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Wikitext Cheat Sheet
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
Link to another page see wikipedia:Help:Interwikimedia links for linking to sister projects	[[Copy edit]] [[Copy edit]]ors	Copy edit Copy editors
"Pipe" a link to change the link's text	[[Android (operating system)|Android]]	Android
Link to a section	[[Frog#Locomotion]] [[Frog#Locomotion|locomotion in frogs]]	Frog#Locomotion locomotion in frogs
Red link Links to pages that don't exist are automatically red. Red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages.	[[Red link example]]	Red link example
Plain website	https://zoophilia.wiki/	https://zoophilia.wiki/
Link a website	[https://zoophilia.wiki/]	[1]
Link and name a website	[https://zoophilia.wiki/ Zoophilia Wiki]	Zoophilia Wiki
Citations, references, and footnotes sources in the article will appear where {{Reflist}} is put, typically under a Level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page; text between {{}} is for a template.	Hello<ref name="LoC">[https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World!<ref>https://www.w3.org/</ref> Hello again!<ref name="LoC" /><ref>Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.</ref> References: {{Reflist}}	Hello World! Hello again! References:
Template:Citation needed one of many cleanup templates	This statement is true.{{Citation needed}}	This statement is true.
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 11:13, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	<s>This topic isn't [[Zoophilia Wiki:Notability|notable]].</s>	This topic isn't notable.
Underline your text	<u>This topic is notable</u>	This topic is notable
Hide text somewhere for editors consensus is how things are decided	<!-- This had consensus, discuss at talk page -->
Show an image for uploading, see the intro to uploading images	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]	File:Wiki.png Caption
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]] place near the bottom of a page	shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or published
Link to a category or file	[[:Category:Zoophilia Wiki]] [[:File:Example.jpg]]	Category:Zoophilia Wiki File:Example.jpg
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another page redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	#REDIRECT [[Zoophilia]]	Zoophilia
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Zoophilia#Legal status]]	Zoophilia#Legal status
Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article	== Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ====== do not use = Level 1 = as it is for page titles	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bulleted list	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting text this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations. After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent {{Outdent|n}} can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent ::::fourth indent {{Outdent|4}} return to left margin	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent return to left margin

Tables (style 1)
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Tables (style 2: wikitable)
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Collapsible tables (Default: collapsed)
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Columns
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Interwiki links
Wiki Shortcut Wikimedia Commons [[commons:]] Wikipedia [[w:]] Wiktionary [[wikt:]] Wikibooks [[b:]] Wikisource [[s:]] Wikispecies [[species:]] Metawiki [[m:]] MediaWiki [[mw:]]

Vandalism response templates

<syntaxhighlight lang="moin"> * {{subst:uw-vandalism1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional vandalism/test) * {{subst:uw-delete1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional removal of content) * {{subst:uw-vandalism2|PageName}} ~~~~ (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption) * {{subst:uw-delete2|PageName}} ~~~~ (variant for removal of content) * {{subst:uw-vandalism3|PageName}} ~~~~ ("please stop" for use after level 2 warning) * {{subst:uw-delete3|PageName}} ~~~~ (please stop removing content) * {{subst:uw-vandalism4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for vandalism) * {{subst:uw-delete4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for removing content) * {{subst:uw-vandalism4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for severe or grotesque vandalism only) * {{subst:uw-delete4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for many blankings in a short period of time) </syntaxhighlight>

Page citations
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See also

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Wiki markup quick reference (PDF download)

• For a full list of editing commands, see Help:Wikitext
• For including parser functions, variables and behavior switches, see Help:Magic words
• For a guide to displaying mathematical equations and formulas, see Help:Displaying a formula
• For a guide to editing, see Contribution Guide
• For an overview of commonly used style guidelines, see Zoophilia Wiki:Simplified Manual of Style
• For a page on how to use Zoophilia Wiki in bite-sized morsels, see Zoophilia Wiki:Tips
• For advice on writing style and formatting in a bullet-point format, see Zoophilia Wiki:Style tips
• For summaries of some Zoophilia Wiki protocols and conventions, see Zoophilia Wiki:Dos and don'ts
• If you don't want to use wikitext markup, try Zoophilia Wiki:VisualEditor instead
• To ask a question, see Zoophilia Wiki:Questions to locate the appropriate venue(s)

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