Help:Cheatsheet

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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, World. 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Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	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.
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]]	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==== =====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	One Two Two point one 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

• Article template
• Cheatsheet
• Choosing a topic
• Creating articles
• Editing
• Featured article criteria
• Good article criteria
• Helpful links
• Images
• Interwiki links
• Introduction
• Link
• Linking articles
• Math
• Naming new articles
• Pages needing attention
• Redirect
• References
• Searching the SEG Wiki
• Section heading
• Sentence case
• Student Chapter
• Summary style
• Using Wikipedia
• Volunteer forum