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Here's where to find simple help on adding and editing pages. For more detailed help please visit https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents

Step One - Create an Account

To Create an Account so you can add / edit pages, please contact the wiki admin at wiki@ eaa974.org (please remove the space). Due to the high volume of fake accounts that just wanted to post spam we had to take the drastic step of making the wiki "private" by means of manually adding users. You will still need to verify your account once it has been setup by an admin.

Please send them your email address, user name request, and your real name to assist the admins in the care and feeding of this wiki.

Should you need any help, please contact the admins via email at wiki@ eaa974.org (please remove the space)

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Adding (Starting) a Page

MediaWiki software makes it very easy to link wiki pages using a standard syntax. If you (or anyone else) create a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be colored red, like this. Clicking a red link will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created. Once the page has been created, the link will change from red to blue (purple for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists.

• Usually this is the best way to create a new page, because it means that right from the start, the page will be linked from at least one other place on the wiki (and typically you will want to mesh it into other related pages later).
  • If you are creating a new page without creating any link to it, you may need to ask yourself: Does this page really fit in with the topics already covered in the wiki?
  • Also, how are you expecting visitors to find this page?
  • Normally there is no reason to create a page without first creating a red link to it.
• Create a Page From the search page - If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box above) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.

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Simple Formatting

'''This is bold text'''

''Italics italics italics''

''Italics '''bold''' italics''

<u>Underline text</u>

<tt>Teletype text</tt>

<small>Small text</small>

<big>Big text</big>

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Headings and Paragraphs

There is no special syntax for paragraphs. To create a new paragraph, just leave a space between two blocks of text.

== This is heading two ==

=== This is heading three ===

==== This is heading four ====

===== This is heading five =====

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Lists

There are two kinds of lists that can be used: bullet lists and numbered lists. Lists may be nested in various ways.

Make sure there is no space between each list entry or it won't look correctly.

* One
* Two
* Three
** Sublist One
** Sublist Two
** Sublist Three
* Four

# One
# Two
# Three
## Sublist One
## Sublist Two
## Sublist Three
# Four

* One
* Two
* Three
*# Sublist One
*# Sublist Two
*# Sublist Three
* Four

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Links

There are two kinds of links: links to other EAA974 Wiki pages and links to other websites.

[[What EAA974 Members are building]]

[[What EAA974 Members are building | A listing of project pages]]

http://www.eaa.org

[http://www.eaa.org Experimental Aircraft Association]

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Adding Images / Files

The following image formats are supported by the wiki - .jpg or .jpeg / .png / and .gif

While it's not overly complicated to add images, you'll find all the information you need at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images

If you'd like to add a .pdf file or other attachment, for example a spreadsheet for weight and balance, we're happy to upload it to the chapter website and pass along or insert the link into the page you're working on. Please email it to wiki@ eaa974.org (just remove the space) and we'll get it uploaded for you (this is until I can figure out how to allow others to upload files via FTP easily).

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External Links

• MediaWiki Formatting Help

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