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'''What this site needs most is a dedicated group of contributors'''. For an account, please [mailto:jmornard@jfwiki.org email me (jmornard)] with your preferred user name. I will create an account for you. I have found this to be the only reliable way to prevent spam edits.  
'''What this site needs most is a dedicated group of contributors'''. For an account, please [mailto:jmornard@jfwiki.org email me (jmornard)] with your preferred user name. I will create an account for you. I have found this to be the only reliable way to prevent spam edits.  


Then read our [[Style Guide], then have a look at [[Higher Learning]], a good example of how a program page can be structured.  Then browse over to the  [[The_Joe_Frank_Wiki:To Do|to-do list]], or simply pick a [[Special:Randompage|random page]] and dig in!   
Then read our [[Style Guide]], then have a look at [[Higher Learning]], a good example of how a program page can be structured.  Then browse over to the  [[The_Joe_Frank_Wiki:To Do|to-do list]], or simply pick a [[Special:Randompage|random page]] and dig in!   


To experience editing a page on a wiki risk free, go play in the '''[[The_Joe_Frank_Wiki:Sandbox|sandbox]]''', which is a special page where it's perfectly acceptable to edit and change content for no reason except to play and learn.  There is a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide#For_editors user's guide to editing pages], but for those not into manuals, click the "Edit" link at the top of any page to look at the syntax of the text that goes into wiki formatting and learn the tricks as you go along.
To experience editing a page on a wiki risk free, go play in the '''[[The_Joe_Frank_Wiki:Sandbox|sandbox]]''', which is a special page where it's perfectly acceptable to edit and change content for no reason except to play and learn.  There is a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide#For_editors user's guide to editing pages], but for those not into manuals, click the "Edit" link at the top of any page to look at the syntax of the text that goes into wiki formatting and learn the tricks as you go along.