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Description You type You get
Italic text

''italic''

italic

Bold text

'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic text

'''''bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Link to another Wikipedia page

[[Name of page]]
[[Name of page|Text to display]]

Name of page
Text to display

Add an image

[[File:Tlogo_turtle.gif|thumb|alt=Alt text|Caption]]

Alt text
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Username (talk) 16:59, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Insert a reference into a page so it will be automatically formatted

Hello,<ref>The Encyclopedia Britannica</ref> World.<ref>http://www.cnn.com</ref>

References: <references/>

Hello,[1] World.[2]

References:

  1. The Encyclopedia Britannica
  2. http://www.cnn.com
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description You type You get
Redirect to another page
Redirects must be placed at the start of the first line.

#REDIRECT [[Target page]]

30px Target page

Redirect to a section of another page
Redirects must be placed at the start of the first line.

#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]

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Section headings
A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.
Do not use =Level 1=; it is reserved for page titles.

== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5
Level 6
Bulleted list

* One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three

  • One
  • Two
    • Two point one
  • Three
Numbered list

# One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. Three
Indenting text
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:first indent
::second indent
:::third indent

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first indent
second indent
third indent
Adding templates

{{Example}}

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Adding references