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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See also

• .pdf cheatsheet, intended for printing.
• Use a sandbox such as Wikinews:Sandbox for experimentation with editing.