Help:Editing

The following table shows some of the main codes used when editing a page on the LGBT UK History Project. It is a modified version of the equivalent page on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet).

Checklist for editing
Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic text	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Link to another page on this Wiki	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
Link internal heading	[[#Heading name]] [[#Heading name2|Name2]]	#Heading name Name2
Show an image	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]	Caption
Size an image	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|60px|Cap]] (option "60px" means 60 pixels wide)	Cap
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 saved.
Signature Sign your contributions when posting to a Talk Page.	~~~~ (Do not sign in an article, only on talk-pages.)	Username (talk) 05:34, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
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 [[Target page]]	Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	Target page#anchorName
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
Nonindexed headers (left out of Table of Contents)	; Header name (has a leading semicolon ";" in front)	Header name (will not appear in Table of Contents)
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
multi-column list using the {{columns-list}} template	{{columns-list|3| * One * Two * Three * Four * Five * Six * Seven * Eight }}	One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight
Indenting text	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent
Adding footnote references
Insert footnotes as references in a page to list at page bottom	Hello,<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> ==References== <references>	Hello, World. References <references>