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Editing most pages is easy. There are two methods of editing: classic editing through '''wiki markup'''(wikitext) and through a newer '''VisualEditor''' (VE).

To practice editing, go to the '''[[Help:Sandbox|sandbox]]''', and click the "''Edit''" tab. An editing window that contains the text for that page will be displayed. Type in something, or make changes to the text you'll find there. Then click the '''Save page''' button and see what the result looks like.

==Edit tab==
Wiki markup editing is chosen by clicking the <tt>Edit</tt> tab at the top of a page. This will take you to a new page containing the editable contents of the current page. Wiki markup is used extensively throughout Wikipedia for such things as hyperlinks, tables and columns, footnotes, inline citations, special characters and so on.

The VisualEditor option is intended as a user-friendly, "What You See Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG) editing aid allowing anyone to edit pages without the need to learn wikitext markup. It is only available to registered logged-in users through an opt-in choice available through your personal preferences.

<gallery mode=packed class=center heights=180 caption="Two editing environments: wikitext and VisualEditor" style="font-size:90%">
File:How to edit a page Edit box.png|alt=Text in a large rectangle below two toolbars and next to a scrollbar.|Edit box showing the wikitext markup. You can change the formatting and contents of the page by changing what is written in this box.
File:Wikipedia article in VisualEditor 2015-04-17.png|alt=|Screenshot showing the same article in VisualEditor. Unlike the wiki markup display, VisualEditor will show the text being edited almost as if it were already saved.
</gallery>

===Edit summary===
First, any time you edit a page, it is considered good etiquette (or "Wikiquette") to enter an explanation of your changes in the '''Edit summary''' box, which you will find below the edit window. It is okay for your explanation to be quite short. For example, if you are making a spelling correction, you might just type "typo." Also, if the change you have made to a page is minor, such as correcting a spelling or grammar error, check the box "This is a minor edit" (this box is only available if you have logged in).

===Show preview===
Second, you should always use the '''Show preview''' button. After you have entered a change in the edit box, click the '''Show preview''' button instead of '''Save page'''. This lets you see what the page will look like after your edit, ''before'' you actually save. We all make mistakes; this feature helps you catch them before other people see them. Using '''Show preview'' before saving also lets you try format changes and other edits without cluttering up the page history.
[[File:Mediawiki-button-preview.png|thumb|right|500px|The '''Show preview''' button is right next to the "save page" button and below the '''edit summary''' field.]]
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=== Save the page===
Provided an edit summary? Previewed the page? Then you are ready for the final step: Click the '''Save page''' button.

==Creating a Wikipedia article==
[[File:How to create a Wikipedia article - Right to science and culture.ogv|thumb|A screencast demonstrating how to create a Wikipedia article manually.]]
Before starting a new article, you should read about [[Wikipedia:Notability|Wikipedia's notability guidelines]]. In short, the topic of an article must have already been the subject of publication in reliable sources, such as books published by major publishing houses, newspapers, magazines, peer-reviewed scholarly journals and websites that meet the same requirements as reputable print-based sources. Information on Wikipedia must be verifiable; if no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, then it should not have a separate article. Wikipedia's concept of notability applies this basic standard to avoid indiscriminate inclusion of topics.

Only '''registered users''' may create articles directly. Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia online to make sure that an article does not ''already exist'' on the subject you want to write about.

==VisualEditor ==
[[File:VisualEditor-logo.svg|frameless|200px|right]]
'''VisualEditor''' is a way to edit pages without needing to learn wikitext markup. It works more like a word processing application and is only available to registered, logged-in editors who have ''opted in''.

==See also==
* [[Help:How to format a page]]
* [[Help:How to write your first Wikipedia article]]
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