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- And just about anything else you can think of.
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[edit] Add your profile at the top
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You can put a heading at the end of your article called 'Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki' then a bulleted list of other articles on Designing Buildings Wiki that you think readers might be interested in - for example, other articles you have written.
When you save your article, the list of related articles will automatically appear in a box to the right of your article at the top of the page. (See below and in the box at the top of this page).
You don't have to insert hyperlinks to related articles, this will be done automatically.
Top tip - to find related articles, save your article and see what hyperlinks are automatically inserted into it.
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