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To edit a page click on the edit tab located at the top of the page.
To edit a page click on the edit tab located at the top of the page.  Understanding a few special codes allows any user to edit and format a page.


There are a few simple tricks that allow you to format your text in a wiki:
There are a few simple tricks that allow you to format your text in a wiki:
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You may also wish to open for editing a well formatted page to see how a previous author has done the job.
You may also wish to open for editing a well formatted page to see how a previous author has done the job.
For more detailed information on page editing and wiki-markup, please see [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editor MediaWiki Help for Editors]]

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To edit a page click on the edit tab located at the top of the page. Understanding a few special codes allows any user to edit and format a page.

There are a few simple tricks that allow you to format your text in a wiki:

  1. You need a full carriage return to start a new paragraph. Alternately you can type a ";" at the beginning of a line.
  2. By surrounding text by certain characters you can change formatting, for example:
    1. The character ' changes font such that ''italic'' makes the enclosed text italic, and '''bold''' makes the enclosed text bold.
    2. The character = is used to indicate section titles, with major section breaks marked as ==section== and subsection marked as ===subsection===.

You may also wish to open for editing a well formatted page to see how a previous author has done the job.

For more detailed information on page editing and wiki-markup, please see [MediaWiki Help for Editors]