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*in special pages such as [[{{ns:4}}:Sandbox]]
*on user pages and subpages
*using Preview - this can notcannot be used to test how a change in a page affects another page, such as when changing a [[Help:Template|template]]; to test [[Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext|automatic conversion of wikitext]], the new wikitext can be seen pressing Show changes. Automatic conversion of [[Help:Special characters|special characters]] to their decimal numeric codes is seen in the edit box.
 
A test involving variable <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>, e.g. a link to an image or another page with a name containing <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>, can be done on the Talk page, since the value of the variable is the same on that page.