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This code generates "page C‑2" just like the plain code "page C-2", but prevents a line break at the hyphen. However, like , the use of ‑ instead of "-" renders the source text harder to read and edit. Don't use it unless it is really necessary to avoid a line break.
To display maintenance messages in the rendered article, include the following text in your common CSS page or your specific skin's CSS page and . (Note to new editors: those CSS pages are specific to you, and control your view of pages, by adding to your user account's CSS code.
bodyContent – the main page content within the content box; The portlet class is the style used by all the div blocks around the main content. Identified blocks using that class: p-cactions – id for the list of page-related tabs above the main content (page, talk, edit, etc.), top.
This is done through custom Cascading Style Sheets stored in subpages of the user's "User" page. E.g. To create your own CSS modifications for the skin you are presently using, create a page at Special:MyPage/skin.css containing the CSS you want to use (to apply your changes regardless which skin you are using, put them in Special:MyPage/common ...
A non-paragraph line break, which is a soft return, is inserted using ⇧ Shift+↵ Enter or via the menus, and is provided for cases when the text should start on a new line but none of the other side effects of starting a new paragraph are desired. In text-oriented markup languages, a soft return is typically offered as a markup tag.
However, single line breaks in the source do have certain effects: Within a list, a single line break starts either the next item or a new paragraph; within an indentation (which, if marked up with leading colons, is really the definition part of a definition list), a single line break aborts the indentation and starts a new paragraph. Links do ...
Note: This method is a hack which does not work with all Wikipedia skins. For example, users of the Classic skin will have the links at the top of the page covered up by the title. Alternate title headers are headers that cover up the default header at the top of a page. The default title header has the name of the page in big bold letters.
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