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[[Wikipedia]] is a [[Wiki]], which means that anyone can easily edit any '''[[Wikipedia:Protected page|unprotected]]'''  [[Wikipedia:What is an article|article]] and have those changes posted immediately to that page.  

Editing a Wiki page is easy:

Simply click on the "'''Edit this page'''" tab at the top (or the edit link on the right or bottom) of a Wiki page. This will bring you to a page with a text box containing the editable text of that page. (If you want to experiment, please do so in our [[Wikipedia:sandbox|sandbox]], not here. You could open the [[Wikipedia:sandbox|sandbox]] in a separate window or tab to be able to see both this text and your tests in the sandbox.)

Type away, write a short [[Wikipedia:Edit summary|edit summary]] on the small field below the edit-box.  You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in the [[Wikipedia:Edit summary legend|legend]], and when finished, press [[Wikipedia:Show preview|preview]] to see how your changes will look. Then press "Save".   Depending on your system, pressing "Enter" while the edit box is not active (when there is no typing cursor in it) may have the same effect as pressing the "Save" button. Also, please do not vandalise the information on Wikipedia.

You can also click on the "'''Discussion'''" tab (or the "'''Discuss this page'''" link) to see the corresponding [[Wikipedia:Talk page|talk page]], which contains comments about the page from other Wikipedia users. Click on the "'''+'''" tab (or "'''Edit this page'''") to add a comment.

==More information on editing wiki pages==

This page is the reference for '''wiki markup'''. You may also want to learn about:

* [[Help:Starting a new page|How to start a page]] 
* Informal tips on [[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|contributing to Wikipedia]]
* Editing tasks in general at the [[Wikipedia:Editing FAQ]]
* Why not to rename pages '''boldly''', at [[Wikipedia:How to rename (move) a page]]
* Preferred layout of your article, at [[Wikipedia:Guide to Layout|Guide to Layout]] (see also [[Wikipedia:Boilerplate text]])
* Style conventions in the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]]
* General policies in [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines]]
* [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions]] for how to name articles themselves
* If you are making an article about something that belongs to a group of objects (a city, an astronomical object, a chinese character...) check out if there is a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] on the group and try to follow its directions explicitly.
* Finally, for a list of  articles about editing Wikipedia consult [[Wikipedia:Style and How-to Directory]] or [[Wikipedia:Utilities]]

==Tips on editing Wikipedia articles==

Please use a [[Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]], and please [[Wikipedia:Cite your sources|cite your sources]] so others can check and extend your work.

It is often more convenient to copy and paste the text first into your
favorite [[text editor]], edit and spell check there, and then paste back
into the browser to [[Wikipedia:Show preview|preview]]. This way, you can also keep a local backup copy of the pages you authored so that you can make changes offline. Some text editors can be specially adapted to edit Wikipedia articles: see [[Wikipedia:syntax highlighting]].

If during editing you want to see the current version again, open "Cancel" in a new window.  This does not cancel your edit.

After making a new page, it's a good idea to
*With your page displayed, use ''What links here'' to check the articles that already link to it, and make sure that they are all expecting the same meaning that you have supplied;
*Use the Search button to launch a Google search of Wikipedia for your topic title (and possibly variants), to find articles that mention it, and make links from them if appropriate;
*Check for corresponding articles in the Wikipedias of other languages that you can read.

===Safari browser 60-second timeout===
If you use the Safari browser on Mac OS X, you may find that the 60-second browser timeout is shorter than the amount of time it takes for your edit to be acknowledged, especially when server load is high. Clicking "Save page" again will cause the edit to be repeated, which can be disastrous when doing section edits. You may want to install [http://www.unsanity.com/products/free SafariNoTimeout], a free extension that will increase the 60-second timeout to 10 minutes.  Note that this "haxie" does not require Application Enhancer.  Alternatively,  the Safari plug-in [http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/ Saft] also allows you to alter the timeout, although it is not free.

== Minor edits ==
''See also [[Wikipedia:Minor edit]]''

When editing a page, a [[Wikipedia:How to log in|logged-in]] user can mark that edit as "minor". Minor edits generally mean spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text. It is possible to ''hide'' minor edits when viewing [[Wikipedia:Recent Changes]]. Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad behavior, and even more so if it involves the deletion of some text. If one has accidentally marked an edit as minor, the person should edit the source once more, mark it major (or, rather, ensure that the check-box for "This is a minor edit" is not checked), and, in the summary, state that the previous change was a major one.

== The wiki markup ==
In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.

You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so '''in the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]]'''.

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=== Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines ===
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! What it looks like
! What you type
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Start your [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)|sections]] as follows:

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<h4>Sub-subsection</h4>
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'''<font style="font-size:120%">New section</font>'''

'''<font style="font-size:110%">Subsection</font>'''

'''<font style="font-size:100%">Sub-subsection</font>'''

* Start with a second-level heading (<tt><nowiki>==</nowiki></tt>); do not use first-level headings (=).
* Do not skip levels (e.g., second-level followed by fourth-level).
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==New section==

===Subsection===

====Sub-subsection====
</nowiki></pre>
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A single [[newline]]
generally has no effect on the layout.
These can be used to separate
sentences within a paragraph.
Some editors find that this aids editing
and improves the ''diff'' function
(used internally to compare
different versions of a page).

But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.

* When used in a list, a newline ''does'' affect the layout ([[#lists|see below]]).
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A single [[newline]]
generally has no effect on the layout. 
These can be used to separate
sentences within a paragraph.
Some editors find that this aids editing
and improves the ''diff'' function
(used internally to compare
different versions of a page).

But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.
</nowiki></pre>
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You can break lines<br>
without starting a new paragraph.

* Please use this sparingly.
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<pre><nowiki>
You can break lines<br>
without starting a new paragraph.
</nowiki></pre>
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* Lists are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars means deeper levels.
**** A newline in a list
marks the end of a list item.

* An empty line starts a new list.
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* Lists are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars means deeper levels.
**** A newline in a list
marks the end of a list item.

* An empty line starts a new list.
</nowiki></pre>
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# Numbered lists are also good
## very organized
## easy to follow
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<pre><nowiki>
# Numbered lists are also good
## very organized
## easy to follow
</nowiki></pre>
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* You can even do mixed lists
*# and nest them
*#* like this
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<pre><nowiki>
* You can even do mixed lists
*# and nest them
*#* like this
</nowiki></pre>
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; Definition list : list of definitions
; item : the item's definition
; another item
: the other item's definition

* One item per line; a newline can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing.
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<pre><nowiki>
; Definition list : list of definitions
; item : the item's definition
; another item
: the other item's definition
</nowiki></pre>
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: A colon indents a line or paragraph.
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.

* This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on [[Wikipedia:Talk page|Talk page]]s.
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<pre><nowiki>
: A colon indents a line or paragraph.
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
</nowiki></pre>
|- valign=top
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 IF a line starts with a space THEN
 it will be formatted exactly
 as typed;
 in a fixed-width font;
 lines won't wrap;
 ENDIF
 this is useful for:
 * pasting preformatted text;
 * algorithm descriptions;
 * program source code;
 * [[ASCII art]];
 * chemical structures;

* '''WARNING:''' If you make it wide, you [[page widening|force the whole page to be wide]] and hence less readable, especially for people who use lower resolutions. Never start ordinary lines with spaces.
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<pre><nowiki>
 IF a line starts with a space THEN
 it will be formatted exactly
 as typed;
 in a fixed-width font;
 lines won't wrap;
 ENDIF
 this is useful for:
 * pasting preformatted text;
 * algorithm descriptions;
 * program source code;
 * [[ASCII art]];
 * chemical structures;
</nowiki></pre>
|- valign="top"
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<center>Centered text.</center>
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<pre><nowiki>
<center>Centered text.</center>
</nowiki></pre>
|- valign="top"
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A [[horizontal dividing line]]:
this is above it
----
and this is below it.

* Mainly useful for separating threads on Talk pages.
* Also used to [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguate]] within an article without creating a separate page.
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<pre><nowiki>
A [[horizontal dividing line]]:
this is above it
----
and this is below it.
</nowiki></pre>
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=== Links and URLs ===
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Hwæt hit æfterhyriaþ
! Hwæt þu wrítst
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London hæfþ [[public transport]].

* Bend tó óðrum Wicipǽdiangewrite.
* Internally, the first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).
* Thus the link above is to the [[URL]] http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport, which is the Wikipedia article with the name "Public transport". See also [[Wikipedia:Canonicalization]].
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<pre><nowiki>
London hæfþ [[public transport]].
</nowiki></pre>
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San Francisco éac hæfþ
[[public transport|public transportation]].

* Same target, different name.
* This is a [[piped link]].
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<pre><nowiki>
San Francisco also has
[[public transport|public transportation]].
</nowiki></pre>
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San Francisco also has
[[public transport]]ation.

Examples include [[bus]]es, [[taxi]]s
and [[streetcar]]s.

* Endings are blended into the link.
* Preferred style is to use this instead of a piped link, if possible.
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<pre><nowiki>
San Francisco also has
[[public transport]]ation.

Examples include [[bus]]es, [[taxi]]s
and [[streetcar]]s.
</nowiki></pre>
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See the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]].

* Bend tó óðrum [[Wikipedia:namespace|namanstede]].
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<pre><nowiki>
See the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]].
</nowiki></pre>
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[[Economics#See also]] is a link
to a section within another page.

[[#Links and URLs]] is a link
to a section on the current page.

[[#example]] is a link to an
anchor that was created using
<div id="example">an id attribute</div>

* The part after the number sign (#) must match a section heading on the page, or an identifier created in some other way.  Matches must be exact in terms of spelling, case and punctuation.  Links to non-existent sections aren't broken; they are treated as links to the top of the page.
* Identifiers may be created by attaching an <code>id="..."></code> attribute to almost any HTML element.
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<pre><nowiki>
[[Economics#See also]] is a link
to a section within another page.

[[#Links and URLs]] is a link
to a section on the current page.

[[#example]] is a link to an
anchor that was created using
<div id="example">an id attribute</div>
</nowiki></pre>
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Automatically hide stuff in parentheses:
[[kingdom (biology)|kingdom]].

Automatically hide namespace:
[[Wikipedia:Þorpes Wiella|Þorpes Wiella]]. 

Or both:
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)|Manual of Style]]

Ac ná:
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Links|]]

* The server fills in the part after the pipe character (|) when you save the page. The next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. When [[Wikipedia:Show preview|preview]]ing your edits, you will not see the expanded form until you press '''Save''' and '''Edit''' again. The same applies to links to sections within the same page ([[#link-to-section|see previous entry]]).
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<pre><nowiki>
Automatically hide stuff in parentheses:
[[kingdom (biology)|]].

Automatically hide namespace: 
[[Wikipedia:Þorpes Wiella|]].

Or both:
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)|]]

Ac ná:
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Links|]]
</nowiki></pre>
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[[The weather in London]] is a page
that doesn't exist yet.

* You can create it by clicking on the link (but please don't do so with this particular link).
* To create a new page: 
*# Create a link to it on some other (related) page.
*# Save that page.
*# Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.
* For more information, see [[Wikipedia:How to start a page|How to start a page]] and check out Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|naming conventions]].
* Please do not create a new article without linking to it from at least one other article.
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<pre><nowiki>
[[The weather in London]] is a page 
that doesn't exist yet.
</nowiki></pre>
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[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] is this page.

* [[Self link]]s appear as bold text when the article is viewed.
* Do not use this technique to make the article name bold in the first paragraph; see the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Article names|Manual of Style]].
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<pre><nowiki>
[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] is this page.
</nowiki></pre>
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When adding a comment to a Talk page,
you should sign it by adding
three tildes to add your user name:
: [[User:Montrealais|Montrealais]]
or four to add user name plus date/time:
: [[User:Montrealais|Montrealais]] 08:10 Oct 5, 2002 (UTC)

These both provide a link to your [[Wikipedia:user page|user page]].

Five tildes gives the date/time alone:
: 12:57, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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<pre><nowiki>
When adding a comment to a Talk page,
you should sign it by adding
three tildes to add your user name:
: ~~~
or four for user name plus date/time:
: ~~~~

Five tildes gives the date/time alone:
: ~~~~~
</nowiki></pre>
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* [[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect]] one article title to another by placing a directive like the one shown to the right on the ''first'' line of the article (such as at a page titled "[[USA]]").
* Note that it is not possible to redirect to a ''section''. For example, "<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[United States#History]]</nowiki>" will redirect to the [[United States]] page, but not to any particular section on it. This feature '''will not''' be implemented in the future, so such redirects should not be used.
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<pre><nowiki>
#REDIRECT [[United States]]
</nowiki></pre>
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* Link to a page on the same subject in another language by using a link of the form: <nowiki>[[language code:Title]]</nowiki>.
* It does not matter where you put these links while editing as they will always show up in the same place when you save the page, but placement at the end of the edit box is recommended.
* Please see [[Wikipedia:Interlanguage links]] and the [[Wikipedia:Complete list of language wikis available|list of languages and codes]].
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<pre><nowiki>
[[fr:Wikipédia:Aide]]
</nowiki></pre>
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'''What links here''' and '''Related changes'''
pages can be linked as:
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]
and
[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]

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<pre><nowiki>
'''Hwæt bindeþ hér''' and '''Related changes'''
pages can be linked as:
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]
and
[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]
</nowiki></pre>
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A user's '''Contributions''' page can be linked as:
[[Special:Contributions/UserName]]
or
[[Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0]]

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<pre><nowiki>
A user's '''Contributions''' page can be linked as:
[[Special:Contributions/UserName]]
or
[[Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0]]
</nowiki></pre>
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* To put an article in a [[Wikipedia:Category]], place a link like the one to the right anywhere in the article.

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<pre><nowiki>
[[Category:Character sets]]
</nowiki></pre>
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* To ''link'' to a [[Wikipedia:Category]] page without putting the article into the category, use an initial colon (:) in the link.

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<pre><nowiki>
[[:Category:Character sets]]
</nowiki></pre>
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Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources:
# Bare URL: http://www.nupedia.com/ (bad style)
# Unnamed link: [http://www.nupedia.com/] (bad style)
# Named link: [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]

:See [[MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki_map]] for the list of shortcuts.

* Square brackets indicate an external link. Note the use of a ''space'' (not a pipe) to separate the URL from the link text in the "named" version.
* In the [[URL]], all symbols must be among:<br/>'''A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ \ / ~ % - + &amp; # ? ! = ( ) @ \x80-\xFF'''
* If a URL contains a character not in this list, it should be encoded by using a percent sign (%) followed by the [[hexadecimal|hex]] code of the character, which can be found in the table of [[ASCII#ASCII printable characters|ASCII printable characters]]. For example, the caret character (^) would be encoded in a URL as '''%5E'''.
* See [[Wikipedia:External links]] for style issues.
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Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources:
# Bare URL: http://www.nupedia.com/
# Unnamed link: [http://www.nupedia.com/]
# Named link: [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]
</nowiki></pre>
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Bendung tó óðrum wicis:
# [[Interwiki]] link: [[Wiktionary:Hello]]
# Named interwiki link: [[Wiktionary:Hello|Hello]]
# Interwiki link without prefix: [[Wiktionary:Hello|Hello]]

* All of these forms lead to the URL http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hello
* Note that interwiki links use the ''internal'' link style.
* See [[MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki_map]] for the list of shortcuts; if the site you want to link to isn't on the list, use an external link ([[#link-external|see above]]).
* See also [[Wikipedia:How to link to Wikimedia projects]].

Linking to another language's wiktionary:
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour]]
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour|Bonjour]]
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour|fr:Bonjour]]

* All of these forms lead to the URL http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bonjour
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Linking to other wikis:
# [[Interwiki]] link: [[Wiktionary:Hello]]
# Named interwiki link: [[Wiktionary:Hello|Hello]]
# Interwiki link without prefix: [[Wiktionary:Hello|]]

Linking to another language's wiktionary:
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour]]
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour|Bonjour]]
# [[Wiktionary:fr:Bonjour|]]
</nowiki></pre>
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ISBN 012345678X

ISBN 0-123-45678-X

* Link to books using their [[Wikipedia:ISBN|ISBN]] numbers. This is preferred to linking to a specific online bookstore, because it gives the reader a choice of vendors.
* ISBN links do not need any extra markup, provided you use one of the indicated formats.
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<pre><nowiki>
ISBN 012345678X

ISBN 0-123-45678-X
</nowiki></pre>
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Date formats:
# [[July 20]], [[1969]]
# [[20 July]] [[1969]]
# [[1969]]-[[07-20]]

* Link dates in one of the above formats, so that everyone can set their own display order. If [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]], you can use [[Special:Preferences]] to change your own date display setting.
* All of the above dates will appear as "[[20 July|20 July]] [[1969|1969]]" if you set your date display preference to "15 January 2001", but as "[[20 July|July 20]], [[1969|1969]]" if you set it to "January 15, 2001".
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<pre><nowiki>
Date formats:
# [[July 20]], [[1969]]
# [[20 July]] [[1969]]
# [[1969]]-[[07-20]]
</nowiki></pre>
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[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]

*To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link. For images, [[#Images|see next section]].

Some uploaded sounds are listed at [[Wikipedia:Sound]].
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<pre><nowiki>
[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]
</nowiki></pre>
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=== Images ===
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! What it looks like
! What you type
|- valign="top"
| A picture: [[Ymele:Wikipedia-logo-v2(W2)-ang.svg|frame|right|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]<br clear=all>

* Ánlíce onlícnessa þe wurdon uppsended tó Wicipǽdian cunnon béon gebrocen. To upload images, use the [[Special:Upload|upload page]] or the [[:commons:|Wikimedia commons]]. Þu canst findan þá upsendedan onlícnesse on þǽre [[Special:Imagelist|onlícnesgetale]].
* Séo the [[Wikipedia:Image use policy|image use policy]], [[Wikipedia:Image markup|extended image markup/syntax]] (also possibly [[Wikipedia:Image markup with HTML|image HTML markup]]) for more hints.
* Alternative text, used when the image isn't loaded, in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud, is '''strongly''' encouraged. See [[Wikipedia:Alternate text for images|Alternate text for images]] for help on choosing it.
| <pre><nowiki>
A picture: [[Ymele:Wikipedia-logo-v2(W2)-ang.svg]]</nowiki></pre>
or, with alternative text
<pre><nowiki>[[Ymele:Wikipedia-logo-v2(W2)-ang.svg|jigsaw globe]]</nowiki></pre>
or, floating to the right side of the page and with a caption.
<pre><nowiki>A picture: [[Ymele:Wikipedia-logo-v2(W2)-ang.svg|frame|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]</nowiki></pre>
or, floating to the right side of the page ''without'' a caption.
<pre><nowiki>[[Ymele:Wikipedia-logo-v2(W2)-ang.svg|right|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]</nowiki></pre>
''The frame tag automatically floats the image right. Always add alternative texts to images, even if it has no caption.''
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Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to: [[:Image:Wikipedia-logo-ang.png]]
| <pre><nowiki>

[[:Ymele:Wikipedia-logo-v2(W2)-ang.svg]]
</nowiki></pre>
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To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link.

<br/>[[media:Tornado aircraft.jpg|Image of a Tornado]]
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<pre>
<nowiki>

[[media:Tornado aircraft.jpg|Image of a Tornado]]

</nowiki></pre>
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=== Character formatting ===
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- valign="top"
! What it looks like
! What you type
|- id="emph" valign="top"
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''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''.
* These are double and triple apostrophes (single-quote marks), not double-quote marks.
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<pre><nowiki>
''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''.
</nowiki></pre>
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<math>\sin x + \ln y</math><br>
sin''x'' + ln''y''
<!-- no space between roman "sin" and italic "x" -->

<math>\mathbf{x} = 0</math><br>
'''x''' = 0

Ordinary text should use [[#emph|wiki markup for emphasis]], and should not use <code>&lt;i&gt;</code> or <code>&lt;b&gt;</code>.  However, mathematical formulas often use italics, and sometimes use bold, for reasons unrelated to emphasis.  Complex formulas should use [[m:Help:Formula|<code>&lt;math&gt;</code> markup]], and simple formulas may use <code>&lt;math&gt;</code>; or <code>&lt;i&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;b&gt;</code>; or <code><nowiki>''</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>'''</nowiki></code>.  According to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics#Italicization and bolding|WikiProject Mathematics]], wiki markup is preferred over HTML markup like <code>&lt;i&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;b&gt;</code>.
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<math>\sin x + \ln y</math>
sin''x'' + ln''y''

<math>\mathbf{x} = 0</math>
'''x''' = 0
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A typewriter font for <tt>monospace text</tt>
or for computer code: <code>int main()</code>

* For semantic reasons, using <code>&lt;code&gt;</code> where applicable is preferable to using <code>&lt;tt&gt;</code>.
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A typewriter font for <tt>monospace text</tt>
or for computer code: <code>int main()</code>
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You can use <small>small text</small> for captions.
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You can use <small>small text</small> for captions.
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