- name
- mediawiki-wikitext
- description
- MediaWiki Wikitext markup language for Wikipedia and wiki-based sites. Use when creating or editing wiki articles, generating wikitext content, working with wiki tables/templates/references, or converting content to wikitext format. Triggers on requests mentioning Wikipedia, MediaWiki, wikitext, wiki markup, or wiki article creation.
MediaWiki Wikitext
Generate and edit content using MediaWiki's wikitext markup language.
Quick Reference
Text Formatting
''italic'' '''bold''' '''''bold italic'''''
<code>inline code</code> <sub>subscript</sub> <sup>superscript</sup>
<s>strikethrough</s> <u>underline</u>Headings (line start only, avoid level 1)
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====Lists
* Bullet item # Numbered item ; Term
** Nested ## Nested : DefinitionLinks
[[Page Name]] Internal link
[[Page Name|Display Text]] With display text
[[Page Name#Section]] Section link
[https://url Display Text] External link
[[File:image.jpg|thumb|Caption]] Image
[[Category:Name]] Category (place at end)Table
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption
|-
! Header 1 !! Header 2
|-
| Cell 1 || Cell 2
|}Templates & Variables
{{TemplateName}} Basic call
{{TemplateName|arg1|name=value}} With arguments
{{{parameter|default}}} Parameter (in template)
{{PAGENAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} Magic wordsReferences
Text<ref>Citation here</ref>
<ref name="id">Citation</ref> Named reference
<ref name="id" /> Reuse reference
{{Reflist}} Display footnotesSpecial Tags
<nowiki>[[escaped]]</nowiki> Disable markup
<pre>preformatted block</pre> Preformatted (no markup)
<syntaxhighlight lang="python"> Code highlighting
code here
</syntaxhighlight>
<math>x^2 + y^2 = z^2</math> LaTeX math
<!-- comment --> Comment (hidden)
---- Horizontal rule
#REDIRECT [[Target Page]] Redirect (first line only)Magic Words
__NOTOC__ Hide table of contents
__TOC__ Position TOC here
__NOEDITSECTION__ Hide section edit linksCommon Patterns
Article Structure
{{Infobox Type
| name = Example
| image = Example.jpg
}}
'''Article Title''' is a brief introduction.
== Section ==
Content with citation<ref>Source</ref>.
=== Subsection ===
More content.
== See also ==
* [[Related Article]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://example.com Official site]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sort Key}}
[[Category:Category Name]]Template Definition
<noinclude>{{Documentation}}</noinclude><includeonly>
{| class="wikitable"
! {{{title|Default Title}}}
|-
| {{{content|No content provided}}}
{{#if:{{{footer|}}}|
{{!}}-
{{!}} {{{footer}}}
}}
|}
</includeonly>Key Syntax Rules
- Headings: Use
==to======; don't use=(reserved for page title) - Line-start markup: Lists (
*#;:), headings, tables ({|) must start at line beginning - Closing tags: Close heading equals on same line; no text after closing
== - Blank lines: Create paragraph breaks; single newlines are ignored
- Pipes in templates: Use
{{!}}for literal|inside templates - Escaping: Use
<nowiki>to escape markup;&for&,<for<
Resources
For detailed syntax, see:
- references/syntax.md: Complete markup reference with all options
- references/templates.md: Template and parser function details
- assets/snippets.yaml: Editor snippets for common patterns