Quick guide to editing translatewiki.net

Translatewiki.net Cheatsheet
Works with translate extension
Description	You type	You get
Mark a message as draft !!FUZZY!! must be placed at the beginning of the message. Messages marked !!FUZZY!! are not exported to the project.	!!FUZZY!!rest of message follows	!!FUZZY!!rest of message follows
Works on translatewiki.net
Description	You type	You get
Link to a message in your language preference - and display message text.	{{msg-fud|Message}}	Message ("Message")
Link to a message in your language preference - and do not display message text.	{{msg-fud|message|notext=1}}	message
Display language names and codes language autonym. name in interface language. code of interface language.	{{#language:de}} {{#languagename:de}} {{UILANGCODE}}	Deutsch German en
Change to user interface language version of a page by adding ?uselang=en to URL in an address bar or link	[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/?uselang={{UILANGCODE}} link to user interface version, defaults to English]	link to user interface version, defaults to English
Works on any wiki
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic text	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Link to another translatewiki.net page	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
Link to an external website Numbered link. Link with label. Link using interwiki table.	[http://mediawiki.org] [http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki] [[mw:Help:Links|Links]]	[1] MediaWiki Links
Change language version of a page by adding ?uselang=xx to URL in an address bar or link	[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/?uselang=de link to German version]	link to German version
View interface message keys of a page by adding ?uselang=qqx to URL in an address bar or link	[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Home?uselang=qqx click to view]	click to view
Add an image	[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|alt=Alt text|Caption]]	Caption
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]]	Categories should be placed at the end of pages. The category name will display in a bar at the bottom when the page is previewed or saved.
Works on any wiki, 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 Redirects must be placed at the start of the first line.	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	Target page#anchorName
Section headings A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article. Do not use =Level 1=; it is reserved for page titles.	== Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ======	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
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

See also

• For a general guide to editing a wiki, see mw:Help:Editing_pages