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Introduction

This wiki uses MediaWiki. For a more detailed overview about editing please consult the MediaWiki Handbook

Editing basics

Opening the edit page

To start editing a page, click on the "Edit" link at the top of the article. You will come to a page with a textbox with the wikitext of the article.

Summarize your edits

Below the textbox, there's a field where you can summarize your edits.

Preview before saving

Before saving your changes, it's a good idea to look how your changes will look. Repeat the process of edit/preview until your satisfied of the result, then click the "Save"-button and the changes will be made to the article.

Wikitext - How to make the page look the way you want

Basic text formatting

What it looks like What you write
You can italicize text by putting two apostrophes on each side.

Three apostrophes will bold the text.

Five apostrophes will bold and italicize the text.

You can ''italicize text'' by putting two apostrophes on each side.

Three apostrophes will '''bold the text'''.

Five apostrophes will '''bold''' and ''italicize'' '''''the text'''''.