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Editing PESWiki

To learn how to keep track of your (or other people's) edits, see Keeping track of changes.
For lists of stub types, categories, infoboxes etc., see Resources and lists.
For image use, see Images and media.
To learn the rules of PESWiki, see policies and guidelines.

Contributing to PESWiki a guide on ways to get involved in editing.

Introduction to editing.

Tutorial

Quick guide, an editing cheat sheet.

Simplified ruleset, essential information to understand when editing articles (for new editors).

The Glossary can help you understand PESWiki jargon.

Editing - how to:

Edit a page, including markup details.

Experiment with editing pages in the sandbox

You can also carry out editing experiments "in situ" by editing the page itself and using the Show Preview button. Be careful not to accidentally save the page though! If you do, then Revert your changes.

Help:Editing (extended cheat sheet - keep this open in another window)

Use sections in an article

Use categories

Use redirect pages

Saving - how to:

Report your change in the edit summary

Handle an edit conflict

Use minor edits

Use the preview button

Creating links - how to:

Link PESWiki articles

Change the title of a link (the piped link)

Create links to external pages

Creating pages - how to:

Start a new page

Name a page

Create pages for topics with several different definitions (disambiguation)

Naming conventions in general

"Magic words" allow you to change default behaviour or automate text eg. you can disable a Table of Contents or move its position, or insert & automatically update the current date, month etc. See also: Variables.

Help:Editing shortcuts

Use easy timeline syntax

Edit mathematical formulae using TeX