Bulbapedia:Wikicode

Wikicode is a type of markup used on wiki sites such as Bulbapedia and Wikipedia. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this style before editing on Bulbapedia: it might save you a lot of headdesking and/or facepalming.

Text formatting

There is a range of text formatting options available in wikicode. Some of these are based on HTML code. Some types of HTML code can be used on Bulbapedia, but wikicode is preferred.

Formatting type	Input	Output
Bold	Three apostrophes	This text is bold
	'''This text is bold'''
Italics	Two apostrophes	This text is italicized
	''This text is italicized''
Adding colored text	Use HTML coding	Red text
	<span style="color:#AB0047">Red text</span>
Adding a colored background	Use HTML coding	Green background
	<span style="background:#47AB00">Green background</span>
Make a section heading	Two, three, four, five, or six equals signs	Section heading
	==Section heading==
Add bulletpoints	Add more asterisks for more bullets	Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle
	* Bulbasaur ** Charmander *** Squirtle
Add indents	Add more colons for more indents	Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle
	: Bulbasaur :: Charmander ::: Squirtle
Add mouseover text	Use a link template	Bulbapedia
	{{tt|Bulbapedia|is cool}}

Linking

Linking helps connect different articles together. On Bulbapedia, there are several linking options. You can also link to websites outside of Bulbapedia. For more ways to link both internally and externally, see the list of link templates.

Formatting type	Input	Output
Linking to Bulbapedia articles	Put the page title inside double square brackets	Pikachu (Pokémon)
	[[Pikachu (Pokémon)]]
Linking to Bulbapedia articles with an altered display	As above, with a pipe separating the page title and the display text	Yellow electric mouse
	[[Pikachu (Pokémon)|Yellow electric mouse]]
Shortlinks using link templates	Put the template name and variables inside braces or curly brackets	Pikachu
	{{p|Pikachu}}
Adding external links	Put the URL inside single square brackets	Bulbagarden homepage
	[http://www.bulbagarden.net Bulbagarden homepage]
Calling a template	Put the template name without a prefix inside braces or curly brackets	This user loves the manual of style.
	{{User Manual}}
Categorize a page	Use square brackets as if you were linking	The category will show up at the bottom of the page
	[[Category:Articles needing improvement]]
Link to a category	Put a colon and the category title inside double square brackets	Category:Articles needing improvement
	[[:Category:Articles needing improvement]]
Put an image on a page	Use square brackets as if you were linking
	[[File:EP001.png|120px]]

Tables

Bulbapedia uses tables to store and present data. All wikicode textformatting can be used in tables. To learn more about table coding, find a page with a table and click "edit" to see what different styles and formats can be used.

Formatting type	Input	Output
Open a table	{|
Start a new cell (beside the previous cell)	| Cell 1 | Cell 2	Cell 1 Cell 2
Start a new line	| Cell 1 |- | Cell 2	Cell 1 Cell 2
Close or end a table	|}
Create roundy tables	Add class="roundy" to the opening statement of the table or cell, or use Template:Roundy.
Create colorful or formatted tables	Use style="..." to add different styles to the table or cells in the table.

More information

For further information and help, ask a staff member. You may also want to consider clicking the edit tab to view code, experimenting with coding and then clicking "preview" to see what you've changed without saving the change.

See also: Bulbapedia:Manual of style, Bulbapedia:Style primer