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Welcome to the Nonbinary Wiki! This simple guide will take you through the first steps on your editing journey. Editing might seem overwhelming at first, but if you take it slow, you'll be creating new pages like nobody's business in no time! | Welcome to the Nonbinary Wiki! This simple guide will take you through the first steps on your editing journey. Editing might seem overwhelming at first, but if you take it slow, you'll be creating new pages like nobody's business in no time! | ||
== Before you get started... == | == Before you get started... == | ||
If you are here, you probably want to learn how to contribute to the Nonbinary Wiki, and this page will guide you through the basics of wiki editing! In this section, we'll introduce you to the wiki interface, but first of all make sure you have an account. If you don't, click the [[Special:CreateAccount|''Create an account'']] link in the top right corner of this screen. Note that an account is not needed to edit most pages, but it's highly recommended (and free, no strings attached!). | If you are here, you probably want to learn how to contribute to the Nonbinary Wiki, and this page will guide you through the basics of wiki editing! In this section, we'll introduce you to the wiki interface, but first of all make sure you have an account. If you don't have one already, click the [[Special:CreateAccount|''Create an account'']] link in the top right corner of this screen. Note that an account is not needed to edit most pages, but it's highly recommended (and free, no strings attached!). | ||
So, now that you have an account, you will see a set of links in the top right corner, mainly personal pages and settings. Clicking on your username will take you to your user page, which you can use as a profile, and ''Talk'' will take you to your messages page, where other editors can talk to you! | So, now that you have an account, you will see a set of links in the top right corner, mainly personal pages and settings. Clicking on your username will take you to your user page, which you can use as a profile, and ''Talk'' will take you to your messages page, where other editors can talk to you! Next, let's take a look at the article interface itself. | ||
More specifically, take a look at the tabs that you will find on top of most pages: | More specifically, take a look at the tabs that you will find on top of most pages: | ||
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References are very important for the wiki, as they are how our readers can know that our information is true! So it's ver important that if you add content to the wiki, you support it with at least one reference —if you don't, the content could be removed at any time! Check out the [[Help:References and citations|guide to references]] for more information on how to add references! | References are very important for the wiki, as they are how our readers can know that our information is true! So it's ver important that if you add content to the wiki, you support it with at least one reference —if you don't, the content could be removed at any time! Check out the [[Help:References and citations|guide to references]] for more information on how to add references! | ||
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