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<h2 style="margin:.5em; margin-top:.1em; margin-bottom:.1em; border-bottom:0; font-weight:bold;">Formatting</h2>
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<center>'''Works anywhere in the text''' &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
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| style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" width="30%" | Description
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|Italics, bold, and both
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<ttcode><nowiki>''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''</nowiki></ttcode>
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''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''
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|Link to another page
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<ttcode><nowiki>[[Help!]]</nowiki></ttcode><br />
<ttcode><nowiki>[[Help!]]ing</nowiki></ttcode>
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[[Help!]]<br />
[[Help!]]ing
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"Pipe" a link to change the link's text
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<ttcode><nowiki>[[Help:Spam|Spam]]</nowiki></ttcode>
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[[Help:Spam|Spam]]
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Link to a section
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<ttcode><nowiki>[[Help:Templates#Using a template]]</nowiki></ttcode><br />
<ttcode><nowiki>[[Help:Templates#Using a template|Using a template]]</nowiki></ttcode>
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[[Help:Templates#Using a template]]<br />
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|Red link
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<ttcode><nowiki>[[something missing]]</nowiki></ttcode>
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[[something missing]]
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<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;"></div>
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<ttcode><nowiki>Hello,<ref></nowiki></ttcode>Library of Congress<ttcode><nowiki></ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref></nowiki></ttcode>
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<ttcode><nowiki>
References:
 
<references/></nowiki></code>
 
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Hello,<ref>Library of Congress</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref>
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|Signature
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<ttcode><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></ttcode><br /><br /><span style="font-size:0.9em;">''do not sign in an article, only on talk pages''</span>
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[[Special:Mypage|Username]] ([[Special:Mytalk|talk]]) {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)
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|Plain website
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<ttcode><nowiki>http://www.wikipedia.org</nowiki></ttcode>
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http://www.wikipedia.org
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|Link a website
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<ttcode><nowiki>[http://www.wikipedia.org]</nowiki></ttcode>
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[http://www.wikipedia.org]
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|Link and name a website
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<ttcode><nowiki>[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]</nowiki></ttcode>
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[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]
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<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''to show your previous comment is outdated''</div>
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<ttcode><nowiki><s>This topic isn't notable.</s></nowiki></ttcode>
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<s>This topic isn't notable.</s>
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<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''consensus is how things are decided''</div>
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<ttcode><nowiki><!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page--></nowiki></ttcode>
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<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->
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|[[Help:Images|Show an image]]
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<ttcode><nowiki>[[</nowiki></ttcode>File:Wiki.png<ttcode>|thumb|</ttcode>Caption<ttcode><nowiki>]]</nowiki></ttcode>
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[[File:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption]]
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|[[Help:Templates|Templates]]
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<ttcode><nowiki>The {{main|Home Page}} template adds a link to the Home Page</nowiki></ttcode>
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{{main|Home Page}}
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|Add a page to a [[Help:Categories|category]]
|<ttcode><nowiki>[[Category:Category name]]</nowiki></ttcode><br /><br /><span style="font-size:0.9em;">''place near the bottom of a page''</span>
|<span style="font-size:0.9em;">''shows''</span> "Category name" <span style="font-size:0.9em;">''in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved''</span>
 
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<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''redirects must be placed at the start of the first line''</div>
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<ttcode><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target page]]</nowiki></ttcode>
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[[Image:Redirect arrow without text.png|30px|link=]] [[Target page]]
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|[[Help:Redirects|Redirect to a section of another page]]
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<ttcode><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[</nowiki></ttcode>Target page#anchorName<ttcode><nowiki>]]</nowiki></ttcode>
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[[Image:Redirect arrow without text.png|30px|link=]] [[Target page#anchorName]]
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<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article''</div>
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<ttcode><nowiki>==Level 2==</nowiki></ttcode><br />
<ttcode><nowiki>===Level 3===</nowiki></ttcode><br />
<ttcode><nowiki>====Level 4====</nowiki></ttcode><br />
<ttcode><nowiki>=====Level 5=====</nowiki></ttcode><br />
<ttcode><nowiki>======Level 6======</nowiki></ttcode><br /><br />
<span style="font-size:0.9em">''do not use''&nbsp; =Level 1=&nbsp; ''as it is for page titles''</span>
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|colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
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|Nonindexed headers <div style="font-size:0.9em;">
<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''left out of Table of Contents''</div>
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<ttcode><nowiki>; Header name</nowiki></ttcode><br />
<div style="font-size:0.9em;">''has a leading semicolon'' ";" ''in front''</div>
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|Bulleted list
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<ttcode>* One</ttcode><br />
<ttcode>* Two</ttcode><br />
<ttcode>** Two point one</ttcode><br />
<ttcode>* Three</ttcode>
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* One
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|Numbered list
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<ttcode># One</ttcode><br />
<ttcode># Two</ttcode><br />
<ttcode>## Two point one</ttcode><br />
<ttcode># Three</ttcode>
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# One
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<div style="padding: 0.7em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations''</div>
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<ttcode><nowiki>no indent (normal)</nowiki></ttcode><br />
<ttcode><nowiki>:first indent</nowiki></ttcode><br />
<ttcode><nowiki>::second indent</nowiki></ttcode><br />
<ttcode><nowiki>:::third indent</nowiki></ttcode>
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no indent (normal)<br />
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