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 Hello, fellow NSA-ers! I am glad you are taking the time to help contribute to the wiki, it really does a lot to help keep the lore alive.
+First of all, I've had a lot of questions on how to actually create a new page. Well, there are a few ways, but one of the simplest is to enter the name of the new page here:
+<inputbox>
+type=create
+useve=true
+width=20
+buttonlabel= Create page
+placeholder= Enter the page name
+</inputbox>
 However, before you jump right in and get started, please take note of a few things regarding contributing:
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 The [[Porkypines]] page offers a good example of both of these uses.
-=Adding "Date Edited"=
-In reviewing contributions to the wiki, I have noticed that some editors will add the date, or at least year, that they edited/created the page to the end of the page itself. Now - I'm not against crediting contributions, not at all. However, adding this information to the page itself is unnecessary. MediaWiki (the software this wiki runs on) automatically logs all contributions to all pages. If you want to see who edited what on a page, just click on the "View History" tab on the top right corner of any given page. You can not only see when edits were made, but also who made them, (if the user was logged in) and what the changes were. Thus, it's really unnecessary to add any sort of date mark to the end of any of the pages.
 =Categories=
-There's a feature in this wiki platform that allows you to add a page to one or more categories. So, if you create a page, please go ahead and add it to any applicable categories! It really helps with organization, and people being able to find your pages.
+There's a feature in this wiki platform that allows you to add a page to one or more categories. So, if you create a page, please go ahead and add it to any applicable categories! It really helps with organization, and people being able to find your pages. To add a page to a category, click on the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) next to the "save page" button in the top right of the screen. Then, select "Categories," and search for the category you want to add your page to. Wait for the right one to appear, click on it, and then click "apply changes." A list of categories can be found [[Special:Categories|here]].
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