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	You should always preview whatever changes you make to a page before saving them. It's like revising your rough draft essays before submitting the final draft. If you choose not to preview your work and save after each minor change, every edit you save will appear on the [[Special:~~Recent changes~~]] link. It would be much cleaner not to have ten or fifteen edits to the same page appear all at once!		You should always preview whatever changes you make to a page before saving them. It's like revising your rough draft essays before submitting the final draft. If you choose not to preview your work and save after each minor change, every edit you save will appear on the [[Special:RecentChanges]] link. It would be much cleaner not to have ten or fifteen edits to the same page appear all at once!

	==Wiki markup==		==Wiki markup==

Ashish Bhatt: Added information about making new pages. Now more comprehensive.

2009-07-13T09:50:09Z

Added information about making new pages. Now more comprehensive.

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	You need '''HELP'''		You need '''HELP'''.

			So you want to edit the wiki but don't know how! Starting a new page can be a hard task if you don't know what you're doing. So within this page, we attempt to teach you the basics of making, editing, and all the such. We're going to take baby steps so you don't get lost. AND in case you do get lost along the way, please see one of the web-masters so they can slap you with their uber-expensive laptops. Now without a further ado... How to edit the Wiki!

			==Basic Editing==

			===Creating a New Page===

			You can create a new page by searching for whatever article name (e.g Peanuts) in the search field and hitting Go. If there is no such page already, you can click the red 'Peanuts' link, and it will take you to the edit page for a new article called Peanuts. Another way of creating a new article is bouncing off of an existing page by creating a link to an article that does not exist yet, and clicking the resulting red link. For a demonstration, see the [[#createpagelink\|create page link]] section below.

			Now that you have opened up the edit page for your new article, start typing your new article for everyone to enjoy!

			===Titling Your Article===

			The Wiki's article titles are case-sensitive, so capitalization matters. It's helpful to have a conventional method of titling articles for consistency, so title your article as you would title a real article, or an essay. Start words with capital letters, and use lowercase for short prepositions like "to" or "of".

			*'''Good Title''': How to Edit a Page
			*'''Bad Title''': How to edit a page (this title would serve better as a redirect page to the above title)

			===Before Making a New Page===

			Before making a new page, make sure you do the following:

			*Check to see if the article you want to create does not already exist. You can search for it or look through existing categories.
			*Check to see if the page you want to make fits in one of the categories on this page: [[Special:Categories]]
			*If you believe it fits into a category, put it into the category [[#categorize\|as explained below]]
			*If an article has little content, seems incomplete, or is formatted inconsistently to similar articles, mark it as a [[Stubs\|stub]].

			===Using Images===

			If you want to use an image, please upload it to the Wiki by clicking "Upload file" on the toolbox to the left. This is better than linking directly from Facebook, Photobucket, or other external sites because those links can stop working. Uploaded files can also be put into thumbnails, which will make your page look much nicer! While the Upload file link provides a simple, clear explanation for how to put your image onto a page, you can find a more thorough explanation of the different options available to you in the [[#Images\|images]] section below.

			===Edit Summary===

			Before you save your changes, you can write a short summary of what you have changed in the '''Summary''' box. While it isn't required to type out a summary, it's a good habit because it allows people to track what you change more quickly and easily.

			===Preview===

			You should always preview whatever changes you make to a page before saving them. It's like revising your rough draft essays before submitting the final draft. If you choose not to preview your work and save after each minor change, every edit you save will appear on the [[Special:Recent changes]] link. It would be much cleaner not to have ten or fifteen edits to the same page appear all at once!

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Ashish Bhatt: An article to help people learn how to edit the wiki. To be expanded with other information.

2009-07-13T06:31:06Z

An article to help people learn how to edit the wiki. To be expanded with other information.

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ArcAngel414 at 19:57, 13 December 2006

2006-12-13T19:57:18Z

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Ashish Bhatt: An article to help people learn how to edit the wiki. To be expanded with other information.

ArcAngel414 at 19:57, 13 December 2006