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=== Organizing your writing ===
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
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!width="1000"|What it looks like
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!width="500"|What you type
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<div style="font-size:150%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">Section headings</div>
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''Headings'' organize your writing into
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sections. The Wiki software can automatically
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generate a [[Help:table of contents|table of contents]] from them.
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<div style="font-size:132%;font-weight:bold;">Subsection</div>
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Using more "equals" (=) signs creates a subsection.
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<div style="font-size:116%;font-weight:bold;">A smaller subsection</div>
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Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.
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Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title.
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== Section headings ==
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''Headings'' organize your writing into
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sections. The Wiki software can automatically
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generate a [[table of contents]] from them.
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=== Subsection ===
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Using more "equals" (=) signs creates a subsection.
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==== A smaller subsection ====
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Don't skip levels,
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like from two to four equals signs.
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Start with 2 equals signs not 1
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because 1 creates H1 tags
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which should be reserved for page title.
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|- id="lists"
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* ''Unordered [[Help:List|list]]s'' are easy to do:
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** Start every line with a star.
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*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
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*: Previous item continues.
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** A newline
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* in a list 
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marks the end of the list.
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*Of course you can start again.
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* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
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** Start every line with a star.
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*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
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*: Previous item continues.
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** A newline
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* in a list 
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marks the end of the list.
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* Of course you can start again.
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# ''Numbered lists'' are:
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## Very organized
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## Easy to follow
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A newline marks the end of the list.
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# New numbering starts with 1.
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# ''Numbered lists'' are:
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## Very organized
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## Easy to follow
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A newline marks the end of the list.
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# New numbering starts with 1.
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Here's a ''definition list'':
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; Word : Definition of the word
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; A longer phrase needing definition
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: Phrase defined
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; A word : Which has a definition
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: Also a second one
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: And even a third
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Begin with a semicolon. One item per line;
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a newline can appear before the colon, but
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using a space before the colon improves
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parsing.
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|<pre>
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Here's a ''definition list'':
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; Word : Definition of the word
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; A longer phrase needing definition
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: Phrase defined
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; A word : Which has a definition
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: Also a second one
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: And even a third
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Begin with a semicolon. One item per line;
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a newline can appear before the colon, but
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using a space before the colon improves
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parsing.
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</pre>
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|-
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* You can even do mixed lists
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*# and nest them
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*# inside each other
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*#* or break lines<br>in lists.
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*#; definition lists
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*#: can be
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*#:; nested : too
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* You can even do mixed lists
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*# and nest them
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*# inside each other
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*#* or break lines<br>in lists.
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*#; definition lists
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*#: can be
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*#:; nested : too
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: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
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A newline starts a new paragraph. <br>
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Often used for discussion on [[talk pages]].
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: We use 1 colon to indent once.
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:: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
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::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.
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: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
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A newline starts a new paragraph. <br>
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Often used for discussion on talk pages.
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: We use 1 colon to indent once.
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:: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
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::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.
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</pre>
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|-
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You can make [[w:horizontal dividing line|horizontal dividing line]]s (----)
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to separate text.
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But you should usually use sections instead,
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so that they go in the table of contents.
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You can make horizontal dividing lines (----)
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to separate text.
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----
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But you should usually use sections instead,
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so that they go in the table of contents.
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You can add footnotes to sentences using the ''ref'' tag -- this is especially good for citing a source.
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:There are over six billion people in the world.<ref>CIA World Factbook, 2006.</ref>
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References: <references/>
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For details, see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] and [[Help:Footnotes]].
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<pre><nowiki>
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You can add footnotes to sentences using
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the ''ref'' tag -- this is especially good
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for citing a source.
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:There are over six billion people in the
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world.<ref>CIA World Factbook, 2006.</ref>
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References: <references/>
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For details, see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]]
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and [[Help:Footnotes]].
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</nowiki></pre>
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See also [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial#Forcing a break]] (not just for pictures).
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