This is meant to be a quick and easy reference for many of Wikipedia's functions.
Wikipedia Reference edit
| Thing | What it does | Example |
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| ~~~~ | Sign your comments with your name and time when posting on talk pages | Gflores Talk 04:08, 1 December 2005 (UTC) |
| [[word]] | "Wikifies" the word so that it links somewhere. | Wikipedia |
| <nowiki>Text in here</nowiki> | Disables Wikipedia syntax. | ~~~~ |
| [[:Category:Some category]] | Links to the category instead of assigning the category to the page. | Category:2005 in music |
| [[Image:5of5.png|5 Stars!|50px|center]] | Link to an image with alt-text and layout. |  |
| ==Title== | Creates a header. More equal signs for subheadings. | n/a |
| :Some text here | Indents current line. More colons for greater indentations. | n/a |
| #Some text here | Creates a number | n/a |
| <!-- Commented Text --> | Comment text out | |
| [[This is piped text|You see this]] | Changes link text | USA |
Personal Reference edit
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| {{afd}} |
| {{album-stub}} {{rock-album-stub}} {{electronic-album-stub}} {{band-stub}} {{musician-stub}} {{jazz-stub}} |
| Category:2005 in music, Category:1999 albums, Category:Rock albums, Category:Punk rock |
| {{cleanup}}, {{cleanup-context}}, {{cleanup-date|October 2005}} |
| {{Attention}} |
| {{Wikiquote}}, {{wikinews|insert article name here}}, {{Wikibookspage|How to make biodiesel}} [1] |
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{{imdb name | id=0000111 | name=Matthew Broderick}} |
| {{Otheruses1|topic}} [2] Disambiguation |
| {{Spoiler}} |
| {{Unreferenced}} |
| {{verylong}} |
| {{Dynamic list}} |
| {{listdev}} |
US City {{Template:US City infobox|
| city =
| state =
| motto =
| nickname =
| flag =
| seal =
| map =
| map size =
| map cap =
| founded =
| incorporated =
| county =
| mayor =
| area =
| area water =
| area percentage =
| census yr =
| city pop =
| metro pop =
| density =
| time zone =
| utc =
| north_coord =
| west_coord =
| web =
|}}
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Album {{ Album infobox | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name =
| Type = [[Album (music)|Album]]
| Artist =
| Cover =
| Background =
| Released =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length =
| Label =
| Producer =
| Reviews = <nowiki>
* [[All Music Guide]] [[Image:3of5.png]] link]
| Last album = ''[[]]'' <br /> ()
| This album = '''''''''' <br /> ()
| Next album = ''[[]]'' <br /> ()
}}
</nowiki>
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orange - album |
| ½ ; <math>1/2</math> ½ |
| {{Otheruses4|1=one thing|2=a different thing|3=location}} |
