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'This sub-page on my user space is designed to provided a simplified set of help pointers for students and others I work with. 'It relates rather directly to a series of workshops (originally held in 2011/12 + 2012 + 2013) delivered towards creating and/or editing Wikipedia articles as an educational assignment...but is also useful in other Wikipedia training sessions.

Before you start!

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  • Wikipedia:WELCOME - Welcome to Wikipedia! (let's get to know each other a little bit...)

Be sure to look at the above pages! They are very important, and they will help you — even if you're not perfect the first second tenth seventeenth 33rd time!

You can also download a very helpful PDF which contains the essential elements to help you get to know how Wikipedia works.

OR have a look at The Grande Guide to Wikipedia - an excellent alternative introduction to Wikipedia.

Beginner

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Creating a New Article

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Editing an Existing Article

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Asking for Help

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Personal help on your talk page

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Intermediate

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There's also a wikitext cheatsheet you can download as a PDF.
  • Disambiguation - when a term/name refers to more than one topic covered by Wikipedia articles


Quick templates

Images

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[[File: | thumb | upright | right | alt= | caption ]]

Cite web

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<ref>{{cite web
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Cite journal

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<ref>{{cite journal
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Cite book (short)

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<ref>{{cite book
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Cite book (extended)

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<ref>{{cite book
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Metric conversions

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Single input:
{{convert|original_value|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on}}
Range of values:
{{convert|orig_val1|range|orig_val2|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on}}
Examples:
{{convert|60|and|170|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
{{convert|18|°C|°F}}
{{convert|3.21|kg|lb}}

Variables

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Code Effect
{{CURRENTWEEK}} 18
{{CURRENTDOW}} 3
{{CURRENTMONTH}} 04
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} April
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} April
{{CURRENTDAY}} 30
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} Wednesday
{{CURRENTYEAR}} 2025
{{CURRENTTIME}} 03:02
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} 6,988,134
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} 63,032,831
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} 49,066,743
{{PAGENAME}} ToniSant/help
{{NAMESPACE}} User
{{REVISIONID}} -
{{REVISIONUSER}} ToniSant
{{localurl:pagename}} /wiki/Pagename
{{localurl:Wikipedia:Sandbox|action=edit}} /w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit
{{fullurl:pagename}} //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagename
{{fullurl:pagename|query_string}} //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pagename&query_string
{{SERVER}} //en.wikipedia.org
{{ns:index}} e.g. '{{ns:1}}' fullname of namespace e.g 'Talk'
{{SITENAME}} Wikipedia

Recalling named reference

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<ref name="NAMEOFREF" />

Quotes

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{{blockquote |text= |sign= }}

Blockquotes

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<blockquote>
<p>QUOTED PARAGRAPH</p>
<p>NAME, SOURCE, REFERENCE</p>
</blockquote>

About

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(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).)
{{About|USE1}}
(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.)
{{About|USE1||PAGE2}}
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.)
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For USE4, see PAGE4. For USE5, see PAGE5.)
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}}

Tables (borderless)

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{|
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Tables (wikitable)

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{| class="wikitable"
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Collapsible tables (Default: collapsed)

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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;margin:0px;"
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Columns

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{{col-begin|width=100%}}
{{col-break|width=}} 
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Wiki Shortcut
Wikimedia Commons [[commons:]]
Wikipedia [[w:]]
Wiktionary [[wikt:]]
Wikibooks [[b:]]
Wikisource [[s:]]
Wikispecies [[species:]]
Wikiversity [[wv:]]
Metawiki [[m:]]
MediaWiki [[mw:]]

Vandalism response templates

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 * {{subst:uw-vandalism1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional vandalism/test)
 * {{subst:uw-delete1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional removal of content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism2|PageName}} ~~~~ (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption)
 * {{subst:uw-delete2|PageName}} ~~~~ (variant for removal of content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism3|PageName}} ~~~~ ("please stop" for use after level 2 warning)
 * {{subst:uw-delete3|PageName}} ~~~~ (please stop removing content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for vandalism)
 * {{subst:uw-delete4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for removing content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for severe or grotesque vandalism only)
 * {{subst:uw-delete4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for many blankings in a short period of time)

Page citations

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{{rp|page=}}

Stuff you wanted to know about Wikipedia...but were afraid to ask!

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Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia

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No Original Research

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Still want more?

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See also: WP:PRIMER

How to make links to articles

When you are editing an article in Wikipedia, and you want to create a link to another Wikipedia article, place double square brackets around the topic you wish to link to. For example:

[[apple]]

produces this link:

apple
[[apple]]s

produces this link:

apples
Read more:
Links  
Become a Wikipedia tipster
To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}
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