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&lt;td&gt; &lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Sandbox&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here you can edit and try out whatever you like, practice &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Help:Formatting&quot; title=&quot;Help:Formatting&quot;&gt;Wiki markup&lt;/a&gt; and such, and post images you think might be useful for one article or another.&lt;/div&gt;
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Hi there! My name is Fred. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. Discuss.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Hi fred! My name is secret, but I have a contribution to make. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The sandbox is neither a box nor sand. Discuss.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Fred.27s_big_heading&quot;&gt;Fred's big heading&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-editsection&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-editsection-bracket&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_King_Wiki:Sandbox&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=T-1&quot; title=&quot;The Lion King Wiki:Sandbox&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-editsection-bracket&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Fred.27s_medium-sized_heading&quot;&gt;Fred's medium-sized heading&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-editsection&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-editsection-bracket&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_King_Wiki:Sandbox&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=T-2&quot; title=&quot;The Lion King Wiki:Sandbox&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-editsection-bracket&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Fred.27s_small_heading&quot;&gt;Fred's small heading&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-editsection&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-editsection-bracket&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_King_Wiki:Sandbox&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=T-3&quot; title=&quot;The Lion King Wiki:Sandbox&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-editsection-bracket&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fred likes cheese.
&lt;/p&gt;
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