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WHy is this article so manipulative?
WIth headings such as "Why not try out the editor right now?". This is very counterproductive because you actively interfere with people's established learning methods. Hallelujahknowledge (talk) 06:51, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
- Agree.
- I imagine? Endless tension between wiki purists and usability editors.
- Suggestion alert:
- An option for wiki-help pages might be to side-list "Alternatives", given the "help" purview. Jasonbrown1965 (talk) 11:12, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
- Good point, @Hallelujahknowledge. I changed the heading to just "Try editing". {{u|Sdkb}} talk 23:09, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
Why is there no "template" sub-topic?
As I moved down the category tree, I could not see any topic named "templates". Uralunlucayakli (talk) 11:03, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Uralunlucayakli, there's some brief description at Help:Introduction to editing with Wiki Markup/3, but on the whole, this tutorial is about giving you the bare minimum needed to get started, whereas templates are a bit more advanced. I could see us reworking things to add more about them, though — I'm not sure it totally makes sense to talk about tables right now but not templates. Do others have thoughts? {{u|Sdkb}} talk 14:29, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
- It's hard to recommend either for inclusion in a bare minimum tutorial, because whether or not an editor is going to encounter templates or tables in their editing totally depends on the kind of edits they want to make and the kind of articles they want to contribute to. E.g. someone interested in sport articles will immediately encounter both templates and tables (and is likely to require using a wikitext editor at one point or another), but someone interested in philosophy articles can avoid encountering templates and tables for a long time (and can probably manage with using the visual editor only). —andrybak (talk) 00:56, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
"How does one edit a page" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect How does one edit a page has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 April 2 § How does one edit a page until a consensus is reached. Justjourney (talk | contribs) 00:40, 2 April 2025 (UTC)