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The MediaWiki software, that drives Wikipedia, allows the use of a subset of [[HTML5]] [[HTML element|element]]s, or tags and their [[HTML attribute|attribute]]s, for presentation formatting.{{r|sanitizer}} But most HTML can be included by using equivalent [[Help:Wiki markup|wiki markup]] or [[Help:Template|templates]]; these are ''preferred'' within articles, as they are simpler for most editors, and less intrusive in the editing window. But HTML is useful outside of articles, for example for formatting within templates.