Markdown to Wikitext

Basic commands for editing

It’s the same (ish). Quarto, the web engine does everything once the text is in Markdown. All done with interpreted keyboard characters. Answers to every question on Substack.com

Basic Formatting

Feature	Markdown	Wikitext
Bold	**Text**	'''Text''' (3 apostrophes)
Italic	*Text*	''Text'' (2 apostrophes)
Bold Italic	***Text***	'''''Text''''' (5 apostrophes)
Internal Link	[Title](URL)	[[Page Title]] or [[Target]]
External Link	[Text](URL)	https://example.com (single brackets, space between)

Headings & Structure

Level	Markdown	Wikitext
Level 1	# Title	= Title = (rarely used in articles)
Level 2	## Section	== Section == (standard main section)
Level 3	### Subsection	=== Subsection ===
Level 4	#### Small	==== Small ====

Lists & Indentation

Feature	Markdown	Wikitext
Bullet List	* Item	* Item
Numbered List	1. Item	# Item
Indentation	Tab or space	: (colons indent talk page replies)

Tables

Wikitext tables are notoriously verbose compared to Markdown’s pipe tables.

Markdown:

| Year | Author |
|------|--------|
| 1623 | Digges |

Wikitext:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Author
|-
| 1623 || Digges
|}