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SEG Wiki 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
see Help:Interwiki links for linking to related projects

[[Open data]]

Open data

"Pipe" a link to change the link's destination

[[Introduction to seismic data analysis‏‎|Intro to SDA]]

Intro to SDA

Link to a section

[[Bishop Model#How to obtain a copy of the data]]
[[Bishop Model#How to obtain a copy of the data|obtain data]]

Bishop Model#How to obtain a copy of the data
obtain data

Red link
red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages

[[Red link example]]

Red link example

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,[1] World.[2]

References:

Signature
sign your contributions when posting to a talk page

~~~~

do not sign in an article, only on talk pages

Ageary (talk) 14:09, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Plain website

http://www.wikipedia.org

http://www.wikipedia.org

Link a website

[http://www.wikipedia.org]

[1]

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to show your previous comment is outdated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 [[WP:N|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:Wave group minus small.gif|thumb|Caption]]

Caption
Template:Citation needed
one of many cleanup templates

This statement is true.{{cn}}

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
Link to a category
[[:Category:Category name]]


Category:Biographies
Category:Student Chapters


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]]

Redirect arrow without text.png Target page

Redirect to a section of another page

#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]

Redirect arrow without text.png 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

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. Three
Indenting text
this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.
After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent {{Outdent|n}} (Template:Outdent) can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.

no indent (normal)
:first indent
::second indent
:::third indent
::::fourth indent
{{Outdent|4}} return to left margin

no indent (normal)

first indent
second indent
third indent
fourth indent

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── return to left margin

See also