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This is where I can play around with formatting, and test things out.

Adriaan Pauw, my ancestor and the Grand Pensionary of Holland in 1631

On Being Bold

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  1. Look at this sentence, and then look again in the Edit tab!
  2. For a guide to Wikipedia Markup language, search Wikipedia for WP:Markup.
    1. If you can't remember the markup, there are some tools at the top of your edit window for text formatting. Examples include bold, italic, making links, Special ฿†¢€₥₮৳ Characters, all kinds of lists, and more. So you don't necessarily need to know the markup language to edit successfully!
  3. I had fun building up my user page, but it's important to remember that Wikipedia is not a blog.[1] Make sure your user page content is appropriate.[2] And then have fun in your sandbox!
    1. In Wikipedia, usually people cite their sources using footnotes.
      1. I sort of winged this citation.[3]
      2. For this footnote, I used Wikipedia's "Cite" function in the Edit tab, to guide the creation of my footnote. How does this footnote compare?[4] You might need to look at this under the Edit tab to see all the differences!
  4. Lovely Editing Instructions

Other Things

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I'm at a loss for my example of an unordered list, so: Things on My Desk

Research, Shortcuts, and Keeping Found Things Found

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CTRL+F

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Have a lot of text you don't want to read? Want to find a word instantly, without reading or even skimming? CRTL+F is your solution!
And oh my goodness: 90% of U.S. internet users don't know about it. Consult the Table of keyboard shortcuts for more!

References

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  1. ^ "What Wikipedia is Not". Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  2. ^ "What May I have in My User Pages?". Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Wikipedia:Citing Sources". Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2011.10.03. {{cite web}}: Text "Wikipedia: Citing Sources" ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Wikipedia: Citing Sources". Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  5. ^ Howard Zinn (2003). A People's History of the United States. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)