Help:Formatting

Here you'll learn the basics of article formatting.

{|align="center" style="width:100%; border:2px #a3b1bf solid; background:#f5faff; text-align:left;" Formatting Works anywhere in the text  italics, bold, and both  italics, bold, and both  Help 
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 * - style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"
 * style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | Description
 * style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" | You type
 * style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | You get
 * Italics, bold, and both
 * Italics, bold, and both
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 * Link to another page
 * Link to another page
 * Link to another page

 Helping  Help

Helping "Pipe" a link to change the link's text  Spam  Spam Link to a section  Help:Templates 
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 Using a template  Help:Templates

Using a template  something missing  something missing sources in the article will appear where is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page.  Hello, World. </tt>
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 * Red link
 * Red link
 * Red link
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 * References and footnotes
 * References and footnotes
 * References and footnotes

 References:

</tt> Hello, World.

References:

 ~ </tt>
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 * Signature
 * Signature
 * Signature

do not sign in an article, only on talk pages Username (talk), 27 August 2024 (UTC)  http://www.wikipedia.org </tt> http://www.wikipedia.org  </tt>   Wikipedia </tt> Wikipedia to show your previous comment is outdated  This topic isn't notable. </tt> This topic isn't notable. consensus is how things are decided  </tt>
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 * Plain website
 * Plain website
 * Plain website
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 * Link a website
 * Link a website
 * Link a website
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 * Link and name a website
 * Link and name a website
 * Link and name a website
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 * Strike your talk page comment
 * Strike your talk page comment
 * Strike your talk page comment
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 * Hide text somewhere for editors
 * Hide text somewhere for editors
 * Hide text somewhere for editors

 </tt>  The template adds a link to the Home Page </tt>
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 * Show an image
 * Show an image
 * Show an image
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 * Templates
 * Templates
 * Templates


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 * Add a page to a category
 *  </tt>
 * Add a page to a category
 *  </tt>

place near the bottom of a page
 * shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved

Works only at the beginning of lines redirects must be placed at the start of the first line  #REDIRECT Target page </tt> Target page  #REDIRECT </tt>Target page </tt> Target page
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 * colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; border-top:2px #a3b1bf solid" |
 * - style="background:#E6F2FF; padding:0.3em; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;"
 * style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | Description
 * style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" | You type
 * style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | You get
 * Redirect to another page
 * Redirect to another page
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 * Redirect to a section of another page
 * Redirect to a section of another page
 * Redirect to a section of another page
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 * Section headings
 * Section headings
 * Section headings

a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article  ==Level 2== </tt>

 ===Level 3=== </tt>

 ====Level 4==== </tt>

<tt> =====Level 5===== </tt>

<tt> ======Level 6====== </tt>

do not use =Level 1=  as it is for page titles

Level 6
left out of Table of Contents <tt> ; Header name </tt>
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 * Nonindexed headers
 * Nonindexed headers
 * Nonindexed headers

has a leading semicolon ";" in front Header name

will not appear in Table of Contents

<tt>* One</tt>
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 * Bulleted list
 * Bulleted list
 * Bulleted list

<tt>* Two</tt>

<tt>** Two point one</tt>

<tt>* Three</tt> <tt># One</tt>
 * One
 * Two
 * Two point one
 * Three
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 * Numbered list
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 * Numbered list
 * Numbered list

<tt># Two</tt>

<tt>## Two point one</tt>

<tt># Three</tt> this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations <tt> no indent (normal) </tt>
 * 1) One
 * 2) Two
 * 3) Two point one
 * 4) Three
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 * Indenting text
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 * Indenting text
 * Indenting text

<tt> :first indent </tt>

<tt> ::second indent </tt>

<tt> :::third indent </tt> no indent (normal)


 * first indent
 * second indent
 * third indent


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