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Join the Marspedia Project — help us build the encyclopedia of Mars exploration and settlement!

New here?

Start with the Marspedia Tutorials and the help pages to learn how editing, formatting, and searching work.

Ways to help

Request an account, then edit any page with Edit (VisualEditor) or Edit source.
Expand an article stub or start one from the Needed Articles list.
Tidy an article in the cleanup category.
Join the Editorial or Technical subcommittee.
Already wrote something? Submit your content and we'll add it for you.

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-''Join the Marspedia Project! Help us to create an online encyclopedia about Mars!''
+''Join the Marspedia Project — help us build the encyclopedia of Mars exploration and settlement!''
-===Here's how you can help===
+=== New here? ===
-* Refine an '''[[:Category:Stubs|Article Stub]]''' into something more complete.
+Start with the '''[[Marspedia_Tutorials|Marspedia Tutorials]]''' and the '''[[Help:Contents|help pages]]''' to learn how editing, formatting, and searching work.
-* Write a new article for something on our list of '''[[Needed Articles]]'''.
-* Tidy up an article that is listed in our '''[[:Category:Cleanup|Cleanup Category]]'''.
-* Join the '''[[Marspedia:Editorial|Editorial]]''' & '''[[Marspedia:Technical|Technical]]''' Subcommittees.
-* '''[http://submissions.marspedia.org/ Submit Your Content]''' to Marspedia and we can add it to the wiki for you!
-===How to Edit the Wiki===
-* Use the '''"Edit"''' button on any page to make use of our Visual Editor.  Here's its '''[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:VisualEditor/User_guide Help Guide]'''.
-* Use the '''"Edit Source"''' button on any page to use the code-based editor.  Here's a list of '''[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Wiki codes you can use]'''.
-==How to Search & Browse the Wiki===
-* Use the Search Box to quickly locate articles.
-* Use the '''[[:Category:Main|Category Tree]]''' (or click '''"Browse"''' in the left navigation) to look through the index we've set up.
-* Use the '''[Special:AllPages|All Pages]]''' feature of Mediawiki to locate anything in the wiki.
+=== Ways to help ===
+* '''[[Special:RequestAccount|Request an account]]''', then edit any page with '''Edit''' (VisualEditor) or '''Edit source'''.
+* Expand an '''[[:Category:Stubs|article stub]]''' or start one from the '''[[Needed Articles]]''' list.
+* Tidy an article in the '''[[:Category:Cleanup|cleanup category]]'''.
+* Join the '''[[Marspedia:Editorial|Editorial]]''' or '''[[Marspedia:Technical|Technical]]''' subcommittee.
+* Already wrote something? '''[http://submissions.marspedia.org/ Submit your content]''' and we'll add it for you.
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