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How To Contribute

If you'd like to contribute to the wiki, you'll need a wiki account. To create one first register at the Forum, then send a PM to Eric Chadwick. He needs two things: your email address (never shared, for password recovery) and the name you want to use (real name in FirstnameLastname format, or your Forum name).

Wiki Editing

This wiki uses the fully featured MoinMoin wiki software system. It has a WYSIWYG editor that's pretty good about letting you cut-and-paste into it. Once you create a page, you can add attachments to it, including images.

Editing 101

A quick guide to wiki editing:

1. Go to the WikiSandBox.

2. Click the green Edit button at upper left.

3. Below the ---- start typing something. I wrote ~+The cake is a lie+~ :)) In the sandbox it doesn't really matter what you add, it's just for learning how to edit.

4. Click the gray Preview button.

   • It should show a preview of the editing you did.
   • If you scroll the page up, you'll see the editing window again, where you can keep making changes and hitting Preview until you're happy.

   • Preview also saves a backup of your edits, so you won't lose any work, see HelpOnEditing#Automatic_Backup_of_Drafts.

   • To get help, click on the green links at the bottom: HelpOnEditing or HelpOnMoinWikiSyntax. I like to right-click the links and make them open in a new tab, so I don't lose my most-recent edits.

5. When your edit looks the way you want, add a comment to the black Comment field. This is just a simple summary of what change you made to the page, which shows up on the RecentChanges page. Then click the gray Save Changes button.

6. Remember... this is a community resource, so your edits can and will be edited by other members. Be polite!

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