On this page you will find all the information you need to do basic editing. There are many ways of improving an article on wikipedia. My main aim, is to get you to a standard of editing, so that you can produce a B-class article with ease. With the basics on this page you can create the solid foundations from which a B-class article can be produced. There are further things that need to be done to an article to get it to that standard that are not on this page, however we will go into further details later. Read this page thoroughly and don't be afraid of asking question on things you don't understand, however stupid the question my seem to you.

The VERY basics

To edit a page click on the tab at the top of the page that says edit this page, edit or may just be a +. For new pages this will say create.

Formatting

This is a table of the basic formatting. You can get this automatically by highlighting the chosen word(s) and clicking on the respective button on the tool bar (B for bold, I for italics. However it is sometimes quicker to put the formatting in yourself.

You type	You get
`''italic''`	italic
`'''bold'''`	bold
`'''''bold italic'''''`	bold italic

Links

A internal link is a link to a page within wikipedia.
The mark up for this is [[ ''Page name'' ]].

Internal

Mark up	It gives	Explanation
[[Link]]	link	A link to the page titled Link
[[Link\|display text]]	display text	This is a link to the page titled Link, but it shows display text.
[[Link#section]]	Link#section	This is a link that leads directly to a specific section named section, of the page Link.

External

External links use full URLs to link to other websites.

Mark up	It gives	Explanation
http://en.wikipedia.org/	http://en.wikipedia.org/	This gives a link to an external website showing the whole address
[http://en.wikipedia.org/]	[1]	This gives a link without showing the web address
[http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]	Wikipedia	to name this type of link, leave a space between the web address and the new name.

Headings and subheadings

On wikipedia headings are used to cut up large chunks of text into readable sections. Under each heading is a distinct topic, such as details on someones career or details on the discography of a band. Subheadings cut up these sections into smaller, more specific sections, such as the different careers someone had or the singles and albums a band released, if there are enough details to warrant further splitting. The article on Adolf Hitler is a good example of the use of headings and subheadings.

You type	You get
`== Heading ==`	Heading [edit]
`=== Subheading ===`	Subheading 1 [edit]
`==== Subheading 2 ====`	Subheading [edit]
`===== Subheading 3 =====`	Subheading [edit]

If an article has at least four headings, a table of contents will automatically be generated.

Task

Once you have read and understood all of the above aspects of basic editing you may move onto to the task. If there is anything you are unsure about please ask me.

Here is the link to the task