Characters

Template/Tag/Extension	Code	HTML Entity	Result
{{!}} magic word Template:!	`{{!}}`	~~`\|`~~ ~~`\|`~~ ~~`&VerticalLine;`~~ `\|` `\|`	\|
Template:!!	`{{!!}}`	`\|\|`	\|\|
Template:!( Template:Square bracket open Template:Bracket	`{{!(}}` `{{Square bracket open}}` `{{Bracket}}`	~~`[`~~ ~~`[`~~ `[` `[`	[
Template:!(( Template:Square bracket open	`{{!((}}` `{{Square bracket open\|2}}`	`[[`	[[
Template:)! Template:Square bracket close	`{{)!}}` `{{Square bracket close}}`	~~`]`~~ ~~`]`~~ `]` `]`	]
Template:))! Template:Square bracket close	`{{))!}}` `{{Square bracket close\|2}}`	`]]`	]]
Template:(	`{{(}}`	~~`{`~~ ~~`{`~~ `{` `{`	{
Template:((	`{{((}}`	`{{`	{{
Template:(((	`{{(((}}`	`{{{`	{{{
Template:)	`{{)}}`	~~`}`~~ ~~`}`~~ `}` `}`	}
Template:))	`{{))}}`	`}}`	}}
Template:)))	`{{)))}}`	`}}}`	}}}
Template:(!	`{{(!}}`	`{\|`	{\|
Template:!-	`{{!-}}`	`\|-`	\|-
Template:!)	`{{!)}}`	`\|}`	\|}
Template:End	`{{End}}`	`\|}`	\|}
Template:=	`{{=}}`	~~`=`~~ `=` `=`	=

Code

Template/Tag/Extension	Code	Result
Template:Pre	`{{pre \|space=nowrap \|width=200px \|Some ''lengthy lengthy lengthy lengthy lengthy lengthy code'' here.}}`	Some lengthy lengthy lengthy lengthy lengthy lengthy code here.
`<pre>` parser tag	`<pre>Some ''code'' here.</pre>`	Some ''code'' here.
`<code>` HTML tag	`<code>Some ''code'' here.</code>`	`Some code here.`
`<nowiki>` parser tag	`<nowiki>Some ''code'' here.</nowiki>`	Some ''code'' here.
`<code>` and `<nowiki>` tags together	`<code style="white-space:nowrap;"><nowiki>Some ''code'' here.</nowiki></code>`	`Some ''code'' here.`
`<syntaxhighlight>` extension or `<source>` alias (deprecated) (See Pygments lexers for language names and aliases.)	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" highlight="2,4-6" line start="10" style="border:1px solid black;"> -- Print stuff. function hello_world () print("Hello") print("world") print("from") print("Wikipedia") print("!") end </syntaxhighlight>	-- Print stuff. function hello_world () print("Hello") print("world") print("from") print("Wikipedia") print("!") end
	`<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" class="nowrap" inline>print("Hello world!")`</syntaxhighlight>	`print("Hello world!")`
Template:Xtag	`{{xtag \|1=pre \|2=pair \|content=content \|params=params}}`	`<pre params>content</pre>`
Template:Tag	`{{tag \|1=tag \|2=pair \|content=content \|attribs=attrib="value" \|wrap=yes \|link=yes}}`	`<tag attrib="value">content</tag>`
Template:XMLElement (Note: avoid spaces.)	`{{XMLElement\|1=tag\|2=Title\|content=content\|atr= attrib="value"\|end=optional\|nospace=yes\|noslash=yes}}` `{{HTMLElement\|tag\|Title}}`	`<tag attrib="value">content</tag> or <tag attrib="value"/>` `<tag>...</tag>`

Links

	Template/Tag/Extension	Code	Result
Omit namespaces and parenthetical disambiguation (will be expanded on save)	Pipe trick	`[[Talk:Example (musician)\|]]`	Example
	Reverse pipe trick (only works if the current page title has comma-separated/parenthetical disambiguation)	`[[\|User:JohnnyMyself]]`	User:JohnnyMyself
Subpages	Slash trick	`[[/sandbox]]`	/sandbox
Categories	Template:Category link	`{{Category link \|1=Example \|2=Example Category \|count=yes \|count_type=all \|backlog=5}}` `{{cl\|Example}}`	Example Category ( 9 ) Category:Example
	Wikilink	~~`[[Category:Example]]`~~	NOTE: A regular wikilink to a category page causes this page to be added to that category.
	Wikilink without adding the page to that category	`[[:Category:Example]]`	Category:Example
Help	Template:Help link	`{{Help link\|Example}}`	Example
Help	Wikilink	`[[Help:Example]]`	Help:Example
Modules	Template:Module	`[[Module:Example]]` `{{Mol\|Example}}`	Module:Example {{#invoke:Example\|function}}
Modules	Wikilink	`[[Module:Example]]`	Module:Example
Templates	Template:Template link normal	`{{Template link normal\|Example}}` `{{tln\|Example}}`	Template:Example Template:Example
Templates	Wikilink	`[[Template:Example]]`	Template:Example