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| - | General Wikipedia information: (Mostly applies here, too.)
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| - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page
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| - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet
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| - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia
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| - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_layout
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| - | For those who want instructions here, here it is.
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| - | == Editing basics ==
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| - | Furrealz? That's marvoleusly good to know.
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| - | ===Type your changes===
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| - | :You can just type your text. However, also using basic wiki markup (examples of which can be found below) adds to the value of your contribution.
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| - | ===Summarize your changes===
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| - | :Write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Edit summary legend|edit summary legend]].
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| - | ===Preview before saving===
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| - | :When you have finished, click '''Show Preview''' to see how your changes will look '''before''' you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click '''{{MediaWiki:savearticle}}''' and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
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| - | ===Dummy edit and null edit===
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| - | :If the wikitext is not changed, no edit will be recorded and the edit summary is discarded. A '''dummy edit''' is a change in wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page, such as changing the number of [[Wikipedia:newline|newline]]s at some position from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3 or conversely (changing from 1 to 2 makes a difference, see below). This allows an edit summary, and is useful for correcting a previous edit summary, or an accidental marking of a previous edit as "minor" (see below).
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| - | :To refresh the cache of some item in the database a lesser kind of dummy edit, called a '''null edit''', may be sufficient: one that does not cause any change in the wikitext, and no entry in the history, in Recent Changes, etc.: this can be done by opening the edit window and saving; a section edit is sufficient.
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| - | ===Minor edits===
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| - | :When editing a page, a logged-in user has the option of flagging the edit as a "minor edit". This feature is important, because users can choose to ''hide'' minor edits in their view of the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] page, to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level.
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| - | :Deciding when to use this feature is a matter of personal preference. The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that consists of spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a "minor edit". A major edit is basically something that makes the entry worth revisiting for somebody who wants to watch the article rather closely. So any "real" change, even if it is a single word, should be flagged as a "major edit".
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| - | :The reason for not allowing a user who is not logged in to mark an edit as minor is that vandalism could then be marked as a minor edit, in which case it would stay unnoticed longer. This limitation is another reason to log in.
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