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 * <a href="http://www.google.com/>do html links work?</a>
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-<div class="whatever">
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-Try putting divs around a list doesn't work:
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-* first item
-* second item
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-</div>
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-span also doesn't work:
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-<span class="whatever">
-* first item
-* second item
-</span>
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 This sandbox is also a [[ikiwiki/blog]]!
 
 [[inline pages="sandbox/* and !*/Discussion" rootpage="sandbox" show="4" archive="yes"]]