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In this way there is no need for the wikitables pipe character to appear in the #if conditional. However, sources and notes referred to in the muted cells won't get suppressed with the other contents, to the effect that they continue to be listed at the end of an article without any references to them occurring in the article's text.
Italic and bold formatting works correctly only within a single line. To reverse this effect where it has been automatically applied, use {} and {}. For text as small caps, use the template {}. Small chunks of source code within a line of normal text. Code is displayed in a monospace font.
[[Category:Text-specific formatting and function templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Text-specific formatting and function templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
For a guide to editing, see Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia; For an overview of commonly used style guidelines, see Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style; For a page on how to use Wikipedia in bite-sized morsels, see Wikipedia:Tips; For advice on writing style and formatting in a bullet-point format, see Wikipedia:Styletips
See also: the {{}} template. The #if function selects one of two alternatives based on the truth value of a test string. {{#if: test string | value if true | value if false}} As explained above, a string is considered true if it contains at least one non-whitespace character.
To edit a page using VisualEditor, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the page. It can take a few seconds for the page to open for editing, and longer if the page is very large. Clicking on the "Edit source" tab will open the classic wikitext source editor. You can also open VisualEditor by clicking on the "edit" link on each section.
Sorting can be done in separate files, such as using a DOS-prompt command: SORT myfile.DAT > myfile2.DAT, or else use a text-editor such as NoteTab, which has a modify-lines-sort option. Edit-tricks are most useful when multiple tables must be changed, then the time needed to develop complex edit-patterns can be applied to each table.
Text formatting in citations should follow, consistently within an article, an established citation style or system. Options include either of Wikipedia's own template-based Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2, and any other well-recognized citation system. Parameters in the citation templates should be accurate.