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Subsection

Sub-subsection

Section headings look like this:

== New section ==

=== Subsection ===

==== Sub-subsection ====

New line:

A single new line has no effect on the layout.

But an empty line

starts a new paragraph.

New line:

A single
new line
has no
effect on the
layout.

But an empty line

starts a new paragraph.

You can break lines
without starting a new paragraph.

You can break lines<br>
without starting a new paragraph.

• Bulleted lists are easy;
  • Just start every line with a star
    • more stars means deeper levels

* Bulleted lists are easy;
** Just start every line with a star
*** more stars means deeper levels

1. Numbered lists are also good
   1. very organized
   2. easy to follow
2. A newline
3. in a list

marks the end of the list.

1. New numbering starts
2. with 1.

<nowiki>
# Numbered lists are also good
## very organized
## easy to follow
#A newline
#in a list  
marks the end of the list.
#New numbering starts
#with 1.

• You can even do mixed lists
  1. and nest them
     • like this
       or have newlines
       inside lists

* You can even do mixed lists
*# and nest them
*#* like this<br>or have newlines<br>inside lists

• You can also
  • break lines
    inside lists
    like this

* You can also
**break lines<br>inside lists<br>like this

Definition list 

list

of definitions

item 

the item's definition

; Definition list : list
of definitions
; item : the item's definition

IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN
  it will be formatted exactly
    as typed;
  in a fixed-width font;
  lines won't wrap;
ENDIF
this is useful for:
  * pasting preformatted text;
  * algorithm descriptions;
  * program source code
  * ASCII art;
  * chemical structures;

WARNING: if you make the text wide, it won't wrap, and force the whole page to be wide and hence less readable.

 IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN
   it will be formatted exactly
     as typed;
   in a fixed-width font;
   lines won't wrap;
 ENDIF
 this is useful for:
   * pasting preformatted text;
   * algorithm descriptions;
   * program source code
   * ASCII art;
   * chemical structures;

<center>Centered text.</center>

 {{col-begin}}
 {{col-2}}
 ==Column 1==
 {{col-2}}
 ==Column 2==
 {{col-end}}

Joe is playing Half-Life 2.
Jane is playing Episode One.

Spaces are treated like underscores (typing an underscore is the same as typing a space, but is not recommended).

Joe is playing [[Half-Life 2]].<br>
Jane is playing [[Half-Life 2: Episode One|Episode One]].

When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it. You can do this by adding three tildes for your user name:

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or four for user name plus date/time:

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When adding a comment to a Talk page,
you should sign it. You can do this by
adding three tildes for your user name:
: ~~~
or four for user name plus date/time:
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Redirect one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line.

#REDIRECT [[Combine]]

External links: Wikipedia, [1]

External links:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia],
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page]

Or just give the URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Or just give the URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

To connect in between Wikis use the Interwiki code Half-Life on Wikipedia

[[Wikipedia:Half-Life|Half-Life on Wikipedia]]

If you are linking from another wikia to Half-Life Wiki then use the following code:

[[Wikia:c:en.Half-Life]]

Emphasize, strongly, very strongly.

• These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes.

''Emphasize'', '''strongly''',
'''''very strongly'''''.

A typewriter font for technical terms.

A typewriter font for 
<tt>technical terms</tt>.

You can use small text for captions.

You can use <small>small text</small> 
for captions.

You can strike out deleted material and underline new material.

You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike>
and <u>underline new material</u>.

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