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'''Wiki is a ''collaboratively edited'' encyclopedia to which ''you'' can contribute. This tutorial will help you to write good wiki articles.
The Wiki is a collaboratively edited document. This tutorial may help you to understand how to write content using the software.


The following pages will discuss  features of Wiki, giving style and content guidance, information about the Wiki community, and important Wiki policies and conventions.
The following pages will discuss  features of Wiki, giving style and content guidance, information about the Wiki community, and important Wiki policies and conventions.
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HTML code can be used in pages to produce more advanced formatting such as colors, tables, and edit page layout. However, you do not need to know HTML to use Wiki and follow formatting conventions.
HTML code can be used in pages to produce more advanced formatting such as colors, tables, and edit page layout. However, you do not need to know HTML to use Wiki and follow formatting conventions.


=== Formatting conventions ===
It is a Wiki convention to mark in '''bold''' the names of an article's subject when they are first mentioned in the article. For example, the article [[Boeing KC-135E]] begins:
:The '''Boeing KC-135E''' is the only aircraft in FlightGear which can refuel other planes in air.


==Wiki links==
==Wiki links==
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===When to link===
===When to link===
The easiest way to learn when to link is to look at Wiki articles for examples. If you are trying to decide whether to make a link or not, ask yourself "If I were reading this article, would the link be useful to me?"  Usually link the first, and only the first, occurrence of a word/term in the article, that does not have an implicitly understood definition.
The easiest way to learn when to link may be to look at Wiki articles for examples.


===How to link===
===How to link===
When you want to make a link to another Wiki page (called a <em>wiki link</em>) you have to put it in double square brackets, like this:
If you want to make a link to another Wiki page (called a <em>wiki link</em>) you have to put it in double square brackets, like this:
:<tt><nowiki>[[Aircraft]]</nowiki></tt> = [[Aircraft]]
:<tt><nowiki>[[Aircraft]]</nowiki></tt> = [[Aircraft]]


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:[[:Category:Aircraft]]
:[[:Category:Aircraft]]
'''It is very important to put in the correct categories so that other people can easily find your work.''' The best way to find which categories to put in is to look at pages on similar subjects, and check which categories they use. For example if you write an article about a type of tree, you may look at an article on another type of tree to see which categories could be appropriate.


===Redirects===
===Redirects===
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