User:TylerMagee/Simplified tutorial
This page serves as a guide on how to create Wikipedia pages. (A Wikipedian is a human who helps improve Wikipedia.)
Note: Wikipedia does not use Markdown. Instead, a pre-made formatting syntax is used, so when editing this Guide, no talking about Markdown. The reason is still unknown.
Practicing editing
Practice in your personal sandbox. It is a great way to practice editing without breaking all of Wikimedia and blowing up the world!
Alternatively, you can also create pages on the Test Wikipedia at test.wikipedia.org. The Test Wikipedia runs a work in progress MediaWiki, so please do report any issues you run into!
Start an article
To start an article:
- Open the Article Wizard.
- Click a red link in Wikipedia.
- Open a invalid link that looks like a normal Wikipedia article URL.
Format text (WIP)
Use astrophes to make text bold, italic or bolditalic. An example can be found in TylerMagee's sandbox. Use asterisks to make bullet lists.