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	This Editing Overview has a lot of '''[[Help:wikitext\|wikitext]]''' examples. You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference while you edit.		This Editing Overview has a lot of '''[[Help:wikitext\|wikitext]]''' examples. You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference while you edit.

			==Basic Page Contents==

			Every page requires certain basic information. That info can be found on - [[Help:Basic Page Contents]]

	== Editing basics ==		== Editing basics ==

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''Editing'' a BelieveTheSign page is not very hard. Simply click on the "'''edit this page'''" tab at the top of a BelieveTheSign page (or on a [[BelieveTheSign:Section|section-edit]] link). This will bring you to a new page with a text box containing the editable text of the original page. '''If you just want to experiment, please do so in the [[BelieveTheSign:sandbox|sandbox]]'''; '''not here'''. You should write a short [[BelieveTheSign:Edit summary|edit summary]] in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in the [[BelieveTheSign:Edit summary legend|legend]], and when you have finished, press the [[Help:Show preview|Show preview]] button to see how your changes will look. You can also see the difference between the page with your edits and the previous version of the page by pressing the "Show changes" button. If you're satisfied with what you see, [[BelieveTheSign:Be bold in updating pages|be bold]] and press the '''Save page''' button. Your changes will immediately be visible to other BelieveTheSign users.

You can also click on the "'''Discussion'''" tab to see the corresponding [[BelieveTheSign:Talk page|talk page]], which contains comments about the page from other BelieveTheSign users. Click on the "'''+'''" tab to add a new section, or edit the page in the same way as an article page.

You should remember to [[BelieveTheSign:Sign your posts on talk pages|sign your messages]] on [[BelieveTheSign:Talk pages|talk pages]] and some special-purpose [[BelieveTheSign:Project namespace|project pages]], but you should '''not''' sign edits you make to regular articles. In [[BelieveTheSign:Page history|page histories]], the [[MediaWiki]] software keeps track of which user makes each change.

[[BelieveTheSign]] is a [[Wiki]], which means that anyone can easily edit any [[BelieveTheSign:Protected page|unprotected page]] and save those changes immediately to that page. After your first edit you are a BelieveTheSign editor! To request a change to a protected page, please leave a message on that article's discussion page.

This Editing Overview has a lot of '''[[Help:wikitext|wikitext]]''' examples. You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference while you edit.

== Editing basics ==

Each page in BelieveTheSign contains an article, and a discussion page (usually called "Talk...")

You can see these above, the article is labelled "project page", the discussion page is the tab to the right of it. These are treated as two separate pages in BelieveTheSign, but are shown side by side on the tab bar, for ease of use.

Whether you are looking at the article or project page, or the discussion page, you will see there is a button marked "edit this page", possibly a button "+", and a button labelled "watch" or "unwatch".

;Start editing
:To start editing a [[MediaWiki]] page, click on the "'''Edit this page'''" at the top of the page (or just the "'''edit'''") link at one of its edges. This will bring you to the '''edit page''': a page with a text box containing the ''[[Help:wikitext|wikitext]]'': the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage. ''If you just want to experiment, please do so in the [[{{BelieveTheSign:Sandbox|sandbox]], not here''.

* Edit this page - this is the key to contributing to BelieveTheSign. When you click this button, you change from viewing an article or discussion about an article, to being able to edit the article, or add comments to the discussion that is going on.

::Occasionally, pages that are important are locked, in which case the "edit" will show "view source", and you will not be able to edit the article at that time.

::Page editing is simple with BelieveTheSign, and you cannot harm a page if you make a mistake, since all changes can be undone. This is part of MediaWiki's vandal protection system.

* "+" - adds a new section to a page, without changing what is already there.

* Watch/unwatch - adds or removes a page from your watchlist, the list of pages you are tracking. You can view your watchlist with the user option button "my watchlist" at the top right of the screen.

;Summarize your changes
:You should write a short [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in the [[Help:Edit summary legend|legend]].

;Preview before saving
:When you have finished, press [[Help:Show preview|preview]] to see how your changes will look -- '''before''' you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click "Save" and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.

== Minor edits ==

An editor can mark an edit as "minor". [[Help:Minor edit|Minor edit]]s are generally spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text. Users may choose to ''hide'' minor edits when viewing [[Help:Recent changes|Recent Changes]].

Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad etiquette. If you have accidentally marked an edit as minor, make a [[Help:Dummy edit|dummy edit]], verify that the "<small>'''[ ] This is a minor edit'''</small>" check-box is unchecked, and explain in the edit summary that the previous edit was not minor.

{{:Help:Wiki markup examples}} 

==See also==
*[[Help:Editing tips and tricks]]
*[[Help:Editing FAQ]]
*[[Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext]]
*[[Help:Editing toolbar]]
*[[Help:HTML in wikitext]]
*[[Help:Administration#Page_protection| Protecting pages]]
*[[Help:Starting a new page]]
*[[Help:Variable]]

==External links==
*[http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/keyboard_shortcuts.html Special characters in HTML]

Help:Editing - Revision history

Admin at 19:16, 22 May 2013

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