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Welcome to the Marspedia help pages. Whether you are here to read, edit, or start new articles about Mars exploration and settlement, these guides will get you going. New here? Start with the Marspedia Tutorials.

Getting started

Marspedia Tutorials — a guided, step-by-step introduction to Marspedia and how to contribute.
Ways to contribute — the many ways you can help grow the wiki.
Request an account — editing requires a free account, approved by a volunteer.

Editing

Editing basics — the VisualEditor, wikitext, formatting, links, lists, and categories.
Creating an article — how to start a new page from scratch.
Using references — cite your sources with <ref> tags.
Category hierarchy — the categories to tag your articles with.
Sandbox — a safe place to practise editing.

About Marspedia

About Marspedia — what Marspedia is, and how it differs from Wikipedia.
Copyrights — licensing of Marspedia content.
Deletion policy — how and when pages are removed.
Privacy policy

Maintenance & technical

Maintenance and setup — MediaWiki maintenance FAQ.
Importing from Wikipedia — bringing content across without breaking the licence.
Offsite links in the sidebar and external links in a new window — small how-tos for maintainers.

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-<BIG>[[Marspedia:About|'''About Marspedia''']]</BIG><BR/>
+Welcome to the Marspedia help pages. Whether you are here to read, edit, or start new articles about Mars exploration and settlement, these guides will get you going. New here? Start with the '''[[Marspedia_Tutorials|Marspedia Tutorials]]'''.
-Marspedia policies, differences between Marspedia and Wikipedia, technical information.
-<BIG>[[Help:Maintenance and Setup|'''Maintenance and Setup Help''']]</BIG><BR/>
+== Getting started ==
-This FAQ from the MediaWiki site covers many maintenance and setup issues.
+* '''[[Marspedia_Tutorials|Marspedia Tutorials]]''' — a guided, step-by-step introduction to Marspedia and how to contribute.
+* '''[[Marspedia:Contributing|Ways to contribute]]''' — the many ways you can help grow the wiki.
+* '''[[Special:RequestAccount|Request an account]]''' — editing requires a free account, approved by a volunteer.
-<BIG>[[Marspedia:Messy_Article_Tutorial|'''Messy Article Creation''']]</BIG><BR/>
+== Editing ==
-When you want to get started but don't have time to learn the formatting rules.
+* '''[[Help:Editing|Editing basics]]''' — the VisualEditor, wikitext, formatting, links, lists, and categories.
+* '''[[Help:Creating an article|Creating an article]]''' — how to start a new page from scratch.
+* '''[[Marspedia:Using Ref tags|Using references]]''' — cite your sources with <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code> tags.
+* '''[[Marspedia:New Category Hierarchy|Category hierarchy]]''' — the categories to tag your articles with.
+* '''[[Marspedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]]''' — a safe place to practise editing.
-<BIG>[[Marspedia:Wikipedia Import|'''Wikipedia Import Help''']]</BIG><BR/>
+== About Marspedia ==
-How to bring a Wikipedia article here without violating the GNU FDL
+* '''[[Marspedia:About|About Marspedia]]''' — what Marspedia is, and how it differs from Wikipedia.
+* '''[[Marspedia:Copyrights|Copyrights]]''' — licensing of Marspedia content.
+* '''[[Marspedia:Deletion|Deletion policy]]''' — how and when pages are removed.
+* '''[[Marspedia:Privacy policy|Privacy policy]]'''
-<BIG>[[Links and Resources|'''Links and Resources''']]</BIG><BR/>
+== Maintenance & technical ==
-Where you can find more information
+* '''[[Help:Maintenance and Setup|Maintenance and setup]]''' — MediaWiki maintenance FAQ.
+* '''[[Marspedia:Wikipedia Import|Importing from Wikipedia]]''' — bringing content across without breaking the licence.
-<BIG>[[Marspedia:Offsite_Links_In_Sidebar|'''Offsite Links In Sidebar''']]</BIG><BR/>
+* '''[[Marspedia:Offsite Links In Sidebar|Offsite links in the sidebar]]''' and '''[[Marspedia:External Links In New Window|external links in a new window]]''' — small how-tos for maintainers.
-A short How-To for when you need to create an offsite link in the sidebar.
-<BIG>[[Marspedia:External_Links_In_New_Window|'''External Links In New Window''']]</BIG><BR/>
-How to make '''all''' external links open in a new browser window.
-<BIG>[[Marspedia:Using_Ref_tags|'''Using <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tags in your document''']]</BIG>
-<BIG></BIG>
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