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Wiki Tips for Contributors

• If you have a question or concern, or there's a uncertainty you'd like to discuss with others, use the Discussion tab on each page.
  • Typing four tildes (this ~~~~) automatically signs your name, makes a link, and timestamps
• next to the "save page" button is a preview button. Please try to use it to avoid spamming Recent Changes.
• Correct spelling gets you points.
• If you're taking information from a source, make sure to link to the source.

Wiki Code Tips

• Use [[Template:FutureContent]] at the top of the page to label it as future content to avoid confusion.
• #REDIRECT[[link]] makes a redirect.
• <nowiki>code</nowiki> removes the wiki code.
• If you don't know how to format something, go to a page that you think is nicely formatted and click on the "edit."
  • Don't change this code, if you want to experiment do it on your userpage.
  • Eyeball the code until you see something that you recognize
  • Copy the code in the same paragraph as the part you recognize
  • Paste it onto the page that you're working on.
  • Replace the text as needed.
• Number signs create easy lists (open up the edit window to see the code):

1. example1
2. example2
3. example3

Wiki Table Tips

Table Template

{|class="wikitable" style="background:#ffffff; text-align: center"
|- style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF"
! Column1 Name !! Column2 Name !! Column3 Name
|-
| 1a || 2a || 3a
|-
| 1b || 2b || 3b
|}

It looks like this:

Sortable Table Template

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#ffffff; text-align: center"
|- style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF"
! Column1 Name !! Column2 Name !! Column3 Name
|-
| 1a || 2a || 3a
|-
| 1b || 2b || 3b
|}

Example:

No First Row Table

{|class="wikitable" style="background:#ffffff; text-align: center"
|- style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF"
| Column1 Name || Column2 Name || Column3 Name
|-
| 1a || 2a || 3a
|-
| 1b || 2b || 3b
|}

Example:

Overlapping Rows Table

{|class="wikitable" style="background:#ffffff; text-align: center"
|- style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF"
! Column1 Name !! Column2 Name !! Column3 Name
|-
| 1a || 2a || rowspan="2" | 3
|-
| 1b || 2b ||
|}

Example: