newtxt = txt
    // html entities
        .replace(/&34;/g, '"')
        .replace(/&38;/g, '&')
        .replace(/&39;/g, "'")

    // template fixes
    // params
        .replace(/^[\t ]*\|[\t ]*(.*?)[\t ]*=[\t ]*/mg, '|$1 = ')
    // calls
        .replace(/\{\{Template:/g, '{{')

    // links
    // reformat 'en' links: [[:en:Wilderness|Wilderness]] -> [[Wilderness]]
        .replace(/\[\[:?en:(.*?)\|(.*?)\]\]/, '[[$1|$2]]')
    // reformat internal-external links to internal ones
        .replace(/\[http:\/\/runescape\.wikia\.com\/wiki\/([\w\c_%'-]+) (.*?)\]/g, '[[$1|$2]]')
    // reformat internal links: [[page|pagetext]] -> [[page]]text
    // covers the previous few too
        .replace(/\[\[([\w\d()-_ ]+)\|\1(\w+)\]\]/g, '[[$1]]$2')
    // WP links into templates
    .replace(/\[\[wikipedia:(.*?)\|\1\]\]/g, '{{WP|$1}}')
    .replace(/\[\[wikipedia:(.*?)\|(.*?)\]\]/g, '{{WP|$1|$2}}')

    // other
    // bullets
        .replace(/^(\*+)(?! )/mg, '$1 ')
    // underscores
    // be careful with this on monsterfoboxes, params, __NOTOC__ etc
        .replace(/_/g, ' ');