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<table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><ul><li>Abbreviations</li><li>Edit summaries</li><li>Glossary</li><li>HTML</li><li>Shortcuts</li><li>Templates</li><li>Wikitext</li><li>Directory</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td>This help page is a how-to guide.It explains concepts or processes used by the Wikipedia community. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, and may reflect varying levels of consensus.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The markup language called wikitext, also known as wiki markup or wikicode, consists of the syntax and keywords used by the <a href="/facts/MediaWiki/MbkLUTor">MediaWiki</a> software to format a page. (Note the lowercase spelling of these terms.) To learn how to see this <a href="/facts/Hypertext_markup/qD8ozxSb">hypertext markup</a>, and to save an edit, see Help:Editing. Generally, coding can be copied and pasted, without writing new code. There is a short list of markup and tips at Help:Cheatsheet. </p><p>In addition to wikitext, some <a href="/facts/HTML_element/s4TKzjUP">HTML elements</a> are also allowed for presentation formatting. See Help:HTML in wikitext for information on this. </p>