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You might want to learn simply how to start a page, and you might want informal tips on contributing to Wikipedia. If you want the details about how to edit a Wikipedia page, though, you've come to the right place.
It's very easy to edit a Wiki page. Simply click on the "edit
this page right now!" link at the top or bottom of a Wiki page. This will bring you to a page with a text box containing the text of that Wiki page.
Then type away, and press "Save" when finished! (You can also preview your changes before saving if you like.)
It is often more convenient to copy and paste the text first into your favorite text editor, edit and spell check there, and then paste back into the browser to preview. You can also keep a local copy of the pages you authored so that you can make changes offline.
In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.
You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the SandBox.
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==== Subsection ====Links, URLs, Images
| Link to the Wikipedia FAQ. (First letter of target is automatically capitalized. |
Link to the [[Wikipedia FAQ]]. |
| Same target, different name: answers. Targets can only contain letters and spaces! |
Same target, different name: [[Wikipedia FAQ|answers]] |
| The weather in London is a page that doesn't
exist yet. |
[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist yet. |
| Mixed case is automatic link: RecentChanges. Sometimes, you don't want that: McDonald. |
RecentChanges <nowiki>McDonald</nowiki>. |
| Link to this page's discussion: /Talk Other /Subpages work the same way. |
Link to this page's discussion: [[talk:How_does_one_edit_a_page|/Talk]] |
| Link to another page's subpage: United States/Government Sometimes, you want to suppress this: and/or. |
Link: [[United States/Government]] <nowiki>and/or</nowiki>. |
| Redirect one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line. |
#REDIRECT [[United States]] |
| External link: Nupedia | External link: [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia] |
| Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com. (Good idea since it makes a printout more useful.) |
Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com. |
| A picture: http://www.wikipedia.com/wikia.gif E-mail the picture to jasonr @ bomis.com to be uploaded. |
A picture: http://www.wikipedia.com/wikia.gif |
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| Emphasize, strongly, very strongly. Use also in formulas: F = m a. |
''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''. '''F''' = ''m'' '''a'''. |
| Funny fonts But |
<font size=+2 color=red>Funny fonts</font> |
| A typewriter font for technical terms. | <tt>technical terms</tt> |
| You can and insert new stuff. Useful for editing. |
You can <strike>strike out</strike> stuff and <u>insert new stuff</u> |
| Umlauts and accents: (See Wiki special characters) À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ |
À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ |
| Punctuation: ¿ ¡ « » § ¶ † ‡ • |
¿ ¡ « » § ¶ † ‡ • |
| Currency: ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤ | ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤ |
| Subscript: x2 Superscript: x2 | Subscript: x<sub>2</sub> Superscript: x<sup>2</sup> |
| Greek characters: α β γ δ
ε ζ η |
α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω |
| Math characters: (See Wiki special characters) ∫ ∑ ∏ √ ± ∞ |
∫ ∑ ∏ √ ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ → × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø ∈ ∋ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ |
| More space than usual, no line break: x2 ≥ 0 is true. This is useful in formulas. |
x<sup>2</sup> ≥ 0 |
Ascii art integrals (start every line with a blank):∞ -x2 ∫ e dx = √π -∞The square root sucks though. |
∞ -x<sup>2</sup> ∫ e dx = √π -∞ |
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If your table doesn't look right, make sure that all <tr> and <td> tags are closed with corresponding </tr> and </td> tags. It's best to start all lines belonging to a table in the first column as in the example above, or else you will get spurious space above the table or even a browser crash.
<table border=1> <caption>An example table</caption> <tr> <th>First header</th> <th>Second header</th> <th>Third header</th> </tr> <tr> <td>upper left</td> <td>upper middle</td> <td rowspan=2>right side</td> </tr> <tr> <td>lower left</td> <td>lower middle</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3 align=center>bottom row</td> </tr> </table>
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