Wikipedia:Tutorial (Wrap-up and more info)
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Tutorial. This is intended for users who have already learned about Wikipedia through the Introduction and are ready to get started. After reading this series of pages you will gain the basic skills and knowledge you'll need as you become a Wikipedian. For a hands-on tutorial, you can also attend one of our Wikipedia Bootcamps.
Each page will discuss a useful feature of the wiki software, a piece of style and content guidance, information about the Wikipedia community, or important Wikipedia policies and conventions.
Keep in mind that this is a tutorial, not a definitive policy page or an extensive manual. If you want more details, throughout the tutorial there are wiki links to other Wikipedia pages. Those pages have more information on the topics here. If you want to read them as you go along, you might want to open them in a separate window.
There will be links to "sandbox" pages where you can practice what you're learning. Try things out and play around. Nobody will get upset if you mess up an experiment in these practice areas, so play around and see what you can do.
Note: This Tutorial assumes you are using the default page layout. If you are logged in and have changed your preferences, the location of links on the screen may be different.
Ready? OK, let's begin!
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There! You now know the most important things needed for contributing to Wikipedia. Any comments or feedback on this tutorial? Feel like something wasn't explained well enough, or want to know about something that isn't here? Let us know by dropping a comment on this page's talk page. You can also introduce yourself at Wikipedia:New user log.
Of course, one can always learn more. We've tried to keep this tutorial short so that you can start editing as easily as possible, but that means there are lots of topics we haven't covered. The links below are pages you might find useful as you continue your work on the wiki.
If you see something below that interests you, or that you know will be particularly relevant to your work here, go ahead and read it, or bookmark it and come back later.
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Advice and general information
- Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers explains the site and what to do here.
- Faux pas avoidance helps you avoid some common mistakes.
- Know how to contribute, but not what to write about? See Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia for help.
- Looking for other ways to improve articles? See Wikipedia:Guide to improving articles.
- Examples of some of Wikipedia's best articles, based on these criteria.
Specialized tutorials
- Wikipedia:Picture tutorial is a tutorial on image formatting.
- Wikipedia:How to use tables is a tutorial on the use of tables.
- Wikipedia:NPOV tutorial is a tutorial on how to write from a neutral perspective.
- Help:Formula is a list of the markup symbols we use.
Style and technique references
- Wikipedia:How to edit a page gives lots of information on things like formatting, character sets, and variables.
- Wikipedia:How to start a page
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style
- Wikipedia:Annotated article
- Category:Wikipedia style guidelines
- Category:Wikipedia how-to
Community and policy references
- Wikipedia:Tutorial/Glossary abbreviated glossary—the ten most likely words you'll encounter.
- Wikipedia:Glossary explains the words you'll hear other editors use.
- Wikipedia:Community Portal provides links to community resources—this page is always available in the navigation sidebar.
- Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
Directories
- Wikipedia:FAQ is an index of FAQ pages on all aspects of Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia:Utilities — a bigger directory of project pages than the community portal.
- Wikipedia:Topical index — if you want a really complete index.
Technical references
- MediaWiki User's Guide — a user's guide for the MediaWiki software that Wikipedia runs on.
