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The [[Main_Page|NFSUnlimited.net Need for Speed Wiki]] uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki MediaWiki] software which means anyone can easily edit any unprotected page and those changes will be immedeately visible to other users.
 
The [[Main_Page|NFSUnlimited.net Need for Speed Wiki]] uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki MediaWiki] software which means anyone can easily edit any unprotected page and those changes will be immedeately visible to other users.
  
Please refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia:How to edit a page] for more information on special Wiki markup. This page will only cover the use of special templates specific to this wiki.
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Please refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia] for more information on special Wiki markup. This page will only cover the use of special templates specific to this Wiki.
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== Templates ==
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The MediaWiki software used by NFSUnlimited has support for templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing {{stub}} will appear as "This article is a stub. Feel free to contribute." when the page is saved. A template reference call must be included in two sets of curly brackets ({) and may contain other parameters. Here's some info on the templates in use by NFSUnlimited.
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Revision as of 03:15, 25 December 2006

The NFSUnlimited.net Need for Speed Wiki uses MediaWiki software which means anyone can easily edit any unprotected page and those changes will be immedeately visible to other users.

Please refer to Wikipedia for more information on special Wiki markup. This page will only cover the use of special templates specific to this Wiki.

Templates

The MediaWiki software used by NFSUnlimited has support for templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing

This article is a stub. Feel free to contribute.

will appear as "This article is a stub. Feel free to contribute." when the page is saved. A template reference call must be included in two sets of curly brackets ({) and may contain other parameters. Here's some info on the templates in use by NFSUnlimited.

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