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Introduction

The extreme basics of wiki-editing that everyone should know is how to bold, italic letters and how to make internal and external links.

Bold and Italic

Mark up Displayed as
'''Bold''' Bold
''Italic'' Italic
'''''Bold and italic''''' Bold and italic

Internal links are links to articles in Wikipedia.

Mark up Displayed as Explanation
[[Internal link]] Internal link An internal link leads to an article in Wikipedia
[[Internal link|What I want to be shown]] What I want to be shown Displays the text that you want to be shown
[[Internal link#See also]] Internal link#See also The link will lead to the section 'See also'
[[Internal link#See also|See also]] See also Only displays the text 'See also'

External links are links that can link to articles in or out of Wikipedia.

Mark up Displayed as Explanation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia Shows the link as it is
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia] [1] Doesn't show the web address
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia Encyclopedia] Encyclopedia Displays the text desired

Test

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