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 ## DESCRIPTION
 
-Gollum is a simple wiki that uses Git for storage and revision histories. It
+Gollum is a simple wiki built on top of Git that powers GitHub Wikis. Gollum
 is designed so that you can create a compliant Git repository (known as a
 Gollum repository) either by hand, by calling API methods, or via the web
 interface.
 
+We are making the source available so that you may test your wikis locally if
+you choose to edit them by hand.
+
 
 ## REPO STRUCTURE