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<h4> What NSwiki is not </h4>
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# NSwiki is '''not a personal homepage''' and/or file storage area. [[NSwiki|NSwikians]] have their own personal User pages, but they are used for working on the encyclopedia. If you're looking to make a personal webpage, there are many free homepage providers on the Internet.
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If you make anything other than a [[Wikipedia:Minor edit|minor edit]] to an article, it helps to use the [[Wikipedia:Edit summary|edit summary]]. Edit summaries are visible in the [http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php?title={{PAGENAMEE}}&action=history page history], [[Special:Watchlist|watchlists]], and on [[Special:Recent changes|Recent changes]], so they help other users keep track of what's happening to a page. If you use [[Wikipedia:Section|section editing]], the summary box is filled in with the section heading by default (in gray text). You can also put links to articles in the edit summary - just put double brackets around <nowiki>[[the article title]]</nowiki> like you would normally. The summary is limited to 200 characters, so many people use [[Wikipedia:Edit summary legend:Quick reference|common abbreviations]], such as ''sp'' for correcting spelling mistakes.
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# NSwiki is '''not a ''free wiki host'''''. You may not host your own website or blog at NSwiki. If you are interested in using the [[Wikipedia:wiki|wiki]] technology for a collaborative effort on anything other than writing the NationStates encyclopedia, even if it is just a single page, there are many sites (such as [http://www.seedwiki.com/ SeedWiki] or [http://www.riters.com/ Riters.com]) that provide wiki hosting (free or for money). You can even install wiki software on your server.
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# NSwiki is '''not a [[roleplay]] site'''.  Historical accounts of roleplay activity belong here.  Active roleplaying should be done on the [[forums]].
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# NSwiki is '''not a link repository'''. If you want to track your forum posts, use the [http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/search.php?s= Forum Search] feature on [[Jolt]]. 
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# NSwiki is not a '''Discussion forum'''.  If you want a regional forum, visit [http://www.proboards.com ProBoards.com] or [http://www.invisionfree.com InvisionFree], where they do that sort of thing.  Please try to stay on task (the task here is to create NationStates encyclopedia articles). NSwiki is not a discussion forum or chat room.
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# A vehicle for '''advertising and self-promotion'''. We don't need articles on items just because a contributor is associated with them. Links to your [[roleplay]] storefront are fine, links to your [http://www.ebay.com Ebay] storefront are not.
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Revision as of 13:38, 14 November 2004

Summarizing your work

If you make anything other than a minor edit to an article, it helps to use the edit summary. Edit summaries are visible in the page history, watchlists, and on Recent changes, so they help other users keep track of what's happening to a page. If you use section editing, the summary box is filled in with the section heading by default (in gray text). You can also put links to articles in the edit summary - just put double brackets around [[the article title]] like you would normally. The summary is limited to 200 characters, so many people use common abbreviations, such as sp for correcting spelling mistakes.

More info: NSwiki:Page editing
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