Help:Editing

{|align="center" style="width:100%; border:2px #a3b1bf solid; background:#f5faff; text-align:left;" Wikipedia Cheatsheet Works anywhere in the text  italics, bold, and both  italics, bold, and both see H:IW for linking to sister projects  copy edit 
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 * Link to another page
 * Link to another page

 copy editors  copy edit

copy editors "Pipe" a link to change the link's destination  Android  Android Link to a section  Frog 
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 the jumping of frogs  Frog

the jumping of frogs red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages  something missing  something missing sources in the article will appear where is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page; text between – is for a template  Hello, World. </tt>
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 * Red link
 * Red link
 * Red link
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 * References and footnotes
 * References and footnotes
 * References and footnotes

 References:

</tt> Hello, World.

References:

sign your contributions when posting to a talk page  ~ </tt>
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 * Signature
 * Signature
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do not sign in an article, only on talk pages Username (talk), 27 August 2024 (UTC)  http://www.wikipedia.org </tt> http://www.wikipedia.org  </tt>   Wikipedia </tt> Wikipedia to show your previous comment is outdated  This topic isn't notable. </tt> This topic isn't notable. consensus is how things are decided  </tt>
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 * Plain website
 * Plain website
 * Plain website
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 * Link a website
 * Link a website
 * Link a website
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 * Link and name a website
 * Link and name a website
 * Link and name a website
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 * Strike your talk page comment
 * Strike your talk page comment
 * Strike your talk page comment
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 * Hide text somewhere for editors
 * Hide text somewhere for editors
 * Hide text somewhere for editors

''for uploading, see the intro to uploading images ''
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 * Show an image
 * Show an image
 * Show an image

 </tt> one of many cleanup templates  This statement is true. </tt> This statement is true.
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 * Template:Citation needed
 * Template:Citation needed
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 * Add a page to a category
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 * Add a page to a category
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place near the bottom of a page
 * shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or saved

Works only at the beginning of lines redirects must be placed at the start of the first line  #REDIRECT Target page </tt> Target page  #REDIRECT </tt>Target page </tt> Target page
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 * style="border-bottom:2px #a3b1bf solid" | You type
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 * Redirect to a section of another page
 * Redirect to a section of another page
 * Redirect to a section of another page
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 * Section headings
 * Section headings
 * Section headings

a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article  ==Level 2== </tt>

 ===Level 3=== </tt>

 ====Level 4==== </tt>

<tt> =====Level 5===== </tt>

<tt> ======Level 6====== </tt>

do not use =Level 1=  as it is for page titles

Level 6
<tt>* One</tt>
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 * Bulleted list
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<tt>* Two</tt>

<tt>** Two point one</tt>

<tt>* Three</tt> <tt># One</tt>
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<tt># Two</tt>

<tt>## Two point one</tt>

<tt># Three</tt> ''this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations. After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent (Template:Outdent) can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.'' <tt> no indent (normal) </tt>
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 * Indenting text
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<tt> :first indent </tt>

<tt> ::second indent </tt>

<tt> :::third indent </tt>

<tt> ::::fourth indent </tt>

<tt> outdent </tt> no indent (normal)


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