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Welcome to the help page for tables!

'''[[help:Tables|Tables]]''' are a commonly-usedcommon way of displaying information, particularly in articles that consist of lists. As with all things on Wikipedia, however, they require some explanationdata. This tutorial aims at providingprovides a guide onto how tomaking makenew tables: ifand youediting areexisting lookingones. for theFor policyguidelines on when and how to use themtables, see the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables|Manual &nbsp;of &nbsp;Style]] may provide what you're looking for :).

The easiest way to insert a new table is to use the editing toolbar that appears when you edit a page (see image above). Clicking the [[File:OOjs UI icon table.svg|20px|class=skin-invert|link=|alt=Table icon]] button will open a dialog where you define what you want in your new table. Once you've chosen the number of rows and columns, the wiki markup text for the table is inserted into the article. Then you can replace the "Example" text with the data you want to be displayed.

If you have the enhanced editing toolbar (as seen on the right), there's an easy way to create a simple table. Just click "advanced", and then the icon that looks like a table, which is second from the right. This should generate something that looks like this:

Tables in Wikipedia, particularly large ones, can look intimidating to edit, but the way they work is simple.

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