User:Gflores/Reference

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[edit] Wikipedia Reference

Wikipedia Reference
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[[word]] "Wikifies" the word so that it links somewhere. Wikipedia
<nowiki>Text in here</nowiki> Disables Wikipedia syntax. ~~~~
[[:Category:Some category]] Links to the category instead of assigning the category to the page. Category:2005 in music
[[Image:5of5.png|5 Stars!|50px|center]] Link to an image with alt-text and layout.
5 Stars!
==Title== Creates a header. More equal signs for subheadings. n/a
:Some text here Indents current line. More colons for greater indentations. n/a
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[edit] Personal Reference

Personal reference
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{{album-stub}} {{rock-album-stub}} {{electronic-album-stub}} {{band-stub}} {{musician-stub}} {{jazz-stub}}
Category:2005 in music, Category:1999 albums, Category:Rock albums, Category:Punk rock
{{cleanup}}, {{cleanup-context}}, {{cleanup-date|October 2005}}
{{Attention}}
{{Wikiquote}}, {{wikinews|insert article name here}}, {{Wikibookspage|How to make biodiesel}} [1]

{{imdb name | id=0000111 | name=Matthew Broderick}}
{{imdb title | id=0091042 | title=Ferris Bueller's Day Off}}

{{Otheruses1|topic}} [2] Disambiguation
{{Spoiler}}
{{Unreferenced}}
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{{Dynamic list}}
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US City
{{Template:US City infobox|
| city = 
| state = 
| motto = 
| nickname = 
| flag = 
| seal = 
| map = 
| map size = 
| map cap = 
| founded = 
| incorporated = 
| county = 
| mayor = 
| area = 
| area water = 
| area percentage = 
| census yr = 
| city pop = 
| metro pop = 
| density = 
| time zone = 
| utc = 
| north_coord = 
| west_coord = 
| web = 
|}}

Album
{{ Album infobox | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name        = 
| Type        = [[Album (music)|Album]]
| Artist      = 
| Cover       = 
| Background  = 
| Released    = 
| Recorded    = 
| Genre       = 
| Length      = 
| Label       = 
| Producer    = 
| Reviews     = <nowiki>
* [[All Music Guide]] [[Image:3of5.png]] link]
| Last album  = ''[[]]'' <br /> ()
| This album  = '''''''''' <br /> ()
| Next album  = ''[[]]'' <br /> ()
}}
</nowiki>

orange - album
salmon - ep
darkseagreen - greatest hits/compilations
darkturquoise - live albums

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