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Description	You type	You get
applies anywhere
Italicise text	`''italic''`	italic

Bold text	`'''bold'''`	bold

Bold and italic	`'''''bold & italic'''''`	bold & italic

Internal link (within Wikipedia)	`[[name of page]] [[name of page\|display text]]`	name of page display text

External link (to other websites)	`[http://www.example.com] [http://www.example.com display text] http://www.example.com`	[1] display text http://www.example.com

Escape wiki markup	`<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>`	no ''markup''
applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different sizes	`==level 1==` `===level 2===` `====level 3====` `=====level 4=====`	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Bullet list	* one * two ** two point one * three	one two two point one three

Numbered list	# one # two ## two point one # three	one two two point one three

Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2

Unformatted text	a space at the beginning of each line creates unformatted monospaced text	a space at the beginning of each line creates unformatted monospaced text
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