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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{tutorial}}<br /> <br /> The most basic wiki feature of all is: &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Sandbox|Edit this page!]]&#039;&#039;&#039; With the exception of a few &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Protected page|protected pages]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, every page has a link that says &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;edit this page&#039;&#039;&#039;&quot;. This link lets you do exactly that: edit the page you&#039;re looking at. Sites like these, where anyone can edit anything, are known as &#039;&#039;&#039;wikis&#039;&#039;&#039;. <br /> <br /> Go to the &#039;&#039;&#039;[[sandbox]]&#039;&#039;&#039; and click the &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;edit this page&#039;&#039;&#039;&quot; link. You&#039;ll see the wiki code for that page. Add something fun or interesting like &quot;Frank Zappa is the greatest ever American composer&quot;, then save it and see what you&#039;ve done!<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Show preview== <br /> One important feature to start using now is the &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Show preview|Show preview]]&#039;&#039;&#039; button. Try making an edit in the [[sandbox]], then clicking the &lt;!-- Can someone put an actual button here to make things clear to newusers? --&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Show preview&#039;&#039;&#039; button instead of Save Changes. This lets you see what the page will look like after your edit, &#039;&#039;before&#039;&#039; you actually save. We all make mistakes; this feature lets you catch them. Using Show Preview before saving also lets you try format changes and other edits without cluttering up the &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Page history|page history]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, and has a number of other advantages. Don&#039;t forget to save your edits after previewing, though! <br /> <br /> ==Edit summary==<br /> Before you hit Save, it&#039;s considered good [[Etiquette|etiquette]] to enter a very brief summary of your changes in the &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Edit summary|Edit summary]]&#039;&#039;&#039; box between the edit window and the Save and Preview buttons. It can be quite terse; for example if you just enter &quot;typo,&quot; people will know you made a minor spelling or punctuation correction, or some other small change. Also, if the change you have made to the page is minor, such as a spelling or grammar correction, be sure to check the box &quot;This is a minor edit&quot;.</div>

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