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The Planetside Wiki runs on the MediaWiki platform, which Wikipedia itself also runs on. As a result the instructions for use of Wikipedia generally apply to our wiki as well. Please reference Wikipedia's editing instructions for information on how to work with a wiki system:
 
The Planetside Wiki runs on the MediaWiki platform, which Wikipedia itself also runs on. As a result the instructions for use of Wikipedia generally apply to our wiki as well. Please reference Wikipedia's editing instructions for information on how to work with a wiki system:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Editing_Wikipedia Wikipedia Editing Instruction]
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Editing_Wikipedia Wikipedia Editing Instructions]
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A Wiki is a collaborative information authoring system. It is designed with simplicity in mind and so it uses a formatting syntax somewhat like a simplified HTML. The text content and the formatting both appear in the editing window together, so it's important to know the difference between formatting information and content. You can reference this "cheat sheet" on wiki formatting syntax for help on that: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Formatting Cheat Sheet]

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The Planetside Wiki runs on the MediaWiki platform, which Wikipedia itself also runs on. As a result the instructions for use of Wikipedia generally apply to our wiki as well. Please reference Wikipedia's editing instructions for information on how to work with a wiki system: Wikipedia Editing Instructions

A Wiki is a collaborative information authoring system. It is designed with simplicity in mind and so it uses a formatting syntax somewhat like a simplified HTML. The text content and the formatting both appear in the editing window together, so it's important to know the difference between formatting information and content. You can reference this "cheat sheet" on wiki formatting syntax for help on that: Wiki Formatting Cheat Sheet