Help:Editor

This is help for editors of mediawiki content.

MediaWiki Editor Handbook

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Editing overview

Starting a new page

1. Page name

Referencing

1. Links
2. Piped links
3. Interwiki linking
4. Variables
5. URLs
6. Anchors

Formatting

1. Formulas
2. Lists
3. Tables
4. HTML in wikitext
5. Image & File uploads
6. Image page

Organizing

1. Sections
2. Templates
3. Categories
4. Redirects
5. Namespaces
6. Renaming (moving) a page

Fixing mistakes and vandalism

1. Reverting edits
2. Testing
   

Saving effort

1. Editing shortcuts
2. Editing toolbar
3. Magic words

Communicating

1. Edit summary
2. Talk page
3. Edit conflict
4. Minor edit

Special characters

1. Turkish characters
2. Romanian characters

Extensions

1. WikiHiero syntax — warning: lots of images! (for Egyptian hieroglyphs)
2. EasyTimeline syntax

Frequently Asked Questions