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Introduction to Wikipedia
This page takes you through a set of tutorials aimed at complete newcomers interested in contributing. It covers all the basics, and each tutorial takes only a few minutes, so you can become a proficient Wikipedian in no time!

Get started
Policies and Guidelines

The wiki markup source editor shows the underlying page source code. It works like a plain text file, indicating links and other items using simple code like this: [[Earth]].

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VisualEditor is the easier way of editing that works more like a word processor and hides the underlying source code. Links and other items are edited using toolbar and pop-up interfaces.

Editing
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  • H:INTRO
  • For more training information, see also:

    Full help contents page
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    A single-page guide to contributing
    A training adventure game
    Resources for new editors



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