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'Proper Wiki Formatting refers to the correct use of formatting codes with the [[[source code] of the wiki article to control the layout and look of the page . Syntax is vital as the slightest error can result in a nonsensical, or at least, bizarre page layout.

= Proper Wiki Formatting[edit source]

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  • image:imageproper wiki format stuff Blah Blah Blah 18:48, 2 January 2026 ‎Portal:Internet/DYK (hist | edit) ‎[994 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '<!-- DYK entries should look like this: *... that blah blah blah blah blah? NOTE: Templates will show up as raw text instead of the actual template. That means no {{SP}} or {{noun}} or anything other than standard wikitext. Sorry! --> <noinclude><h2>Full DYK list</h2></noinclude> *... that brainrot was invented by the Chinese to turn American brains into jelly? *... that <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9W...') Tag: Disambiguation links 16:52, 2 January 2026 ‎Selenium (hist | edit) ‎[9,426 bytes] ‎MK (talk | contribs) (got pretty far somehow, will still need images and a few more sections filled out.) Tag: Visual edit 21:15, 1 January 2026 ‎Portal:Literature/Quotes (hist | edit) ‎[103 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{Pull quote|{{WildeQuotes}}|author=Oscar Wilde}} <noinclude>Category:Portal quotes</noinclude>') Tag: Very short new article 04:57, 1 January 2026 ‎Big Shot (hist | edit) ‎[2,541 bytes] ‎Fish on skates (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'The '''Big Shot''' was what can only be described as a basketball stunt first performed in 2021 by "pro" basketball player Nimrod Dick. The play required a 6-foot-long basketball, a trampoline covering half the court, and a hula hoop with several meters of net duct taped to it. The basketball game it was part off was normal up until then, when Nimrod "Big Shot" Dick decided to bring in a ton of weird props and be a "big shot". {{q|Ya see here, l...') 02:20, 1 January 2026 ‎MetroCard (hist | edit) ‎[3,810 bytes] ‎Sapplerx (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{American}} thumb|If you use it in the wrong way, you cannot get in. The '''MetroCard''' was a plastic card used by many New Yorkers to commute to the subway. As its name suggests, it is in the shape of a credit card. However, it is also useless because first of all, it takes a dollar to make one of these things. Another thing is that you have to swipe it in an exact way, otherwise the turnstile will not let you i...') Tag: Visual edit 18:48, 2 January 2026 ‎Portal:Internet/DYK (hist | edit) ‎[994 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '<!-- DYK entries should look like this: *... that blah blah blah blah blah? NOTE: Templates will show up as raw text instead of the actual template. That means no {{SP}} or {{noun}} or anything other than standard wikitext. Sorry! --> <noinclude><h2>Full DYK list</h2></noinclude> *... that brainrot was invented by the Chinese to turn American brains into jelly? *... that <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9W...') Tag: Disambiguation links 16:52, 2 January 2026 ‎Selenium (hist | edit) ‎[9,426 bytes] ‎MK (talk | contribs) (got pretty far somehow, will still need images and a few more sections filled out.) Tag: Visual edit 21:15, 1 January 2026 ‎Portal:Literature/Quotes (hist | edit) ‎[103 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{Pull quote|{{WildeQuotes}}|author=Oscar Wilde}} <noinclude>Category:Portal quotes</noinclude>') Tag: Very short new article 04:57, 1 January 2026 ‎Big Shot (hist | edit) ‎[2,541 bytes] ‎Fish on skates (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'The '''Big Shot''' was what can only be described as a basketball stunt first performed in 2021 by "pro" basketball player Nimrod Dick. The play required a 6-foot-long basketball, a trampoline covering half the court, and a hula hoop with several meters of net duct taped to it. The basketball game it was part off was normal up until then, when Nimrod "Big Shot" Dick decided to bring in a ton of weird props and be a "big shot". {{q|Ya see here, l...') 02:20, 1 January 2026 ‎MetroCard (hist | edit) ‎[3,810 bytes] ‎Sapplerx (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{American}} thumb|If you use it in the wrong way, you cannot get in. The '''MetroCard''' was a plastic card used by many New Yorkers to commute to the subway. As its name suggests, it is in the shape of a credit card. However, it is also useless because first of all, it takes a dollar to make one of these things. Another thing is that you have to swipe it in an exact way, otherwise the turnstile will not let you i...') Tag: Visual edit 18:48, 2 January 2026 ‎Portal:Internet/DYK (hist | edit) ‎[994 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '<!-- DYK entries should look like this: *... that blah blah blah blah blah? NOTE: Templates will show up as raw text instead of the actual template. That means no {{SP}} or {{noun}} or anything other than standard wikitext. Sorry! --> <noinclude><h2>Full DYK list</h2></noinclude> *... that brainrot was invented by the Chinese to turn American brains into jelly? *... that <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9W...') Tag: Disambiguation links 16:52, 2 January 2026 ‎Selenium (hist | edit) ‎[9,426 bytes] ‎MK (talk | contribs) (got pretty far somehow, will still need images and a few more sections filled out.) Tag: Visual edit 21:15, 1 January 2026 ‎Portal:Literature/Quotes (hist | edit) ‎[103 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{Pull quote|{{WildeQuotes}}|author=Oscar Wilde}} <noinclude>Category:Portal quotes</noinclude>') Tag: Very short new article 04:57, 1 January 2026 ‎Big Shot (hist | edit) ‎[2,541 bytes] ‎Fish on skates (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'The '''Big Shot''' was what can only be described as a basketball stunt first performed in 2021 by "pro" basketball player Nimrod Dick. The play required a 6-foot-long basketball, a trampoline covering half the court, and a hula hoop with several meters of net duct taped to it. The basketball game it was part off was normal up until then, when Nimrod "Big Shot" Dick decided to bring in a ton of weird props and be a "big shot". {{q|Ya see here, l...') 02:20, 1 January 2026 ‎MetroCard (hist | edit) ‎[3,810 bytes] ‎Sapplerx (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{American}} thumb|If you use it in the wrong way, you cannot get in. The '''MetroCard''' was a plastic card used by many New Yorkers to commute to the subway. As its name suggests, it is in the shape of a credit card. However, it is also useless because first of all, it takes a dollar to make one of these things. Another thing is that you have to swipe it in an exact way, otherwise the turnstile will not let you i...') Tag: Visual edit 18:48, 2 January 2026 ‎Portal:Internet/DYK (hist | edit) ‎[994 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '<!-- DYK entries should look like this: *... that blah blah blah blah blah? NOTE: Templates will show up as raw text instead of the actual template. That means no {{SP}} or {{noun}} or anything other than standard wikitext. Sorry! --> <noinclude><h2>Full DYK list</h2></noinclude> *... that brainrot was invented by the Chinese to turn American brains into jelly? *... that <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9W...') Tag: Disambiguation links 16:52, 2 January 2026 ‎Selenium (hist | edit) ‎[9,426 bytes] ‎MK (talk | contribs) (got pretty far somehow, will still need images and a few more sections filled out.) Tag: Visual edit 21:15, 1 January 2026 ‎Portal:Literature/Quotes (hist | edit) ‎[103 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{Pull quote|{{WildeQuotes}}|author=Oscar Wilde}} <noinclude>Category:Portal quotes</noinclude>') Tag: Very short new article 04:57, 1 January 2026 ‎Big Shot (hist | edit) ‎[2,541 bytes] ‎Fish on skates (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'The '''Big Shot''' was what can only be described as a basketball stunt first performed in 2021 by "pro" basketball player Nimrod Dick. The play required a 6-foot-long basketball, a trampoline covering half the court, and a hula hoop with several meters of net duct taped to it. The basketball game it was part off was normal up until then, when Nimrod "Big Shot" Dick decided to bring in a ton of weird props and be a "big shot". {{q|Ya see here, l...') 02:20, 1 January 2026 ‎MetroCard (hist | edit) ‎[3,810 bytes] ‎Sapplerx (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{American}} thumb|If you use it in the wrong way, you cannot get in. The '''MetroCard''' was a plastic card used by many New Yorkers to commute to the subway. As its name suggests, it is in the shape of a credit card. However, it is also useless because first of all, it takes a dollar to make one of these things. Another thing is that you have to swipe it in an exact way, otherwise the turnstile will not let you i...') Tag: Visual edit 18:48, 2 January 2026 ‎Portal:Internet/DYK (hist | edit) ‎[994 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '<!-- DYK entries should look like this: *... that blah blah blah blah blah? NOTE: Templates will show up as raw text instead of the actual template. That means no {{SP}} or {{noun}} or anything other than standard wikitext. Sorry! --> <noinclude><h2>Full DYK list</h2></noinclude> *... that brainrot was invented by the Chinese to turn American brains into jelly? *... that <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9W...') Tag: Disambiguation links 16:52, 2 January 2026 ‎Selenium (hist | edit) ‎[9,426 bytes] ‎MK (talk | contribs) (got pretty far somehow, will still need images and a few more sections filled out.) Tag: Visual edit 21:15, 1 January 2026 ‎Portal:Literature/Quotes (hist | edit) ‎[103 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{Pull quote|{{WildeQuotes}}|author=Oscar Wilde}} <noinclude>Category:Portal quotes</noinclude>') Tag: Very short new article 04:57, 1 January 2026 ‎Big Shot (hist | edit) ‎[2,541 bytes] ‎Fish on skates (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'The '''Big Shot''' was what can only be described as a basketball stunt first performed in 2021 by "pro" basketball player Nimrod Dick. The play required a 6-foot-long basketball, a trampoline covering half the court, and a hula hoop with several meters of net duct taped to it. The basketball game it was part off was normal up until then, when Nimrod "Big Shot" Dick decided to bring in a ton of weird props and be a "big shot". {{q|Ya see here, l...') 02:20, 1 January 2026 ‎MetroCard (hist | edit) ‎[3,810 bytes] ‎Sapplerx (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{American}} thumb|If you use it in the wrong way, you cannot get in. The '''MetroCard''' was a plastic card used by many New Yorkers to commute to the subway. As its name suggests, it is in the shape of a credit card. However, it is also useless because first of all, it takes a dollar to make one of these things. Another thing is that you have to swipe it in an exact way, otherwise the turnstile will not let you i...') Tag: Visual edit 18:48, 2 January 2026 ‎Portal:Internet/DYK (hist | edit) ‎[994 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '<!-- DYK entries should look like this: *... that blah blah blah blah blah? NOTE: Templates will show up as raw text instead of the actual template. That means no {{SP}} or {{noun}} or anything other than standard wikitext. Sorry! --> <noinclude><h2>Full DYK list</h2></noinclude> *... that brainrot was invented by the Chinese to turn American brains into jelly? *... that <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9W...') Tag: Disambiguation links 16:52, 2 January 2026 ‎Selenium (hist | edit) ‎[9,426 bytes] ‎MK (talk | contribs) (got pretty far somehow, will still need images and a few more sections filled out.) Tag: Visual edit 21:15, 1 January 2026 ‎Portal:Literature/Quotes (hist | edit) ‎[103 bytes] ‎RealDonaldTrump (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{Pull quote|{{WildeQuotes}}|author=Oscar Wilde}} <noinclude>Category:Portal quotes</noinclude>') Tag: Very short new article 04:57, 1 January 2026 ‎Big Shot (hist | edit) ‎[2,541 bytes] ‎Fish on skates (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'The '''Big Shot''' was what can only be described as a basketball stunt first performed in 2021 by "pro" basketball player Nimrod Dick. The play required a 6-foot-long basketball, a trampoline covering half the court, and a hula hoop with several meters of net duct taped to it. The basketball game it was part off was normal up until then, when Nimrod "Big Shot" Dick decided to bring in a ton of weird props and be a "big shot". {{q|Ya see here, l...') 02:20, 1 January 2026 ‎MetroCard (hist | edit) ‎[3,810 bytes] ‎Sapplerx (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '{{American}} thumb|If you use it in the wrong way, you cannot get in. The '''MetroCard''' was a plastic card used by many New Yorkers to commute to the subway. As its name suggests, it is in the shape of a credit card. However, it is also useless because first of all, it takes a dollar to make one of these things. Another thing is that you have to swipe it in an exact way, otherwise the turnstile will not let you i...') Tag: Visual edit Spot bad wiki formatting! ==== <blink> :Due to the []content-free nature </blink>
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