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In the current version the export format does not contain an XML replacement of wiki markup (see Wikipedia DTD for an older proposal, or Wiki Markup Language). You only get the wikitext as you get when editing the article. (After export you can use alternative parsers to convert wikitext to other format)
Below are some example citations (using the examples outlined above) and a sample reference list below, except this time, they will display like they would in an article. If you look at the reference list, next to reference 1, it says a b. Click on one of those letters next to the citation. a will take you to the first place reference 1 is cited.
This is true of both "outgoing" links (from an article) and "incoming" links (to an article). Outgoing links: These should be checked from time to time for unintended changes that are undesirable. If the opportunity arises to improve their formatting, appropriateness, and focus, this should be done. Incoming links: Creating an article turns ...
UserBob would like to link his signature to his contributions page. To do this, he needs to produce a 'Raw Signature'. To create a link to your contributions page, click on My Preferences. In the Signature heading, there is a checkbox labeled Treat the above as wiki markup. Check this box, and then type into the "Signature" field:
Smart Linking tool: a tool for linking and previewing the linked article above the text box with the wiki code. Help:Self link: self links is a link to the page itself. A self-link to a page appears as bold text when the article is viewed. Wikipedia:Shortcut: a specialized type of redirect page that provides an abbreviated wikilink to a project ...
You can "deep link" to a section of an article (or other Wikipedia page), using a hash character (#), then the section's title, with underscore characters (_) replacing spaces.
However if you want to link to an outside website, or to certain specially generated Wikimedia pages (such as a past version of an article), it is necessary to provide the full URL. This is done using external link syntax. There are three forms of external link syntax:
Wikipedia's inbuilt Download as PDF option. Other PDF software can be used to create a PDF from the web page, which may give more control over the output. This page offers help with Wikipedia's download tool.