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Links

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Table of contents

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• __NOTOC__ - disables the automatic table of contents
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• __TOC__ - places a table of contents at the exact spot on the page where this tag is positioned.

Article sections

See also

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''See also'': [[link1]], [[link2]], ...

As header with list of links

== See also ==
* [[Link 1]]
* [[Link 2]]

References

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From the 1911 Britannica

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From the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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External links

Titles

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• European Space Agency official website

is much more readable than

• http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index.html

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As header

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== External links ==
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