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guide:editing [2026/09/23 03:27] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1guide:editing [2026/10/09 03:36] (current) – [Editing a page] toolbus
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 Two things worth knowing: Two things worth knowing:
  
-  * **Preview** shows how it will look without saving. Use it.+  * **Preview** shows how it will look without saving. 
   * Every version is kept. **Old revisions** at the top of any page shows what changed, who changed it, and lets you put back an older version. Nothing you do here can be permanently broken.   * Every version is kept. **Old revisions** at the top of any page shows what changed, who changed it, and lets you put back an older version. Nothing you do here can be permanently broken.
  
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   * Keep it short. It is a menu, not a table of contents. If a section needs more than about six entries, make a page that lists them and link that.   * Keep it short. It is a menu, not a table of contents. If a section needs more than about six entries, make a page that lists them and link that.
   * Always write the label after the ''|''. Without one the menu shows the raw page id.   * Always write the label after the ''|''. Without one the menu shows the raw page id.
 +  * Menu links are read from the top of the wiki, not from the page you happen to be on, so write the full name: ''%%[[info|Info]]%%'' and ''%%[[guide:fishing|Fishing]]%%''. This is the one place that works differently from the rest of the wiki, where a name with no colon in it means a page next to the one you are editing.
   * Nothing else on that page is used. No headings, no paragraphs.   * Nothing else on that page is used. No headings, no paragraphs.