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 ==Editing a page==
 [[Image:Editpage.png|500px|right]]
-As mentioned before, you can edit an article by going to the top of the page and clicking the green tab button saying “edit this page”. Any article can be edit, except for some that are protected by administrators for special purposes. Another page should load that contains a large text box with the deconstructed article in it. The article can be edited and changed around here. It is easy to start editing and with most of the buttons above the text box, it makes it simpler.
+As mentioned before, you can edit an article by going to the top of the page and clicking the green tab button saying “edit this page”. Any article can be edited, except for some that are protected by administrators for special purposes. Another page should load that contains a large text box with the deconstructed article in it. The article can be edited and changed around here. It is easy to start editing and with most of the buttons above the text box, it makes it simpler.
 *http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_bold.png is to bold a series of text.
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 *http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_image.png is to insert an image into an article from Bulbagarden Archives
 *http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_media.png is to insert a file into the article.
-*http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_math.png is to insert a formula in a article so that it stands out.
+*http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_math.png is to insert a math formula into a article.
 *http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_nowiki.png is to stop a section of text to be formatted.
-*'''http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_sig.png''' automatically places your signature and the time of adding it to the article. This is commonly used on talk pages and not articles.
+*'''http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_sig.png''' automatically places your signature and the time of adding it to the article. This is to be only used on talk pages.
-*http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_hr.png is used for spacing an article and putting a horizontal line across the page.
+*http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_hr.png is used for spacing an article. It places a horizontal line across the page.
-If you want to add an image to an article, find one or add one in the Bulbagarden Archives, which can be accessed from the sidebar menu. Images look nicer in an article, and make then look more colorful, as there isn't a whole clump of text consuming the article. To add a picture click the "Embedded file" button or alternatively you can do it manually like this:
+If you want to add an image to an article, find one or add one in the Bulbagarden Archives, which can be accessed from the sidebar menu. Images look nicer in an article and make then look more colorful, msking it so that the entire article isn't all text. To add a picture click the "Embedded file" button or alternatively you can do it manually like this:
-<nowiki>[[Name of the picture in Bulbagarden Archives|Style of the picture (thumb or frame)|Position of Image (left, right, or center)|Size of the image (100px, 200px, etc.)|Add a Caption below text]] </nowiki>
+<nowiki>[[Name of the picture in Bulbagarden Archives|Style of the picture (thumb or frame)|Position of Image (left, right, or center)|Size of the image (100px, 200px, etc.)|Caption below text.]] </nowiki>
-Before you save your article, it is a good idea to preview your article before saving. You can do this by clicking the “Show Preview” button next to the “Save page” button. Doing this will display the article with the changes you made. When you are happy with your article, you can write a polite explanation of your changes in the Edit summary box between the edit window and the Save and Preview buttons. Then you can hit save to save all the changes you made to the article. It will return you back to the article page with all the saved changes made.
 ''If you want to read more about editing and proper styles, see [[Bulbapedia:Manual of style]].''