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Categories are added in the Visual Editor by clicking the [[wikipedia:Help:VisualEditor#Editing categories|3 horizontal bars]] to the left of the "Save changes..." button and selecting "Categories". In markdown mode, add the text <code><nowiki>[[Category:<category-name>]]</nowiki></code> anywhere on the page. For stylistic reasons, it should be at the very bottom.

== ~~Why can I mark edits as minor? What does that mean?~~ ==

== Using images ==

~~The intended effect~~ of the box that says "This is a minor edit" is to allow those that review page history to differentiate between edits which are negligible, such as fixing spelling, punctuation, or grammar, from edits which actually add, remove, or edit content. This is marginally useful on larger wikis, but for the purposes of ''this'' wiki, it is '''irrelevant'''.

Any image that an editor wishes to use must be manually uploaded to the wiki. This is done by going to [[Special:Upload]].

Notice how there is a '''big box''' of information at the top of [[Special:Upload]] that says "'''Important File Uploading Guidelines'''". This should be read in it's entirety. In short, when you upload a file, you must select a license that most appropriately fits the file. This way this wiki knows the copyright rationale of any given file if a copyright holder reaches out to complain about the file being hosted here. You must also, if you aren't the sole creator of the file, provide a link to where you got the file and who owns the copyright of the file in the "Summary" box.

Once an image is fully uploaded, it can be added to a page in the VisualEditor by clicking "Insert" on the toolbar followed by "Images and media" then locating the relevant file. For information on how to do this in markdown, see [[mw:Help:Images|Help:Images]].

== Minor edits ==

You may notice there is a checkbox that says "This is a minor edit" when editing. The intent of this feature is to allow those that review page history to differentiate between edits which are negligible, such as fixing spelling, punctuation, or grammar, from edits which actually add, remove, or edit content. This is marginally useful on larger wikis, but for the purposes of ''this'' wiki, it is '''irrelevant'''.

It is ultimately immaterial if an editor uses it or not.

== ~~What is an edit summary? Should I use it?~~ ==

== Edit summaries ==

An edit summary is a box available near the "Save changes" button that gives editors an opportunity to describe briefly what their edit is doing. This makes it simpler to review page history and see how a page changes over time. This is '''''strongly desired'''''. While this is not enforced strictly, if problems begin to arise out of an editor making strings of edits without summaries making them difficult to review, administrators may contact the editor and mandate their use.

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 Categories are added in the Visual Editor by clicking the [[wikipedia:Help:VisualEditor#Editing categories|3 horizontal bars]] to the left of the "Save changes..." button and selecting "Categories". In markdown mode, add the text <code><nowiki>[[Category:<category-name>]]</nowiki></code> anywhere on the page. For stylistic reasons, it should be at the very bottom.
-== Why can I mark edits as minor? What does that mean? ==
+== Using images ==
-The intended effect of the box that says "This is a minor edit" is to allow those that review page history to differentiate between edits which are negligible, such as fixing spelling, punctuation, or grammar, from edits which actually add, remove, or edit content. This is marginally useful on larger wikis, but for the purposes of ''this'' wiki, it is '''irrelevant'''.
+Any image that an editor wishes to use must be manually uploaded to the wiki. This is done by going to [[Special:Upload]].
+Notice how there is a '''big box''' of information at the top of [[Special:Upload]] that says "'''Important File Uploading Guidelines'''". This should be read in it's entirety. In short, when you upload a file, you must select a license that most appropriately fits the file. This way this wiki knows the copyright rationale of any given file if a copyright holder reaches out to complain about the file being hosted here. You must also, if you aren't the sole creator of the file, provide a link to where you got the file and who owns the copyright of the file in the "Summary" box.
+Once an image is fully uploaded, it can be added to a page in the VisualEditor by clicking "Insert" on the toolbar followed by "Images and media" then locating the relevant file. For information on how to do this in markdown, see [[mw:Help:Images|Help:Images]].
+== Minor edits ==
+You may notice there is a checkbox that says "This is a minor edit" when editing. The intent of this feature is to allow those that review page history to differentiate between edits which are negligible, such as fixing spelling, punctuation, or grammar, from edits which actually add, remove, or edit content. This is marginally useful on larger wikis, but for the purposes of ''this'' wiki, it is '''irrelevant'''.
 It is ultimately immaterial if an editor uses it or not.
-== What is an edit summary? Should I use it? ==
+== Edit summaries ==
 An edit summary is a box available near the "Save changes" button that gives editors an opportunity to describe briefly what their edit is doing. This makes it simpler to review page history and see how a page changes over time. This is '''''strongly desired'''''. While this is not enforced strictly, if problems begin to arise out of an editor making strings of edits without summaries making them difficult to review, administrators may contact the editor and mandate their use.