Your Guide note tools include - from Right to Left .
A Trashcan: This will delete the section
Arrows: This will allow you to drag your section up or down
Pin: This will allow you to stick a section so that it can't be moved
Scissors: This is the transclude button, which provides you with a syndication link
Pencil: This is your "Edit" button which will allow you to modify your Guide Note Section.

When the Pencil is selected you have addition options such as...
Link: Which will allow you to hyperlink text
Citation: This allows you to add a reference
Bulleted List and Numbered List

The top section of your Guide Note should be about 3 or 4 sentences. You should give a very general overview of the topic of the page, write an explanation to your reader as if they have no prior knowledge of your topic. Include "journalism"-style information: who, what, where, when and why. No plagiarism in this section or anywhere.

Avoid relying too much on your personal experience. Though this top section of the note can be very general, and does not require rigorous research, it also should be verifiable information that you have received from an informed source.

As well, the Guide Note should be totally free of bias. Avoid giving your own opinion of a subject and instead stick to "just the facts." This is true of pages that are politically or culturally charged, but extends to all other kinds of pages, too, even on topics that are generally considered inoffensive. For example, a page on cinnamon buns should not say "Cinnamon buns are a delicious treat for the whole family" or "Cinnamon buns are my favorite food." This may very well be true, but Mahalo Guide Notes should be more like an encyclopedia entry, free of personal perspective and limited to factual information about the subject.

The 2nd paragraph of a guide note consists of the latest news available on the topic, be sure to include a citation for the news event. When you update your page with newer news, keep the old news, just move it elsewhere in the guide note. Be sure to return to your page and update the news paragraph when breaking news happens. If breaking news is unlikely, periodically challenge yourself to find relative news items to use for an update.

When building a new Mahalo Page you are offered "Fast Facts" options within th template, try to complete the template however if a fast fact is irrelevant it's okay to click the "n/a" button to the right of that box and move on to the next fact. If you have some facts about your topic that are not offered in the template you will be able to add them manually.

Please do not invent or guess at facts; you will be asked to provide a link as a citation, to indicate where you got your information. Citations we are are gathered from trusted and official sources rather then user-generated content sites (such as Wikipedia.)

If you want to continue to add facts beyond the suggestions Mahalo has made, click the "Add a Fact" button and continue. If your fact does not need a title as well as the information (such as "Spouse: Michelle Obama"), just type the complete fact in the box marked "Fact Value."

When you build topic pages about people was ask that birthdate and birthplace be included in the fast facts.

Every Mahalo page should include, in addition to the main Guide Note and Fast Facts, one or more additional subsection providing more detailed information on the topic. On most page templates, we have suggested a potential subsection for you, but you can decide to write a different subsection as well, if you like. Just click "Edit" and change the box marked "Section Title."

As with Guide Notes and Fast Facts, your subsection should be verifiable and free from bias and personal opinion. Each subsection should be expanded on over time to make your page more rounded and complete, you can always start off with one paragraph and come back and add additional paragraphs and facts. The more content the better!

Guide Note columns also contain the following sections:

- "Related Mahalo Pages": This is where users can find other pages on Mahalo that relate to the page they are currently reading. Note that this page's "relateds" are also about working on Mahalo: How to Market a Mahalo Page, How Mahalo Works and so on.

- "Page Managers": If the Mahalo page is being managed by a Mahalo staff member or a user, you will see a box that says "Managed by" and the avatar of that manager. This box also lists how long the page has been managed, how many views it has received since becoming managed and how much money the manager has earned from that page. If you don't see a Page Manager box, you will see a box that invites you to "Request," allowing you to become the manager!

- "Vertical Manager" - This is the 2nd manager of the page

- "Redirects" - These are similar search terms that will redirect to your Topic Page (may only be available to staff members)

- "View Page History" - The edit history of your Topic Page

- "Discuss on the Message Board": Every Mahalo page has its own message board, where you can discuss the topic of the page or anything about the Mahalo page itself.

- "Embed this page" - Every Mahalo page also has its own widget, which you can embed on your personal blog on other websites. The widget is basically a condensed version of the Mahalo page, that includes a lot of the links and original information.

- "Share this page" - These are buttons that will allow you to quickly share your Topic page on other networks.

You need to paste the URL of the website from where you found your information between, what we call "ref" codes. The image to the left displays exactly how it will look.

"Inlinking" is when you use a small code to link to other Mahalo pages. You can use double-brackets around any text on Mahalo and it will create a link to the Mahalo page (or search results of no page has been created) on that topic.