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CG at 20:49, 28 January 2011

2011-01-28T20:49:20Z

CG: /* Lists and indents */

2011-01-28T20:48:16Z

Lists and indents

CG: /* Most frequent Wiki markup explained */

2011-01-28T20:47:38Z

Most frequent Wiki markup explained

CG at 20:46, 28 January 2011

2011-01-28T20:46:55Z

CG: /* Most frequent Wiki markup explained */

2011-01-28T20:44:30Z

Most frequent Wiki markup explained

CG at 20:44, 28 January 2011

2011-01-28T20:44:12Z

Michael: /* Most frequent Wiki markup explained */

2011-01-24T21:02:51Z

Most frequent Wiki markup explained

Michael: /* Section headings */

2011-01-24T21:02:20Z

Section headings

Michael: /* Links */

2011-01-24T21:01:21Z

Links

Michael: /* Lists and indents */

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Lists and indents

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 |-
 |You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
-* Three tildes give your user name: [[User:CG|CG]]<br />
+* Three tildes give your user name: [[User:User|User]] ([[User talk:User|talk]])<br />
-* Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:CG|CG]] 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
+* Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:User|User]] ([[User talk:User|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:

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 : A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
 A newline starts a new paragraph. <br>
-Often used for discussion on [[talk pages]].
+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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 |-
 |You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
-* Three tildes give your user name: [[User:CG|CG]] ([[User talk:CG|talk]])<br />
+* Three tildes give your user name: [[User:CG|CG]]<br />
-* Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:CG|CG]] ([[User talk:CG|talk]]) 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
+* Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:CG|CG]] 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:

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 |-
 |You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
-* Three tildes give your user name: [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]])<br />
+* Three tildes give your user name: [[User:CG|CG]] ([[User talk:CG|talk]])<br />
-* Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]]) 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
+* Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:CG|CG]] ([[User talk:CG|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:

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 ! width="50%" | What you type
 |-
-|You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes
+|You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
-on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''.
+apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes
-|<pre>You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes
+will embolden '''the text'''.
-on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''.</pre>
+|<pre>You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
 |-
 |You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:

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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].
 {| class="wikitable"
-! style="width: 50%" | What it looks like
+! width="50%" | What it looks like
-! style="width: 50%" | What you type
+! width="50%" | What you type
 |-
+|You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes
-You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
+on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''.
-apostrophes on each side.
+|<pre>You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes
 on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''.</pre>
 |-
 |You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
 * Three tildes give your user name: [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]])<br />
 * Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]]) 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Five tildes give the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
-|<pre>
+|<pre>You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
-You should "sign" your comments
+* Three tildes give your user name: ~~~
-on talk pages:
+* Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: ~~~~
-* Three tildes give your user
+* Five tildes give the date/time alone: ~~~~~</pre>
 |-
 | colspan=2 |
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 == Section headings ==
-''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
+''Headings'' organize your writing into
-The Wiki software can automatically generate
+sections. The Wiki software can automatically
-a table of contents from them.
+generate a table of contents from them.
 === Subsection ===
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 Here's a link to the [[Main Page]].
-But be careful - capitalization counts!
+But be careful – capitalization counts!
-|<pre>
+If a linked page does not exist yet, you can create it by clicking on the link.
-Here's a link to the [[Main Page]].
+|<pre>Here's a link to the [[Main Page]].
-</pre>
-|-
+But be careful – capitalization counts!
+If a linked page does not exist yet,
-[[Intentionally permanent red link]] is a page that doesn't exist
+you can create it by clicking on the link.
 </pre>
 |-
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 * [[Help:Editing#Links]].
-If multiple sections have the same title, add
+|<pre>You can link to a page section by its title:
-* [[Help:Editing#Links]].
+* [[Help:Editing#Links]].</pre>
 |}

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 ==Most frequent Wiki markup explained==
 <!--It is intended to be brief, or as an overview. Otherwise why we would separate the materials into different pages? Thus it's best NOT to add new materials or expand here. Add more examples or expand in other areas like Wikitext examples. Thanks!-->
-Here are the most frequently used types of wiki markup. If you need more help see [[Help:Wikitext examples|Wikitext examples]].
+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].
 <br clear="right" />

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 |-
+|
-Here's a link to the [[Main page]].
+Here's a link to the [[Main Page]].
 But be careful - capitalization counts!
 |<pre>
-Here's a link to the [[Main page]].
+Here's a link to the [[Main Page]].
 </pre>
 |-
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 You can link to a page section by placing a "#" before its title:
-* [[Help:Contents#For editors]].
+* [[Help:Editing#Links]].
 If multiple sections have the same title, add
-a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
+a number. [[#Links 1]] goes to the
-third section named "Example section".
+third section named "Links".
 |<pre>
 You can link to a page section by its title:
-* [[Help:Contents#For editors]].
+* [[Help:Editing#Links]].
 If multiple sections have the same title, add

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 |-
+|
-* ''Unordered [[Help:List|list]]s'' are easy to do:
+* ''Unordered ''lists'' are easy to do:
 ** Start every line with a star.
 *** More stars indicate a deeper level.