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On Subject of the message (also used as the edit summary):, include the title without any tags, as tags make it look weird.
On Body of the message, it is recommended to add the following things in the message:
<div lang="en" dir="ltr"> if the message is in English and is posted to all wikis, including non-English wikis.
{{subst:#ifeq:{{subst:CONTENTLANG}}|en||Apologies for writing in English, please help translate this message to your language.}} to include a sentence encouraging people to translate, on non-English wikis.
<divlang="en"dir="ltr">{{subst:#ifeq:{{subst:CONTENTLANG}}|en||Apologies for writing in English, please help translate this message to your language.}} [content] [[m:User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[m:User talk:Codename Noreste|{{subst:int:Talkpagelinktext}}]]) ~~~~~</div>
