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	In the hope that Community Bike Shops will share knowledge via the Bike Collectives Wiki, this page provides examples of basic wiki editing and links to websites with additional information.		In the hope that Community Bike Shops will share knowledge via the Bike Collectives Wiki, this page provides examples of basic wiki editing and links to websites with additional information.
			All examples from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples WikiText Examples].

	== Basic ~~text formatting~~ ==		== Basic Text Formatting ==
	*From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples WikiText Examples]		{\| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
	~~You can format the page using Wikitext special characters.~~		!width="50%"\|What it looks like
			!width="50%"\|What you type
	{\|~~width="80%"~~ border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
	\|-
	!What it looks like
	!What you type
	\|-		\|-
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	Please use this sparingly.		Please use this sparingly.

			\|
			<pre>
			You can break lines<br/>
			without a new paragraph.<br/>
			Please use this sparingly.
			</pre>
	\|}		\|}

	== Organizing your writing ==		== Organizing your writing ==
	*From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples WikiText Examples]		{\| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
			!width="50%"\|What it looks like
	{\| border="1" cellpadding="2"		!width="50%"\|What you type
	!width="~~1000~~"\|What it looks like
	!width="~~500~~"\|What you type
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|
	<div style="font-size:150%;border-bottom:1px solid #~~000000~~;">Section headings</div>		<div style="font-size:150%;border-bottom:1px solid #AAA;">Section headings</div>

	''Headings'' organize your writing into		''Headings'' organize your writing into
	sections. The Wiki software can automatically		sections. The Wiki software can automatically
	generate a ~~[[Help:~~table of contents~~\|table of contents]]~~ from them.		generate a table of contents from them.

	<div style="font-size:132%;font-weight:bold;">Subsection</div>		<div style="font-size:132%;font-weight:bold;">Subsection</div>
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	''Headings'' organize your writing into		''Headings'' organize your writing into
	sections. The Wiki software can automatically		sections. The Wiki software can automatically
	generate a [[table of contents]] from them.		generate a table of contents from them.

	=== Subsection ===		=== Subsection ===
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	\|- id="lists"		\|- id="lists"
	\|		\|
	* ''Unordered ~~[[Help:List\|list]]s~~'' are easy to do:		* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
	** Start every line with a star.		** Start every line with a star.
	*** More stars indicate a deeper level.		*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
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	: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.		: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
	A newline starts a new paragraph. <br>		A newline starts a new paragraph. <br>
	Should only be used on [[talk pages]]. <br>		Should only be used on talk pages. <br>
	For articles, you probably want the blockquote tag.		For articles, you probably want the blockquote tag.
	: We use 1 colon to indent once.		: We use 1 colon to indent once.
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	\|		\|
	You can make ~~[[w:~~horizontal dividing ~~line\|horizontal dividing line]]s~~ (----)		You can make horizontal dividing lines (----)
	to separate text.		to separate text.
	----		----
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	References: <references/>		References: <references/>

	~~For details, see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] and [[Help:Footnotes]].~~
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	<pre>		<pre>
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	References: <references/>		References: <references/>

	~~For details, see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]]~~
	~~and [[Help:Footnotes]].~~
	</pre>		</pre>
	\|}		\|}

	== Links ==		== Links ==
	*From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples WikiText Examples]

	You will often want to make clickable ''links'' to other pages.		You will often want to make clickable ''links'' to other pages.

	{\|~~width="100%"~~ border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"		{\| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
	\|-		!width="50%"\|What it looks like
	!What it looks like		!width="50%"\|What you type
	!What you type
	\|-		\|-
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	You can ~~[[Help:Redirect\|~~redirect]] the user to another page.		You can redirect the user to another page.
	\|<pre>		\|<pre>
	#REDIRECT [[Official position]]		#REDIRECT [[Official position]]
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	without causing the page to be listed in the category:		without causing the page to be listed in the category:
	[[:Category:English documentation]]		[[:Category:English documentation]]
	~~</pre>~~
	\|-
	\|
	~~The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's~~
	~~date preferences. These three dates will show up the~~
	~~same if you choose a format in your~~
	~~[[Special:Preferences\|Preferences]]:~~
	* [[1969-07-20]]
	* [[July 20]], [[1969]]
	* [[20 July]] [[1969]]
	~~\|<pre>~~
	~~The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's~~
	~~date preferences. These three dates will show up the~~
	~~same if you choose a format in your~~
	~~[[Special:Preferences\|]]:~~
	* [[1969-07-20]]
	* [[July 20]], [[1969]]
	* [[20 July]] [[1969]]
	</pre>		</pre>
	\|}		\|}

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In the hopes that more Community Bike Shops will share information via the Bike Collectives Wiki, this page helps with basic wiki editing and also contains links to external articles.

== Basic Editing Skills ==

== See Also ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia Editing Article]

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