Help:Wiki University Contributors--Editing an Article





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Getting Started
Having reviewed the first four lessons, you should be familiar with:
 * what the Wiki is and it's purpose;
 * what standards are to be followed;
 * what the common links and tabs represent on each page; and
 * how to create your personal pages, especially workarea sandboxes.

You are now ready to begin editing in the Wiki.

Visual Editor or Wikitext Editor?
Wiki code can be edited using either Visual Editor or Wikitext Editor.

Visual Editor

 * This editor is considered a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor and works like a word processor.
 * It is used to generate wikitext code or HTML code which will affect a page's appearance.
 * You can learn more about using this editor in the Wiki University Visual Editor Tutorial.

Wikitext Editor

 * Wikitext, also known as Wikicode, is a hypertext markup editor that consists of SPECIFIC SYNTAX and keywords to format a page.
 * Although this editor is harder to learn, it is considered more robust than Visual Editor; meaning, you can have more varied effects on a page than Visual Editor.
 * You can learn more about using this editor in the Wiki University Wikitext Tutorial.

Editing the Wiki
This section will focus on "How To Edit" by providing links to step-by-step processes and mini demonstration videos using either of the two editors. ''(Be advised: You must be logged in before editing the Wiki.)

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