Help:Editing

Editing syntax

Anywhere in a line

Description	Input	Result
Italicize text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Internal page link (within wiki)(the first letter in the link can be capitalized or not) With display text	[[Name of target page]] [[Name of target page|Other word or phrase]] [[Target page]]s	Name of target page Other word or phrase Target pages
Internal image link	[[:File:Wiki.png]]	File:Wiki.png
Internal category link	[[:Category:Mojang images]]	Category:Mojang images
External page link (off-wiki) With display text URL shown Plain link	[http://www.minecraft.net/] [http://www.minecraft.net/ Display Text] http://www.minecraft.net/ <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.minecraft.net/ Display Text]</span>	[1] Display Text http://www.minecraft.net/ Display Text
Signing comments (for talk pages)	~~~~	Coaster 02:36, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Inserting a citation/reference Allow reusing Reusing	<ref>Source 1</ref> <ref name=name>Source 2</ref> or <ref name="word phrase">Source 2</ref> <ref name=name/>

Only at the beginning of a line

Description	Input	Result
Image Resized	[[File:Wiki.png]] [[File:Wiki.png|150px]]
Image thumbnail with caption (defaults to right side of page) Left side	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption Text]] [[File:Wiki.png|thumb|left|Caption Text]]	Caption Text Caption Text
Headings (a table of contents is created with four or more of these)	= First Tier = == Second Tier == === Third Tier === ==== Fourth Tier ==== ===== Fifth Tier ===== ====== Sixth Tier ======	First Tier Second Tier Third Tier Fourth Tier Fifth Tier Sixth Tier
Numbered list	#Point One #Point Two #Point Three ##Three Subpoint One #Point Four	Point One Point Two Point Three Three Subpoint One Point Four
Bullet list	*First Point *Second Point *Third Point **Third Point Subpoint One *Fourth Point	First Point Second Point Third Point Third Point Subpoint One Fourth Point
Indented lines or paragraphs (for use in comment replies)	No Indent :First Indent ::Second Indent :::and so on	No Indent First Indent Second Indent and so on
Inserting the reference list	<references/> or {{reflist}}
Moving a line of text to the next line without using actual line breaks with the Enter key Useful when editing charts that push the border outwards without a defined size limit	Text<br>Text	Text Text

Templates

Templates are a way of replicating common page elements by "hiring" those elements from a specialized page in such a way that when the "master" is edited, all articles borrowing from the template will automatically incorporate those changes. See Category:Templates for a list of templates.