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=How do I contribute? =
 * Please do your utmost to respect the intellectual property of others, this is manifest in the citation of borrowed material.
 * If you use images found on the internet, we ask you to provide a link back to the original site containing the image or borrowed material.
 * Up to date versions of either Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome are necessary. IE 6 is not compatible with the wikispaces software
 * Anyone can comment on existing pages, and contribute to discussion. However, we strongly encourage you to join the etherpedia family and sign up for an account
 * Membership takes only a few minutes and is free
 * Members can add new pages and can edit existing content
 * Your changes will be recognized by the site and your username will be acknowledged as the editor of a topic page

=How do I create a new keyword page?=
 * Navigate to the "Alphabetical List of Keywords" by clicking the link in the navigation bar to the right of the screen
 * Find a keyword you would like to add to the etherpedia from the list provided
 * Click "Edit" in the top right hand corner of the page
 * Highlight the keyword (in the example we highlight "Addison's Disease"
 * Click "Link" in the editor toolbar and the following box will pop up

=How do I add Images?= =How do I add references?=
 * Click "Add Link" and notice that the link text as well as the page name is already filled in for you
 * Now click "Save" in the editor toolbar
 * Your keyword will now show up as a link in the keywords index (see below):
 * Click on the link you have created
 * The following page will be displayed
 * Select "etherpedia wiki page" from the template list
 * You may now edit your new keyword page from the "etherpedia wiki page" template
 * Your content will go in the "content goes here" section
 * The boxes below the ruled line are "Widgets" which add social media and collaborative editing functionality to your page
 * Edit your page and press "Save"
 * The final step is to add the appropriate tag to the page, this ensures that your work will show up in the proper chapter heading in the navigation toolbar
 * Click the "..." button in the toolbar at the top of the screen
 * click "edit" in the "Tags" subheading
 * Type in the tag you think best applies to your keyword
 * You will see a list of the available keywords auto-populate underneath your typing
 * You may then select the appropriate tag from the list
 * Click "Save"
 * Congratulations! You are now a contributor to the Etherpedia!
 * Click on "File" in the editor toolbar
 * If the image is on your computer's hard drive, click the "+ Upload Files" button
 * Select your file, upload it, and then click the image, which will then be inserted into the text
 * If your image is from another website, you may click "External Image" and paste in the URL
 * Please remember to cite your sources
 * If you wish to add a reference or table of contents, click "Widgets" in the editing bar
 * Select table of contents
 * This will create a table of contents which lists all content you have typed in using "Headings"
 * Select "reference" to add footnotes

=How do I edit an existing file?=
 * Editing is extremely simple
 * Click the "Edit" button in the toolbar that shows up in the top right of the topic page you wish to edit
 * The editing toolbar will pop up and allow you to make changes
 * Follow the instructions listed under "Create Page" above
 * The only pages that cannot be edited are the home page, this page, and "about the etherpedia"