mediawiki-wikitext

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MediaWiki Wikitext markup language for Wikipedia and wiki-based sites. Use when creating or editing wiki articles, generating wikitext content, working with wiki tables/templates/references, or converting content to wikitext format. Triggers on requests mentioning Wikipedia, MediaWiki, wikitext, wiki markup, or wiki article creation.

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[Knowledge Base]

When & Why to Use This Skill

This Claude skill empowers users to master MediaWiki Wikitext, the markup language powering Wikipedia and professional wiki-based sites. It streamlines the creation of structured articles, complex tables, and precise citations, ensuring content meets professional wiki standards while significantly reducing manual formatting time and syntax errors.

Use Cases

  • Drafting and structuring new Wikipedia articles with correct heading hierarchies, infoboxes, and lead sections.
  • Converting existing documentation, research notes, or Markdown files into valid MediaWiki markup for corporate knowledge bases.
  • Generating and managing complex wiki tables and bibliographic references to ensure data accuracy and academic-grade citations.
  • Creating and troubleshooting MediaWiki templates, parser functions, and magic words for advanced page automation and layout control.
namemediawiki-wikitext
descriptionMediaWiki Wikitext markup language for Wikipedia and wiki-based sites. Use when creating or editing wiki articles, generating wikitext content, working with wiki tables/templates/references, or converting content to wikitext format. Triggers on requests mentioning Wikipedia, MediaWiki, wikitext, wiki markup, or wiki article creation.

MediaWiki Wikitext

Generate and edit content using MediaWiki's wikitext markup language.

Quick Reference

Text Formatting

''italic''  '''bold'''  '''''bold italic'''''
<code>inline code</code>  <sub>subscript</sub>  <sup>superscript</sup>
<s>strikethrough</s>  <u>underline</u>

Headings (line start only, avoid level 1)

== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====

Lists

* Bullet item        # Numbered item       ; Term
** Nested            ## Nested             : Definition

[[Page Name]]                      Internal link
[[Page Name|Display Text]]         With display text
[[Page Name#Section]]              Section link
[https://url Display Text]         External link
[[File:image.jpg|thumb|Caption]]   Image
[[Category:Name]]                  Category (place at end)

Table

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption
|-
! Header 1 !! Header 2
|-
| Cell 1 || Cell 2
|}

Templates & Variables

{{TemplateName}}                   Basic call
{{TemplateName|arg1|name=value}}   With arguments
{{{parameter|default}}}            Parameter (in template)
{{PAGENAME}}  {{CURRENTYEAR}}      Magic words

References

Text<ref>Citation here</ref>
<ref name="id">Citation</ref>      Named reference
<ref name="id" />                  Reuse reference
{{Reflist}}                        Display footnotes

Special Tags

<nowiki>[[escaped]]</nowiki>       Disable markup
<pre>preformatted block</pre>      Preformatted (no markup)
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">    Code highlighting
code here
</syntaxhighlight>
<math>x^2 + y^2 = z^2</math>       LaTeX math
<!-- comment -->                   Comment (hidden)
----                               Horizontal rule
#REDIRECT [[Target Page]]          Redirect (first line only)

Magic Words

__NOTOC__           Hide table of contents
__TOC__             Position TOC here
__NOEDITSECTION__   Hide section edit links

Common Patterns

Article Structure

{{Infobox Type
| name = Example
| image = Example.jpg
}}

'''Article Title''' is a brief introduction.

== Section ==
Content with citation<ref>Source</ref>.

=== Subsection ===
More content.

== See also ==
* [[Related Article]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://example.com Official site]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sort Key}}
[[Category:Category Name]]

Template Definition

<noinclude>{{Documentation}}</noinclude><includeonly>
{| class="wikitable"
! {{{title|Default Title}}}
|-
| {{{content|No content provided}}}
{{#if:{{{footer|}}}|
{{!}}-
{{!}} {{{footer}}}
}}
|}
</includeonly>

Key Syntax Rules

  1. Headings: Use == to ======; don't use = (reserved for page title)
  2. Line-start markup: Lists (*#;:), headings, tables ({|) must start at line beginning
  3. Closing tags: Close heading equals on same line; no text after closing ==
  4. Blank lines: Create paragraph breaks; single newlines are ignored
  5. Pipes in templates: Use {{!}} for literal | inside templates
  6. Escaping: Use <nowiki> to escape markup; &amp; for &, &lt; for <

Resources

For detailed syntax, see:

  • references/syntax.md: Complete markup reference with all options
  • references/templates.md: Template and parser function details
  • assets/snippets.yaml: Editor snippets for common patterns