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Type the title of your new encyclopedia article in the box to the right, click on the bar below it, and you've begun!  You can use the search box (menu panel, left, this page, top) to check for related articles that already exist.  See [[CZ:Topic Choice|Topic Choice]] and [[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]] if you need to. Here's [http://www.trailbrain.com/wikihelpvideos/create_an_article/create_an_article.html a video demonstration of this method.]
Type the title of your new encyclopedia article in the box to the right, click on the bar below it, and you've begun!  You can use the search box (menu panel, left, this page, top) to check for related articles that already exist.  See [[CZ:Topic Choice|Topic Choice]] and [[CZ:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]] if you need to.
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Start it—three ways

1. The easy way

Type the title of your new encyclopedia article in the box to the right, click on the bar below it, and you've begun! You can use the search box (menu panel, left, this page, top) to check for related articles that already exist. See Topic Choice and Naming Conventions if you need to.


2. The complete way, with subpages

Do you want to start an article with subpages?

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3. Just e-mail us your article

If a little code makes you nervous, why not write an article using your word processor, and e-mail it in? We'll format it and upload it, and you can edit it from there.

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Write it

What should you write?

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Learn the code

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Learn our standards

We're writing coherent narratives, not grab-bags of facts.

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Get some tips

A few things every Citizen should know.

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