User:Dot.py/Article example

This is the lead section of an article.^{[Note 1]} It is used as a hook and summary of an article, or for when something is short and doesn't need it's own section.

Here is the second paragraph of the article.^{[Note 1]} The last word of this sentence is formatted as a wikilink.

Heading

This is a new section of the article. It's usually used when a specific topic of an article is notable enough to have it's own section.

Here is an example of a sentence that needs a citation, so it's given one.^[1] This sentence also needs a citation, but it doesn't have one, so the {{Citation needed}} template is used here.^{[citation needed]}

Sub-heading 1

This is the first sub-heading, listed under #Heading. Depending on the skin you're viewing this article on, it may appear either on the left sidebar or in a little box at the top.

Sub-heading 2

Many people say^{[weasel words]} that this information is currently outdated.^{[as of?]}

Sub-heading 3

There are many templates on Wikipedia, and they can show you pretty cool things. ^{[unbalanced opinion?]} For example, the {{NUMBEROF}} template can show statistics of Wikipedia.^{[Note 2]} There are 7,222,920 articles on the English Wikipedia, and you can purge this page's server cache to update this information (don't worry, you can't break anything by purging.)

Sub-heading 4

There are 4 levels of sub-headings, with this being the last.

Sub-heading 1 (again)

Sections can have multiple of the same types of sub-headings. Just like having multiple subheadings, you can also re-use citations multiple times^[1], but you don't need to re-use citations.^[2]

Notes

Here's where the notes are put, which are shown in the article as ^{[Note #]}.

1 2 Note that the first—and only the first—occurrence of the article's name is bold.
↑ Wikilinks are usually only used for the first occurrence of a word.

References

Here is where the citations and references are shown.

1 2 This is an example of a citation. Because this is re-used, it has "a" and "b" showing where it cites.
↑ Because this citation isn't re-used, it just has a "^" symbol denoting what it cites.

[firstoccurrencename-1] 1 2 Note that the first—and only the first—occurrence of the article's name is bold.

[wikilinksparsity-3] Wikilinks are usually only used for the first occurrence of a word.

[:0-2] 1 2 This is an example of a citation. Because this is re-used, it has "a" and "b" showing where it cites.

[4] Because this citation isn't re-used, it just has a "^" symbol denoting what it cites.

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