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Some Local Clip Art.
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-Before editing anything you are '''strongly advised''' to [[Special:Userlogin|create an account and log in]]. Everything remains available and equaly editable even if you don't log in, but you are a better citizen if you "sign your work". Others will trust it more, and in case of problems, it will be easier to reach you.
-See also: [[Help:Usage|Usage Help]].
 === Local Editing Help ===
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 * Some [[Local Clip Art]].
 * Many of the important pages have been categorised, and you can browse these categories by starting at [[:Category:Categories]].
-=== External Editing Help ===
-* Pages on The Knot Atlas are can and are edited in a similar way to pages on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]. For details, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia:How to edit a page] and [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing WikiMedia:Help:Editing].
-=== Sysadmin Help ===
-*If you need to move this wiki to another server, you'll probably appreciate the [[katlas installation notes]].
-*Scott wrote some instructions on [[Creating a katlas mirror on a windows machine]], in preparation for the 2005 Knots in Washington conference.
-*We should automate backup tasks, for now use these [[backup commands]].