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Header text	Header text	Header text
Italics, bold, and both	''italics'', '''bold''', and '''''both'''''	italics, bold, and both
Link to another page see Help:Interwiki linking for linking to other projects	[[Rock Monster]] [[Rock Monster]]s	Rock Monster Rock Monsters
"Pipe" a link to change the link's text	[[Large Mobile Laser Cutter|LMLC]]	LMLC
Link to a section	[[LEGO Rock Raiders#History]] [[LEGO Rock Raiders#History|history of Rock Raiders]] {{slink|LEGO Rock Raiders#History}}	LEGO Rock Raiders#History history of Rock Raiders LEGO Rock Raiders § History
Red link links to pages that don't exist are automatically red; red links in articles often help by showing desired articles or redirects.	[[Red link example]]	Red link example
Link to Wikipedia see Help:Interwiki linking for linking to other projects	[[Wikipedia:Lego]] [[Wikipedia:History of Lego|Lego history]] [[Wikipedia:da:København|København]] {{ill|Copenhagen|da|København}}	Wikipedia:Lego Lego history København Copenhagen
Plain website	https://www.wikipedia.org	https://www.wikipedia.org
Link a website	[https://www.wikipedia.org]	[1]
Link and name a website	[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]	Wikipedia
Citations, references, and footnotes sources in the article will appear where {{reflist}} is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page; text between {{}} is for a template.	Hello<ref name="LoC">[https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress]</ref> World!<ref>[https://www.w3.org/ World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)]</ref> Hello again!<ref name="LoC" /><ref>Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 1984.</ref> References: {{reflist}}	Hello World! Hello again! References:
Template:Citation needed one of many cleanup templates	The next statement is true.{{citation needed}} The previous statement is false.{{cn}}	The next statement is true.[citation needed] The previous statement is false.[citation needed]
Signature sign your contributions when posting to a talk page	~~~~	Username (talk) 10:03, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
Strike your text	<s>This topic isn't notable</s>	This topic isn't notable
Underline your text	<u>This topic is notable</u>	This topic is notable
Hide comment(s) somewhere for editors; hidden comments are visible only in the editors	<!--This had consensus, discuss at talk page-->
Show an image for uploading, see the intro to uploading images	[[File:Example Lego.jpg|thumb|Caption]]	Caption
Add a page to a category	[[Category:Category name]] place near the bottom of a page	shows "Category name" in a bar at bottom when the page is previewed or published
Link to a category or file	[[:Category:Category name]] [[:File:File name]]	Category:LEGO Rock Raiders File:Example Lego.jpg
Works only at the beginning of lines
Description	You type	You get
Redirect to another page redirects must be placed at the start of the first line	#REDIRECT [[Target page]]	Target page
Redirect to a section of another page	#REDIRECT [[Target page#anchorName]]	Target page#anchorName
Section headings a Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article	== Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ====== do not use  = Level 1 =  as it is for page titles	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bulleted list	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting textTemplate:Anchor this is used when replying on a talk page, to make it easier to follow conversations. After a string of indents, or to revive a discussion, an outdent {{Outdent|n}} (Template:Outdent) can be used to reset the paragraph to the left margin.	no indent (normal) : first indent :: second indent ::: third indent :::: fourth indent {{Outdent|4}} return to left margin	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent fourth indent return to left margin

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