Help:Editing/Cheat sheet

This page is a cheat sheet to help users learn the basics of editing and formatting. The Gemini Station Wiki uses a markup language called wikitext/wikicode to create particular elements of the page. This language is used on websites that run the MediaWiki software, including Wikipedia and all Wikia sites, and is designed to be a simplified alternative to HTML.

Cheat sheet

Description	Markup	Renders as
Italics, bold, and bold italics	''Italics'' '''Bold''' '''''Bold italics'''''	Italics Bold Bold italics
Linking to other pages	[[Ship Classes]] [[Ship Classes|Ships]] [[Ship_Classes#Scout|Ships]]	Ship Classes Ships Ships
Linking to images	[[File:Earth Icon.png|thumb|center|Caption]]	Caption
Using templates (See TEMPLATES)	{{Fact}}
Creating bulleted lists	* Item * Item ** Item ** Item	Item Item Item Item
Creating numbered lists	# Item # Item ## Item ## Item	Item Item Item Item
Creating headers	==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4====	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Example

Markup	Renders as
{{ArticleUpdate}} [[File:Earth Icon.png|left|60px]] The planet '''Earth''' earth is the center of where all things began. Eventually some people parted ways and moved to [[Mars]]. ==Trivia== * Nothing interesting happened. * The Gemini Station Wiki has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles.	The planet Earth earth is the center of where all things began. Eventually some people parted ways and moved to Mars. Trivia Nothing interesting happened. The Gemini Station Wiki has 381 articles.