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Heading 1 (= Heading 1 =) is automatically generated as the title of the article, and is never appropriate within the body of an article. Sections start at the second level ( == Heading 2 == ), with subsections at the third level ( === Heading 3 === ), and additional levels of subsections at the fourth level ( ==== Heading 4 ==== ), fifth level ...
The section name is case-sensitive, unlike article titles which are case insensitive. Finally, consider adding a hidden comment to the target section so that future editors who edit the title of that section know they must search for and fix all incoming links, for example: <!-- The article ArticleName links to this section. Should the section ...
Wikipedia article titles and section headings use sentence case, not title case; see Wikipedia:Article titles and § Section headings. For capitalization of list items, see § Bulleted and numbered lists. Other points concerning capitalization are summarized below. Full information can be found at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters.
Originally, I italicized “Harry Potter” in the sub-section header (per WP:MOS-T) because it is the title of a work of art (series of novels). My edits were changed back by GearedBull , and his edit summary included this text: "...removed italicization of Harry Potter, does not meet wiki MOS criteria for use of italics."
In the HTML code for each section there is an "id" attribute holding the section title. This enables linking directly to sections. These section anchors are automatically used by MediaWiki when it generates a table of contents for the page, and therefore when a section heading in the ToC is clicked, it will jump to the section.
Use the magic word DISPLAYTITLE to change the way the title header is displayed on the page (although the stored page name is not affected). This is often done through a template, the most common one being {{ lowercase }} , which causes the title to be displayed with an initial lowercase letter, as in iPod .
Include "| link title" to create a stylish link title. If sections have the same title, add a number to link to any but the first. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section". You can use the pipe and retype the section title to display the text without the # symbol.
The first word in a compound preposition (e.g. Time Out of Mind) Not capitalized: For title case, the words that are not capitalized on Wikipedia (unless they are the first or last word of a title) are: Indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the) Short coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor ; also for, yet, so when used as conjunctions)