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== Editing existing pages ==
== Editing existing pages ==
* Click the '''edit''' [[Help:Navigation#Page Tabs|page tab]]
* Click the '''edit''' [[Help:Navigation#Page Tabs|page tab]].
* Make changes to the text in the edit box. Make sure you write clearly and concisely, and make sure your edit does something to improve the page. If you're making normal changes to the text like fixing spelling mistakes or grammar, inserting new sentences, etc, then you don't have to worry too much about formatting. When you do need to use some type of formatting, you do it using wiki syntax, see [[Help:Formatting]] for some of the common types of formatting used.
* Make changes to the text in the edit box. Make sure you write clearly and concisely, and make sure your edit does something to improve the page. If you're making normal changes to the text like fixing spelling mistakes or grammar, inserting new sentences, etc, then you don't have to worry too much about formatting. When you do need to use some type of formatting, you do it using wiki syntax, see [[Help:Formatting]] for some of the common types of formatting used.
* Optionally, enter a short note in the '''Summary''' box describing your changes.
* Optionally, enter a short note in the '''Summary''' box describing your changes.
* Optionally preview your changes with the '''Preview''' button.
* Optionally preview your changes with the '''Preview''' button.
* Click the '''Save page''' button.
* Click the '''Save page''' button.
 
* One can rename pages as well. See [[Help:Moving a page]].
* One can rename pages as well See [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Moving_a_page Help:Moving_a_page]


=== Discussion ===
=== Discussion ===

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