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== Editors ==
To edit an article, just click the '''Edit''' link in the top-right of the page. This will take you to the edit page where you can use one of two editors:
* '''Visual Editor''' – The visual editor lets you type on the page and see how it will look when the page is published. This is converted to wiki text behind the scenes. Visual Editor is recommended if you aren’t familiar with editing wikis.
* '''Source Editor''' – The source editor lets you directly type in wikitext format. For documentation on Wikitext formatting, see [[wikipedia:Help:Wikitext]].
To switch back and forth between editors, use the pencil icon in the top-right corner.
== Section titles ==
▲'''If you get a 503 error while editing a page, just press the back button in your browser and try again. Your changes will not be lost as long as you don’t refresh the page.'''
When creating new
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== Images ==
{{Main|Help:Contributing/Image_guidelines}}
▲When creating new articles and sections, use sentence case for the title unless it is a proper noun.
To upload images (or any other kind of file), go to the page [[Special:Upload]] or click the ''Upload file'' link in the sidebar. From there you can select a file, give it a name and description.▼
▲: e.g. {{Color|limegreen|Sly 2:Entity swap tutorial}} is correct, but {{Color|red|Sly 2:Entity Swap Tutorial}} is not.
If you can improve the wiki by adding an image, please do so! When in doubt, an image will need to be replaced is better than no image if it will improve the article.▼
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To add a YouTube video to an article, switch to the source editor and insert the following:
<pre><youtube width="600">y5LBIdvnAJM</youtube></pre>
▲To upload images (or any other kind of file), go to the page [[Special:Upload]] or click the ''Upload file'' link in the sidebar. From there you can select a file, give it a name and description.
Replace <code>y5LBIdvnAJM</code> with the YouTube video ID, '''not''' the URL. The video ID will be in the URL immediately after the <code>?v=</code>.
: '''Example''': if the URL is <code>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ</code>, the video ID is <code>dQw4w9WgXcQ</code>
▲If you can improve the wiki by adding an image, please do so! When in doubt, an image will need to be replaced is better than no image if it will improve the article.
== Citing Sources ==
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