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Works anywhere in the text Description Italics, bold, and both You type ''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both''''' [[copy edit]] [[copy edit]]ors You get italics, bold, and both

Link to another page

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"Pipe" a link to change the link's text Link to a section

copy edit copy editors

[[Android (operating system)|Android]]

Android

[[Frog#Jumping]] [[Frog#Jumping|the jumping of frogs]] [[something missing]]

Frog#Jumping the jumping of frogs something missing

Red link

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References and footnotes Hello,<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World.<ref>http://www.w3.org/</ref> References: {{reflist}} Hello, [1] World. [2]

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This statement is true.{{cn}}

This statement is true.[citation needed]

one of many cleanup templates


Add a page to a category [[Category:Category name]]

place near the bottom of a page


Works only at the beginning of lines Description Redirect to another page You type #REDIRECT [[Target page]]

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

You get Target page

redirects must be placed at the start of the first line


Redirect to a section of another #REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]] page Section headings ==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6====== Target page#anchorName

Level 2
Level 3
Level 4 Level 5 Level 6

a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article

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

Bulleted list

* One * Two ** Two point one * Three # One # Two ## Two point one # Three

One Two Two point one Three

Numbered list

1. One 2. Two 1. Two point one 3. Three

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Indenting text

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Article Sources and Contributors


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Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors


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