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Want to start editing the Placeography Wiki? Here are some quick tips:

Remember you need to register/login to edit!

• To experiment with editing, go to the Sandbox.
• You can edit any page by clicking the edit link the top - You can also see how the wiki source code of that page - just make sure you don't save without meaning to!
• To create a new page, it is as simple as putting your title/subject in the search box at the left and press G0 (not Search).
• Anywhere you see a red link, that means it is a link going to a page without content. A need and a challenge!
• To link to another page, code it like this: [[article name]] . It is case-sensitive except for the first letter.
• To link to a Wikipedia article, code it like this: [[Wikipedia:ArticleName]]
• To link to a page on another web site, code it like this:, [http://whatever.com/page.htm Description] .
  

Note:

1. Only one pair of brackets, not two.
2. There is a space between URL and description..

• To redirect one page to another (useful for different spelling or capitalization), write this: #REDIRECT [[Other Page]] . Redirects to a page that is also a redirect will not work correctly.
• To revert a page to a previous version click on the page's History tab, click a date and time prior to the edit you want to remove, click Edit, then save. You might want to do this after vandalism, of it you make a change and don't like it.
• Write plurals like this unless the article title should be plural: [[Ship]]s .
• To display different text for a link, write this: [[article name|description]] .
  

Note:

1. Use two pair of brackets, not one.
2. There is a pipe character "|" with no spaces between the name and description.

• Italics can be done with two single quotes, ''like this''; bold with three, '''like this'''
• Numbered lists can be created by putting one or more # at the start of each line, with no spaces before
• Unnumbered lists, like this one, have one or more * at the start of each line
• To indent text, place one or more : at the start of each line
• A space at the start of each line will stop the text from wrapping - you can also use the <pre> tag
• More complicated formatting is possible with the <div>, <span> and <font> HTML tags, which work here
• You can make headers like this: == Header text == - add a = mark on each side for increasing depth of headers
• You can use images as well, but you need to log in and upload the file first. Add an image with [[Image:imagename.png|left or right or none|frame or thumb (if you want a frame or thumbnail - if not, leave this out)|Description]] . Examples:
  
  • [[Image:Placeographylogo.png|left|frame|This is the [[MN 150]] logo!]]
  • [[Image:Placeographylogo.png|right|This text only shows up when you hover over the image]]
  • [[Image:Yourimage.jpg|right|220px|This is will be sized to 220px in width]]
• To put a page into a category, put this code anywhere on the page: [[Category:Whatever]]
• If you need to sign your name, use ~~~ , or ~~~~ to include the date too. You should only need to do this when posting on a talk page or making a personal note outside the normal flow of the article.
• Please remember to click Preview before saving and check all your links.
• Don't forget, every logged in user gets a User Page! If you're logged in, you can also take advantage of your Watchlist to keep track of updates on your favorite articles.