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| − | ! What it looks like
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| − | ! What you type
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| − | Start your [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)|sections]] as follows:
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| − | <h2>New section</h2>
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| − | '''<font style="font-size:120%">New section</font>'''
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| − | '''<font style="font-size:110%">Subsection</font>'''
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| − | '''<font style="font-size:100%">Sub-subsection</font>'''
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| − | * Start with a second-level heading (<tt><nowiki>==</nowiki></tt>); don't use first-level headings (=).
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| − | * Don't skip levels (for example, second-level followed by fourth-level).
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| − | * A [[#Placement_of_the_Table_of_Contents_.28TOC.29|Table of Contents]] will automatically be added to an article that has four or more sections.
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| − | *If appropriate, place subsections in an appropriate order. If listing countries, place them in alphabetical order rather than, say, relative to population of [[OECD]] countries, or some random order.
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| − | ==New section==
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| − | A single [[newline]]
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| − | generally has no effect on the layout.
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| − | These can be used to separate
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| − | sentences within a paragraph.
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| − | Some editors find that this aids editing
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| − | and improves the function ''diff''
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| − | But an empty line
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| − | * When used in a list, a newline ''does'' affect the layout ([[#lists|see below]]).
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| − | A single [[newline]]
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| − | generally has no effect on the layout.
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| − | These can be used to separate
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| − | Some editors find that this aids editing
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| − | different versions of a page).
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| − | But an empty line
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| − | You can break lines<br>
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| − | * Please use this sparingly.
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| − | * Close markup between lines, do not start a [[link]] or ''italics'' or '''bold''' on one line and close it on the next.
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| − | You can break lines<br>
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| − | * It's easy to create a list:
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| − | ** Start every line with a star ([[asterisk]]).
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| − | *** More stars means deeper levels.
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| − | **** A newline in a list
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| − | marks the end of a list item.
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| − | * An empty line starts a new list.
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| − | * It's easy to create a list:
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| − | ** Start every line with a star.
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| − | *** More stars means deeper levels.
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| − | **** A newline in a list
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| − | * An empty line starts a new list.
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| − | # Numbered lists are also good
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| − | ## very organized
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| − | ## easy to follow
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| − | ### easier still
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| − | # Numbered lists are also good
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| − | ## very organized
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| − | ## easy to follow
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| − | ### easier still
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| − | </nowiki></pre>
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| − | |- valign="top" id="definition"
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| − | ; Definition list : list of definitions
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| − | ; item : the item's definition
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| − | ; another item
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| − | : the other item's definition
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| − | * Begin with a semicolon. 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>
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| − | ; Definition list : list of definitions
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| − | ; item : the item's definition
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| − | * You can even create mixed lists
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| − | *# and nest them
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| − | *#* like this
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| − | *#*; can I mix definition list as well?
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| − | *#*: yes
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| − | *#*; how?
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| − | *#*: it's easy as
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| − | *#*:* a
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| − | <pre><nowiki>
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| − | * You can even create mixed lists
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| − | *# and nest them
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| − | *#* like this
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| − | *#*; can I mix definition list as well?
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| − | *#*: yes
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| − | *#*; how?
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| − | *#*: it's easy as
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| − | *#*:* a
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| − | *#*:* b
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| − | : A colon indents a line or paragraph.
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| − | A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
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| − | * 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>
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| − | : A colon indents a line or paragraph.
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| − | A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
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| − | When there is a need for separating a block of text
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| − | the '''blockquote''' command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does.
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| − | </blockquote>
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| − | This is useful for (as the name says) inserting blocks of quoted (and cited) text.
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| − | <blockquote>
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| − | The '''blockquote''' command will indent
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| − | (See formula on right):
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| − | *This is useful for:
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| − | ** pasting preformatted text;
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| − | ** algorithm descriptions;
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| − | ** program source code;
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| − | ** [[ASCII art]];
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| − | ** chemical structures;
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| − | * '''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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| − | IF a line starts with a space THEN
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| − | in a fixed-width font;
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| − | <center>Centered text.</center>
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| − | * Please note the American spelling of "center."
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| − | <center>Centered text.</center>
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| − | A [[horizontal dividing line]]:
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| − | this is above it
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| − | * Mainly useful for
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| − | **disambiguation - but to be used sparsely, only when separating completely different, unrelated (groups of) meanings
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| − | **separating threads on Talk pages.
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