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If multiple sections have the same title, adda number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to thethird section named "Example section".|<pre>You can link to a page section by its title:
You can link to a page section by its title: * [[Help:Contents#For editors]]. If multiple sections have the same title, adda number. [[Editing#Example section 3Links]] goes to thethird section named "Example section".</pre>
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==Most frequent Wiki markup explained==
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Here are the most frequently used types of wiki markup. If you need more help see [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples Wikitext examples|Wikitext examples]].
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! stylewidth="width: 50%" | What it looks like! stylewidth="width: 50%" | What you type
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|You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize '''''the text'''''. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just ''''one left over''''.)|<pre>You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize '''''the text'''''. (4 apostrophes don't do anythingspecial -- there's just ''''one leftover''''.)</pre>
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|You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:* Three tildes give your user name: [[User:ExampleUser|ExampleUser]] ([[User talk:ExampleUser|talk]])<br />* Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:ExampleUser|ExampleUser]] ([[User talk:ExampleUser|talk]]) 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
* Five tildes give the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
|<pre>You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:* Three tildes give your username: ~~~* Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: ~~~~* Five tildes give the date/time alone: ~~~~~</pre>
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''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
The Wiki software can automatically generate
a [[Help:Section|table of contents]] from them.
<div style="font-size:132%;font-weight:bold;">Subsection</div>
== Section headings ==
''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.The Wiki software can automatically generatea table of contents from them.
=== Subsection ===
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* ''Unordered [[Help:List|list]]s''lists'' are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
A newline starts a new paragraph. <br>
Often used for discussion on [[talk pages]].
: We use 1 colon to indent once.
:: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
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Here's a link to the [[Main pagePage]].
But be careful - – capitalization counts! |<pre>Here's a link to the [[Main page]].</pre>|-|[[Intentionally permanent red link]] is If a linked page that doesn't does not existyet. You could , you can create it by clicking on the link.|<pre>Here's a link to the [[Intentionally permanent red linkMain Page]] is . But be careful – capitalization counts! If a linked page that doesn't does not existyet,yet. You could you can create it by clicking on the link.
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You can link to a page section by placing a "#" before its title:
* [[Help:ContentsEditing#For editorsLinks]].
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