User:Kitblake/help

Help introduction page

Introduction to Wikipedia

Welcome to Wikipedia! Almost every page can be edited by anyone, and millions of us already do.

This page takes you through a set of tutorials aimed at complete newcomers interested in contributing. It covers all the basics needed to navigate, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia articles. There are two methods of editing: the VisualEditor, and Wiki markup. Each tutorial takes only about 10 minutes, so you could become a proficient 'Wikipedian' in under an hour!

Introduction

Policies and Guidelines

Wiki Markup is the primary editor. It shows the underlying page content, and works like a plain text file. Links and other items are edited using simple code like this: [[Earth]].

VisualEditor is a secondary editing interface. It hides the underlying markup, and works more like a word processor. Links and other items are edited using a toolbar or popup interfaces.

For more training information, see also:

Full help contents page
Training for students
A training adventure game
Resources for new editors