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Grouch: Edit to include use of preformatted text, e.g. computer code, and to explain how to create a new page.

2012-03-04T21:10:35Z

Edit to include use of preformatted text, e.g. computer code, and to explain how to create a new page.

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 <pre>
 : A colon indents a line or paragraph.
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 Some part of a page may correspond in the edit box to just a reference to another page, in the form <nowiki>{{name}}</nowiki>, referring to the page "Template:''name''" (or if the name starts with a namespace prefix, it refers to the page with that name; if it starts with a colon it refers to the page in the main namespace with that name without the colon). This is called a [[Help:Template|template]]. For changing that part of the page, edit that other page. Sometimes a separate edit link is provided for this purpose.
 == Page protection ==
 In a few cases the link labeled "Edit this page" is replaced by the text "Protected page" (or equivalents in the language of the project). In that case the page can not be edited.

2006-09-30T17:24:27Z

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	If the wikitext is not changed no edit will be recorded and the edit summary is discarded.		If the wikitext is not changed no edit will be recorded and the edit summary is discarded.

	A dummy edit is a change in wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page, such as changing the number of newlines at some position from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 or conversely (changing from 1 to 2 makes a difference, see below). This allows an edit summary, and is useful for correcting a previous edit summary, or an accidental marking of a previous edit as "minor" (see below). Also it is sometimes needed to refresh the cache of some item in the database~~, see e.g. A category tag in a template; caching problem~~.		A dummy edit is a change in wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page, such as changing the number of newlines at some position from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 or conversely (changing from 1 to 2 makes a difference, see below). This allows an edit summary, and is useful for correcting a previous edit summary, or an accidental marking of a previous edit as "minor" (see below). Also it is sometimes needed to refresh the cache of some item in the database.

	== Minor edits ==		== Minor edits ==

2006-09-30T17:22:59Z

General formatting

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	apostrophes is '''''even stronger'''''.		apostrophes is '''''even stronger'''''.
	</pre>		</pre>
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			You can <strike>strike out text</strike>, and <u>underline it too</u>.
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			<pre>
			You can <strike>strike out text</strike>, and <u>underline it too</u>.
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2006-09-30T17:18:17Z

The wiki markup

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	You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[Sandbox]].		You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[Sandbox]].

	=== ~~Basic text~~ formatting ===		=== General formatting ===

	{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px solid gray; border-collapse: collapse;"		{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px solid gray; border-collapse: collapse;"

2006-09-30T17:17:40Z

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 without a new paragraph.<br />
 Please use this sparingly.
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 date/time alone: ~~~~~
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2006-05-27T12:22:13Z

The wiki markup

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 date/time alone: ~~~~~
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2006-05-27T12:21:08Z

Basic text formatting

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 without a new paragraph.<br />
 Please use this sparingly.
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2006-05-27T12:14:09Z

Basic text formatting

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 But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
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2006-05-27T12:12:47Z

Basic text formatting

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 apostrophes is '''''even stronger'''''.
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2006-05-21T13:11:32Z

The wiki markup

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 apostrophes is '''''even stronger'''''.
 </pre>
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