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* 1980: Ultra Wave
* 1988: What's Bootsy Doin'?
* 1994: Blasters of the Universe
* 1994: Fresh Outta 'P' Uni

Which produces:

• 1980: Ultra Wave
• 1988: What's Bootsy Doin'?
• 1994: Blasters of the Universe
• 1994: Fresh Outta 'P' Uni

versus table formatting:

{|class="wikitable1"
|1980
|Ultra Wave
|-
|1988
|What's Bootsy Doin'?
|-
|1994
|Blasters of the Universe
|-
|1994
|Fresh Outta 'P' Uni
|}

Which produces:

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• Help:Table, extensive help
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• Wikipedia:Table namespace, an inactive proposal
• Help:Collapsing (show/hide button)
• Wikipedia:Conditional tables
• Table (HTML)

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 18 March 2011.
2. ^ ^{a b} Turner, Chris. "International Open Goya, Matchroom Trophy". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 18 March 2011.
3. ^ Turner, Chris. "Classic". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 18 March 2011.
4. ^ ^{a b} Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 18 March 2011.
5. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; Turner GP නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
6. ^ ^{a b} උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; US නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
7. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; AUS නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
8. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; AUT නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
9. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; GER නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
10. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; NLDA නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
11. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; NOR නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
12. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; SWE නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
13. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; SWIA නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
14. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; UK නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා ක��සිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
15. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; CRIA නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
16. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; RIAA නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
17. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; SWI C නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
18. ^ උපුටාදැක්වීම් දෝෂය: අනීතික <ref> ටැගය; BPI නමැති ආශ්‍රේයන් සඳහා කිසිදු පෙළක් සපයා නොතිබුණි
19. ^ "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 58, No. 25". RPM (Library and Archives Canada). January 10, 1994. සම්ප්‍රවේශය August 15, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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