Help:Editing

To learn how to keep track of your (or other people's) edits, see Keeping track of changes.

For lists of stub types, categories, infoboxes etc., see Resources and lists. For image use, see Images and media. To learn the rules of Wikipedia, see policies and guidelines.

Contents [hide] 1 Editing - how to: 1.1 Saving - how to: 1.2 Creating pages - how to: 1.3 Article maintenance - how to: 2 Style 2.1 Manual of Style 3 Life cycle of an article 4 The Wikipedia interface Contributing to Wikipedia a guide on ways to get involved in editing. Introduction to the project. Tutorial Cheatsheet - an editing reference card. Simplified ruleset - essential information to understand when editing articles (for new editors). Glossary - understand Wikipedia jargon.

Editing - how to:

Experiment with editing pages in the sandbox. You can also carry out editing experiments "in situ" by editing the page itself and using the Show Preview button. Be careful not to accidentally save the page though! If you do, then Revert your changes. Wikipedia:Using JAWS- (the screen reader JAWS) Edit a page, including markup details. Help:Editing - annotated cheatsheet Bite sized tips for the most common tasks. Create links - (Change the title of a link (piped link)) Use sections in an article Use categories Insert a picture Use redirect pages Create infoboxes Create templates - (Quick guide, List of available templates) Create lists Use footnotes and references Use tables Use mathematical formulae Use special characters. The display of fonts and other character sets in your browser. Use easy timeline syntax Valid HTML codes in wikitext Use "Magic words" and Variables. These allow you to change default behaviour or automate text. For example you can disable a Table of Contents or move its position, or insert constants and timestamps.

Saving - how to:

Report your change in the edit summary Handle an edit conflict Use minor edits Use the preview button

Creating pages - how to:

Start a new article Start a new page - for pages that are not articles Name a page Naming conventions in general - (full list of specific naming conventions) Disambiguation, create pages for topics with several different definitions Create subpages

Article maintenance - how to:

Merge two or more pages, or move (rename) a page - (Requested moves) Delete pages/images/categories Categorize Stub articles - (List of Stub Styles) Use talk pages (discussion pages) Archive a talk page Revert a page to an earlier version Deal with vandalism Protect and unprotect pages (Administrators only) Link together Wikipedia articles in different languages Link words in articles to articles on sister projects Use page names Use namespaces Use headings as anchors to link to Translate articles Archive Current Events Do a purge Edit with a text editor Test edits, and other things Editing shortcuts

Style

Guidance on style

Manual of Style

Supplementary manuals Abbreviations Anime & manga articles Biographies Capital letters Captions Chinese Language Command-line examples Dates and numbers Disambiguation pages Ethiopia-related articles Explain jargon Flags & similar icons Film Guide to layout India-related articles Infoboxes Ireland-related articles Islam-related articles Japan-related articles Korea-related articles Latter Day Saints Legal Links Lists of works Mathematics Medicine-related articles Military history Music Music samples Hebrew transliteration Overlinking Philippines-related articles Portugal-related articles Pronunciation Proper names Spelling Summary style Technical terms and definitions Text formatting Titles Trademarks Trivia sections US state/territory highways Wikimedia sister projects Words to avoid Writing about fiction Writing better articles

Editing and style guidelines Arabic-related articles Categorization Categorization of people Chinese history Citing sources External links Footnotes Hebrew transliteration India-related articles Lead section Lists Stubs Thailand-related articles

Other guidance Glossary How to edit a page Naming conventions Picture tutorial Sections

List of style guidelines

Layout How to structure Wikipedia articles.

Naming conventions

Disambiguation (pages which resolve ambiguity for articles with similar titles)

Captions

Image use

When to use tables

Use proper names

Creating an article series

Using Summary style on the overview page

Manual of Style

The Manual of Style is a comprehensive style guide for Wikipedia articles. See a full list of the submanuals on the right, or a concise list below.

Main Manual of Style

Abbreviations

Biographies

Dates & numbers

Disambiguation

Headings

Links

Mathematics

Pronunciation

Titles

Trademarks

Sister projects

Life cycle of an article

Article development - lists the stages in an article's development and offers ways to help improve articles.

Perfect articles - a checklist of components required to make a "perfect" article.

Start a new page

Write your first article

Guide to writing better articles

The Wikipedia interface

Find your way around the screen.

Editing toolbar

Using Page History

Using User Contributions pages

Using Talk pages

Using the Recent Changes page

Using the Related Changes page

Using Diff pages

Edit conflicts