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Awesome.  See those links in the upper-right?  Have at it.
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Awesome.  See those links in the upper-right?  Have at it.*
  
Caveat: if you don't know any of these people, or really even what KGB is, that makes your editing this wiki ''even more awesome''.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Unless it's the Bylaws, or another page full of serious business. Seriously, DON'T EDIT THE BYLAWS!
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'''Caveat:''' You need to talk to a current or former [http://wiki.cmukgb.org/?title=Special:ListUsers&group=member member of the organization] to get your account made.  Just ask around, and once you've found someone willing, send them to [[Special:CreateAccount]].  It's probably best to ask an [http://wiki.cmukgb.org/?title=Special:ListUsers&group=sysop administrator], though, because they'll then need to give you the "member" permission from [[Special:UserRights]] in order for you to be able to do anything. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  
 
===Questions With Unhelpful Answers Listed Inside This Subsection===
 
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''I am a former entirety of the bylaws committee. Does that count? --Z''
 
''I am a former entirety of the bylaws committee. Does that count? --Z''
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''Shouldn't that be on the discussion page? --ee0r''
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''We'll let it slide. --rjmccall''
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''Then that makes you younger KGB members 'slacker geeks' You should show some respect to Z already. Without him you would not have CtFwS. --so0s''
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''That's like saying that without Einstein we wouldn't have General Relativity. --Ed''
  
 
==Section title==
 
==Section title==
  
 
If you're going to create a vanity page about yourself, that's fine, but you should probably put it in the main namespace (e.g. [[vputin]]), not the user namespace (e.g. [[User:Vputin]]), just for general aesthetic reasons.  Also, we're not going to do anything about the improper capitalization of your user id, so there.
 
If you're going to create a vanity page about yourself, that's fine, but you should probably put it in the main namespace (e.g. [[vputin]]), not the user namespace (e.g. [[User:Vputin]]), just for general aesthetic reasons.  Also, we're not going to do anything about the improper capitalization of your user id, so there.
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==Titled section==
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If you're out of ideas for what to edit, consider these:
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* [[Article requests]]
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* [[Special:Wantedpages | Wanted pages]], which are linked to but do not exist
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* [[Special:Wantedcategories | Wanted categories]]
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* [[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]]
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* [[:Category:Pages needing attention|Pages needing attention]]
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* [[Special:Deadendpages | Dead-end pages]], with out out-links
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* [[Special:Lonelypages | Lonely pages]], with no in-links
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* [[Special:Shortpages | Short pages]]
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* [[Special:Longpages | Long pages]]
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* [[Special:Uncategorizedpages | Uncategorized pages]]
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* [[Special:Uncategorizedcategories | Uncategorized categories]]
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* [[Special:DoubleRedirects | Double redirects]], which are not supported
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*[[List of committees without wiki pages]]

Latest revision as of 15:03, 12 September 2020

Awesome. See those links in the upper-right? Have at it.*

*Unless it's the Bylaws, or another page full of serious business. Seriously, DON'T EDIT THE BYLAWS!

Caveat: You need to talk to a current or former member of the organization to get your account made. Just ask around, and once you've found someone willing, send them to Special:CreateAccount. It's probably best to ask an administrator, though, because they'll then need to give you the "member" permission from Special:UserRights in order for you to be able to do anything. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Questions With Unhelpful Answers Listed Inside This Subsection

How awesome is it that I'm editing this wiki?

Present, former, or prospective member of the organization... awesome
Present, former, or prospective Dean of Student Affairs... more awesome
Present, former, or prospective person on the internet... even more awesome
Present, former, or prospective associate of the bylaws committee... some or infrequent awesome

I am a former entirety of the bylaws committee. Does that count? --Z

Shouldn't that be on the discussion page? --ee0r

We'll let it slide. --rjmccall

Then that makes you younger KGB members 'slacker geeks' You should show some respect to Z already. Without him you would not have CtFwS. --so0s

That's like saying that without Einstein we wouldn't have General Relativity. --Ed

Section title

If you're going to create a vanity page about yourself, that's fine, but you should probably put it in the main namespace (e.g. vputin), not the user namespace (e.g. User:Vputin), just for general aesthetic reasons. Also, we're not going to do anything about the improper capitalization of your user id, so there.

Titled section

If you're out of ideas for what to edit, consider these: