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	Checkmarked icons indicate that the post respectively all posts in a topic or board have been read. Posts are counted as read once their topic has been on screen. Since new/old and unread/read are independent concepts in this forum, posts can be new and read as well as old and unread at the same time.
	Icons with dotted outlines indicate topics/posts that are invisible to other users, because they are waiting for approval by an admin.
	The lock icon indicates the topic has been locked for some reason and no new posts (except by admins) are allowed.

>	putting '>' at the beginning of a line makes the line appear quoted
[b]text[/b]	renders text bold
[i]text[/i]	renders text italic
[tt]text[/tt]	renders text nonproportional
[spoiler]text[/spoiler]	renders text in a way that hides the spoiler
[img http://www.voltar.org/pics/v.logo.png]voltarian logo[/img]	embeds v.logo.png with with the name 'voltarian logo':
[url http://google.com/]cool search engine[/url]	embeds a link to google like this: cool search engine
http://www.voltar.org/	will automatically turn into: http://www.voltar.org

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