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Works anywhere in the text        
Description You type You get
Italics, bold, and both

''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''

italics, bold, and both

Link to another page
see Help:Interwiki linking for linking to sister projects

[[Atlas]]
[[Atlas]]es

Atlas
Atlases

"Pipe" a link to change the link's text

[[Atlas|Atlases]]

Atlases

Link to a section

[[Atlas#Description]]
[[Atlas#Description|Description of a Atlas]]
{{slink|Atlas#Description}}

Atlas#Description
Description of a Atlas
Atlas § Description

Red link
Links to pages that don't exist are automatically red. Red links in articles often help by showing desired redirects or notable pages.

[[Red link example]]

Red link example

Plain website

https://www.sarna.net

https://www.sarna.net

Link a website

[https://www.sarna.net]

[1]

Link and name a website

[https://www.sarna.net BattleTechWiki]

BattleTechWiki

Citations, references, and footnotes
sources in the article will appear where {{reflist}} is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page; text between {{}} is for a template
 
Hello,<ref></span>Library of Congress</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref>

References:

{{reflist}}

Hello,[1] World.[2]

References:

  1. ↑ Library of Congress
  2. ↑ http://www.w3.org/
Template:Citation needed
one of many cleanup templates

This statement is true.{{cn}}

This statement is true.[citation needed]

Signature
sign your contributions when posting to a talk page

~~~~

do not sign in an article, only on talk pages

Username (talk) 04:19, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Ping a user on a talk page
so they will see your comment

[[User:Example]] or {{u|Example}}

User:Example or Example

Strikethough your talk page comment
to show your previous comment is outdated

<s>This topic isn't [[BTW:N|notable]].</s>

This topic isn't notable.

Underline your text

<u>This topic is notable</u>

This topic is notable

Hide comment(s) somewhere for editors; hidden comments are visible only in the editors
consensus is how things are decided

<!-- This had consensus, discuss at talk page -->

Show an image
for uploading, see the Help:images

[[File:Example.png|thumb|Caption]]

Caption
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 published
Link to a category or file
[[:Category:Category name]]
[[:File:File name]]
Category:BattleTechWiki basic information
File:Example.jpg


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 [[Atlas]]

Redirect arrow without text.svg Atlas

Redirect to a section of another page

#REDIRECT [[Atlas#Description]]

Redirect arrow without text.svg Atlas#Description

Section headings
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
Bulleted list

* One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three

  • One
  • Two
    • Two point one
  • Three
Numbered list

# One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. Three
Indenting text
this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations.
After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent {{Outdent|n}} (Template:Outdent) can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.

no indent (normal)
: first indent
:: second indent
::: third indent
:::: fourth indent
{{Outdent|4}} return to left margin

no indent (normal)

first indent
second indent
third indent
fourth indent
return to left margin
Quick templates

Images

[[File: | thumb | upright | right | alt= | caption ]]

Cite web

<ref>{{cite web
 |url= 
 |title= 
 |author= 
 |date= 
 |website= 
 |publisher= 
 |access-date= 
}}</ref>

Cite book (short)

<ref>{{cite book
 |last= 
 |first= 
 |author-link= 
 |title= 
 |publisher= 
 |series= 
 |date=  
 |doi= 
 |isbn= 
}}</ref>

Cite book (extended)

<ref>{{cite book
 |last1        = 
 |first1       = 
 |last2        = 
 |first2       = 
 |author-link1 = 
 |author-link2 = 
 |editor       = 
 |title        = 
 |trans-title  = 
 |url          = 
 |access-date  = 
 |edition      = 
 |series       = 
 |volume       = 
 |date         = 
 |publisher    = 
 |location     = 
 |isbn         = 
 |doi          = 
 |page         = 
 |pages        = 
 |chapter      = 
}}</ref>

Metric conversions

Single input:
{{convert|original_value|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on}}
Range of values:
{{convert|orig_val1|range|orig_val2|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on}}
Examples:
{{convert|60|and|170|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
{{convert|18|°C|°F}}
{{convert|3.21|kg|lb}}

Variables

Code Effect
{{CURRENTWEEK}} 16
{{CURRENTDOW}} 0
{{CURRENTMONTH}} 04
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} April
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} April
{{CURRENTDAY}} 20
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} Sunday
{{CURRENTYEAR}} 2025
{{CURRENTTIME}} 04:19
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} 61,236
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} 144,643
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} 14,802
{{PAGENAME}} Cheatsheet
{{NAMESPACE}} Help
{{REVISIONID}} 1156347
{{REVISIONUSER}} Deadfire
{{localurl:pagename}} /wiki/Pagename
{{localurl:BattleTechWiki:Sandbox|action=edit}} /wiki/index.php?title=BattleTechWiki:Sandbox&action=edit
{{fullurl:pagename}} https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Pagename
{{fullurl:pagename|query_string}} https://www.sarna.net/wiki/index.php?title=Pagename&query_string
{{SERVER}} https://www.sarna.net
{{ns:index}} e.g. '{{ns:1}}' fullname of namespace e.g 'Talk'
{{SITENAME}} BattleTechWiki

Recalling named reference

<ref name="NAMEOFREF" />

Quotes

{{blockquote |text= |sign= }}

Blockquotes

<blockquote>
<p>QUOTED PARAGRAPH</p>
<p>NAME, SOURCE, REFERENCE</p>
</blockquote>

About

(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).)
{{About|USE1}}
(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.)
{{About|USE1||PAGE2}}
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.)
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For USE4, see PAGE4. For USE5, see PAGE5.)
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}}

Tables (borderless)

{|
|-
! scope="col" |COLUMN1
! scope="col" |COLUMN2
|-
|ROW1
|ROW1/COL2
|-
|ROW2
|ROW2/COL2
|}

Tables (wikitable)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" |COLUMN1
! scope="col" |COLUMN2
|-
|ROW1
|ROW1/COL2
|-
|ROW2
|ROW2/COL2
|}

Collapsible tables (Default: collapsed)

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;margin:0px;"
|- 
! style="width:20em;" |COLUMN1
! style="width:20em;" |COLUMN2
|- 
|ROW1
|ROW1/COL2
|-
|ROW2
|ROW2/COL2
|-
|}

Columns

{{col-begin|width=100%}}
{{col-break|width=}} 
{{col-end}}

Interwiki links

Wiki Shortcut
Wikimedia Commons [[commons:]]
Wikipedia [[w:]]
Wiktionary [[wikt:]]
Wikibooks [[b:]]
Wikisource [[s:]]
Wikispecies [[species:]]
Wikiversity [[wv:]]
Metawiki [[m:]]
MediaWiki [[mw:]]

Vandalism response templates

 * {{subst:uw-vandalism1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional vandalism/test)
 * {{subst:uw-delete1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional removal of content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism2|PageName}} ~~~~ (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption)
 * {{subst:uw-delete2|PageName}} ~~~~ (variant for removal of content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism3|PageName}} ~~~~ ("please stop" for use after level 2 warning)
 * {{subst:uw-delete3|PageName}} ~~~~ (please stop removing content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for vandalism)
 * {{subst:uw-delete4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for removing content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for severe or grotesque vandalism only)
 * {{subst:uw-delete4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for many blankings in a short period of time)

Page citations

{{rp|page=}}

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