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  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <strike> <blink> <i> <u> <br> <b>

    This site allows HTML content. While learning all of HTML may feel intimidating, learning how to use a very small number of the most basic HTML "tags" is very easy. This table provides examples for each tag that is enabled on this site.

    For more information see W3C's HTML Specifications or use your favorite search engine to find other sites that explain HTML.

    Tag DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
    Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="http://oldholden.com">OldHolden.com </a>OldHolden.com
    No help provided for tag strike.
    No help provided for tag blink.
    Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
    Underlined<u>Underlined</u>Underlined
    By default line break tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones. Use of this tag is different because it is not used with an open/close pair like all the others. Use the extra " /" inside the tag to maintain XHTML 1.0 compatibilityText with <br />line breakText with
    line break
    Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded

    Most unusual characters can be directly entered without any problems.

    If you do encounter problems, try using HTML character entities. A common example looks like &amp; for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:

    Character DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
    Ampersand&amp;&
    Greater than&gt;>
    Less than&lt;<
    Quotation mark&quot;"
  • Easily link to terms in various wikis or other websites by typing [prefix:term]. Use the "|" character to create a "piped link," e.g., "[w:public transport|public transportation]" displays as "public transportation." For a full list of available prefixes and the websites to which they point, see <a href="/interwiki/1">interwiki</a>.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.
  • If you include a word in your post that's filtered (usually foul language), it will be replaced by the filtered version of the word.