Help:Editing

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-	*[[Help:Editing FAQ]]	+	*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting] MediaWiki formatting help.
-	*[[m:Help:Reference card]] - a one-page summary of important commands, to be printed out and used next to the computer	+	*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents] MediaWiki general Help page.
-	*[[Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext]]	+
-	*[[Help:Calculation]]	+
-	*[[Help:Editing toolbar]]	+
-	*[[Help:HTML in wikitext]]	+
-	*[[Help:Administration#Page_protection| Protecting pages]]	+
-	*[[Help:Starting a new page]]	+
-	*[[Help:Variable]]	+
-	*[[w:UseModWiki|UseModWiki]] and [[w:Wikipedia:PHP script|Wikipedia:PHP script]].	+
-	*[[w:HTML element|HTML elements]].	+
-	*[[w:en:User:Pilaf/Live Preview|Live preview]] - a way to preview your edits without contacting the server.	+
-	*{{tim|fs}} - font size	+
-	*{{tim|co}} - color	+
-	*{{tiw|en|hidden begin}} - showing and hiding text using Javascript	+
	==External links==		==External links==

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Template:H:h This Editing Overview has a lot of wikitext examples. You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference while you edit. Each of the topics covered here is covered somewhere else in more detail. Please look in the box on the right for the topic you are interested in.

Contents 1 Editing basics 2 Minor edits 3 See also 4 External links

Editing basics

Start editing

To start editing a MediaWiki page, click on the "Edit this page" (or just "edit") link at one of its edges. This will bring you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the wikitext: the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage. If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox, not here.

Summarize your changes

You should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in the legend.

Preview before saving

When you have finished, press preview to see how your changes will look -- before you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click "Save" and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.

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Minor edits

A logged-in user can mark an edit as "minor". Minor edits are generally spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text. Users may choose to hide minor edits when viewing Recent Changes.

Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad Wikiquette. If you have accidentally marked an edit as minor, make a dummy edit, verify that the "[ ] This is a minor edit" check-box is unchecked, and explain in the edit summary that the previous edit was not minor.

See also

• [1] MediaWiki formatting help.
• [2] MediaWiki general Help page.

External links

• Special characters in HTML

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note: taken from Wikipedia.org