Help:Editor

MediaWiki Handbook: Contents, Readers, Editors, Moderators, System admins +/-

This is help for 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
Advanced editing
Editing FAQ
Edit toolbar
Renaming (moving) a page
Export
Import
Shortcuts
Edit conflict
Page size
Referencing
Links
URLs
Piped links
Interwiki linking
Footnotes (References, Citations)
Formatting
Wikitext examples
CSS
Reference card
HTML in wikitext
Lists
Tables
Formula
Sorting
Colors
Images and file uploads
Fixing mistakes
Show preview
Testing
Reverting edits
Advanced functioning
Expansion
Templates
Advanced templates
Variables
Parser function
Parameter default
System message
Substitution
Array
Calculation
Embed page
Other
Characters
Talk page
Sandbox
Legal issues for editors (copyright)

Links to other help pages

Help contents

Meta · Wikinews · Wikipedia · Wikiquote · Wiktionary · Commons: · mw: · b: · s: · mw:Manual · Google

Versions of this help page (for other languages see below)

Meta · Wikinews · Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editor · Wikiquote · Wiktionary

What links here on Meta or from Meta · Wikipedia · MediaWiki

Reading

Go · Search · Stop words · Namespace · Page name · Section · Backlinks · Redirect · Category · Image page · Special pages · Printable version

Tracking changes

Recent changes (enhanced) | Related changes · Watching pages · Diff · Page history · Edit summary · User contributions · Minor edit · Patrolled edit

Logging in and preferences

Logging in · Preferences · User style

Editing

Starting a new page · Advanced editing · Editing FAQ · Edit toolbar · Export · Import · Shortcuts · Edit conflict · Page size

Referencing

Links · URLs · Piped links · Interwiki linking · Footnotes

Style and formatting

Wikitext examples · CSS · Reference card · HTML in wikitext · Formula · List · Table · Sorting · Colors · Images and file uploads

Fixing mistakes

Show preview · Testing · Reverting edits

Advanced functioning

Expansion · Template · Advanced templates · Parser function · Parameter default · Variable · System message · Substitution · Array · Calculation · Embed page

Others

Special characters · Renaming (moving) a page · Talk page · Sandbox · Legal issues for editors