You could also just create your text as a template:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates
/Sam
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of John Meyer
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Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Templating text
I'm not quite sure how to do this. I'd like to write a section of text
and be able to tag it so I can insert it as is in any other area of my
wiki. Does this require an extension?
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