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Headers and Table of Contents

A page can and should be separated into sections. This can be achieved by using the header syntax. After at least four sections are added to a page, a table of contents will pop up at the start of that page.

=Header 1=
==Header 2==
===Header 3===
====Header 4====
=====Header 5=====
======Header 6======

NOTE: Do not put single equal signs around a header name, as this will end up creating a header with text that is the same size as the article's name. Also try to avoid going for headers beyond "header 4" wherever possible.

Magic Words

The table below is a cheatsheet of all of the different magic words you may use when creating an article.

__TOC__ - Can be placed anywhere on a page to position the table of contents onto an exact portion of the page
__FORCETOC__ - Serves a similar function to "__TOC__", where the position of the table of contents is determined. Can be used when you want a table of contents on your page, regardless of the number of sections it contains
__NOTOC__ - Used to prevent a table of contents from being created on a page, regardless of how many sections it contains

Tables

Table element	Wikitext	Required	Usage notes
Table start	{|	Required
Table caption	|+	Optional	Only between table start and first table row.
Table row	|-	Optional	Can be omitted before the first row.
Table header cell	!	Optional	Consecutive table header cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (!!); or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (!).
Table data cell	| or ||	Optional	Consecutive table data cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (||) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (|). This mark is also used to separate HTML attributes from cell and caption contents.
Table end	|}	Required