Help:Editing/Cheatsheet

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WikiFur Cheatsheet

Works anywhere in the text - Text types
Description You type You get
Italic text

''italic''

italic

Bold text

'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic text

'''''bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Underlined Text
Depreciated - Avoid using this.

<u>underlined</u>

underlined

Striked Out Text
Depreciated on Article Pages.
Acceptable on Talk Pages.

<strike>striked out</strike>

striked out

Small Text

<small>small</small>

small

Big Text

<big>big</big>

big

Typewriter Text

<tt>typewriter text</tt>

typewriter text

Code
The difference between Typewriter text and Code is the white background, but it's not very noticeable on the standard Wiki pages.

<code>code</code>

code

Subscripts and Superscripts

<sub>subscript</sub> <sup>superscript</sup>

subscript superscript

Comments
Comments are not visible on the page, but are left for future editors, to help them understand the page in Edit view.

<!--Comment-->

Works anywhere in the text - Links and images
Description You type You get
Link to another WikiFur page

[[Name of page]]
[[Name of page|Text to display]]

Name of page
Text to display

Link to an external webpage
Note the space between the URL and the descriptive text

[http://example.com/ example.com]

example.com

Add an image
Thumbnail with caption

[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|alt=Alt text|Caption]]

Alt text
Caption
Add an image
In-line with text

Example example [[File:Censor G button.png]] example.

Example example Censor G button.png example.

Add an image
Galleries

<gallery caption="The Icon Gallery">
File:Wiki.png|WikiFur Logo
File:Censor G button.png|Censor G button </gallery>

Add a table

{| border="1"
! Column Title1 !! Column Title2 !! Column Title3
|-
| Row1, Column 1
| Row1, Column 2
| Row1, Column 3
|}

Column Title1 Column Title2 Column Title3
Row1, Column 1 Row1, Column 2 Row1, Column 3
Add a page to a category [[Category:Category name]]
Categories should be placed at the end of pages. The category name will display in a bar at the bottom when the page is previewed or saved.
Signature
Only sign your contributions when posting to a Talk Page.
Do not sign when contributing to an article.

~~~~

Username (talk) 14:17, 16 May 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]]

30pxTarget 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[edit]

Level 3[edit]

Level 4[edit]

Level 5[edit]
Level 6[edit]
Bulleted list

* One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three

  • One
  • Two
    • Two point one
  • Three
Numbered list

# One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. Three
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
Preview Boxes
Created by either using the <pre> & </pre> or putting a space (" ") first on a line.

<pre>Fist Example</pre>
Second Example

First Example
Second Example
For more details on how to edit a Wiki, see the help section on Wikipedia.