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  5. How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor

How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor

In this tutorial, you'll be given practical advice on navigating and editing Wikipedia.

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Estimated time to complete:
10-25 minutes

Table of Contents (19)

  1. Welcome!

  2. Get started by getting started!

  3. What we'll review

  4. Your Wikipedia account

  5. Visual editing vs Source editing

  6. Editing Wikipedia using the Visual Editor

  7. Visual Editor buttons

  8. Adding citations

  9. Leaving an edit summary

  10. Let's try it!

  11. Video: Boldly linking where no one has linked before

  12. Take control of the text!

  13. How to edit a Talk page

  14. Video: Talk pages

  15. Responding on a Talk page

  16. Pinging another Wikipedian

  17. Talk page tutorial

  18. Preparing to edit quiz

  19. That's it!

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