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Contents 1. Text   2. Numbers   3. Links & Images   4. Lists & Tables   5. Problem resolution   6. Other Templates

Text

Formatting
You type	You get
==Top level heading==	Top level heading
===2nd level heading===	2nd level heading
====3rd level heading====	3rd level heading
=====4th level heading=====	4th level heading
======5th level heading======	5th level heading
{{Center|text}}	Centered text
<span style="font-size:xx-small">text</span>	xx-small text
<span style="font-size:x-small">text</span>	x-small text
<span style="font-size:small">text</span>	small text
<span style="font-size:medium">text</span>	medium text
<span style="font-size:large">text</span>	large text
<span style="font-size:x-large">text</span>	x-large text
<span style="font-size:xx-large">text</span>	xx-large text
{{resize|N|text}}	resize text to using % or em (.NNem = NN%)
'''bold'''	bold
''italics''	italics
'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
{{font|text=&#133;|font=face|size=px/%/em/pt|color=&#133;|bgcolor=&#133;}}	change size, color, bgcolor and font
---- (must be coded on own line)
<nowiki>nnn</nowiki>	disables wiki markup
<nowiki />	disables markup inside html and wiki tags
<!--nnnn-->	comment text (hides text)
{{^|hidden text}} or {{Void|hidden text}}	comment text (hides text)
&nbsp;	non-breakable space
{{nowrap|text}}	prevents line of text from being split
{{SubSup|sub|super}}	superscript2  subscript1  and both2 1 , first (blank) field forces text to be italicized
{{Pre|Preformatted}}	Preformatted
{{Quote|text=Quote|author=Author|title=Article title|source=''Book'' (date)}}	Quote — Author, Article title, Book (date)
{{abbr|acronym|fullname}}	NATO

Typefaces
Font	Example
Arial	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Arial Black	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Calibri	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Cambria	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Candara	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Comic Sans MS	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Consolas	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Constantia	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Corbel	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Courier New	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Franklin Gothic Heavy	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Franklin Gothic Medium	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Garamond	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Georgia	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
GulimChe	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Impact	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Lucida Console	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
MingLiU	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
MS Gothic	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Symbol	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Tahoma	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Times New Roman	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Trebuchet MS	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Verdana	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Webdings	Quickly box the five jumping wizards
Wingdings	Quickly box the five jumping wizards

ASCII Characters
  space ! ! # # % %	' ' * * - - / /	: : = = > > @ @	[ [ \ \ ] ] ^ ^	_ _ { { | | } }	£ £ ¥ ¥ ± ± ¼ ¼	½ ½ ¾ ¾ × × ÷ ÷

Accented Characters
You type	You get
À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù	À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù
Á á É é Í í Ó ó Ú ú	Á á É é Í í Ó ó Ú ú
 â Ê ê Î î Ô ô Û û	 â Ê ê Î î Ô ô Û û
àã Õ õ	à ã Õ õ
Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü ÿ	Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü ÿ
Å å Ç ç Ñ ñ Ø ø	Å å Ç ç Ñ ñ Ø ø
Æ æ Œ œ ß	Æ æ Œ œ ß

Ships' Names
You type	You get
{{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}}	Fletcher-class destroyer
{{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|0}}	Fletcher-class (adjective)
{{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|4}}	Fletcher class (noun)
{{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|5}}	Fletcher (table)
{{sclass-|M|submarine}}	M-class submarine
{{MS|Queen Elizabeth}}	MS Queen Elizabeth
{{SS|Great Eastern|1858}}	SS Great Eastern (1858)
{{SS|Great Eastern|1858|3}}	Great Eastern (1858)
{{SS|Great Eastern|1858|6}}	SS Great Eastern
{{MV|Georgic|1932}}	MV Georgic (1932)
{{MV|Georgic|1932|3}}	Georgic (1932)
{{MV|Georgic|1932|6}}	MV Georgic
{{HMS|Royal Oak|08|2}}	Royal Oak
{{HMS|Royal Oak|08|3}}	Royal Oak (08)
{{HMS|Royal Oak|08|6}}	HMS Royal Oak
{{HMS|Royal Oak|08|2}}	Royal Oak
{{RMS|Olympic}}	RMS Olympic
{{RMS|Oceanic|1899}}	RMS Oceanic (1899)
{{RMS|Oceanic|1899|6}}	RMS Oceanic
{{USS|Fletcher|DD-445}}	USS Fletcher (DD-445)
{{USS|Fletcher|DD-445|3}}	Fletcher (DD-445)
{{USS|Fletcher|DD-445|6}}	USS Fletcher
{{HMCS|Magnificent|CVL 21}}	HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21)
{{HMCS|Magnificent|CVL 21|3}}	Magnificent (CVL 21)
{{HMCS|Magnificent|CVL 21|6}}	HMCS Magnificent
{{Jsub|I-19}}	Japanese submarine I-19
{{GS|U-505}}	German submarine U-505
{{GS|Deutschland}}	German submarine Deutschland
{{SMS|Baden}}	SMS Baden
{{SMS|Baden|1915}}	SMS Baden (1915)
{{SMS|Baden|1915|3}}	Baden (1915)
{{USCGC|Taney|WHEC-37}}	USCGC Taney (WHEC-37)
{{USCGC|Taney|WHEC-37|6}}	USCGC Taney
{{HMAS|Melbourne|R21}}	HMAS Melbourne (R21)
{{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}}	HMAS Melbourne

Numbers

Formatting
You type	You get
{{hands/numdisp|1 2/3}}	displays fractions as 1 2⁄3
{{Ordinal|##|sup=yes}}	ordinals per: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, omit sup=yes for 9th
{{sup|##}}	superscript2: do not use ascii character or code
{{sub|##}}	subscript2: ditto
{{nts|###}}	Displayed used as sort key, format=no strips key of commas.
{{dts|year|month|day}}	makes dates sortable, format optional
{{hs|###}}	hidden sort key (first data in cell)
{{Inflation|ISO_code|cost|yr1|yr2|r=n}}	inflation adjuster. yr2 optional, r=decimals, omit if 0
{{Coord|##|##|##.#|N|##|##|##.#|W}}	coordinates as 45°27′37″N 75°38′46″W, N & W optional
{{Coord|##.###|N|##.###|W|display=title}}	ditto but decimal degrees. display=title also optional
{{Age in years and days|yyyy|mm|dd|yyyy2|mm2|dd2}}	years & days. Omit 2nd date for current

Conversions
You type	You get
{{formatnum|###}}	add commas to output from other functions
{{Formatprice|####}}	convert prices to thousands, millions, billions etc
{{convert|###|unit|abbr=on/in/out}}	display units as name or abbreviation, as 60 mph (97 km/h)
{{convert|###|unit|order=flip}}	flip output order, so conversion is first
{{convert|# #/#|unit}}	convert fractions as {{convert|3 7/16|in}}
{{convert|###|-/or/and/by/x/±|###|unit}}	convert multiple numbers as 10 cm × 7 cm (3.9 in × 2.8 in)
{{convert|###|unit1|###|unit2}}	convert multipart measurements as 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m)
{{convert|###|unit|N}}	output precison, positive = more decimal places
{{convert|###|unit|sortable=on}}	Adds hidden sort key
{{cvt|###|unit}}	Same as adding abbr=on argument to convert template
convert/cvt template units (metric)	km/h, m/s, km, m, cm, mm, l, m3, cm3, kt, tonne, MT, kg, m2, cm2, kW, C, C-change
convert/cvt template units (imperial)	mph, knot, ft/s, nmi, mi, yd, ft, in, impgal usgal/gal, cuft, cuin, t, LT ST, lb, oz, sqft, sqin, hp, F, F-change

Math
You type	You get
<math></math>	formula tags (bold)
{{math|...}}	inline formula tags (normal text)
<math>1\times 2\div \left ( 3 4- 5 \right ) = or \neq n</math>	operators: $1\times 2\div \left(3 4-5\right)=or\neq n$
<math>\frac {2a}{b^2}</math> or <math>a \over z</math> or <math>\tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}</math>	fractions: ${\frac {2a}{b^{2}}}$ or $a \over z$ or ${\tfrac {1}{\sqrt {2}}}$
<math>a, n, x, y, x', y', \alpha\!, \Delta, \Sigma, \Omega </math>	variables: $a,n,x,y,x',y',\alpha \!,\Delta ,\Sigma ,\Omega$
<math>e, i, \pi, \ln, \infty</math>	constants: $e,i,\pi ,\ln ,\infty$
<math>\sin x, \cos x, \tan x \cot x, \sec x, \csc x, </math><br><math> \arcsin x, \arccos x, \arctan x</math><br><math>\sinh x, \cosh x, \tanh x, \coth x </math>	ratios: $\sin x,\cos x,\tan x\cot x,\sec x,\csc x,$ $\arcsin x,\arccos x,\arctan x$ $\sinh x,\cosh x,\tanh x,\coth x$
<math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>	sum: $\sum _{n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {x^{n}}{n!}}$
<math> f(x)</math>	function: $f(x)$
<math>\sqrt[x]{n\over z} </math>	square root: ${\sqrt[{x}]{n \over z}}$
<math>a_{i-j}, a^{2 2}</math>	subscripts and superscripts: $a_{i-j},a^{2 2}$
<math>\lim_{n \to \infty}x_n</math>	limits: $\lim _{n\to \infty }x_{n}$
<math>\binom{n}{k}</math>	binomials: ${\binom {n}{k}}$
<math>\overset{\alpha}{\omega}</math>	stacks: ${\overset {\alpha }{\omega }}$
<math>\begin{bmatrix} n & \cdots & p\\ \vdots & \ddots & \vdots\\ n x & \cdots & p x\end{bmatrix}</math>	matrix: ${\begin{bmatrix}n&\cdots &p\\\vdots &\ddots &\vdots \\n x&\cdots &p x\end{bmatrix}}$
<math> \begin{align} f(x) & = (a b)^2 \\ & = a^2 2ab b^2 \\ \end{align}</math>	multiline equations: ${\begin{aligned}f(x)&=(a b)^{2}\\&=a^{2} 2ab b^{2}\\\end{aligned}}$

Links & Images

Link Syntax
You type	You get
[[pagename]]	pagename - a link to page of pagename
[[pagename|linktext]]	changes visible name of link
[[pagename#nnn]]	link to position or anchor nnn in page
{{anchor|anchorname}}	hidden anchor for linking to posiiton on page
{{vanchor|anchorname}}	as previous but anchorname is visible
[[prefix:pagename (specifier)|]]	prefix and info in brackets removed from visible link
[[Sourcewiki:pagename|linktext]]	linktext on specified wiki
[[Wikipedia:nnnnnn]]	link from wikicommons back to wikipedia
http://www.wikipedia.org	http://www.wikipedia.org url link to external site
[http://nnnnn]	[1] ref link to external site
[http://nnnnn linktext]	text link to external site, won't render images
<span class="plainlinks">[link]</span>	removes external link icon
#redirect [[nnnn]]	redirects to page nnnn, if page lacks content
#redirect [[nnnn#aaaa]]	redirects to page nnnn at position aaaa
[[:Category:Category name]]	adds page to category page (no 20 cat pileups!)
{{About|This page|description of other page|other page}}	This page is about This page. For description of other page, see other page.
{{redirect|link_here|For ...|link_somewhere_else}}	"Comet (aircraft)" redirects here. For other aircraft called Comet, see Comet (disambiguation) § Aircraft.

Table of Contents
You type	You get
__TOC__	specifies where TOC is to appear
__NOTOC__	prevents TOC from appearing
__FORCETOC__	creates TOC even if less than 4 headings
{{TOC limit|n}}	only allows entries with n number of = signs to appear

Disambiguation
You type	You get
{{main|page1|l1=1|page2|l2=2}}	Main articles: 1 and 2
{{main|User:NiD.29|l1=NiD.29|User:NiD.29/Flags|l2=Flags}}	Main pages: NiD.29 and Flags
{{other uses}}	For other uses, see User:NiD.29/Wikipedia Syntax (disambiguation).
{{about|One|Two|Two}}	This page is about One. For Two, see Two.
{{see also|One|Two}}	See also: One and Two
{{for|Other topics|One|Two}}	For Other topics, see One and Two.

Image Syntax (basic) & (extended)
You type	You get
[[File:filename|center|thumb|caption]]	caption
Parameters
[[File:filename	link to image - [[:file: prevents image from displaying.
|border="n" or |frameless or |frame	controls border
|thumb	thumbnail at default size/alignment if unspecified
|upright=	increase thumbnail to n times default size
|{width}px or |x{height}px or |{width}x{height}px	deprecated image dimensions
|left or |right or |center or |none	horizontal page alignment
|baseline or |sub or |super or |top or |text-top or |middle or |bottom or |text-bottom	vertical alignment
|link={specify.diff.targetpage.or.URL} or |link={} or |link=|	change image link (defaults to image page)
|alt=...	alternate text, use if image badly named
|page={pdf.or.djvu.page.number}	specify image for thumbnail if several in file
|Caption	image caption
]]	closing brackets

{{Multiple image}}
You type	You get
{{multiple image|direction=|height=|header= |image1=|caption1=|footer=}}	Header Wiki.png Commons-logo-en.svg Footer text
|align=right	right (default), left, center, none
|direction=vertical	horizontal (default), vertical
|width=100	image width (pixels) overrides individual image widths
|total_width=300	width of all images (pixels)
|perrow=2	number of images per row for matrix
|header=header text	header_align and header_background can be added
|image1=x.jpg	Filename without prefix, maximum of 10 images
|width1=700	Original image full size width (not display size)
|height1=450	Original image full size height (not display size)
|caption1=x text	Caption
|footer=footer text	footer_align and footer_background can be added
]]	Closing brackets

Map syntax
You type	You get
{{Location map |Canada |caption= |width=317 |places=   {{Location map~|Canada   |mark=Aircraft_icon.png|marksize=8   |link=Comox Air Force Museum      |lat_deg=49.7147      |lon_deg=-124.9084   }} ... }}
{{Location map |mapname	Opening tag and Map ("Location map" omitted)
|width=|border=	px, number only, default is 240
|caption=	may be wikilinked, current page name if undefined
|alt=	WP:ALT
|relief=|AlternativeMap=|overlay_image=	map subvariant, add notes or lines
|places=	opening tag to list locations
{{Location map~	opening tag for each location
|mapname	map - same as in main opening tag
|label=|label_size=|position=|background=	dot label parameters
|mark=|marksize=	alternate dot - & more and dot size
|link=	link page (square brackets optional)
|lat_deg=|lat_min=|lat_sec=|lat_dir=	use lat_deg for decimal degrees (seconds optional)
|lon_deg=|lon_min=|lon_sec=|lon_dir=	use lon_deg for decimal degrees (seconds optional)
}}	location closing brackets
}}	map closing brackets

Flags: my list
You type	You get
{{(flagicon/flag/navy/army/airforce)|country|variant|size=|name=}}	flag of country/variant at size (default is 22×20 pixels)
{{CAN}}	ISO code (alternate to country name): Canada
{{flagdeco|CAN}}	No links or text:
{{flagicon|Canada}}	icon only:
{{flagicon|CAN}}	icon only:
{{flagicon|Canada|size=70px}}	flag set size:
{{flagicon|Canada|1921}}	variant icon:
{{flagicon|Canada|air force-1924}}	Air Force icon:
{{flag|Canada}}	flag and name: Canada
{{flag|CAN}}	flag and ISO code: CAN
{{flag|Canada|1921}}	variant: Canada
{{flag|Canada|1921|name=RCAF}}	variant with custom text: RCAF
{{flag|Canada|air force-1924}}	Air Force variant: Canada
{{flagcountry|CAN}}	flag and name: Canada - may change country name
{{air force|Canada}}	Air Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
{{air force|Canada|air force-1924}}	Air Force (1924): Royal Canadian Air Force
{{flag|CAN|RCAF}}	force text change: RCAF
{{flag|CAN|name=Canadian Forces}}	force text change: Canadian Forces
{{navy|CAN}}	Navy: Royal Canadian Navy
{{navy|CAN|1911}}	Navy (1911): Royal Canadian Navy
{{navy|CAN|name=R.C.N.}}	force text change: R.C.N.
{{army|CAN}}	Army: Canadian Army

Gallery Tag
You type	You get
<gallery caption="Test 1" widths=60px heights=40px> Image:Nieuport IVG.jpg|Nieuport IV.G Image:Nieuport 10 C.1.jpg|Nieuport 10 Image:Nieuport 17 C.1.jpg|Nieuport 17 Image:Nieuport 28 C.1.jpg|Nieuport 28 </gallery>	Test 1 Nieuport IV.G Nieuport 10 Nieuport 17 Nieuport 28
<gallery>	gallery open tag
caption=	Gallery title
widths=(px,#only)|heights=(ditto)	Image dimensions
Image:file_name.ext|caption	Image link and caption, add as required
</gallery>	gallery close tag

Gallery Template
You type	You get
{{Gallery|title=Test 2|width=60|height=40|align=center |File:Nieuport IVG.jpg|Nieuport 4 |File:Nieuport_10_colourized.jpg|Nieuport 10 |File:Nieuport 17 C.1.jpg|Nieuport 17 |Image:Nieuport 28 C.1.jpg|Nieuport 28}}	Test 2 Nieuport 4 Nieuport 10 Nieuport 17 Nieuport 28

Musical notation
You type	You get
<score>\relative c' { fis d fis a d f e d c cis d e a g f ees }</score>

References
You type	You get
*{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=|publisher=|location=|year=|isbn=|lccn=|pages=#-##}}	surname, name (1234). title. place: publisher. pp. 7–77. ISBN 1111111111.
*{{cite magazine|last1=|first1=|title=||magazine=|year=|volume=|issue=|publisher=|pages=#-##}}	{{cite magazine|last1=surname |first1=name |title=article ||magazine=magazine |year=1234 |volume=7 |issue=7 |publisher=publisher |pages=7-77}
*{{cite web|last1=|first1=|url=https://en.url.org/|url-status=live|title=page name|date=|work=site|publisher=|accessdate=}}	author(s) (7 July 1977). "page title". site. publisher. Retrieved 7 July 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
<ref>Lastname, year, page(s) - pp. or p.</ref>
<ref name="reftag">Lastname, year, page(s)</ref>
<ref name="reftag" /> (for additional uses of ref)
<ref group="groupname">Comment</ref>
{{reflist}} (must be on page if ref invoked)
{{reflist|group="groupname"}} (must be on page if group invoked)
{{refbegin}}...{{refend}}	alternate to {{reflist}})
{{efn|name=notename|group=upper/lower(-)alpha/roman|footnotetext}}	replace "note #" w. style
{{Harvnb|author|year}}	nb=no brackets, Author 1999, p. 1

Lists & Tables

List Syntax
You type	You get
*aaaa *bbbb **cccc **dddd	aaaa bbbb cccc dddd
#aaaa #bbbb ##cccc ###dddd	aaaa bbbb cccc dddd
Flatlist|(class=hnum|) * [[a]] * [[b]] * [[c]] }}	horizontal list - class=hnum| and # needed for numbers a b c or a b c
;Term :Definition	Term Definition
;Term :Definition :Definition	Term Definition Definition (definitions after first must be on new lines)
#<li value="9">AAAA</li> #BBBB #CCCC	AAAA BBBB CCCC

Table Syntax
You type	You get
{| |- | align=right | 9.||AAAA |- | align=right | 10.||BBBB |- | align=right | 11.||CCCC |}	9. AAAA 10. BBBB 11. CCCC
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%" | Title !rowspan="2"|head1!!colspan="2"|head2 |- !head3!!head4 |- !row |1A||1B |- !foot1||foot2||foot3 |}	Title head1 head2 head3 head4 row 1A 1B foot1 foot2 foot3

Aviation List Tables
You type	You get
{{avilisthead}}	Type Country Class Role Date Status No. Notes
{{avilisthead|general}}	Type Country Class Role Date Status No. Notes
{{avilisthead|military}}	Type Country Class Role Date Status No. Notes
{{avilisthead|mil-current}}	Type Origin Class Role Introduced In service Total Notes
{{avilisthead|role}}	Type Country Class Date Status No. Notes
{{avilisthead|nonstandard}}	No header row, use if consensus reached that other formats are unsuitable.
|}{{end table}}	close table

Table Formatting
You type	You get
{|	open table
class="wikitable"	provides style defaults (borders etc.)
class="wikitable sortable"	allows table to be sorted (won't work with colspan)
class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"	collapses table so only header visible
style="font-size: ##%;"	specify font size for table
style="width:##% or ##px;"	specify table width
style="text-align:center;"	specify table alignment
style="height:##px;"	specify table height
style="background:ccc; color:ccc;"	specify table colours
style="border(-left/-right/-bottom/-top):#px solid ccc;"	specify specific cell borders
style="border:#px solid/double/dashed/dotted ccc;"	specify cell border type (0 eliminates border)
| Title	title (centered and bold above table)
|- valign="top"|	align text to top of cells on row (no tablewide version)
!	center & bold cell on new line and all cells on line
!!	new header cell on same line, follows single !
|	new cell - if at start of new line
||	new cell - cell is centered & bold if following a !
colspan="n"|	cell spans n columns
rowspan="n"|	cell spans n rows
|-	new row
|- border="0"	no borders used on this row
|- style="background:ccc1; color:ccc2"	set row background & text colors as ccc1 & ccc2
|}	close table

Cell Formatting
You type	You get
bgcolor="cccc"|	set cell background color as cccc (name or hex code)
align="position"|	aligns cell or column "center" "left" or "right"
style="padding-left: 2em"|	indent contents of cell
width="32px /30%"|	sets column width in pixels or percent
height="32px /30%"|	sets row height in pixels or percent
style="border(-left/-right/-bottom/-top):#px solid ccc;"	specify specific cell borders
style="border:#px solid/double/dashed/dotted ccc;"	specify cell border type (0 eliminates border)
{{nts|###}} ca.	sortable #, ignore prefix, format=no = no commas
{{dts|year|month|day}}	makes dates sortable, format optional
{{hs|###}}	hidden sort key (first data in cell)
{{sort|value|display}}	change sort value
style=white-space:nowrap|	prevents text from being split into multiple lines

Tabs (Never use on encyclopedia pages)
You type	You get
{{tab1|link|caption}} (in table)	tab1 is highlighted.
{{tab2|link|caption}} (in table)	tab2 is background.
<!-- BEGIN TABS --> {| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" {{tab1|[[User:NiD.29|Main]]}} {{tab2|[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/NiD.29 Images]}} {{tab2|[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NiD.29 Drawings]}} |} <!-- END TABS -->	Main        Images        Drawings
{{Start tab}}	tabs at top of page with optional box
rounding=	corners of tabs in em or px or %
off tab color=	works with # codes and some names, defaults to a pale blue, current tab automatically selected
on tab color=	defaults to white, current page's tab automatically selected
border=	thickness (px), line-type, # code
tab spacing percent=	gap between tabs
tab font-size=	set size of font in tabs
nowrap=	yes/no prevents text from wrapping
tab alignment=	left or right text alignment, center is default
tab-n=	Text in tab maximum 20 tabs, n refers to tab number
image-n=	(icon at 20px to left of text), transparent background works best
link-n=	url. May be skipped if used in tab-n.
freeform-n=	yes/no allows code in tab-n field, needed for external links
frame=yes/no	thickness (px), line-type, # code, default is yes, creates box around page
frame color=	thickness (px), line-type, # code
{{Start tab | tab-1 = Main | link-1 = User:NiD.29 |image-1 = Home font awesome.svg | tab-2 = Syntax | link-2 = User:NiD.29/Wikipedia_Syntax | image-2 = Nieuport 11 silhouette.png | tab-3 = Drawings | link-3 = User:NiD.29/Drawings | image-3 = Boeing-Canada A-213 Totem 3 view colour drawing.png | frame = no | nowrap = yes | rounding = .5em | off tab color = #6F91FF | on tab color = #ffffff | border = 1px solid #6F91FF | tab spacing percent = .2 }}	Main Syntax Drawings

Problem resolution

Cleanup
{{Expand list|date=}}	This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
{{who|date=}}	Weasel word, vague or unspecified source
{{dubious|date=}}	doubtful - prove it
{{or|date=}}	original research (verboten)
{{verify credibility|date=}}	source questionable
{{unreliable sources|date=}}	source(s) are known for errors
{{self-published|date=}}	source is personal opinion in book form
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