Help:Editor

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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.
06-09
Cite the source on all image uploads

Regardless of how an image you've uploaded is licensed for use on Wikipedia, please include information on its source. This allows admins and other editors to verify the copyrights. This includes pictures you created yourself: if you took the photo, give yourself credit – you deserve it!

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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
Piped links
Interwiki linking
Footnotes (References)

Formatting
Wikitext
Lists & Tables
Image & file uploads
Formulae

Organising
Sections
Categories
Redirects (forward)
Namespaces
Moving a page
Page size

Fixing mistakes
Reverting edits
Show preview

Saving effort
Editing shortcuts
Edit toolbar
Magic words
Templates
Variables
Calculation

Communicating
Edit summary
Talk page
Edit conflict
Minor edit

Other
Characters
Sandbox



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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 replace the full wikitext of this page with that of the master page at Meta 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.
06-09
Cite the source on all image uploads

Regardless of how an image you've uploaded is licensed for use on Wikipedia, please include information on its source. This allows admins and other editors to verify the copyrights. This includes pictures you created yourself: if you took the photo, give yourself credit – you deserve it!

Prior tip - Next tip

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