Overview
The Wikipedia cheat sheet is a one-page reference sheet for budding Wikipedia editors, including formating tips, some handy links and a run-down of some of the more common shortcuts and abbreviations used on Wikipedia.
Contents
The Wikipedia cheat sheet includes:
- Headings
- Text Effects
- Links
- Lists and Indents
- Lines and Signatures
- Allowed HTML Tags
- Tables
- Images
- Citations
- Useful Pages
- Abbreviations and Shortcuts
Downloads

This cheat sheet is available for free at Cheatography!
9 Comments
That's a very useful sheet. Do you know if anybody can start their own Wikipedia page? Or do you need some kind of membership before you can create your own?
#1, Erica, Sweden, 26 January 2012. Reply to this.
Its nice to see all these new cheatsheats this January. You already have posted 3. Such a huge help for aspiring web designers like me. :>
#2, Ricarco EchevarrÃa, Argentina, 28 January 2012. Reply to this.
Excellent sheet. Found some new cheats I wasn't aware of.
#3, Pavlos, Greece, 23 February 2012. Reply to this.
Got to love those cheat sheets! I work al lot with Wikipedia and this one is really a timesaver.
@Erica: http://lifehacker.com/163707/geek-to-live--set-up-your-personal-wikipedia
#4, Mike, Holland, 14 March 2012. Reply to this.
Great. I just downloaded it :)
#5, Jessica, EE, 21 March 2012. Reply to this.
Thanks Dave for this great Wiki Cheat Sheet, I just found it on your site and it helped me a lot with my first wiki article :-).
#6, Sarah, Germany, 6 September 2012. Reply to this.
I'm creating a wikipedia post for a professor at the minute, this is ideal to keep by my side, thanks.
#7, Barry Reynolds, UK, 13 January 2013. Reply to this.
This is an awesome cheat sheet. I would like to create a page for our organization. Is this the option that I can use?
#8, Ydeveloper, United States, 5 February 2013. Reply to this.
Wow! Great cheat sheet, a lot of work to do this! Like very much the Wikipedia Abbreviations and Shortcuts, very useful to me.
Thank you as usual Dave.
#9, Luis, 11 May 2013. Reply to this.