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{|
table code goes here
|}

Each separate row

of the table (with how many cells in each row there will be) starts with a pipe (|) and is encased by a "pipe" followed by a hyphen (|-), each on separate lines.

{|
|-
| 1st line
|-
| 2nd line
|-
|}

The different cells in a row

are divided by a "double-pipe" (||):

{|
|-
| 1st line's 1st cell || 2nd cell || 3rd cell
|-
| 2nd line's 1st cell || 2nd cell || 3rd cell
|-
|}

And that's how it looks:

Borders

can be created by adding "border=X (X = strength of the border line) after the first curly-bracket-and-pipe code; just leave it away to avoid using any borders:

{|
|- border=X
| 1st line's 1st cell || 2nd cell || 3rd cell
|-
| 2nd line's 1st cell || 2nd cell || 3rd cell
|-
|}

And that's how the previous table lookswith border (border-strength=1)..:

Headings on Rows and Columns

You can add column headings by inserting a separate line right after the curly-bracket-and-pipe code starting with an exclamation mark (!) at the top of the table:

{|
! Column-heading 1 || Column-heading 2 || Column-heading 3
|-
| 1st line's 1st cell || 2nd cell || 3rd cell
|-
| 2nd line's 1st cell || 2nd cell || 3rd cell
|-
|}

And that's how it looks (border-strength=4):

You can also add Row Headings: The first cell of a row is identified as row heading by starting the line with ! instead of |, and starting subsequent data cells on a new line. - Don't forget to add an extra Column-heading

{|
! Extra Column Heading || Column-heading 1 || Column-heading 2 || Column-heading 3
|- {|
! 1st Row Heading 
| 1st line's 1st cell || 2nd cell || 3rd cell
|-
! 2nd Row Heading  
| 2nd line's 1st cell || 2nd cell || 3rd cell
|-
|}

And that's how it looks (border-strength=8):

Advanced

There are even more possibilities

e.g. inserting a Table heading, using different styling details like left- or right-alignment of text in the cells, exact cell measures, background-colors, etc.

-> Find out more on the Wikipedia Help on Tables.

background-color

insert in the first line of the cell the following code

 {|
 ! bgcolor=XYZ
 ...
 |} 

Where

• bgcolor=#FFFFCC leads to yellow
• bgcolor=#CCFFFF leads to light-blue
• bgcolor=#99FF99 leads to light-green
• bgcolor=#FF9966 leads to orange

For a combination of features and more complex example see the below table code applied here

 {| width=750
 |+ <font color=blue>'''Financing Overview'''</font>
 ! bgcolor=#CCFFFF align="left" | Partner || bgcolor=#CCFFFF align="right" | Co-financing (USD)
 |-
 | Norway || align="right" | 1,085,000
 |-
 | [[Committee for Water Resources]] (CWR) (in-kind) || align="right" | 30,000
 |- border=1 |
 | UNDP (Kaz) || align="right" | 100,000
 |-
 | [[WGF]] / [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) || align="right" | 150,000
 |-
 | GWP CACENA || align="right" | 0
 |-
 | [[DFID]] || align="right" | 86,679
 |- bgcolor=#FFFFCC
 | <font color=red> '''Total''' || align="right" bgcolor=#FF9966 | '''1,450,000'''
 |}

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Edit an article and insert the following in the text:

[[The Title of Your New Page]]

"The Title of Your New Page" is just that -- set it to whatever you want to name the page (please try to be specific; e.g. "Kazakhstan NHDR 2003", not just "NHDR"). Save the edit, view the article, and you'll see a link to your page in red. Click it...

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PLEASE Link your new page to existing articles

One of the main strengths of a Wiki is that information is inter-linked. After creating (or adding to) a (new) page/article, we strongly encourage you to create links to it from pages where you would expect other users searching for information you just entered.

To do so, just open those pages in edit-mode and add [[TITLE OF YOUR NEW PAGE]]</nowiki]] at the appropriate place(s). <br> ''For example, "Kazakhstan HDR 2003" would deserve a link from the [[Kazakhstan]] page (reports)...'' <br> === Templates === If you choose a template for your new article, you'll see a suggested page/article structure with chapters and styling instructions. The portions to pay attention to are the instructions in ALL CAPS. (e.g. <nowiki>TYPE AUTHOR HERE)

Replace the entire line with the appropriate text. Edit as much or as little of the template as you like .. don't feel compelled to write something if it's not appropriate and feel free to add additional headings, or even delete headings you don't require (or leave them blank for others to complete).

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Special Links (featuring "transclusions")

If you want Projects or Reports to contain brief descriptions on the country page, you follow these directions (if not, enter them as described above):

If you are adding a new Project page, insert

<Project>Project Title</Project>

into the article you are linking from. This will display information (project status and description) on the project directly under the project title on the country page.

If you are adding a new Report page, insert

<Report>Report Title</Report>

into the article. This will display the first line of the report description directly under the report title on the country page.

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