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-**I can do it**\\
+== Basic text formatting ==
-you don't\\
+You can format the page using Wikitext special characters.
-== ONE ==
-== TWO ==
-== THREE ==
+{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
+!width="1000"|What it looks like
+!width="500"|What you type
+|
+|
+You can ''italicize'' text by putting 2
+apostrophes on ''each'' side.
+apostrophes will '''bold''' the text.
+apostrophes will '''''bold and italicize'''''
+the text.
+(Using 4 apostrophes doesn't do anything
+special -- <br /> 3 of them '''bold''' the text as
+usual; the others are ''''just'''' apostrophes
+around the text.)
+|
+You can ''italicize'' text by putting 2
+apostrophes on ''each'' side.
+apostrophes will '''bold''' the text.
+apostrophes will '''''bold and italicize'''''
+the text.
+(Using 4 apostrophes doesn't do anything
+special -- <br /> 3 of them '''bold''' the text as
+usual; the others are ''''just'''' apostrophes
+around the text.)
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|-
+|
+A single newline
+generally has no effect on the layout.
+These can be used to separate
+sentences within a paragraph.
+Some editors find that this aids editing
+and improves the ''diff'' function
+(used internally to compare
+different versions of a page).
+But an empty line
+starts a new paragraph.
+When used in a list, a newline ''does'' affect the layout ([[#lists|see below]]).
+|<syntaxhighlight lang=wikitext>
+A single newline
+generally has no effect on the layout.
+These can be used to separate
+sentences within a paragraph.
+Some editors find that this aids editing
+and improves the ''diff'' function
+(used internally to compare
+different versions of a page).
+But an empty line
+starts a new paragraph.
+When used in a list, a newline ''does''
+affect the layout ([[#lists|see below]]).
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|
+|
+You can break lines<br/>
+without a new paragraph.<br/>
+Please use this sparingly.
+Please do not start a link or ''italics'' or '''bold''' text on one line and end on the next.
+|<syntaxhighlight lang=wikitext>
+You can break lines<br/>
+without a new paragraph.<br/>
+Please use this sparingly.
+Please do not start a link or
+''italics'' or '''bold''' text on one line
+and end on the next.
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|-
+|You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: <br/>
+<div class="mw-notalk">
+* Three tildes gives your signature: [[User:Example|Example]] <br/>
+* Four tildes give your signature plus date/time: [[User:Example|Example]] 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br/>
+* Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br/>
+</div>
+|<syntaxhighlight lang=wikitext>
+ You should "sign" your comments
+ on talk pages:
+ * Three tildes gives your
+ signature: ~~~
+ * Four tildes give your
+ signature plus date/time: ~~~~
+ * Five tildes gives the
+ date/time alone: ~~~~~
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|}