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<noinclude>Certain characters and character sequences have special meanings in Wiki markup. Sometimes, they need to be escaped, and these templates are used to do so. | <noinclude>Certain characters and character sequences have special meanings in Wiki markup. Sometimes, they need to be escaped, and these templates are used to do so. | ||
Escaping these characters using templates simply delays their interpretation as Wiki markup, but if you type them using HTML entities or wrap them in <code><nowiki></code> tags, they will never be interpreted as markup.</noinclude> | Escaping these characters using templates simply delays their interpretation as Wiki markup, but if you type them using HTML entities or wrap them in <code><nowiki></code> tags, they will never be interpreted as markup. | ||
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'''Note:''' These escape templates should only be used when absolutely necessary, as overuse of such templates can make pages hard to read and edit in the source editor. | '''Note:''' These escape templates should only be used when absolutely necessary, as overuse of such templates can make pages hard to read and edit in the source editor. | ||