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How do I create a new page?
New pages on a wiki (such as this one) are created simply by going to the page an editing it. If you go to a page that does not exist, you will get an empty page with the text "Describe the new page here", and the page will have an edit link at the bottom, just like any other page on the wiki. The normal method of creating a new wiki page is to add a link to the new topic on an existing page, then click on that link, and edit your new page. For example, if you wanted to add a new page for "The Test of the Iron Chef", you might edit the Tests page, and add a link to that page like [[The Test of the Iron Chef]]. After saving your change to the Tests page, a question mark will appear next to the new link (indicating the page doesn't yet exist). You can click on that question mark to create your new page.

A page I had bookmarked disappeared! What happened?
A wiki can be very dynamic, especially when new information is added. Bob may create a new page, putting up all the information he has, and later, Mary comes along, and decides to split the page into two new pages to make it easier to understand. So, from time to time, a page might be renamed. Try looking in Recent Changes or used the Search form in the upper right.

I'd like to write a page, but don't understand how to put in links, or format it.
See the Formatting page; it goes over how to format pages on this wiki, and do things like create links and tables.

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