Just initializes the global %Page hash (which stores page data in the internal wiki db format, plus some other info about the page), for a now-being-created page.
%Page = ();
$Page{'version'} = 3; # Data format version
$Page{'revision'} = 0; # Number of edited times
$Page{'tscreate'} = $Now; # Set once at creation
$Page{'ts'} = $Now; # Updated every edit