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Spaces, New Lines, Paragraphs, And More
You might have already noticed that single spaces between lines do not create spaces in the text. For example:

Typing like this would come out like this:

Typing like this would come out like this:

A blank space between the two lines, on the other hand, creates a new paragraph. For example:

This would look like one paragraph.

This would look like another.

This would be the third.

This would look like one paragraph.

This would look like another.

This would be the third.

For a new line, you must use the line break (br) command after the line. (Single Spaces are not necessary, but are used for clarity.)

Just do this: Text Line 1 Text Line 2

Paragraph 2 Line 1

Text Line 1 Text Line 2

Paragraph 2 Line 1

Remember: For the sake of clarity, it is best to place a line break, but not necessary.

Emphasis
Hello!

How Are You?

This is basic, but important. Use three apostrophes for bold text and two for italics. The above section was made like this:

Hello!

How Are You?

HTML encoding also works. For Bold and Italics you would use the following:

Bold and Italics

Lists

 * Creating a bulleted list is simple.
 * Creating Sub-Bullets is just as easy.
 * And so on and so on and so on.
 * Going back is easy too.


 * Creating a bulleted list is simple.
 * Creating Sub-Bullets is just as easy.
 * And so on and so on and so on.
 * Going back is easy too.


 * 1) Numbered Lists are almost the same
 * 2) So are sub numbers
 * 3) sub sub numbers
 * 4) and going back is also just as easy.


 * 1) Numbered Lists are almost the same
 * 2) So are sub numbers
 * 3) sub sub numbers
 * 4) and going back is also just as easy.


 * Mixing lists are possible too.
 * Such as this one
 * You can also have new lines inside lists.


 * Mixing lists are possible too.
 * Such as this one
 * You can also have new lines inside lists.

Horizontal Rules
Don't use these too often, as they break up the page. Instead, it is recommended you use section breaks (see below). If you really need them, however, this is the formatting:

Indentation

 * A colon indents a line.


 * A colon indents a line.

Alignment
A page is left-aligned by default. Center Text Like This

Center Text Like This

Section Breaks
Many articles on the wiki use section headers and tables of contents, like the ones above. Two equal(=) signs makes a topic.

This is another topic
To add a Table Of Contents, type:

If a Table of Contents is automatic for the article (true for certain namespaces and templates), you can use this formatting to remove one:

Note: Table of contents lists only list topics that appear after they are inserted.