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You now know the most important things 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.
Is there anything else to learn?
This tutorial has been kept short and sweet, but you can always learn more. Continue your learning through the links below.
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.
Other...
- more
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