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| − | ===Examples===
| + | You can see a list of the codes used to lay out text by pressing the edit button at the top of the sandbox page and then pressing 'Editing help' at the bottom of the screen. |
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| + | The 'Editing help' page can stay open while you are editing any other pages on this wiki, so you can use it as a constant reference |
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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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| − | and makes the section edit links much less useful,
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| − | so please do not use it.
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| − | == New section ==
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| − | === Subsection ===
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| − | ==== Sub-subsection ====
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| − | HTML headings markup instead of wiki headings.
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| − | However, it messes up the section edit links,
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| − | so please do not use it.
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| − | <h2>New section</h2>
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| − | <h3>Subsection</h3>
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| − | <h4>Sub-subsection</h4>
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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== | | ==New section== |
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| | ===Subsection=== | | ===Subsection=== |
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| − | ====Sub-subsection====
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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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| − | (used internally to compare
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| − | different versions of a page).
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| − | But an empty line
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| − | starts a new paragraph.
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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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| − | 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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| − | 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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| − | <pre><nowiki>
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| − | You can break lines<br>
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| − | without starting a new paragraph.
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| − | </nowiki></pre>
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| | * It's easy to create a list: | | * It's easy to create a list: |
| − | ** Start every line with a star ([[asterisk]]). | + | ** Start every line with a star. |
| | *** More stars means deeper levels. | | *** More stars means deeper levels. |
| | **** A newline in a list | | **** A newline in a list |
| − | marks the end of a list item. | + | marks this is the sandbox which I am learning to put information in |
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| | * An empty line starts a new list. | | * 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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| − | marks the end of a list item.
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| − | * An empty line starts a new list.
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| − | </nowiki></pre>
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| | # Numbered lists are also good | | # Numbered lists are also good |
| | ## very organized | | ## very organized |
| | ## easy to follow | | ## easy to follow |
| | ### easier still | | ### 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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| − | ; 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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| − | ; another item
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| − | : the other 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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| − | *#*:* b
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| − | *#*:* c
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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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| − | *#*:* c
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| − | </nowiki></pre>
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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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| − | </nowiki></pre>
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| − | When there is a need for separating a block of text
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| − | <blockquote>
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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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| − | both margins when needed instead of the
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| − | left margin only as the colon does.
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| − | </blockquote>
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| − | </nowiki></pre>
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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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| − | it will be formatted exactly
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| − | as typed;
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| − | in a fixed-width font;
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| − | lines will not wrap;
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| − | ENDIF
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| − | </nowiki></pre>
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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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| − | </nowiki></pre>
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| − | A [[horizontal dividing line]]:
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| − | this is above it
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| − | ----
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| − | and this is below 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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| − | A [[horizontal dividing line]]:
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| − | this is above it
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| − | and this is below it.
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| − | </nowiki></pre>
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You can see a list of the codes used to lay out text by pressing the edit button at the top of the sandbox page and then pressing 'Editing help' at the bottom of the screen.
The 'Editing help' page can stay open while you are editing any other pages on this wiki, so you can use it as a constant reference
Here is a pile of junk text and codes (sandbox toys?) to delete, copy, or just mess about with. Press the edit button to see how text and codes work together.
