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IF HAVING YOUR TALKING PRIVILEGES REVOKED ISN'T YOUR STYLE, WE'D SUGGEST EITHER FIXING YOUR CAPS LOCK BUTTON, GETTING A NEW KEYBOARD, FIXING THE SHIFT KEY OR STAGING A REVOLUTION ON THE PESKY KEY. IT'LL WORK, OK? OR, YOU KNOW, NOT USING THOSE BUTTONS SO MUCH.
==Other Examples of Poor Capitalization, and other
While these are
=== ''Italics'' and '''Bold''' ===
''The inappropriate usage of italics and'' '''bold can do things to you. Bold will make you sound stern and unfriendly, and could be viewed as shouting.''' ''Italics make you look like a liar, or an overemphasizer. The worst one of all is a combination of'' '''''both. If you use such a thing, you need to be kept away from society at all costs.'''''
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Ywhay? Ywhay ouldway ouyay evenyay useyay isthay? Iyay an'tcay evenyay eadray isthay! <ref>Translation: Why? Why would you even use this? I can't even read this!</ref>
=== [[Leet|L33t]] ===▼
D0n'7. Ju57, d0n'7. P1e45e.▼
=== U s e o f S p a c e s ===
T h e u s e o f s p a c e s i s f i n e , b u t a s s o o n a s y o u s t a r t p u t t i n g s p a c e s I N y o u r w o r d s . . . J u s t . . . d o n ' t . Y o u ' r e b e t t e r o f f j u s t n o t p u t t i n g s p a c e s i n y o u r s e n t e n c e s i f y o u d o t h i s .
=== sdrawkcab ===▼
.resrever ...txet a htiw desrever saw txet elohw siht ,[[Sadomasochism|tsihcosam]] a ton m'I esuaceb ,esruoc fO .looc ...eb ot gniyrt morf ehcadaeh a teg osla lliw uoy tub ,"depyt" uoy tahw daer ot gniyrt morf ekorts a teg sredaer lliw ylno toN .od nac uoy gniht tsrow eht ylbissop si sdrawkcab txet gnikaM <ref>Translation: Making text backwards is possibly the worst thing you can do. Not only will readers get a stroke from trying to read what you "typed", but you will also get a headache from trying to be... cool. Of course, because I'm not a [[Sadomasochism|masochist]], this whole text was reversed with a text... reverser.</ref>▼
=== <sub>Subscripts</sub> and <sup>superscripts</sup> ===
<sup>Using either is perhaps one of worst ways to write an article.</sup> <sub>Unless you are trying to use exponents, or are doing... [[Subscripts|whatever subscripts are for]], there is no reason to use either of them.</sub> <sup><sub>It's also a well known fact that when you use both subscripts and superscripts on one text, the article takes a [[screenshot]].</sub></sup>
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=== <small><small><small>Painfully tiny</small></small></small> ===
<small><small><small><small>This way of making an article, while funny at first, gets pretty annoying when you have to read it. <small>Of course, if you want to, you can <small>go smaller... <small>and smaller... <small>and smaller... <small>and smaller... <small>and smaller... <small>And great, now not even a [[Bacteria|bacterium]] can read this!</small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><ref>Translation: This way of making an article, while funny at first, gets pretty annoying when you have to read it. Of course, if you want to, you can go smaller... and smaller... and smaller... and smaller... and smaller... And great, now not even a [[Bacteria|bacterium]] can read this!</ref>
=== [[Morse code|-- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. .]] ===▼
.-- .... -.-- / - .... . / .... . .-.. .-.. / .-- --- ..- .-.. -.. / -.-- --- ..- / .-- .- -. - / - --- / ..- ... . / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . / ..-. --- .-. / .- -. / .- .-. - .. -.-. .-.. . ..--.. / - .... .. ... / .. ... / ..-. .- .. .-. .-.. -.-- / ..-. .- .-. -....- ..-. . - -.-. .... . -.. --..-- / -... ..- - / ... . .-. .. --- ..- ... .-.. -.-- .-.-.- / -.-- --- ..- .----. -.. / -. . . -.. / - --- / -... . / .- [[Nerd|/ -. . .-. -.. /]] - --- / -... . / ..- ... .. -. --. / -- --- .-. ... . .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- / .- - / .- .-.. .-.. --..-- / .-. . .- .-.. .-.. -.-- .-.-.- <ref>Translation: Why the hell would you want to use Morse code for an article? This is fairly far-fetched, but seriously. You'd need to be a [[Nerd|nerd]] to be using Morse... at all, really.</ref>▼
=== የተለያዩ የላቲን-ያልሆኑ ቋንቋዎች ===
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{{Math|Using this is fairly impractical, as it actually doesn't turn this all into math, but rather gives the text a special font. Please don't do this. Please.}}
=== [[Zalgo text|Z̷̡̨̧̗̗̪̄̒̃̽̀͐͝ả̶̜̠̬̠̤͆̇̉ͅḽ̷̢̪̭̻̝͓͆͋͗̆̉́̑͑g̵̺̞̻͓͕̫̓̀ö̴̡̺̼͇̻̻̳͓̀̇̄̀̓̀]] ===▼
<small><small><small><small>h</small></small></small></small>▼
̸̢̳̻̱̝̮͑͐̀̊̕W̴͍̭͙͕͛̀̐̕͠ơ̸̖̪͉͋̽̓̾ẅ̶̧̯̝͎̟̲́̄͊̈́̈́,̶̟̻̖̭̳̭̟͋ ̷̢̛̫͉̳̳̞͈̈́̂͌̍̈͝ḩ̸͚̠̗̓̃̆̇̈́̔͝a̵̱̟͓̺̋ͅh̷͓̪̯̣̀̀a̴̡̢̦̝̞̖̽,̴͕͈͓̤̪̳̱͋̀̚ ̵̬͂͐̅̄̚͝I̸̧̛̛̪͉̱͔͙̦͊́̒̊͠ ̶̢̤̲͖̠̩͗̔̈́̓̀̚̕ͅg̵͈̞̪̈́ͅẹ̸͔̫̓̇̆͑̏̅̈ț̷̠̱̹͛̇͠ ̸̞̟̓̄̀̎̿̏t̷̘̼͇͌̄ḫ̶̣̬̟͈̐̉̔̾͌̈́̀e̵̛̩̯̔̊͑͆͝ ̸̟̖͍͖̭͕̬̅̋̂̀̀̀͝j̶̧̹̻̬̈ö̵͖͇̲͙͚̑̑̔̄͜͠k̷̝̍͂̈͒͌̆ẹ̴͕̼̣̼̹̲̈́͌̉̎͑͆͝.̴̧͔̖͓͚̀̈ ̶̞͎̼̳͈͐̍̍͗̓F̵̙̼̟̣̅͊̾̄̕ǔ̷̩̘̬̾̈́͊̊͘͜n̷̡̹̖̼͓̭͑̇̅̕͜n̴̗̗̬͙̝͂̉̅͂̑͒ȳ̶̡͇̹̟̹̮̪̃̓̊ ̵̡̬̫̅̌̃͛ͅ[[Lovecraftian horror|L̶̪͓̆̍͑̄̆̈́͝ǒ̶̧̮͂̏͘͝v̵̢̦͈̾͜ͅé̵͉͎̻̦̩̰̫͝c̵̡̭̥͍̯̠̈́͗̆͆̍r̷̬̺̲̹̫͌̊̊̑̕͜a̷͇̾͌͛f̷̛̱͐ͅṭ̶̥͓̤͕͔̒]] ̶̨͇͉̬̮̍̉͂͝t̵̨̠̳̬̝̍̆̾̒e̸̯͛̽̀̓̈̃̄x̶͙͂̓͒̂̐̚͜͠t̴̟̜͈̻͎͈̏̌̀̆̚̕͝.̷̧̝̩̠̑̓̀̓̓͒ ̶̤͈̹̱̬̲͐͆̔̀͌Ị̴͒̃͝f̸̡͍̰̙̂̿̍̾̈́̈́͝ ̷͖̖̪̘̱̤͍̐̔̈́͝͠y̸͉̗͒́̈́̿̎͝o̵̫̰̟͇̬͒̒̔͌͗̚ù̵̢̨͈͕̻̰̱̔̉͊́̋ ̷̼͋́d̸̤̘̺̳͈̖̲̒̏̀̃̍͐͘o̶̡̩͖͕͎͇̍͂̓ ̵̻͕̖͖̇̆͒͋͝ṫ̵͚̰̲͓̿͜ȟ̶͈͍̙͍͇̊̐̊̎i̷̤͉͉̔s̸͔̥̦͈͆̔̾̽͆͠͝ͅ.̶̧͔̤̺̮͓͐̒.̷̨̭̒̀̎̆̿̚͝.̵̻̻̼̻̃ ̴̨̮̩̀̆͒t̶̲̬̼̓̈́h̶̠̲̠͙͂̅͝ẻ̴͔̲͈n̴̢̨̲̘̠̘̒ ̷͙͚̙̼͋ẗ̴̡́͆ḩ̴̳̼̦̃̎̌͝͠͝ĕ̸̢̤̣̜͉͍̄̿͜r̶̡̜̞̃ȩ̷̰̓͌́͛̃̚ ̸̭̞̿̅̋̾̽̑̓͜ͅḭ̶̧̧̦̻͒̆s̴͑̈́̊͜ ̷̢̞̥̹͈͋̑n̶̗̞̗̯̤̻̂͌̒̀o̸͈̤̒t̷̢̛̹͚̳̪̖́h̶̦̭̀̍í̶̛̥̪̄̅͝n̴̨̢͕̋̾͒̍̐̌g̸͕͒̚ ̶͚̆̆̊w̵͒̋͜e̵̪̠̊̈́̄͐͑̚ ̸̫̬̮͖̮̎́͘͝c̴̥͔̪͙̓ͅą̴̟̜͉͚͇̃ņ̵̭̘̘͎̈́͑̎͠͝ ̴͕̺̝͌͠d̵̛̙̖̳͈̬̔̓̔̓́o̵̗͓͘͝ ̶͕̮͉̗̗̇̀̌̂̓̕͘͜f̴̖̝̖͕̞̊̀͠o̸̤͂̎̍̈́ŕ̷̦̏̕ ̵̢̳͙͍̞̾̆̏̒y̸͇͉̳̪̝̌͛̒̐͆o̵͕̗͈͔̎͂͋̀̍͛̕ǘ̴̢͓̰͚̞̀̈.̷̻͎̻͍͓̅̚͝▼
<ref>Translation: Wow, haha, I get the joke. Funny [[Lovecraftian horror|Lovecraft]] text. If you do this... then there is nothing we can do for you.</ref>▼
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===Slashes===▼
So/great,/now/your/article/looks/like/this.▼
<br/>▼
What/is/this?▼
<br/>/dev/sda0?▼
</br>Seriously,/don't/do/this./This/looks/like/a/[[UNIX]]/filesystem.▼
===Backslashes===▼
Ok,\I\give\up.\This\looks\like\[[MS-DOS]]\already.▼
<br/>▼
C:\Windows\[[WP:RDSYS32|system32]].\This\is\why\you\don't\do\this.\It\looks\ridiculous.▼
=== References ===
<ref>What is even the point of writing an ENTIRE article in one single, tiny, reference? I thought you were writing an article!
</ref> <ref>It's even worse if you figure out how to make the stupid references take forever to appear! Why is that even a feature? I need an explanation, seriously... Why?</ref>
===Grunts===▼
Uh? Ugh! Mugh. Ouh! Ugh uh.▼
=== [[Abjad]] ===▼
Pls, dn't vn thnk bt t. Vr. n fct, why wld y s t?▼
=== UseOfCamelCase ===
IfYouDon'tUseSpacesAndRatherUse[[Camel case|CamelCase]],That'sGoingToBeAProblem.ItWillBeConfusingToReaders,EspeciallyIfYouUseAcronyms. IfYouDoUseAcronyms,YouMightAsWellUseJustSpaces,OrDashes.
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Just one word of advice: good luck.}}
'''''I f Y o U d O t H i S d R e A d E d M e T h O d O f T y P I n G , Y o U d E s E r V e T o B e [[Sentence (law)|S e N t E n C e D]] , P u N I n T e N d E d. I t " s S i M p L e N o T t O d O t H i S , A n D i T ' S f R e E .'''''
== Extreme examples of formatting ==
While this essay's main purpose was to showcase possible mess ups in formatting, some of these sections were too... delibrate. No one would accidentally do these, so they are here as a sort of you-get-the-gist-y thing.
▲===Grunts===
▲Uh? Ugh! Mugh. Ouh! Ugh uh.
{{Warning|The following section could trigger seizures. You have been warned.}}
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<div style="width: max-content;margin: auto;animation: rotate 0.05s infinite;">Why would anyone do need to do this? If you need to, proceed with caution and don't cause anyone to get an [[epileptic seizure]].</div>
}}
▲=== [[Zalgo text|Z̷̡̨̧̗̗̪̄̒̃̽̀͐͝ả̶̜̠̬̠̤͆̇̉ͅḽ̷̢̪̭̻̝͓͆͋͗̆̉́̑͑g̵̺̞̻͓͕̫̓̀ö̴̡̺̼͇̻̻̳͓̀̇̄̀̓̀]] ===
▲<small><small><small><small>h</small></small></small></small>
▲̸̢̳̻̱̝̮͑͐̀̊̕W̴͍̭͙͕͛̀̐̕͠ơ̸̖̪͉͋̽̓̾ẅ̶̧̯̝͎̟̲́̄͊̈́̈́,̶̟̻̖̭̳̭̟͋ ̷̢̛̫͉̳̳̞͈̈́̂͌̍̈͝ḩ̸͚̠̗̓̃̆̇̈́̔͝a̵̱̟͓̺̋ͅh̷͓̪̯̣̀̀a̴̡̢̦̝̞̖̽,̴͕͈͓̤̪̳̱͋̀̚ ̵̬͂͐̅̄̚͝I̸̧̛̛̪͉̱͔͙̦͊́̒̊͠ ̶̢̤̲͖̠̩͗̔̈́̓̀̚̕ͅg̵͈̞̪̈́ͅẹ̸͔̫̓̇̆͑̏̅̈ț̷̠̱̹͛̇͠ ̸̞̟̓̄̀̎̿̏t̷̘̼͇͌̄ḫ̶̣̬̟͈̐̉̔̾͌̈́̀e̵̛̩̯̔̊͑͆͝ ̸̟̖͍͖̭͕̬̅̋̂̀̀̀͝j̶̧̹̻̬̈ö̵͖͇̲͙͚̑̑̔̄͜͠k̷̝̍͂̈͒͌̆ẹ̴͕̼̣̼̹̲̈́͌̉̎͑͆͝.̴̧͔̖͓͚̀̈ ̶̞͎̼̳͈͐̍̍͗̓F̵̙̼̟̣̅͊̾̄̕ǔ̷̩̘̬̾̈́͊̊͘͜n̷̡̹̖̼͓̭͑̇̅̕͜n̴̗̗̬͙̝͂̉̅͂̑͒ȳ̶̡͇̹̟̹̮̪̃̓̊ ̵̡̬̫̅̌̃͛ͅ[[Lovecraftian horror|L̶̪͓̆̍͑̄̆̈́͝ǒ̶̧̮͂̏͘͝v̵̢̦͈̾͜ͅé̵͉͎̻̦̩̰̫͝c̵̡̭̥͍̯̠̈́͗̆͆̍r̷̬̺̲̹̫͌̊̊̑̕͜a̷͇̾͌͛f̷̛̱͐ͅṭ̶̥͓̤͕͔̒]] ̶̨͇͉̬̮̍̉͂͝t̵̨̠̳̬̝̍̆̾̒e̸̯͛̽̀̓̈̃̄x̶͙͂̓͒̂̐̚͜͠t̴̟̜͈̻͎͈̏̌̀̆̚̕͝.̷̧̝̩̠̑̓̀̓̓͒ ̶̤͈̹̱̬̲͐͆̔̀͌Ị̴͒̃͝f̸̡͍̰̙̂̿̍̾̈́̈́͝ ̷͖̖̪̘̱̤͍̐̔̈́͝͠y̸͉̗͒́̈́̿̎͝o̵̫̰̟͇̬͒̒̔͌͗̚ù̵̢̨͈͕̻̰̱̔̉͊́̋ ̷̼͋́d̸̤̘̺̳͈̖̲̒̏̀̃̍͐͘o̶̡̩͖͕͎͇̍͂̓ ̵̻͕̖͖̇̆͒͋͝ṫ̵͚̰̲͓̿͜ȟ̶͈͍̙͍͇̊̐̊̎i̷̤͉͉̔s̸͔̥̦͈͆̔̾̽͆͠͝ͅ.̶̧͔̤̺̮͓͐̒.̷̨̭̒̀̎̆̿̚͝.̵̻̻̼̻̃ ̴̨̮̩̀̆͒t̶̲̬̼̓̈́h̶̠̲̠͙͂̅͝ẻ̴͔̲͈n̴̢̨̲̘̠̘̒ ̷͙͚̙̼͋ẗ̴̡́͆ḩ̴̳̼̦̃̎̌͝͠͝ĕ̸̢̤̣̜͉͍̄̿͜r̶̡̜̞̃ȩ̷̰̓͌́͛̃̚ ̸̭̞̿̅̋̾̽̑̓͜ͅḭ̶̧̧̦̻͒̆s̴͑̈́̊͜ ̷̢̞̥̹͈͋̑n̶̗̞̗̯̤̻̂͌̒̀o̸͈̤̒t̷̢̛̹͚̳̪̖́h̶̦̭̀̍í̶̛̥̪̄̅͝n̴̨̢͕̋̾͒̍̐̌g̸͕͒̚ ̶͚̆̆̊w̵͒̋͜e̵̪̠̊̈́̄͐͑̚ ̸̫̬̮͖̮̎́͘͝c̴̥͔̪͙̓ͅą̴̟̜͉͚͇̃ņ̵̭̘̘͎̈́͑̎͠͝ ̴͕̺̝͌͠d̵̛̙̖̳͈̬̔̓̔̓́o̵̗͓͘͝ ̶͕̮͉̗̗̇̀̌̂̓̕͘͜f̴̖̝̖͕̞̊̀͠o̸̤͂̎̍̈́ŕ̷̦̏̕ ̵̢̳͙͍̞̾̆̏̒y̸͇͉̳̪̝̌͛̒̐͆o̵͕̗͈͔̎͂͋̀̍͛̕ǘ̴̢͓̰͚̞̀̈.̷̻͎̻͍͓̅̚͝
▲<ref>Translation: Wow, haha, I get the joke. Funny [[Lovecraftian horror|Lovecraft]] text. If you do this... then there is nothing we can do for you.</ref>
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▲=== [[Abjad]] ===
▲Pls, dn't vn thnk bt t. Vr. n fct, why wld y s t?
▲===Slashes===
▲So/great,/now/your/article/looks/like/this.
▲<br/>
▲What/is/this?
▲<br/>/dev/sda0?
▲</br>Seriously,/don't/do/this./This/looks/like/a/[[UNIX]]/filesystem.
▲===Backslashes===
▲Ok,\I\give\up.\This\looks\like\[[MS-DOS]]\already.
▲<br/>
▲C:\Windows\[[WP:RDSYS32|system32]].\This\is\why\you\don't\do\this.\It\looks\ridiculous.
▲=== [[Morse code|-- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. .]] ===
▲.-- .... -.-- / - .... . / .... . .-.. .-.. / .-- --- ..- .-.. -.. / -.-- --- ..- / .-- .- -. - / - --- / ..- ... . / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . / ..-. --- .-. / .- -. / .- .-. - .. -.-. .-.. . ..--.. / - .... .. ... / .. ... / ..-. .- .. .-. .-.. -.-- / ..-. .- .-. -....- ..-. . - -.-. .... . -.. --..-- / -... ..- - / ... . .-. .. --- ..- ... .-.. -.-- .-.-.- / -.-- --- ..- .----. -.. / -. . . -.. / - --- / -... . / .- [[Nerd|/ -. . .-. -.. /]] - --- / -... . / ..- ... .. -. --. / -- --- .-. ... . .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- / .- - / .- .-.. .-.. --..-- / .-. . .- .-.. .-.. -.-- .-.-.- <ref>Translation: Why the hell would you want to use Morse code for an article? This is fairly far-fetched, but seriously. You'd need to be a [[Nerd|nerd]] to be using Morse... at all, really.</ref>
▲=== sdrawkcab ===
▲.resrever ...txet a htiw desrever saw txet elohw siht ,[[Sadomasochism|tsihcosam]] a ton m'I esuaceb ,esruoc fO .looc ...eb ot gniyrt morf ehcadaeh a teg osla lliw uoy tub ,"depyt" uoy tahw daer ot gniyrt morf ekorts a teg sredaer lliw ylno toN .od nac uoy gniht tsrow eht ylbissop si sdrawkcab txet gnikaM <ref>Translation: Making text backwards is possibly the worst thing you can do. Not only will readers get a stroke from trying to read what you "typed", but you will also get a headache from trying to be... cool. Of course, because I'm not a [[Sadomasochism|masochist]], this whole text was reversed with a text... reverser.</ref>
▲=== [[Leet|L33t]] ===
▲D0n'7. Ju57, d0n'7. P1e45e.
== Summary ==
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