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Welcome to the American Girl Wiki's sandbox!
This page exists so that you can practice editing or formatting (see Editing help) without changing any serious content. Feel free to try wiki editing out here first.
There is a tutorial on the Central (coordinating) Wikia that will step you through more of the things you can do. Wiki allow for rather complicated formatting. It can look overwhelming when you begin, but don't let it worry you. Just start with the basics... enter some text, and learn the other pieces as you go. Your content contributions are welcome and important. The wiki is a collaborative effort and others can help with formatting and other improvements.
Best wishes!

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This page is for any tests.

Welcome to the sandbox!

Anyone can edit this.

Simple Editing[]

To edit a page, click on the "edit" tab, usually near the top of the page. Then, edit the box in the page. Feel free to practice here, on this page. It's here just for you to practice.

A blank line indicates a paragraph separation.

You can link to another page by putting the name or title of that page in double square brackets. [[Main Page]] becomes Main Page.

Simple Formatting[]

Create headers by putting text in between repeated equal (=) signs. The more =, the lower level the heading is.

Create a bulleted list by starting each item with an asterisk (*)

  • It's ok to make editing mistakes
  • You can preview your work before saving it
  • Even after saving it, you or someone else can edit it again to make it even better

Formatting for Emphasis[]

Put single quote marks around words or phrases for formatting emphasis.

Two single quotes, like ''italics'' will create italics. "Question Marks" will not do this.

Three single quotes, like '''bold text''' will create bold text.


Other stuff...

If you know HTML or CSS formatting commands, they can also be used in this wiki. One useful HTML command is <br /> which creates a line break.

If you want to show what a command looks like, rather than actually implementing the command, surround it with the nowiki command.

Internal and External Linking[]

Internal linking:

  • Basic Internal linking: [[Felicity Merriman]] produces internal link (e.g. Felicity Merriman).
  • Internal Linking with Text: [[Addy Walker|Addy]] produces internal link displaying the text after the | (e.g. Addy).
  • Internal Linking (with parentheticals): [[Rebecca Rubin (doll)|]] (with a |) right after the title) strips the parenthetical words away and makes internal link (e.g. Rebecca Rubin)
  • Internal Linking with jump link: [[Minor_Characters_in_Samantha's_Series (A-M)#Ruth_Adams|Ruth Adams]] produces internal Jump Link (e.g. Ruth Adams).
  • Internal Category Linking: [[:Category:Miscellaneous Items]] links to a category in a page without categorizing the article or image under the stated category: (e.g. Category:Miscellaneous Items)

External linking:

  • External Site: [http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2016/09/the_making_of_addy_walker_american_girl_s_first_black_doll.html The Making of an American Girl] produces external link The Making of an American Girl on slate.com. This style is only to be used for linking to (admin-authorized) off-wiki pages, not any internal pages.
  • Wikipedia references: [[Wikipedia:Slavery in the United States|slavery in the US]] produces Wikipedia link slavery in the US. Wikipedia links should be cropped.
  • InterFandom Wiki links: Fandom Network links are done using format of wiki name in URL preceded by w:c:wikiname and any pages listed after from that wiki with a colon (:); they will need to be formatted into a text link. Thus [[w:c:amelia|Amelia's Notebooks]] produces Amelia's Notebooks, linking to the Amelia's Notebooks Wiki. [[w:c:amelia:Amelia_doll_kit|Doll and Kit]] produces Doll and Kit that links to the article on the Amelia's Notebooks Wiki. All off-site inter-Fandom links should state they are as such.

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Meet Six New Characters for 2017! #ChooseYourCharacter

Gabriela McBride

She writes! She dances! She's the first-ever Black Girl of the Year!

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Z Yang

Suzie "Z" Yang is a Korean-American aspiring film-maker due to debut in April!

Read more >

Nanea Mitchell

The All New Beforever Character from 1941, due this fall!

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Welcome to the Wiki!
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Welcome to the American Girl Wiki,
the wiki dedicated to American Girl characters and products
that anyone over 13 can edit.

Over a decade old
and still the best Wiki
to get all the information on
American Girl characters, products
--and facts!

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The American Girl Wiki has 5,500 articles and 8,230 files
since its inception on July 6th, 2008.
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