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Inserting a Table of contents (TOC)

For each page with more than three headings, a table of contents (TOC) is automatically generated from the section headings, unless:

__NOTOC__ is added to the top or bottom of the page

__NOEDITSECTION__ is also added if the edit links for each section are not required

If a page has fewer than four headings then

__TOC__ is placed where the TOC is required

To align the TOC to the right use:

<div style="float:right;">__TOC__</div>

To insert a TOC with no numbers use:

{{Toc right no-numbers}}

Formatting Text

Centering text

Center text like this:

<div class="center">Center text like this</div>

New un-spaced lines

New lines without spaces between them
have the following code
placed at the end of them

New lines without spaces between them<br />
have the following code<br />
placed at the end of them

New lines that are indented

and have no spaces between them

begin with a colon

:New lines that are indented
:and have no spaces between them
:begin with a colon:

Deleted text

deleted text

<del>deleted text</del>

Underlined text

underlined text

<u>underlined text</u>

Italic text

Italic text

''Italic text''

Bold text

Bold text

'''Bold text'''

Large text

Big text

<big>Big text</big>

Small text

Small text

<small>Small text</small>

Superscript text

This sentence has some ^{Superscript text} in it.

<sup>Superscript text</sup>

Subscript text

This sentence has some _{Subscript text} in it.

<sub>Subscript text</sub>

Multiple blank lines

To place multiple blank lines





before the next line of text.

To place multiple blank lines
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />







before the next line of text.

Multiple spaces

To place multiple         spaces     between         words.

To place multiple         spaces     between         words.

Blockquote

A Blockquote will indent both left and right margins:

Blockquote

Text after the Blockquote

<blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote>

Special Characters and Symbols

• More info can be found here

Name	Char	Code
and	&	&
ellipsis	…	…
em dash	—	—
en dash	&	–
space	 	 
Copyright	©	©
Fraction	¼	¼
Fraction	⅓	⅓
Fraction	½	½
Fraction	¾	¾
Degrees	°	°
Divide	÷	÷
Bullet	•	•
Asterisk	∗	∗
Diamond	♦	♦

Horizontal Lines

Text before Horizontal line

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text after Horizontal line

Text before Horizontal line
 ---- or <hr>
 text after Horizontal line

text before a narrow horizontal line

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text after line

text before a narrow horizontal line
 <hr width=20%>
 text after line (the 20% may be adjusted as necessary)

text before a centered narrow horizontal line

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text after line

<div class="center">
 text before a centered narrow horizontal line
 <hr width=50%>
 text after line (the 50% may be adjusted as necessary)
 </div>

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Inserting References

Note: place <references/> at the bottom of the page

Article text. Croaking of frogs.

Example: <ref name=frog>The [[Vaniquotes:Croaking of frogs|Croaking of frogs]] page in Vaniquotes talks about Croaking Frogs.</ref>

Article text. Croaking of frogs.

Example: <ref name=frog>The [[Vaniquotes:Croaking of frogs|Croaking of frogs]] page in Vaniquotes talks about Croaking Frogs.</ref>

Article text. Croaking.

Example: <ref name=croaking>The [[Vaniquotes:Croaking of frogs|Croaking of frogs]] page in Vaniquotes talks about Croaking Frogs.</ref>

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Tables

wikipedia Help:Table

Table

heading	heading
cell	cell
cell	cell

 
 {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
 |+ Table
 ! heading !! heading
 |-
 | cell || cell
 |-
 | cell || cell
 |}
 

Cell 1 (no modifier—not aligned)

Cell 2 (right aligned)

Cell 3 (left aligned)

Cell 4 (centered)

 
 {| border="1" style="text-align:center; width:400px; height:200px;"
 |-
 | Cell 1 (no modifier—not aligned)
 |- valign="top"
 | align="right" | Cell 2 (right aligned)
 |- valign="middle"
 | align="left" | Cell 3 (left aligned)
 |- valign="bottom"
 | align="center" | Cell 4 (centered)
 |}
 

Tables - Sortable

Heading 1	Heading 2	Heading 3	Heading 4
CELL 1	CELL 2	CELL 3	CELL 4
CELL 1	CELL 2	CELL 3	CELL 4

 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#FFE6B2; margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"
 ! Heading 1 !! Heading 2 !! Heading 3 !! Heading 4
 |-
 | '''CELL 1'''||CELL 2||CELL 3||align="left"|CELL 4
 |-
 | '''CELL 1'''||CELL 2||CELL 3||align="left"|CELL 4
 |-
 |}
 

RAYARAMA DAS BRAHMACHARY (Raymond Marais) Editor

 
 {| style="text-align:left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 3em;"
 |RAYARAMA DAS BRAHMACHARY<br />(Raymond Marais)<br />Editor
 |}
 

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Colapsable Content

• see also Manual:Collapsible elements

Title for the colapsable content is always shown here

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This text is colapsable

In fact everything here can be hidden

Example:

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%;clear:both;">

<big>'''Title for the colapsable content is always shown here'''</big>

This text is colapsable
 
In fact everything here can be hidden

</div>

</div>

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Redirects

To create a re-direct page use this code:

#REDIRECT [[article link]]

Placing and Linking to Anchors

Place an Anchor

At the beginning of the text to be linked to add:

<span id="anchor_name">ANY TEXT HERE</span>

Link to an Anchor

Add #anchor_name to the end of the URL

Hidden Comments

To make hidden comments, simply use <!-- Your text goes here -->

 <!-- TEXT HERE WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED --> Please start and end text with a space

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