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    <h1>Get started with editing the wiki.</h1>
    <p>Anyone can edit any page and improve articles immediately for all readers. The Gemini Station Wiki uses two methods of editing: the simpler VisualEditor, and classic editing through source mode.</p>
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|title = Your first edits
|text = What makes a good article? This should help you get started on how to more effectly edit existing or new articles. 
|link = Help:Editing/Your first edit
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = The basics of VisualEditor
|text = Some more detailed tips on editing using VisualEditor, including how to add links and format bold and italic text.
|link = Help:Editing/VisualEditor Basics
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title=Using source mode
|text=Source mode allows you to see all of the wikitext on a page and to edit it directly. If you are trying to make more complex changes, you should switch to the source editor.
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|title = Introduction to source mode
|text = Editing using the classic source mode, which allows you to view and change wikitext directly.
|link = Help:Editing/Source mode basics
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Cheat sheet for source mode
|text = A short guide that lists the syntax needed to create font styles, links, templates, and headers in source mode.
|link = Help:Editing/Cheat sheet
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title=Creating Images
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|title = Taking screenshots
|text = The types of images we need on the wiki, how to take them, and how to upload.
|link = Help:Editing/Taking images
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Introduction to GIMP
|text = A guide to GIMP, a free cross-platform image editor with brushes, layer capabilities, selection tools, masking, etc.
|link = Help:Editing/Introduction to GIMP
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Adding transparency
|text = How to cut out the background and other unnecessary parts of an image, putting the focus on the subject.
|link = Help:Editing/Image transparency
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Adding translucency
|text = An advanced guide to adding translucency (removing the background) to images with semi-transparent parts.
|link = Help:Editing/Image translucency
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Advanced guide to VisualEditor
|text = Making more complicated edits using the default editor.
|link = Help:Editing/VisualEditor advanced
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = What's possible with source mode
|text = Examples of some of the more complicated types of edits that can be made on the wiki.
|link = Help:Editing/Advanced editing
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Tables
|text = More details about editing tables in source mode
|link = Help:Editing/Tables
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Templates
|text = Learn about all the available templates for this Wiki and how to properly use them.
|link = Help:Templates
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Creating navboxes
|text = How to make the navigational templates located at the bottom of most pages.
|link = Help:Editing/Navbox
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Lua guide
|text = How to create modules using Lua, and invoke them from templates.
|link = Help:Editing/Lua guide
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Dynamic Page List (DPL)
|text = How to use DynamicPageList3 (DPL) to Aggregate pages, information, templates, params etc from many pages into one place.
|link = Help:Editing/DPL guide
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Accounts and user pages
|text = The basics of managing your account, preferences, user page and signatures.
|link = Help:Editing/Accounts and user pages
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Talk pages and discussions
|text = How to discuss page (and template, module etc) content, propose major changes and take part in wiki-wide discussions.
|link = Help:Editing/Talk pages and discussions
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Customizing your signature
|text = How to customize your signature.
|link = Help:Customizing your signature
|linktext = Read this guide
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|title = Policies
|text = The policies all users are expected to adhere to while editing on the Gemini Station Wiki.
|link = GSWiki:Policies
|linktext = Read about policies
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|title = Style guides
|text = Style guides are to make the wiki easy to read, write and edit by establishing a certain formats and maintaining consistency.
|link = Help:Article Guideline
|linktext = Read the style guides
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|title=What to edit
|text=If you don't know what to start editing and don't have a specific project in mind the following pages may help.
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|title = One Small Wiki Favor
|text = An ongoing project that rewards users with wiki tokens for helping with ongoing projects on the wiki!
|link = GSWiki:One Small Wiki Favor
|linktext = Edit and earn wiki tokens
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|title = Projects
|text = There are always a number of large projects going on that could use your help, as well as standard maintenance items.
|link = GSWiki:Maintenance
|linktext = Explore ongoing projects
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|title = New Projects
|text = Want to suggest a new project, or start a project that has been suggested but not started yet?
|link = GSWiki:Maintenance/Project ideas
|linktext = Start or suggest a project
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|title = Talk Pages
|text = Every wiki page has an associated talk page, which can be used for discussion and communicating with other users. You can learn more about this by reading this guide.
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