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Works anywhere in the text
Description	You type	You get
Italics, bold, and both	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
Link to another page	[[An Introduction to the Diaspora Source]]	An Introduction to the Diaspora Source
"Pipe" a link to change the link's text	[[An Introduction to the Diaspora Source|Diaspora Source]]	Diaspora Source
Link to a section	[[An Introduction to the Diaspora Source#Testing]] [[An Introduction to the Diaspora Source#Testing|Diaspora Source - Testing]]	An Introduction to the Diaspora Source#Testing Diaspora Source - Testing
Red link red links in articles help by showing desired redirects or notable pages	[[something missing]]	something missing
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~ do not sign in an article, only on talk pages	Username (talk) 06:18, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
Plain website	http://www.diasporafoundation.org	http://www.diasporafoundation.org
Link a website	[http://www.diasporafoundation.org]	[1]
Link and name a website	[http://www.diasporafoundation.org Diaspora foundation]	Diaspora foundation
Strike your talk page comment to show your previous comment is outdated	<s>This topic isn't notable.</s>	This topic isn't notable.
Hide text somewhere for editors consensus is how things are decided	<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->
Show an image for uploading, see the upload page	[[File:Star.png|thumb|Caption]]	Caption
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]] 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
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another page redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	↳ Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#SectionHeading]]	↳ Target page#SectionHeading
Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article	==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6====== do not use  =Level 1=  as it is for page titles	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bulleted list	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting text this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent