Help:Editor

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Where to write about current events

The current events portal is used to describe current world-wide events of note, not just in politics, but also in science, culture, technology, sports, entertainment and many other areas. The information in question should be added to any relevant articles as well. However, Wikipedia does not offer first-hand news reports on breaking stories (use Wikinews for that). Instead, the In the news section on the Main Page mentions and links to entries of timely interest that are (and this is crucial) nonetheless encyclopedia articles that have been updated to reflect an important current event. Non-Administrators can suggest items or changes to this Main Page section by editing the candidates page, from which administrators will update the live template from time to time.

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This is a list of help pages for the editors of mediawiki content.

guides

These guides are multi-topic pages that include content from the single topic pages.

For the basics on one page, see help:editing,
for a reference, see help:wikitext reference,
for book form, see help:editing all-in-one guide,
for examples, see help:wikitext examples.

Single topic pages

Editing
Start new pages
Page name
Referencing
Links URLs
Piped links
Interwiki linking
Footnotes (References)
Formatting
Wikitext CSS
Lists Tables
Images
HTML in wikitext
File uploads
Formulae
Organizing
Sections
Categories
Redirects (forward)
Namespaces
Moving a page
Page size
Fixing mistakes
Reverting edits
Testing
Show preview
Saving effort
Editing shortcuts
Edit toolbar
Magic words
Templates
Variables
Calculation
Embed page
Communicating
Edit summary
Talk page
Edit conflict
Minor edit
Other
Characters
Sandbox
Legal issues for editors (copyright)
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Wikipedia-specific help

None available.

This page is a copy of the master help page at Meta (for general help information all Wikimedia projects can use), with two Wikipedia-specific templates inserted. To update the main text, edit the master help page for all projects at m:Help:Editor. For Wikipedia-specific issues, use Template:Ph:Editor (the extra text at the bottom of this page) or Template:Phh:Editor for a Wikipedia-specific lead (text appears at the top of this page). You are welcome to copy the exact wikitext from the master page at Meta and paste it into this page at any time. To view this page in other languages see the master page at Meta. This is a copy of the master help page at Meta. Do not edit this copy.
Edits will be lost in the next update from the master page. See below for more information.