User:Doldrums/Quick guide

Description	You type	You get
Applies anywhere
Italicise text	`''italic''`	italic

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

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

Internal link (within Wikinews)	`[[Main Page]]` `[[Main Page\|Main Page by another name]]`	Main Page Main Page by another name

Links to other Wikis (see Interwiki map)	`[[w:China\|China]]`	China


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

Escape wiki markup	`with ''markup''` `<nowiki>without ''markup''</nowiki>`	with markup without ''markup''
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different sizes	`==level 1==` `===level 2===` `====level 3====` `=====level 4=====`	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Bullet 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

Definition list	`;Definition` `:item 1` `:item 2`	Definition item 1 item 2

Thumbnail image	[[Image:Wiki.png\|thumb\|Caption text]]	Caption text
Commonly used Templates
Date	{{date\|January 1, 2006}}	January 1, 2006

Dateline (use only for Original reporting)	{{dateline\|date=January 1, 2006 \|location=Cairo, Egypt}}	January 1, 2006 Cairo, Egypt –

Sources	{{source \|url=http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56262 \|title=Climate change to hurt poor people most \|author= \|pub=IRIN News \|date=November 6, 2006}}	"Climate change to hurt poor people most" — IRIN News, November 6, 2006

Related Wikinews articles	{{wikinews \|title=Coordinated terrorist attack hits London \|date=July 7, 2005}}	"Coordinated terrorist attack hits London" — Wikinews, July 7, 2005
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Level 4

See also