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You can edit any page by clicking the edit link on the top, or edit page sections when available (click "edit" on the right side of a subheading). This lets other people edit other sections of the page while you work (there is no way to reconcile two people submitting concurrent edits of a page). An editing help link will appear at the bottom of the editing form. It is a best practise to enter an edit summary to give a general idea of what you did, or click "minor edit"  
You can edit any page by clicking the edit link on the top, or edit page sections when available (click "edit" on the right side of a subheading). This lets other people edit other sections of the page while you work (there is no way to reconcile two people submitting concurrent edits of a page). An editing help link will appear at the bottom of the editing form. It is a best practise to enter an edit summary to give a general idea of what you did, or click "minor edit"  
When a page section talking about a specific topic gets too long, or is referenced by other topics, it's time to break that topic out into its own page. Wikis enable quickly creating hypertext pages with this in mind.


After submitting a page, a simple math question is asked to discourage spam. You must submit a correct answer before your changes will be saved.
After submitting a page, a simple math question is asked to discourage spam. You must submit a correct answer before your changes will be saved.
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