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'''Wikitext''' is the main markup language used to format content on Fandom. It can be used to add photos, tables, bold styles, links, and many other visual changes.

It's not necessary to know wikitext in order to edit a page: you can use the [[Help:VisualEditor|Visual Editor]] to avoid it. However, users who learn it may appreciate the additional control they have over page content.

Wikitext can be used via [[Help:Source editor|source editor]] in either editor. To access an article's wikitext:
* [[Help:VisualEditor|Visual Editor]]: click "{{int:visual-editor-fandom-option-visual-editor}}" in the top middle, above the edit bar, which will open a menu where you can select "{{int:visualeditor-mweditmodesource-tool-current}}".
* Before editing, you can go right to source mode by clicking the arrow next to the edit button, and clicking "{{int:visualeditor-ca-editsource-section}}" from the drop-down menu.
* When editing a section of an article, click "{{int:visualeditor-ca-editsource-section}}" to edit that section in source.

On both platforms, you can also choose your preferred editor in [[Help:Preferences|preferences]], and it will open by default when you click the edit button.

Below is an outline of basic wikitext that you can use while [[Help:Editing|editing]]. Many of the options listed below have shortcut buttons in the editor toolbars.

== Text formatting ==
{| class="article-table" style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|+Inline wikitext: code you can use anywhere in the page
|-
! style="width:25%;" | Description
! style="width:45%;" | You type
! style="width:30%;" | You get
|-
|Italicize text
|<code><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></code>
|''italic''
|-
|Bold text
|<code><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></code>
|'''bold'''
|-
|Underlined text
|<code><nowiki>underline</nowiki></code>
|underline
|-
|Bold and italic
|<code><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></code>
|'''''bold & italic'''''
|-
|Strikethrough
|<code><nowiki><s>strikethrough</s></nowiki></code>
|<s>strikethrough</s>
|-
|Superscript
|<code><nowiki>1st</nowiki></code>
|1st
|-
|Subscript
|<code><nowiki>O2</nowiki></code>
|O2
|-
|Small Text
|<code><nowiki>small text</nowiki></code>
|small text
|-
|Big Text
|<code><nowiki>big text</nowiki></code>
|big text
|-
|Blockquote text
|<code><nowiki><blockquote>This is a blockquote</blockquote></nowiki></code>
|<blockquote>This is a blockquote</blockquote>
|-
||Internal link (within a wiki)
|<code><nowiki>[[Help:Contents]]</nowiki></code> 
<code><nowiki>[[Help:Contents|Displayed text]]</nowiki></code>
|[[Help:Contents]] [[Help:Contents|Displayed text]]
|-
|Colored link
|<code><nowiki>[[Help:Contents|Help:Contents]]</nowiki></code>
|[[Help:Contents|Help:Contents]]
|-
|Redirect to another page
|<code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Help:Contents]]</nowiki></code>
|https://wiki.zombiepanicsource.com/images/b/bd/Carrier_render1.jpg [[Help:Contents]]
|-
|External link (to other websites)
|<code><nowiki>[https://www.example.org]</nowiki></code> 
<code><nowiki>[https://www.example.org displayed text]</nowiki></code> 
<code><nowiki>https://www.example.org</nowiki></code>
|[https://www.example.org] 
[https://www.example.org displayed text] 
https://www.example.org
|-
|Cite link
|<code><nowiki><cite>https://www.fandom.com/</cite></nowiki></code>
|<cite>https://www.fandom.com/</cite>
|-
|Sign your posts on talk pages (username only)
|<code><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></code>
|[[Special:Mypage|Your username]]
|-
|Sign your posts on talk pages
|<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> (4 tildes)
|[[Special:Mypage|Your username]] {{CURRENTTIME}}, 
{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)
|-
|Insert the current date and time (UTC). Generally only used on talk pages.
|<code><nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki></code> (5 tildes)
|{{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)
|-
|Display wikitext code as typed
|<code><nowiki><nowiki>[[This is not a link]]</nowiki></nowiki></code>
|<nowiki>[[This is not a link]]</nowiki>
|-
|Display text as source code
|<code><nowiki><code>Source Code</code></nowiki></code>
|<code>Source Code</code>
|}
{| class="article-table" style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|+Code that works only at the start of a line
|-
! style="width:25%;" | Description
! style="width:45%;" | You type
! style="width:30%;" | You get
|-
|Headings 
''A [[Help:Table of contents|table of contents]] will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.''

([[mw:Help talk:Formatting#Level 1|Skip level 1]]; it's used for the page name.)
|
<code><nowiki>== Level 2 ==</nowiki></code> 
<code><nowiki>=== Level 3 ===</nowiki></code> 
<code><nowiki>==== Level 4 ====</nowiki></code> 
<code><nowiki>===== Level 5 =====</nowiki></code> 
<code><nowiki>====== Level 6 ======</nowiki></code>
|
<div style="font-size: 1.5em; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.25em; line-height: 1.3; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--theme-border-color); font-weight:500;padding:.25em 0">Level 2</div>
<div style="font-size: 1.17em; margin-top: 0.3em; line-height: 1.6; padding-top: 0.5em;">Level 3</div>
<div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-top: 0.3em; line-height: 1.6; padding-top: 0.5em;">Level 4</div>
<div style="font-size: 1.05em; margin-top: 0.3em; line-height: 1.6; padding-top: 0.5em;">Level 5</div>
<div style="font-size: 0.95em; margin-top: 0.3em; line-height: 1.6; padding-top: 0.5em;">Level 6</div>
|-
| Horizontal rule
|<pre>
Text before
----
Text after
</pre>
|
Text before
----
Text after
|-
|Indented paragraph or line
|
<code>No indent</code> 
<code>: One indent</code> 
<code>:: Two indents</code>
|
No indent
: One indent
:: Two indents
|-
|Bulleted list
|
<code>* One</code> 
<code>* Two</code> 
<code>** Two point one</code> 
<code>* Three</code>
|
* One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three
|-
|Numbered list
|
<code># One</code> 
<code># Two</code> 
<code>## Two point one</code> 
<code># Three</code>
|
# One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three
|-
|Mixed list
|
<code>* bulleted item</code> 
<code>*# numbered item 1</code> 
<code>*#: indented item a</code> 
<code>*#: indented item b</code> 
<code>*# numbered item 2</code>
|
* bulleted item
*# numbered item 1
*#: indented item a
*#: indented item b
*# numbered item 2
|-
| Definition list
| <pre>
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
</pre>
|
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
|-
|Preformatted text '''with''' working links
|
<code><nowiki>" "[[Help:Color|Color]] Text</nowiki></code> (note space at start, remove quotation marks)
|
[[Help:Color|Color]] Text
|-
|Preformatted text that shows underlying wikitext
|
<code><nowiki><pre>[[Color]] Text</pre></nowiki></code>
|
<pre>[[Color]] Text</pre>
|}

== Image formatting ==
{| class="article-table" style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|-
! style="width:25%;" | Description
! style="width:50%;" | You type
! style="width:25%;" | You get
|-
|Image
|<code><nowiki>[[File:Item Game Icon.png]]</nowiki></code>
|[[File:Item Game Icon.png]]
|-
|Sized image (width change with aspect ratio maintained)
|<code><nowiki>[[File:Item Game Icon.png|100px]]</nowiki></code>
|[[File:Item Game Icon.png|100px]]
|-
|Thumbnail image
|<code><nowiki>[[File:Item Game Icon.png|thumb|Caption text]]</nowiki></code>
|[[File:Item Game Icon.png|thumb|Caption text]]
|-
|Aligned image
|
<code><nowiki>[[File:Item Game Icon.png|thumb|100px|left]]</nowiki></code>
<code><nowiki>[[File:Item Game Icon.png|thumb|100px|center]]</nowiki></code>
<code><nowiki>[[File:Item Game Icon.png|thumb|100px|right]]</nowiki></code>
|
[[File:Item Game Icon.png|thumb|100px|left]]
[[File:Item Game Icon.png|thumb|100px|center]]
[[File:Item Game Icon.png|thumb|100px|right]]
|-
|Linked image
|<code><nowiki>[[File:Item Game Icon.png|link=Help:Contents]]</nowiki></code>
|[[File:Item Game Icon.png|link=Help:Contents]]
|-
|Changed alt text
|<code><nowiki>[[File:Item Game Icon.png|alt=A sea otter]]</nowiki></code>
|[[File:Item Game Icon.png|alt=A sea otter]]
|-
|Direct link to image
|<code><nowiki>[[Media:SeaOtter.png]]</nowiki></code>
|[[Media:SeaOtter.png]]
|}

== Paragraphs ==
MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tag <code> </code>.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Without <code><nowiki> </nowiki></code>
!With <code><nowiki> </nowiki></code>
|-
|
Don't break
lines
|
Do break 
lines
|}

==HTML tags==
Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code><code></code>, <code><div></code>, <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki></nowiki></code>. These apply anywhere you insert them.

{| class="wikitable"
!Description
! width="40%" |You type
! width="40%" |You get
|-
|Inserted (Displays as underline in most browsers)
|<pre>
<ins>Inserted</ins>

or

Underline
</pre>
|
<ins>Inserted</ins>

or

Underline
|-
|Deleted (Displays as strikethrough in most browsers)
|<pre>
<s>Struck out</s>

or

<del>Deleted</del>

</pre>
|
<s>Struck out</s>

or

<del>Deleted</del>
|-
|Fixed width text
|<pre>
<code>Source code</code>

or

<code>Fixed width text</code>
</pre>
|
<code>Source code</code>

or

<code>Fixed width text</code>
|-
|Blockquotes
|<pre>
Text before
<blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote>
Text after
</pre>
|
Text before
<blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote>
Text after
|-
|Comment
|<pre>

Comments are only visible
in the edit zone.
</pre>
|

Comments are only visible
in the edit zone.
|-
|Completely preformatted text
|<pre>
<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>
</pre>
----
|
<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>
|-
|'''Customized''' preformatted text
|<pre>
<pre style="color: red">
Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</pre>
</pre>
----
|
<pre style="color: red">
Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</pre>
|}

==Inserting symbols==
Symbols and other special characters not available on your keyboard can be inserted through a special sequence of characters. Those sequences are called HTML entities. For example, the following sequence (entity) '''&rarr;''' when inserted will be shown as <ins>right arrow</ins> HTML symbol → and '''&mdash;''' when inserted will be shown as an <ins>em dash</ins> HTML symbol —.
----
Hover over any character to find out the symbol that it produces. Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.

{| class="wikitable" align="center" width="100%"
! colspan="32" |HTML symbol entities
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Á'''
|'''á'''
|'''Â'''
|'''â'''
|'''´'''
|'''Æ'''
|'''æ'''
|'''À'''
|'''à'''
|'''&alefsym;'''
|'''Α'''
|'''α'''
|'''&'''
|'''&and;'''
|'''&ang;'''
|'''Å'''
|'''å'''
|'''≈'''
|'''Ã'''
|'''ã'''
|'''Ä'''
|'''ä'''
|'''&bdquo;'''
|'''Β'''
|'''β'''
|'''¦'''
|'''•'''
|'''∩'''
|'''Ç'''
|'''ç'''
|'''¸'''
|'''¢'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Χ'''
|'''χ'''
|'''&circ;'''
|'''&clubs;'''
|'''&cong;'''
|'''©'''
|'''&crarr;'''
|'''∪'''
|'''¤'''
|'''&dagger;'''
|'''&Dagger;'''
|'''↓'''
|'''&dArr;'''
|'''°'''
|'''Δ'''
|'''δ'''
|'''&diams;'''
|'''÷'''
|'''É'''
|'''é'''
|'''Ê'''
|'''ê'''
|'''È'''
|'''è'''
|'''∅'''
|'''&emsp;'''
|'''&ensp;'''
|'''Ε'''
|'''ε'''
|'''&equiv;'''
|'''Η'''
|'''η'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Ð'''
|'''ð'''
|'''Ë'''
|'''ë'''
|'''€'''
|'''∃'''
|'''&fnof;'''
|'''∀'''
|'''½'''
|'''¼'''
|'''¾'''
|'''&frasl;'''
|'''Γ'''
|'''γ'''
|'''≥'''
|'''>'''
|'''↔'''
|'''⇔'''
|'''&hearts;'''
|'''…'''
|'''Í'''
|'''í'''
|'''Î'''
|'''î'''
|'''¡'''
|'''Ì'''
|'''ì'''
|'''&image;'''
|'''∞'''
|'''∫'''
|'''Ι'''
|'''ι'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''¿'''
|'''∈'''
|'''Ï'''
|'''ï'''
|'''Κ'''
|'''κ'''
|'''Λ'''
|'''λ'''
|'''&lang;'''
|'''«'''
|'''←'''
|'''⇐'''
|'''&lceil;'''
|'''“'''
|'''≤'''
|'''&lfloor;'''
|'''&lowast;'''
|'''&loz;'''
|'''&lrm;'''
|'''&lsaquo;'''
|'''‘'''
|'''<'''
|'''¯'''
|'''—'''
|'''µ'''
|'''·'''
|'''−'''
|'''Μ'''
|'''μ'''
|'''∇'''
|''' '''
|'''–'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''≠'''
|'''&ni;'''
|'''¬'''
|'''∉'''
|'''&nsub;'''
|'''Ñ'''
|'''ñ'''
|'''Ν'''
|'''ν'''
|'''Ó'''
|'''ó'''
|'''Ô'''
|'''ô'''
|'''&OElig;'''
|'''&oelig;'''
|'''Ò'''
|'''ò'''
|'''&oline;'''
|'''Ω'''
|'''ω'''
|'''Ο'''
|'''ο'''
|'''&oplus;'''
|'''&or;'''
|'''ª'''
|'''º'''
|'''Ø'''
|'''ø'''
|'''Õ'''
|'''õ'''
|'''&otimes;'''
|'''Ö'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''ö'''
|'''¶'''
|'''∂'''
|'''&permil;'''
|'''&perp;'''
|'''Φ'''
|'''φ'''
|'''Π'''
|'''π'''
|'''ϖ'''
|'''±'''
|'''£'''
|'''′'''
|'''″'''
|'''∏'''
|'''&prop;'''
|'''Ψ'''
|'''ψ'''
|'''"'''
|'''√'''
|'''&rang;'''
|'''»'''
|'''→'''
|'''⇒'''
|'''&rceil;'''
|'''”'''
|'''&real;'''
|'''®'''
|'''&rfloor;'''
|'''Ρ'''
|'''ρ'''
|'''&rlm;'''
|- style="-text-align:center;"
|'''&rsaquo;'''
|'''’'''
|'''&sbquo;'''
|'''&Scaron;'''
|'''&scaron;'''
|'''⋅'''
|'''§'''
|''''''
|'''Σ'''
|'''σ'''
|'''&sigmaf;'''
|'''&sim;'''
|'''&spades;'''
|'''⊂'''
|'''&sube;'''
|'''∑'''
|'''⊃'''
|'''¹'''
|'''²'''
|'''³'''
|'''&supe;'''
|'''ß'''
|'''Τ'''
|'''τ'''
|'''&there4;'''
|'''Θ'''
|'''θ'''
|'''&thetasym;'''
|''' '''
|'''Þ'''
|'''þ'''
|'''&tilde;'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''×'''
|'''™'''
|'''Ú'''
|'''ú'''
|'''↑'''
|'''&uArr;'''
|'''Û'''
|'''û'''
|'''Ù'''
|'''ù'''
|'''¨'''
|'''&upsih;'''
|'''Υ'''
|'''υ'''
|'''Ü'''
|'''ü'''
|'''&weierp;'''
|'''Ξ'''
|'''ξ'''
|'''Ý'''
|'''ý'''
|'''¥'''
|'''ÿ'''
|'''&Yuml;'''
|'''Ζ'''
|'''ζ'''
|'''&zwj;'''
|'''&zwnj;'''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!
Description
! width="40%" |
You type
! width="40%" |
You get
|-
|
Copyright symbol
|<pre>
&copy;
</pre>
|
:::'''©'''
|-
|
Greek delta letter symbol
|<pre>
&delta;
</pre>
|
:::'''δ'''
|-
|
Euro currency symbol
|<pre>
&euro;
</pre>
|
:::'''€'''
|}
See the list of all HTML entities on the Wikipedia article [[wikipedia:List of HTML entities|List of HTML entities]]. Additionally, MediaWiki supports two non-standard entity reference sequences: <code>&רלמ;</code> and <code>&رلم;</code> which are both considered equivalent to <code>&rlm;</code> which is a [[wikipedia:Right-to-left mark|right-to-left mark]]. (Used when combining right to left languages with left to right languages in the same page.)

==HTML tags and symbol entities displayed themselves==

*:<code>&amp;euro;</code>  → '''&euro;'''

*:<code> Typo to be corrected</code>  → '''Typo to be corrected'''

*:<code><nowiki>&lt;span style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;">Typo to be corrected</nowiki></code>  → '''Typo to be corrected'''

===Nowiki for HTML===
<<nowiki/>nowiki />
can prohibit (HTML) tags:
*<nowiki><<</nowiki>nowiki />pre>  → <<nowiki/>pre>

But ''not'' & symbol escapes:
*&<<nowiki/>nowiki />amp;  → &<nowiki/>amp;

To print & symbol escapes as text, use "<code>&amp;</code>" to replace the "&" character (eg. type "<code>&amp;nbsp;</code>", which results in "<code>&nbsp;</code>").

==Further wikitext examples==
For more complex content that is sometimes more easily managed with wikitext editing, see:

*[[Help:Galleries]]
*[[Help:Main page column tags]]
*[[Help:Templates]]
*[[Help:Signature]]
*[[Help:Tables]]
*[[Help:Magic words]]

==See also==
*[[Help:Editing]]
*MediaWiki's examples of [[Help:Formatting|Formatting]]
*MediaWiki's thorough reference on [[Help:Images|image formatting]]
*For print cheatsheets, see the [[Help:Reference card|MediaWiki reference card]] or the [[Cheatsheet|poster-size cheatsheet]] (available in many languages)

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[[Category:Source editing]]
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[[Category:Tools & shortcuts]]

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