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==Editing==

===Q: How do I sign the content I edit?===

Three consecutive tildes (<ttkbd><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></ttkbd>) will insert a link to your user page. Four (<ttkbd><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></ttkbd>) will insert that link and the save time and date. Five (<ttkbd><nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki></ttkbd>) insert just the time and date.

===Q: Can I link to a specific section header if there are multiple section headers of the same name? If so, how?===

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#Use the table of contents.

#:If a table of contents appears on the page, click on the header that you wish to link to. The page will jump to that header. Now, look at the [[en:Uniform Resource Locator|URL]]. At the end, it will show the ID of the header in question. An example of a URL that has just been linked to a header named "Foo" that has already appeared twice (and so is the third instance):

#::<ttkbd><nowiki>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Example_article#Foo_3</nowiki></ttkbd>

#:The header link at the end of the URL shows that to link to this header, you would use <nowiki>[[#Foo 3]]</nowiki>.

#Look at the source.

#:While looking at the source, first find the section you're looking for, and then look at its ID tags. It will show the number in that tag. An example for a header named "Foo" that has already appeared once (and so is the second instance):

#::<ttkbd><nowiki><p><a name="Foo_2" id="Foo_2"></a></p></nowiki></ttkbd>

#::<ttkbd><nowiki><h3>Foo</h3></nowiki></ttkbd>

#:The ID and name tags (the ones that say "a name=" and "id=") show that this header can be linked to with <nowiki>[[#Foo 2]]</nowiki>.