Help:Basic edit commands

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 BelieveTheSign)	[[name of page]] [[name of page|display text]]	name of page display text
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	<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>	no ''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
Unformatted text	a space at the   beginning of each line   creates unformatted   monospaced text	a space at the beginning of each line creates unformatted monospaced text
Extended cheatsheet | More editing help

See also

• Tiny (printer-friendly) & huge Cheatsheet image and .pdf versions.
• Use a sandbox such as BelieveTheSign:Sandbox for experimentation with editing. Also, if you use this page's sandbox it will help prevent editing conflicts.