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, Wikimedia's MediaWiki format is used, so when editing this Guide, no talking about Markdown.
Practicing editing
[edit]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. The Test Wikipedia runs a work in progress MediaWiki, so please do report any issues you run into!
Start an article
[edit]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.
Publish a page
[edit]IP users or new users need to submit an article at Articles for Creation (AfC) to publish a page. Auto-confirmed users and higher can publish articles without submitting it for AfC submission!*
*Auto-confirmed levels are applied when a user makes 10 days and their Wikipedia account is 4 days old.
Draft articles
[edit]Draft articles are articles not indexed by any search engine, including Google. If somebody tries to create a new page outside the "Draft" namespace, the page may be moved to the Draft namespace.
Format text (WIP)
[edit]Use astrophes to make text bold, italic or bolditalic. An example can be found in TylerMagee's sandbox. Use asterisks to make bullet lists.