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::{{replyto|Mrjulesd}} I've been editing Wikipedia articles for more than nine years, and I've never added HTML to any article page. I don't consider HTML code, in articles, to be basic, in any way, shape, or form, be that for tables or for anything else. In particular, I don't think discussion of HTML belongs in an introductory tutorial. The whole point of wikitext is to shield editors from the incredible variety of HTML that is possible, some of which will break Wikipedia page formatting.
::As I wrote in another section, below, the best way to move forward with the tutorial is ''to suggest specific language''. Other than HTML, do you have any ''specific'' recommendations regarding the tutorial as now written? And by "specific", I mean specific suggested wording or wording changes, either made directly (per [[WP:BB]]), or suggested on this page. -- <font style="font-family:Brush Script MT; font-size:15px;">[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] </font> [[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]] 00:27, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
:::Well that's were you're wrong. Basic markup for tables includes basic markup for including HTML attributes. What is the basic markup? Well this table will inform you:
{| class="wikitable"
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<nowiki />{|
| '''Table start:''' ''it is required.''
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| '''Table caption:''' ''it is optional.'' Only between '''table start''' and '''first table row'''
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<nowiki />!
| '''Table header cell:''' ''it is optional.'' Cells may start on new lines, each beginning with its own single mark. Cell contents may also be put on the next line.
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<nowiki />!!
| '''Consecutive table header cell:''' ''it is optional.'' Cells may be added on same lines separated by double marks.
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<nowiki />|-
| '''Table row''': ''it is optional on the first row, but otherwise required''. The wiki engine assumes the first row.
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<nowiki />|
| '''Table data cell''': ''it is required for data cells on new lines.'' Cells may start on new lines, each beginning with its own single mark. Cell contents may also be put on the next line. '''It is also used to separate HTML attributes from cell contents (both data or header), or caption contents.'''
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<nowiki />||
| '''Consecutive table data cell''': ''it is required for data cells on the same line.'' Cells may be added on same lines separated by double marks.
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<nowiki />|}
| '''Table end:''' ''it is required.''
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AS you may notice, the basic markup includes the single bar symbol. This bar symbol is used for separating basic markup from HTML attributes. Therefore it is basic markup to describe this. It not anything advanced, it is fundamental to table construction, as it belongs to the few symbols that are used to describe tables. How much more basic can you get?
You cannot get away from HTML attributes. class="wikitable" is needed in almost every table. class="wikitable" is a HTML attribute. Therefore every table contains an HTML attribute. It is basic. Very basic. Not advanced. Every table. Do you understand?
As for suggestions, go back to how it was, and start again. <b style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive;">[[User:Mrjulesd|<span style="color:orange;">--Jules</span>]] [[User talk:Mrjulesd|(Mrjulesd)]]</b> 03:06, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
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