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== Editing basics ==
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#faf5ff; color:#000; width:100%"
|<h2 style="margin:0; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">Editing basics</h2>
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;Start editing
;Start editing
:To start editing a page, click the '''Edit this page''' (or just '''edit''') link at one of its edges. This brings 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 [[Main Page/sandbox|sandbox]], not here''.
:To start editing a page, click the '''Edit this page''' (or just '''edit''') link at one of its edges. This brings 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 [[LGPedia:Sandbox|sandbox]], not here''.


;Type your changes
;Type your changes
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:Write a short [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes.
:Write a short [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes.


;Preview before saving
;[[Help:Show preview|Preview before saving]]
:When you have finished, click '''Show 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 page''' and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
:When you have finished, click '''Show 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 page''' and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
 
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==Most frequent wiki markup explained==
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
{| style="margin:4px 0 0 0; width:100%; background:none;"
!width="1000" style="background:#FFFF99"|What it looks like
<!-- #################################### LOWER LEFT BLOCK #################################### -->
!width="500" style="background:#FFFF99"|What you type
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#faf5ff; color:#000; width:100%"
|<h2 style="margin:0; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">Further reading</h2>
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You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
{|width="100%"
apostrophes on each side.
|[[Help:Contents]]
 
|align="right"|Help frontpage
3 apostrophes will bold '''the text'''.
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|[[Help:Edit summary]]
5 apostrophes will bold and italicize
|align="right"|How to write edit summaries
'''''the text'''''.
|-
 
|[[Help:Footnotes]]
(4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just ''''one left over''''.)
|align="right"|How to create automatic footnotes
|<pre>
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You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2
|[[Help:Markup]]
apostrophes on each side.  
|align="right"|Common wiki-markup quick reference
 
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3 apostrophes will bold '''the text'''.  
|[[Help:Show preview]]
 
|align="right"|Click this...for all our sakes
5 apostrophes will bold and italicize
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'''''the text'''''.
|[[LGPedia:Templates]]
 
|align="right"|List of available templates
(4 apostrophes don't do anything
special -- there's just ''''one left
over''''.)
</pre>
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|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia's help]
You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: <br>
|align="right"|Most viewed wiki-help on the planet
- Three tildes gives your user name: [[User:Dharmabum420|Dharmabum420]] <br>
- Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: [[User:Dharmabum420|Dharmabum420]] 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br>
- Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC) <br>
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You should "sign" your comments
on talk pages: <br>
- Three tildes gives your user
name: ~~~ <br>
- Four tildes give your user
name plus date/time: ~~~~ <br>
- Five tildes gives the  
date/time alone: ~~~~~ <br>
</pre>
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|[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki's help]
<div style="font-size:150%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">Section headings</div>
|align="right"|MediaWiki software manual
 
''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
The Wiki software can automatically generate
a table of contents from them.
 
<div style="font-size:132%;font-weight:bold;">Subsection</div>
Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
 
<div style="font-size:116%;font-weight:bold;">A smaller subsection</div>
 
Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.
 
Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title.
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== Section headings ==
 
''Headings'' organize your writing into sections.
The Wiki software can automatically generate
a table of contents from them.
 
=== Subsection ===
 
Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
 
==== A smaller subsection ====
 
Don't skip levels,
like from two to four equals signs.
 
Start with 2 equals signs not 1
because 1 creates H1 tags
which should be reserved for page title.
</pre>
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* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
*: Previous item continues.
** A newline
* in a list 
marks the end of the list.
*Of course you can start again.
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* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
*: Previous item continues.
** A new line
* in a list 
marks the end of the list.
* Of course you can start again.
</pre>
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|[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editor Meta Wiki Editor Section]
# ''Numbered lists'' are:
|align="right"|Less pretty, but most complete
## Very organized
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## Easy to follow
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A new line marks the end of the list.
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# New numbering starts with 1.
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|<pre>
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#faf5ff; color:#000; width:100%"
# ''Numbered lists'' are:
|<h2 style="margin:0; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">References</h2>
## Very organized
## Easy to follow
A new line marks the end of the list.
# New numbering starts with 1.
</pre>
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|Providing references to facts in your articles is an important part of being a thorough editor. On LGPedia you can use Cite.php to easily and consistently document your references in an organized way.  See [[Help:Footnotes]] for more information.
Here's a link to a page named [[Daniel]].
You can even say [[Daniel]]s
and the link will show up correctly.
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Here's a link to a page named
  [[Daniel]].
You can even say
[[Daniel]]s
and the link will show up
correctly.
</pre>
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|<h2 style="margin:0; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">I need more help!</h2>
[[The weather in Moscow]] is a page that doesn't exist
yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
|<pre>
[[The weather in Moscow]] is
a page that doesn't exist
yet. You could create it by
clicking on the link.
</pre>
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|For other questions, feel free to leave a question on the talk page of one of the admins of the LGPedia:
You can link to a page section by its title:
<center>[[User_talk:FH14|FH14]]{{·}} [[User_talk:Zoey|Zoey]]{{·}} [[User_talk:Jonpro|Jonpro]]{{·}} [[User_talk:Phoenician|Phoenician]]</center>
 
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*[[First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails#Transcript]].
 
If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
third section named "Example section".
|<pre>
 
You can link to a page section by its title:
 
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
 
If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
third section named "Example section".
|<pre>
You can link to a page
section by its title:
 
*[[List of cities by
country#Morocco]].
 
If multiple sections have
the same title, add
a number.
[[#Example section 3]] goes
to the
third section named
"Example section".
</pre>
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Latest revision as of 03:03, 12 March 2009

Editing basics

Start editing
To start editing a page, click the Edit this page (or just edit) link at one of its edges. This brings 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.
Type your changes
You can just type your text. However, also using basic wiki markup (described in the next section) to make links and do simple formatting adds to the value of your contribution.
Summarize your changes
Write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes.
Preview before saving
When you have finished, click Show 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 page and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.

Further reading

Help:Contents Help frontpage
Help:Edit summary How to write edit summaries
Help:Footnotes How to create automatic footnotes
Help:Markup Common wiki-markup quick reference
Help:Show preview Click this...for all our sakes
LGPedia:Templates List of available templates
Wikipedia's help Most viewed wiki-help on the planet
MediaWiki's help MediaWiki software manual
Meta Wiki Editor Section Less pretty, but most complete

References

Providing references to facts in your articles is an important part of being a thorough editor. On LGPedia you can use Cite.php to easily and consistently document your references in an organized way. See Help:Footnotes for more information.

I need more help!

For other questions, feel free to leave a question on the talk page of one of the admins of the LGPedia:
FH14 · Zoey · Jonpro · Phoenician
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