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Certain characters and character sequences have special meanings in Wiki markup, and sometimes need to be escaped using escape templates or {{w|character encodings in HTML|HTML codes}}. However, this should generally be done only as a last resort since they often make the wiki text difficult to read and edit. | Certain characters and character sequences have special meanings in Wiki markup, and sometimes need to be escaped using escape templates or {{w|character encodings in HTML|HTML codes}}. However, this should generally be done only as a last resort since they often make the wiki text difficult to read and edit. | ||
Additionally, using escape templates is not necessarily effective when rendering templates with arguments, as in many cases the result may be interpreted as markup anyways. This is because escape templates merely delay the interpretation of the character sequences they represent as Wiki markup, but | Additionally, using escape templates is not necessarily effective when rendering templates with arguments, as in many cases the result may be interpreted as markup anyways. This is because escape templates merely delay the interpretation of the character sequences they represent as Wiki markup, but they assume that the character sequences themselves are ultimately to be interpreted as markup. | ||
'''Avoid (generally)''' | '''Avoid (generally)''' | ||