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 * Introduction– What is wiki.gis.com?
 * Contributing to wiki.gis.com– guide for wiki.gis.comns
 * Cheatsheet– annotated editing reference page
 * Glossary– terms commonly used
 * Policies and guidelines– overview
 * Simplified ruleset– synopsis of conventions
 * Tips– on using and contributing
 * Tutorials– on editing
 * '''Picture tutorial

The wiki.gis.com interface

 * Basic navigation
 * Contents

How to edit
Experiment with editing pages in the sandbox. You can also carry out editing experiments "in situ" by editing the page itself and using the "Show preview" button. Be careful not to accidentally save the page though! If you do, then revert your changes.


 * Editing a page
 * Editing conflicts
 * Editing help cheatsheet
 * Editing shortcuts
 * Editing toolbar
 * Guide to deleting pages/images/categories
 * Keeping track of changes
 * Diffs
 * Page history
 * Recent changes
 * Related changes
 * Special pages
 * User contributions
 * Watching pages
 * "Magic words" and variables
 * Maintenance departments
 * Cleanup
 * Merging and moving pages
 * Requested moves
 * Page protection policy
 * Administrators
 * Purge
 * Reverting
 * Talk pages
 * Archiving a talk page
 * Template messages
 * Cleanup
 * Text editor support
 * Vandalism

Saving edits

 * Using the "Edit summary"
 * Minor edits
 * Testing your edits
 * Using the "Show preview" button
 * Handling an edit conflict

Style

 * wiki.gis.com style guidelines
 * Anchors
 * Captions
 * Categorization
 * Categorization of people
 * Citing sources
 * Footnotes
 * Using footnotes
 * Explain jargon
 * External links
 * Image use policy
 * Infoboxes
 * Layout
 * Lead section
 * Links
 * Piped links
 * Lists
 * Creating lists
 * Naming conventions
 * Page names
 * Proper names
 * Redirect pages
 * Sections
 * Stub articles
 * List of stub types
 * Subpages
 * Tables
 * EasyTimeline syntax
 * HTML in wikitext
 * When to use tables
 * Technical terms and definitions
 * Displaying a formula
 * Templates
 * A quick guide to templates

Article development

 * Article development - lists the stages in the life of an article
 * Your first article
 * Contributing to articles outside your native language
 * Creating an article series
 * Starting a new page– creating pages other than articles
 * Summary style
 * Writing better articles
 * "The perfect article" - checklist of components required to make "the perfect article"

Manual of Style
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