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Any logged-on user can discuss articles or
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==Who Can Participate?==
  
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All users can comment on the site and network with others via the [[Talk:Main_Page|Discuss]] option on the Main Page top bar. All users can comment on a particular entry and network about it via the "Discuss” section of that entry.
  
You can <s>strike out deleted material</s>
 
and <u>underline new material</u>.
 
  
You can also mark <del>deleted material</del> and
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As an experiment in history by the people, all logged on users with data, documents, citations, or skills to share can create entries, or edit, add to, and improve any entry except those with a named creator, or those closed to protect their content.
<ins>inserted material</ins> using logical markup.
 
For backwards compatibility better combine this
 
potentially ignored new <del>logical</del> with  
 
the old <s><del>physical</del></s> markup.
 
  
  
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==How Can I Participate?==
<pre><nowiki>
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You can <s>strike out deleted material</s>
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In addition to [[Help:Create_an_Entry|  creating your own entries]], you can supplement or [[Help:Edit |edit]] existing unprotected entries.
and <u>underline new material</u>.
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===Delete and Add New Text===
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To strike out deleted material add the tags <nowiki><s> and </s></nowiki> around the words you'd like to strike out. For example:
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<nowiki><s>this material is incorrect</s></nowiki>
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Which will appear like this on the web page:
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<s>this material is incorrect</s>
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You can underline new material by putting the tags <nowiki><u> and </u></nowiki> around the new text like this:
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<nowiki><u>underline new material</u></nowiki>
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Which shows up like this on the web page:
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<u>underline new material</u>
  
You can also mark <del>deleted material</del> and
 
<ins>inserted material</ins> using logical markup.
 
For backwards compatibility better combine this
 
potentially ignored new <del>logical</del> with
 
the old <s><del>physical</del></s> markup.
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
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'''Suppressing interpretation of markup:'''
 
<br/>
 
<nowiki>Link &rarr; (''to'') the [[Wikipedia FAQ]]</nowiki>
 
* Used to show literal data that would otherwise have special meaning.
 
* Escape all wiki markup, including that which looks like HTML tags.
 
* Does not escape HTML character references.
 
* To escape HTML character references such as <tt>&amp;rarr;</tt> use <tt>&amp;amp;rarr;</tt>
 
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<br/>
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
&lt;nowiki>Link &amp;rarr; (''to'')
 
the [[Wikipedia FAQ]]&lt;/nowiki>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
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'''Commenting page source:'''
 
<br/>
 
''not shown when viewing page''
 
* Used to leave comments in a page for future editors.
 
* Note that most comments should go on the appropriate [[Wikipedia:Talk page|Talk page]].
 
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<br/>
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
&lt;!-- comment here -->
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
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===Invisible text (comments)===
 
===Invisible text (comments)===
{{main|Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Invisible comments}}
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It's uncommon, but on occasion acceptable, to add a hidden comment within the text of an article.  <!--- This is an example of text that won't normally be visible except in "edit" mode. ---> The format is this:
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It's uncommon, but on occasion acceptable, to add a hidden comment within the text of an article by typing this:
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  <nowiki><!--- This is an example of text that won't normally be visible except in "edit" mode. ---></nowiki>
 
  <nowiki><!--- This is an example of text that won't normally be visible except in "edit" mode. ---></nowiki>
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You must go to edit mode to see the following example on the web page:
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<!--- This is an example of text that won't normally be visible except in "edit" mode. --->

Latest revision as of 11:29, 30 July 2008

Who Can Participate?

All users can comment on the site and network with others via the Discuss option on the Main Page top bar. All users can comment on a particular entry and network about it via the "Discuss” section of that entry.


As an experiment in history by the people, all logged on users with data, documents, citations, or skills to share can create entries, or edit, add to, and improve any entry except those with a named creator, or those closed to protect their content.


How Can I Participate?

In addition to creating your own entries, you can supplement or edit existing unprotected entries.


Delete and Add New Text

To strike out deleted material add the tags <s> and </s> around the words you'd like to strike out. For example:

<s>this material is incorrect</s>


Which will appear like this on the web page:

this material is incorrect


You can underline new material by putting the tags <u> and </u> around the new text like this:

<u>underline new material</u>


Which shows up like this on the web page:

underline new material


Invisible text (comments)

It's uncommon, but on occasion acceptable, to add a hidden comment within the text of an article by typing this:

<!--- This is an example of text that won't normally be visible except in "edit" mode. --->


You must go to edit mode to see the following example on the web page: