RTGame:Editing/Cheat sheet

This page is a cheat sheet to help users learn the basics of editing and formatting. The Star Citizen Wiki uses a markup language called wikitext 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	You type	You get
Italic text	`''italic''`	italic

Bold text	`'''bold'''`	bold

Bold and italic	`'''''bold & italic'''''`	bold & italic

Internal link (within the wiki)	`[[Bengal]]` `[[Bengal\|A large UEE carrier]]` `[[Bengal]]s and [[Hornet]]s`	Bengal A large UEE carrier Bengals and Hornets

Anchor links	`[[Current_Page#Heading\|Heading]] [[Other_Page#Heading\|Heading]]`	Scrolls current page down to linked heading. Goes to linked page, then scrolls to heading.

Categorization	[[Category:Ships]]	Places the page in Category:Ships

External link (to other websites)	`[http://www.example.org Text to display]` `[http://www.example.org]` `http://www.example.org`	Text to display [1] http://www.example.org

Redirect to another page	`#REDIRECT [[Target page]]`	Target page

Section headings A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	`== Level 1 ==` `=== Level 2 ===` `==== Level 3 ====` `===== Level 4 =====` `====== Level 5 ======`