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Training for educators: educators start here! A five-part, 97-page training for professors and other educators who want to run Wikipedia assignments for class, with introductions to core Wikipedia policies, editing basics, and an overview of best practices for designing and implementing Wikipedia assignments.
in your sandbox – this is a page you can always easily find, by clicking 'Sandbox' at the top of any page at Wikipedia by tapping the user icon in the top right corner to show the menu linking your sandbox. Downside: you can only create one article at a time there, and it's not so easy for other editors to find. in a user subpage.
If you want to create an article, try the article wizard!Not everything qualifies for an article, so read the instructions carefully. Sources are important! Any time you add a fact to an article, you should add a source that verifies the fact.
Beginner's Guide to Editing Wikipedia. This step-by-step guide brings together some of the best resources to help you get started in Wikipedia. It is based on a guide originally created by User:LoriLee for middle and high school students to edit Wikipedia. If they can do it, you can!
Ways to get help. For interactive help with editing see the Teahouse for new editors. You can search the FAQ to get answers to common questions about Wikipedia, There is the editing tutorial if you would like to know a bit about how things are done. There is also the comprehensive missing manual that can guide you step-by-step.
If your question is about a Wikipedia article, draft article, or other page on Wikipedia, tell us what it is! Check back on this page to see if your question has been answered. For real-time help, use our IRC help channel, #wikipedia-en-help. New editors may prefer the Teahouse, a help area for beginners (but please don't ask in both places).
A template window then pops up, where you fill in as much information as possible about the source, and give a unique name for it in the "Ref name" field. Click the "Insert" button, which will add the required wikitext in the edit window. If you wish, you can also "Preview" how your reference will look first.
For simple searches, there is a search box at the top of every page. Type what you are looking for in the box. Partial matches will appear in a dropdown list. Select any page in the list to go to that page. Or, select the magnifying glass "Go" button, or press ↵ Enter, to go to a full search result. For advanced searches, see Help:Searching.