User:Dot.py/Article example
This is the lead section of an article.[Note 1] It is used as a hook and summary of an article, or for when something is short and doesn't need it's own section.
Here is the second paragraph of the article.[Note 1] The last word of this sentence is formatted as a wikilink.
Heading
[edit ]This is a new section of the article. It's usually used when a specific topic of an article is notable enough to have it's own section.
Here is an example of a sentence that needs a citation, so it's given one.[1] This sentence also needs a citation, but it doesn't have one, so the {{Citation needed}} template is used here.[citation needed ]
Sub-heading 1
[edit ]This is the first sub-heading, listed under #Heading. Depending on the skin you're viewing this article on, it may appear either on the left sidebar or in a little box at the top.
Sub-heading 2
[edit ]Many people say[weasel words ] that this information is currently outdated.[as of? ]
Sub-heading 3
[edit ]There are many templates on Wikipedia, and they can show you pretty cool things. [unbalanced opinion? ] For example, the {{NUMBEROF}} template can show statistics of Wikipedia.[Note 2] There are 7,193,554 articles on the English Wikipedia, and you can purge this page's server cache to update this information (don't worry, you can't break anything by purging.)
Sub-heading 4
[edit ]There are 4 levels of sub-headings, with this being the last.
Sub-heading 1 (again)
[edit ]Sections can have multiple of the same types of sub-headings. Just like having multiple subheadings, you can also re-use citations multiple times[1] , but you don't need to re-use citations.[2]
Notes
[edit ]Here's where the notes are put, which are shown in the article as [Note #].
References
[edit ]Here is where the citations and references are shown.