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Cheatsheet
Description	You type	You get
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic text	'''''bold and italic'''''	bold and italic
Internal link (within Tolkien Gateway)	[[Bilbo Baggins]] [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]]	Bilbo Baggins Bilbo
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000453/ IMDb] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Holm] [[Wikipedia:Ian Holm|Wikipedia]]	IMDb [1] Wikipedia
Referencing	Simple: Fact<ref>Source</ref> Source used more than once:<ref name="tralala">Source 2</ref> Reusing such a note: <ref name="tralala"/> (at the end of the article, type {{references}}	Simple: Fact Source used more than once: Reusing such a note:
Section headers	== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ====	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Adding bullets	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered list Empty lines between list items restarts numbering at 1.	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Thumbnail image See also Help: Images.	[[File:Parma.gif|thumb|The Tengwa Parma]]	The Tengwa Parma
Poem extension	<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;"> The text Of the Poem Goes here </poem>	The text Of the Poem Goes here