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Description	You type	You get
Italic text	`''italic''`	italic

Bold text	`'''bold'''`	bold

Bold and italic	`'''''bold & italic'''''`	bold & italic

Internal link (within Wikipedia)	`[[Name of page]]` `[[Name of page\|Text to display]]`	Name of page Text to display

External link (to other websites)	`[http://www.example.org Text to display]` `[http://www.example.org]` `http://www.example.org`	Text to display [1] http://www.example.org

Redirect to another page	`#REDIRECT [[Target page]]`	Target page

References Numbering is generated automatically.	To create a footnote or reference, use this format: `Article text.<ref name="test">[http://www.example.org Link text], additional text.</ref>`	Article text.^[1]
	To reuse the same note, reuse the name with a trailing slash: `Article text.<ref name="test" />`	Article text.^[1]
	To display notes, add this line* to the References section* `<references/>`	↑ Link text, additional text.

Section headings^[1] A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	`== Level 1 ==` `=== Level 2 ===` `==== Level 3 ====` `===== Level 4 =====` `====== Level 5 ======`	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Bulleted list^[1] Empty lines between list items discouraged, (see numbered lists).	`* One` `* Two` `** Two point one` `* Three`	One Two Two point one Three

Numbered list^[1] Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.	`# One` `# Two` `## Two point one` `# Three`	One Two Two point one Three

Thumbnail image	`[[Image:Wiki.png\|thumb\|Caption text]]`	Caption text
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Indenting Text^[1]	`no indent (normal)` `:first indent` `::second indent` `:::third indent`	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent
↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Applies only at the very beginning of lines.

[test-1] Link text, additional text.

[firstline-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Applies only at the very beginning of lines.

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 |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 |-
-|[[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Links_and_URLs|Redirect to another page]]
+|[[Help:Moving and redirecting|Redirect to another page]]
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 <tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target page]]</nowiki></tt>
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-|rowspan="3"|[[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Links_and_URLs|Footnotes/References]]
+|rowspan="3"|[[Help:References|References]]
 <div style="padding: 0em .5em; font-size:0.9em;">''Numbering is generated automatically.''</div>
 |<div style="margin-left:2em; font-size:0.9em;">''To create a footnote or reference, use this format:''</div>

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