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Welcome! You are now esteemed members of the NFA debate team, and you can now enjoy several new advances in technology which have merged to make this wiki possible. On here you will find several interesting tools to toy around with and improve your debate experience, as well as some cohesion with the oft-distant varsity debaters. Here I will tour you through the wiki.

1. On the left is the index. Clicking on "NFA Debate Home" takes you to the main page of all debaters on the wiki, the central hub, if you will.

2. Clicking "Novice Home Page" sends you back here, if you hadn't guessed.

3. Clicking on the "Practice Tracker" allows you to input any practice you have done this week. The results will be shown in the "Leaderboard", updated Mondays. Kaz will also be able to see how diligent you guys are...

4. Next. Policy, PF, and LD resources. On each page at this point, you should find a book that clues you in on the basics of your discipline. Also added is "Ask a debater", which allows you to ask for help from one of the varsity debaters. Trust me, it helps a lot if you don't know simply to ask. More will be made available as soon as we can think of it. If you have any ideas, e-mail me at ben@siper.com for any requests and I will see what I can do.

5. HELPFUL TOOLS. My favorite page. Here, is a timer (useful for practices and practice debates). Also appearing are practices that you can use to become the top man (or woman) on the leaderboard. Such practices are Dr. Seuss rhymes (dastardly difficult) said quickly, and a new drill called a 'metronome drill' that should get you policy people and LD'ers speaking like varsity in no time (well, in the time that it takes to do the exercise, repeated, of course, but that's besides the point).

6. Lastly, the debate notifications. This will send you to a page on the main hub (see number 1) that has info sheets and upcoming tournaments. Give these to your parents, who are probably freaking out over you going away somewhere far far away. I know my parents do!

So, this seems to be the end of the short tour. Now go explore! and remember-anything amiss or needed on the wiki, feel free to email me at ben@siper.com!

Your inimitable varsity policy debater and resident techie, Ben 'Ben' Siper PS-Please: be responsible. Don't say anything here that would offend Rick Perry and the Tea Party on national airwaves...