How to Edit:

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Help:Editing: Wikipedia's basic introduction to editing Wikipedia. There are two different interfaces users can choose from to when editing:

• Wiki Markup is Wikipedia's primary editor and it works like a plain text file and editing is done using simple code.
  • Wiki Markup tutorial.
• VisualEditor is Wikipedia's secondary editing interface and it looks more like a word processor where edits are made using a toolbar or popup interfaces. Beginning editors may find themselves more comfortable with the VisualEditor as it looks less intimidating.
  • VisualEditor tutorial.
• Play The Wikipedia Adventure Game, learn to edit Wiki in an hour.

More Information:

• Wikipedia Image Use Policy
• Minor edits - A minor edit is an edit that does not substantially change the page such as typographical fixes, corrections of formatting errors, or fixing small misinformation errors.
• Wikipedia's Editing policy and Talking and editing page.
• Referencing for beginners page to learn the basics of adding citations.
• Wikipedia's Sandbox page  allows a user to experiment with editing Wikipedia without actually editing Wikipedia. A user is also able to draft articles in their sandbox and then have it published.