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You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two single quotes like <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt>
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== Adding References ==
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<nowiki>[[Category:A]]</nowiki>  adds  an article to Category, A
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To find out how to add references using footnotes, see [[Conservapedia:Footnotes - technical help|this Help page]].
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<nowiki>[[Image:A.GIF]]</nowiki> loads the picture A.GIF on an article
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<nowiki>{{Car}}</nowiki> adds the template Car to an article
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<nowiki>#Redirect[[A]]</nowiki> redirects an article to the article, A
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<nowiki>{{SUBST:ABC}}</nowiki> substitutes all the information from Template:ABC into the article, note all future changes to the template:ABC will not be shown on the article
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<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki> puts your signature on a page
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<nowiki>{{welcome}} --~~~~</nowiki> welcomes a user to Conservapedia, note this should only be put on a user's talk page
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==References==
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<nowiki><ref>[nick.com]</ref></nowiki> cites nick.com as a reference for an article's claim
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<nowiki>{{Reflist}}</nowiki> makes a list of all the references used in an article
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==Proposals==
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<nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> propose deletion of an article
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<nowiki>{{merge with|A}}</nowiki> propose merging an article with the article, A
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==Linking==
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== Paragraphs ==
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<nowiki>[[Car]]</nowiki> links to the article Car using the word Car
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Mediawiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a newline with the HTML tag <tt><nowiki><br /></nowiki></tt>. 
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<nowiki>[[Car|Hello]]</nowiki> links to the article Car with the word Hello
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== HTML ==
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<nowiki>[[:Category:A]]</nowiki> links to the Category, A
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Some HTML-Tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki></tt>.
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<nowiki>[[:Category:Conservapedians|WXYZ]]</nowiki> links to the category, Conservapedians, using the word WXYZ
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== Recapitulative table ==
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<nowiki>[[:Image:A.GIF]]</nowiki> links to the picture A.GIF
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{| align="center" {{Prettytable}}
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||'''Description'''
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||'''You type'''
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||'''You get'''
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| colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere''
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| Underlined text
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|<tt><nowiki><u>underlined</u></nowiki></tt>
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|<u>underlined</u>
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|Italic text
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|<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt>
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|''italic''
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|Italic text
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|<tt><nowiki><i>italic</i></nowiki></tt>
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|''italic''
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| Bold text
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|<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt>
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|'''bold'''
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| Bold text
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|<tt><nowiki><b>bold</b></nowiki></tt>
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|<b>bold</b>
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| Bold and italic
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|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt>
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|'''''bold & italic'''''
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| Bold and italic
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|<tt><nowiki><b><i>bold & italic</i></b></nowiki></tt>
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|<b><i>bold & italic</i></b>
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| Bold and italic
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|<tt><nowiki><i><b>bold & italic</b></i></nowiki></tt>
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|<i><b>bold & italic</b></i>
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|assign a color to your text
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|<tt><nowiki><font color=blue>blue text</font></nowiki></tt>
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|<font color=blue>blue text</font>
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|assign a size to your text
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|<tt><nowiki><font size=5>size 5 text</font></nowiki></tt>
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|<font size=5>size 5 text</font>
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|bigger text
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|<tt><nowiki><big>big text</big></nowiki></tt>
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|<big>big text</big>
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|even bigger text
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|<tt><nowiki><big><big>bigger text</big></big></nowiki></tt>
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|<big><big>bigger text</big></big>
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|striked through text
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|<tt><nowiki><s>striked through text</s></nowiki></tt>
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|<s>striked through text</s>
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|display name of page
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|<tt><nowiki>{{SUBST:PAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
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|Deborah/sandbox
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|Escape wiki markup
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|<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki></nowiki></tt>
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|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
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| colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line''
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<tt><nowiki>==level 1==</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt><nowiki>===level 2===</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt><nowiki>====level 3====</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt><nowiki>=====level 4=====</nowiki></tt>
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==Level 1==
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&#42; one<br>
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&#42;&#42; three and one-third<br>
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&#42;&#42; three and two-thirds<br>
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&#35;&#35; three point one<br />
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## three point one
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## three point two
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;Definition
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preformatted text is done with
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<nowiki>[www.nick.com]</nowiki> links to an external site, nick.com
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==Font==
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__NOTOC__
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__NOEDITSECTION__
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<nowiki>''Car''</nowiki> italicizes the word Car
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==Links==
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<nowiki>'''Car'''</nowiki> Bolds the word Car
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To create a link to an article, surround the word you would like to make a link with two sets of brackets like this: <nowiki>[[Link]]</nowiki>
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<nowiki>'''''Car'''''</nowiki> Bolds and Italicizes the word Car
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To create a link with a title that is different than the page it is linked to format the link like this:<nowiki>[[Page linked to|title]]</nowiki>
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<nowiki><big>abc</big></nowiki> makes the text abc bigger
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To create an external link surround the web address with <nowiki>[ and a ]</nowiki> for example to make an external link to fox.com, you would do the following <nowiki>[fox.com]</nowiki>
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<nowiki><big><big>abc</big></big></nowiki> makes the text abc even bigger
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To create a link to a category after the <nowiki>[[ put an :</nowiki> for example to create a link to the category, Conservapedians, do the following: <nowiki>[[:Category:Conservapedians]]</nowiki> you can also change the default text like this: <nowiki>[[:Category:Conservapedians|WXYZ]]</nowiki>
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<nowiki><u>Hello</u></nowiki> underlines the word Hello
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To create a link to an image after the <nowiki>[[ put an :</nowiki> for example to create a link to the image, Cat.jpg, do the following: <nowiki>[[:Image:Cat.jpg]]</nowiki> you can also change the default text like this: <nowiki>[[:Image:Cat.jpg|WXYZ]]</nowiki>
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<nowiki><s>abc</s></nowiki> strikes through abc
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To create a list of links put an * in front of each link, for example:
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<nowiki><font color=blue>Word</font></nowiki> makes Word blue
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<nowiki><font size=55>abc</font></nowiki> sets abc to the font size of 55
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==Use a reference more than once in an article==
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<nowiki><ref name="a">[nick.com]</ref></nowiki> is used for the first time
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after that simply use <nowiki><ref name="a"/></nowiki>
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==Creating a list of internal links==
   
<nowiki>*[[A]]</nowiki>
 
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<nowiki>*[[D]]</nowiki>
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==Proposals==
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<nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> propose deletion of an article
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==Making templates==
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<nowiki>{{merge with|A}}</nowiki> propose merging an article with the article, A
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<nowiki>{{{1}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter for a template
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<nowiki>{{{1|car}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter for a template whose default is car
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<nowiki>{{{myage}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter named myage for a template
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==Creating redirects==
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To create a redirect put a <nowiki>#Redirect[[ then the name of the page for it to be redirected then ]]</nowiki>
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for example to redirect this page to the article on Bear, you'd put: <nowiki>#Redirect[[Bear]]</nowiki>
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<nowiki>{{{myage|car}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter named myage for a template whose default is car
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==Other==
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<nowiki>[[Category:A]]</nowiki>  adds  an article to Category, A
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<nowiki>[[Image:A.GIF]]</nowiki> loads the picture A.GIF on an article
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<nowiki>{{Car}}</nowiki> adds the template Car to an article
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<nowiki>{{SUBST:ABC}}</nowiki> substitutes all the information from Template:ABC into the article, note all future changes to the template:ABC will not be shown on the article
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<nowiki>{{welcome}} --~~~~</nowiki> welcomes a user to Conservapedia, note this should only be put on a user's talk page
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named parameters for example <nowiki>{{myage}}</nowiki> versus <nowiki> {{{1}}} or {{{2}}} or {{{3}}}</nowiki> do not have to be put in any particular  order
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==Signature==
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for example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{1}}} is my age</nowiki>
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To sign your username, type three tildes<nowiki>(~~~)</nowiki>.  To sign your username with a timestamp, use four tildes <nowiki>(~~~~)</nowiki>
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you would put <nowiki>{{User age|12}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 12 is my age
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===Making a custom signature===
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first make a subpage of user page which has your custom signature for example, User:Deborah/sig go to, my preferences click on raw signatures and put <nowiki>{{Subst:User:Deborah/sig}}</nowiki>
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another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{1}}} is my age, I was born in the month, {{{2}}}</nowiki>
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== Creating articles ==
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you would put <nowiki>{{User age|12|December}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 12 is my age I was born in the month December
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Please see [[Help:How to create a new article|How to create a new article]] for help on this.
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== Categories ==
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See [[Help:Category tag|Category tag]] for help on assigning articles to categories.
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another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{myage}}} is my age</nowiki>
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== Editing etiquette ==
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you would put <nowiki>{{User age|myage=19}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 19 is my age
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Observe good [[help:editing etiquette|editing etiquette]] when editing.
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== Templates ==
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another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{myage}}} is my age, I was born in the month, {{{mymonth}}}</nowiki>
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See [[help:templates|here]] for a list of templates with brief descriptions.
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you would put <nowiki>{{User age|myage=19|my month=January}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 19 is my age, I was born in the month, January    you also could put <nowiki>{{User age|my month=January|myage=19}}</nowiki> for the same result
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See [[help:creating templates|here]] for creating templates.
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==How do you make a custom signature==
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[[Category:Help|Formatting]]
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first make a subpage of user page which has your custom signature for example, User:Deborah/sig
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go to, my preferences click on raw signatures and put <nowiki>{{SUBST:User:Deborah/sig}}</nowiki>
 
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