/Lnaguage*.php) ? -->

'''{{tlf|NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' is the number of pages in the main namespace that contain a link and are not a redirect. This includes full articles, stubs containing a link, and disambiguation pages.

'''{{tlf|CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}''' is the genitive (possessive) grammatical form of the month name, as used in some languages but not in English; '''{{tlf|CURRENTMONTHNAME}}''' is the nominative (subject) form, as usually seen in English.

In languages where it makes a difference, you can use constructs like <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{grammar:case|word}}</syntaxhighlight> to convert a word from the nominative case to some other case. For example, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{grammar:genitive|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}}</syntaxhighlight> means the same as <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}</syntaxhighlight>. <!-- Is there a reference for this, other than the source code (for example, phase3/languages/Lnaguage*.php) ? -->

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