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==Most frequent wiki markup explained==
 
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Here are the 6 most frequently used wiki markups. If you need more help see:
 
*[[Help:Wikitext examples]]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_element HTML elements]
 
  
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
 
!width="1000" style="background:#FFFF99"|What it looks like
 
!width="500" style="background:#FFFF99"|What you type
 
|-
 
|
 
You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
 
apostrophes on each side.
 
 
3 apostrophes will bold '''the text'''.
 
 
5 apostrophes will bold and italicize
 
'''''the text'''''.
 
 
(4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just ''''one left over''''.)
 
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You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
 
apostrophes on each side.
 
 
3 apostrophes will bold '''the text'''.
 
 
5 apostrophes will bold and italicize
 
'''''the text'''''.
 
 
(4 apostrophes don't do anything
 
special -- there's just ''''one left
 
over''''.)
 
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|-
 
|
 
You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: <br>
 
- Three tildes give your user name: [[User:Karl Wick|Karl Wick]] <br>
 
- Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:Karl Wick|Karl Wick]] 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br>
 
- Five tildes give the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br>
 
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You should "sign" your comments
 
on talk pages: <br>
 
- Three tildes give your user
 
name: ~~~ <br>
 
- Four tildes give your user
 
name plus date/time: ~~~~ <br>
 
- Five tildes give the
 
date/time alone: ~~~~~ <br>
 
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|-
 
|
 
<div style="font-size:150%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">Section headings</div>
 
 
''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
 
The Wiki software can automatically generate
 
a [[Help:table of contents|table of contents]] from them.
 
 
<div style="font-size:132%;font-weight:bold;">Subsection</div>
 
Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
 
 
<div style="font-size:116%;font-weight:bold;">A smaller subsection</div>
 
 
Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.
 
 
Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title.
 
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== Section headings ==
 
 
''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
 
The Wiki software can automatically generate
 
a table of contents from them.
 
 
=== Subsection ===
 
 
Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
 
 
==== A smaller subsection ====
 
 
Don't skip levels,
 
like from two to four equals signs.
 
 
Start with 2 equals signs not 1
 
because 1 creates H1 tags
 
which should be reserved for page title.
 
</pre>
 
|- id="lists"
 
|
 
* ''Unordered [[Help:List|list]]s'' are easy to do:
 
** Start every line with a star.
 
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
 
*: Previous item continues.
 
** A newline
 
* in a list 
 
marks the end of the list.
 
*Of course you can start again.
 
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* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
 
** Start every line with a star.
 
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
 
*: Previous item continues.
 
** A new line
 
* in a list 
 
marks the end of the list.
 
* Of course you can start again.
 
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|-
 
|
 
# ''Numbered lists'' are:
 
## Very organized
 
## Easy to follow
 
A new line marks the end of the list.
 
# New numbering starts with 1.
 
 
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# ''Numbered lists'' are:
 
## Very organized
 
## Easy to follow
 
A new line marks the end of the list.
 
# New numbering starts with 1.
 
</pre>
 
|-
 
|
 
Here's a link to a page named [[Official position]].
 
You can even say [[official position]]s
 
and the link will show up correctly.
 
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Here's a link to a page named
 
[[Official position]].
 
You can even say
 
[[official position]]s
 
and the link will show up
 
correctly.
 
</pre>
 
|-
 
|
 
[[The weather in Moscow]] is a page that doesn't exist
 
yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
 
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[[The weather in Moscow]] is
 
a page that doesn't exist
 
yet. You could create it by
 
clicking on the link.
 
</pre>
 
|-
 
|
 
You can link to a page section by its title:
 
 
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
 
 
If multiple sections have the same title, add
 
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
 
third section named "Example section".
 
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You can link to a page section by its title:
 
 
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
 
 
If multiple sections have the same title, add
 
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
 
third section named "Example section".
 
</pre>
 
|}
 

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