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Welcome to Wikipedia! This page is a sandbox, an area where you can experiment and test edits. It contains simple examples of various elements you'll find around Wikipedia.

This is a section heading

Here is a fact with a citation to a website.^[1]

Here is a fact with a citation to a news article.^[2]

Here is a fact lacking a citation.^{[citation needed]}

Here is a link to Jimmy Wales. The text displayed for the link can be customized like this. When links go to pages that do not exist, they appear red, like this.

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You can make text bold or italic when needed.

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Reference section

^ Smith, Jane. "Sample title". Sample website. Sample publisher. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
^ Jones, Bob (7 April 2025). "Sample headline". The Sample Times. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

External links section

Example external link

[1] Smith, Jane. "Sample title". Sample website. Sample publisher. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

[2] Jones, Bob (7 April 2025). "Sample headline". The Sample Times. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

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