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Jnc: Syntax for additional anchors (link targets)

2025-07-24T15:30:51Z

Syntax for additional anchors (link targets)

2025-07-24T15:24:27Z

‎Text: Note about additional anchors

2024-05-08T12:09:19Z

Add separator line between 'Indented items' and 'Bullet list'

2024-04-28T11:38:03Z

‎Text: Clarify

2024-04-27T19:31:50Z

‎Tables: center all text

2024-04-06T15:50:24Z

Take my own advice! :-)

2023-08-24T11:26:55Z

‎See also: A wealth of detail

2023-05-22T12:50:12Z

Note Wikipedia conventions followed here

2023-05-19T13:06:12Z

‎Text: Named external links are preferred

2023-03-21T09:38:57Z

‎Images: Add links to more comprehensive image use info

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 |}
 </div>
 ==Pre-formatted text==

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 [[name of page#heading]]<br />
 |-
-|colspan="2"|<span style="font-size:0.9em; text-align:center;">''Wikipedia style, followed here, is generally to only link the '''first''' instance of a term on a page.''</span>
+|colspan="2"|<span style="font-size:0.9em>''Wikipedia style, followed here, is generally to only link the '''first''' instance of a term on a page.''<br />
 |-
 |colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|

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 |-
 |Indented items<br />
-(used mostly on Talk: pages)
+''(used mostly on Talk: pages)''
+|
 <tt>: foo</tt><br />
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 : foo
 :: bar
 |-
 |Bullet list

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 |Internal link<br />
 (within the Computer History wiki)<br />
-''The last two here can be combined.''
+''This, and the one above, can be combined.''
+|
 <tt><nowiki>[[name of page]]</nowiki></tt><br />

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 <pre>
-{| class="wikitable"
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
 ! Table !! Prototype
 |-
-| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Headers
+| colspan="2" | Headers
 |-
 | aa || rowspan="2" | yy
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 produces:
-{| class="wikitable"
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 ! Table !! Prototype
 |-
-| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Headers
+| colspan="2" | Headers
 |-
 | aa || rowspan="2" | yy

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 A lengthy tutorial on images is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pictures here]; complete specifications for the use of the 'File' special form are available [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax here] and [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images here].
+<br clear=all>
 ==See also==

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	A lengthy tutorial on images is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pictures here]; complete specifications for the use of the 'File' special form are available [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax here] and [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images here].		A lengthy tutorial on images is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pictures here]; complete specifications for the use of the 'File' special form are available [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax here] and [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images here].
		+
		+	==See also==
		+
		+	* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki.org help pages] - a wealth of detail
		+	** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Help:Formatting] - detailed help on formatting
		+	** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables Help:Tables] - ditto for tables

	[[Category: Help]]		[[Category: Help]]

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 |-
 |External link<br />
-(to other websites)
+(to other websites)<br />
+|
 <tt><nowiki>[http://www.example.org]</nowiki></tt><br />

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 ==Images==
-<nowiki>[[Image:Pdp1115.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Caption text]]</nowiki>
+Including the special form:
 produces:
-[[Image:Pdp1115.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Caption text]]
+[[File:Pdp1115.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Caption text]]
-Leaving out the '150px' inserts the image full-size. The optional keywords 'left' and 'right' can be added to control the horizontal placement.
+(The legacy keyword 'Image' may be used in place of "File".) Leaving out the "150px" inserts the image full-size. The optional keywords 'left' and 'right' can be added to control the horizontal placement.
-(Notice that this text fills up around the image. Add a <nowiki><br clear=all></nowiki> to force the text to re-start below the image.)
+(Notice that this text fills up around the image. Add a <nowiki><br clear=all></nowiki> after the image line to force the text to re-start below the image.)
 New images can be uploaded via the 'Upload file' page (link on the left-hand side of all pages).
 [[Category: Help]]