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[edit] News collections
External links to news pages that can be used to gather new topics for the above list:
- Google News
- Google: News and Resources
- NewsNow
- Topix.net
- Tucows NewsHub
- HavenWorks News Search Engines
- HavenWorks News Sources
- Yahoo! News - Top Stories
- Internet Public Library: Newspapers
- VOA, VOANews
[edit] News sources
External links to leading English language news organizations from around the world:
- Broadcast
- Al Jazeera (ME / Qatar) [English Edition]
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (AU)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (UK)
- Cable News Network (CNN) (US)
- FOX News Channel (FOX) (US)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (CA)
- Channel NewsAsia (SG)
- NDTV (IN)
- Radio Netherlands (NL) [English Edition]
- Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) (IE)
- tagesschau.de (Germany)
- Print
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) (CH)
- The Times (UK)
- The Independent (UK)
- The Guardian (UK) (free registration required for media section)
- The Telegraph (UK)
- The Financial Times (UK)
- The Economist (UK)
- The New York Times (US) (free registration required)
- The New York Post (US)
- The Washington Post (US) (free registration required)
- The Washington Times (US)
- The San Francisco Chronicle (US)
- The International Herald Tribune (US in Paris)
- The Globe and Mail (CA)
- The National Post (CA)
- The Toronto Star (CA)
- The Sydney Morning Herald (AU)
- The Age (AU)
- The Hindu (IN)
- The Times of India (IN)
- The Indian Express (IN)
- The New Indian Express (IN)
- The Statesman (IN)
- The Hindustan Times (IN)
- The Telegraph (IN)
- The Deccan Herald (IN)
- The New Straits Times (MY)
- The Star (MY)
- The Straits Times (SG)
- Granma International (CU) [English Edition]
- Aftenposten (NO)
- Pravda (RU)
- Dawn (PK)
- The News (PK)
- Wire
- Reuters (UK)
- Associated Press (US)
- MercoPress (Latin America)
- Internet-only
- Yahoo! News, world news and general information
- Refdesk, world news and general information
- EUobserver.com (reports on the European Union; see also Wikipedia:EUobserver cooperation)
- Arutz-7 headlines MiddleEast News
- UPI world news and general information
- NDTV, News from India and world
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Editing refers to the process by which a page is altered. Unless certain restrictions are in effect, all pages are editable, by everyone. This is a brief overview of that process. The editing table of contents to the right contains more information on editing functions.
[edit] Editing basics
[edit] Review policy and conventions
- Make sure that you submit information which is relevant to the specific purpose of the wiki, or your content might be deleted. You can always use the talk pages to ask questions or check to see if your idea will be accepted. Please make note of the license your contributions will be covered with.
[edit] Start editing
- To start editing a MediaWiki page, click the Edit this page (or just edit) link at one of its edges. This brings you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the wikitext – the editable code from which the server produces the finished page, and often called the edit box.
- If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox, not in the edit box.
[edit] Type your changes
- You can just type your text. However, also using basic wiki markup (described in the next section) to make links and do simple formatting adds to the value of your contribution. Wikimedia wikis have style guidelines available. If you follow these, your contributions will be more valuable as they won't need to be cleaned up later.
[edit] Summarize your changes
- Write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in the edit summary legend.
[edit] Preview before saving!
- When you have finished, click Show 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 page and your changes will be immediately applied to the article. Sometimes it is helpful to save in between.
[edit] Most frequent wiki markup explained
Here are the most frequently used types of wiki markup. If you need more help see Wikitext examples.
What it looks like | What you type |
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You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden the text. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize the text. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'.) |
You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize '''''the text'''''. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just ''''one left over''''.) |
You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: |
You should "sign" your comments on talk pages: * Three tildes give your user name: ~~~ * Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: ~~~~ * Five tildes give the date/time alone: ~~~~~ |
Section headings
Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. Subsection
Using more equals signs creates a subsection. A smaller subsection
Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title. |
== Section headings == ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. === Subsection === Using more equals signs creates a subsection. ==== A smaller subsection ==== Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with 2 equals signs not 1 because 1 creates H1 tags which should be reserved for page title. |
marks the end of the list.
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* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars indicate a deeper level. *: Previous item continues. ** A new line * in a list marks the end of the list. * Of course you can start again. |
A new line marks the end of the list.
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# ''Numbered lists'' are: ## Very organized ## Easy to follow A new line marks the end of the list. # New numbering starts with 1. |
A newline starts a new paragraph.
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: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph. A newline starts a new paragraph. <br> Often used for discussion on talk pages. : We use 1 colon to indent once. :: We use 2 colons to indent twice. ::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on. |
Here's a link to the Main page. But be careful - capitalization counts! |
Here's a link to the [[Main page]]. |
Intentionally permanent red link is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. |
[[Intentionally permanent red link]] is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. |
You can link to a page section by its title: If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section". |
You can link to a page section by its title: * [[List of cities by country#Morocco]]. If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the third section named "Example section". |
[edit] Further reading
[edit] Editing help
[edit] Wiki markups and codes
- Help:Wikitext examples
- Help:Reference card: a one-page summary of important commands, to be printed out and used next to the computer
- Help:HTML in wikitext
- Help:Comment tags
- HTML elements: introduction to HTML
[edit] Page management
- Help:Starting a new page
- Protecting pages
- Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages#Merging and moving pages
- m:Anti-spam features
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