Star Wars Fic Reference Wiki:Cheatsheet

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Text formatting

Works anywhere in the text

Description	You type	You get
Italicize text	`''italic''`	italic
Bold text	`'''bold'''`	bold
Underlined text	`<u>underline</u>`	underline
Bold and italic	`'''''bold & italic'''''`	bold & italic
Strikethrough	`<s>strikethrough</s>`	~~strikethrough~~
Superscript	`1<sup>st</sup>`	1^st
Subscript	`O<sub>2</sub>`	O₂
Small Text	`small <small>text</small>`	small text
Big Text	`big <big>text</big>`	big text
Blockquote text	`<blockquote>This is a blockquote</blockquote>`	This is a blockquote
Internal link (within a wiki)	`[[Help:Contents]]` `[[Help:Contents\|Displayed text]]`	Help:Contents Displayed text
Colored link	`[[Help:Contents\|<span style="color:dodgerblue;">Help:Contents</span>]]`	Help:Contents
External link (to other websites)	`[https://www.example.org]` `[https://www.example.org displayed text]` `https://www.example.org`	[1] displayed text https://www.example.org
Cite link	`<cite>https://www.fandom.com/</cite>`	https://www.fandom.com/
Sign your posts on talk pages (username only)	`~~~`	Your username
Sign your posts on talk pages	`~~~~` (4 tildes)	Your username 10:39, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
Insert the current date and time (UTC). Generally only used on talk pages.	`~~~~~` (5 tildes)	10:39, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
Display wikitext code as typed	`<nowiki>[[This is not a link]]</nowiki>`	[[This is not a link]]
Display text as source code	`<code>Source Code</code>`	`Source Code`

Works only at the start of a line

Description	You type	You get
Headings A table of contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article. (Skip level 1; it's used for the page name.)	`== Level 2 ==` `=== Level 3 ===` `==== Level 4 ====` `===== Level 5 =====` `====== Level 6 ======`	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Horizontal rule	Text before ---- Text after	Text before Text after
Indented paragraph or line	`No indent` `: One indent` `:: Two indents`	No indent One indent Two indents
Bulleted list	`* One` `* Two` ` Two point one` ` Two point two` `* Three`	One Two Two point one Two point two Three
Numbered list	`# One` `# Two` `## Two point one` `## Two point two` `# Three`	One Two Two point one Two point two Three
Mixed list	`* bulleted item` `# numbered item 1` `#: indented item a` `#: indented item b` `# numbered item 2`	bulleted item numbered item 1 indented item a indented item b numbered item 2
Definition list	;item 1 : definition 1 ;item 2 : definition of 2-a : definition of 2-b	item 1 definition 1 item 2 definition of 2-a definition of 2-b
Redirect to another page	`#REDIRECT [[Help:Contents]]`	Help:Contents
Preformatted text with working links (notice the space at start)	`Preformatted text, [[Help:Contents\|Link]] works`	Preformatted text, Link works
Preformatted text that shows underlying wikitext	`<pre>Preformatted text, [[link]] shows wikitext</pre>`	Preformatted text, [[link]] shows wikitext

Image formatting

Description	You type	You get
Image	`[[File:NEGTAS shaak.png]]`
Sized image (width change with aspect ratio maintained)	`[[File:NEGTAS shaak.png\|200px]]`
Thumbnail image	`[[File:NEGTAS shaak.png\|thumb\|Caption text]]`	Caption text
Aligned image	`[[File:NEGTAS shaak.png\|thumb\|100px\|left]]` `[[File:NEGTAS shaak.png\|thumb\|100px\|center]]` `[[File:NEGTAS shaak.png\|thumb\|100px\|right]]`
Linked image	`[[File:NEGTAS shaak.png\|link=Help:Contents]]`
Changed alt text	`[[File:NEGTAS shaak.png\|alt=A shaak]]`
Direct link to image	`[[Media:NEGTAS shaak.png]]`	Media:NEGTAS shaak.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 <br>.


Without `<br>`	With `<br>`
Don't break lines	Do break lines

HTML tags

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>. These apply anywhere you insert them.

Description	You type	You get
Inserted (Displays as underline in most browsers)	<ins>Inserted</ins> or <u>Underline</u>	Inserted or Underline
Deleted (Displays as strikethrough in most browsers)	<s>Struck out</s> or <del>Deleted</del>	~~Struck out~~ or ~~Deleted~~
Fixed width text	<code>Source code</code> or <code>Fixed width text</code>	`Source code` or `Fixed width text`
Blockquotes	Text before <blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote> Text after	Text before Blockquote Text after
Comment	<!-- This is a comment --> Comments are only visible in the edit zone.	Comments are only visible in the edit zone.
Completely preformatted text	<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>	Text is '''preformatted''' and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
Customized preformatted text	<pre style="color: red"> Text is '''preformatted''' with a style and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done </pre>	Text is '''preformatted''' with a style and ''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done

Special characters

Special characters can often be displayed using numeric character references or character entity references. See Character encodings in HTML for more information. For example, À and À both render À.

Diacritical marks

Diacritic marks, using character entity references.

What you type	What it looks like
À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø &OElig; Ù Ú Û Ü &Yuml; ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø &oelig; ù ú û ü ÿ	À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Œ Ù Ú Û Ü Ÿ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø œ ù ú û ü ÿ

Punctuation special characters

Using character entity references.

What you type	What it looks like
`¿ ¡ § ¶ &dagger; &Dagger;`	¿ ¡ § ¶ † ‡
`· • – —`	· • – —
`< > &lsaquo; &rsaquo; « »`	< > ‹ › « »
`' " ‘ ’ “ ”`	' " ‘ ’ “ ”
`[ ] & { } \|`	[ ] & { } \|

Escaping punctuation characters

[, ], {, }, |, &, '' or ''' can sometimes be mistaken for wiki markup in some circumstances, such as within some templates. To avoid that, either use the character entity references or surround them in the markup tags <pre>, <nowiki>, or <code>.

Citation templates

Some citation templates are generic, and others are specific to certain frequently-used reference materials.

Generic templates:

{{Cite print}} — <ref name="">{{Cite_print |continuity= |title= |number= |titlepart= |author= |series= |date= |publisher= |speaker= |quote= |detail= |url=}}</ref>
{{Cite web}} — <ref name="">{{Cite_web |continuity= |url= |title= |author= |site= |date= |publisher= |language= |format= |speaker= |quote= |detail= |archivedate= |archiveurl= |nolive=1 |nobackup=1}}</ref>
{{Cite fanwork}} — <ref name="">{{Cite_fanwork |url= |title= |author= |site= |date= |detail= |quote= |archivedate= |archiveurl= |nsfw=1 |nolive=1 |nobackup=1}}</ref>
{{Film}} — <ref name="">{{Film|number/abbrv}}</ref>
{{Game}} — <ref name="">{{Game |continuity= |title= |expansion= |part= |parttype= |year= |dev= |speaker= |quote=}}</ref>
{{TV}} — <ref name="">{{TV |showname= |season= |epnum= |epname= |url= |quote= |speaker= |detail= }}</ref>
{{Video}} — <ref name="">{{Video |url= |title= |channel= |site= |date= |speaker= |quote= |detail= |nolive=1}}</ref>
{{Documentary}} — <ref name="">{{Documentary |showname= |season= |epnum= |epname= |quote= |speaker= |detail= }}</ref>

Specific templates:

Art of... books for films/shows/games/projects: {{Art of}} — <ref name="">{{Art of|Film, show, etc.|Section/part}}</ref>
Dressing a Galaxy: {{DAG}} — <ref name="">{{DAG|Section/part}}</ref>
Essential Guides series: {{EG}} — <ref name="">{{EG |title= |section= |subsection= |heading= |speaker= |quote= |detail= |complete=1}}</ref> or <ref name="">{{EG|Abbrv/Phrase|Section|Subsection|Heading}}</ref>
HoloNet News articles: {{HNN}} — <ref name="">{{HNN |issue= |url= |title= |archivedate=}}</ref>
Star Wars Adventure Journals: {{SWAJ}} — <ref name="">{{SWAJ |number= |titlepart= |part= |author= |date= |quote= |speaker= |detail=}}</ref> or <ref name="">{{SWAJ|Issue|Title of Part|Author|Date}}</ref>
Star Wars Timelines (2023): {{SWTimelines}} — <ref name="">{{SWTimelines|Page heading|complete=1}}</ref>
The Visual Encyclopedia (2017): {{TVE}} — <ref name="">{{TVE|Section or page heading}}</ref>
Visual Dictionary series: {{VD}} — <ref name="">{{VD|Film, show, etc. or version|Page heading|detail=}}</ref>

This page takes a lot of content from Wikipedia.