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As a new editor, you may feel a little overwhelmed by the sheer size and scope of Misplaced Pages. Don't fret! Here are some resources that you can look into:

Overview tutorials

Introductory editing tutorials

These tutorials explain how to edit
with wiki markup (Misplaced Pages's source code)
and with VisualEditor (a user-friendly interface).


Starting introduction
Policies and Guidelines

Editing
Referencing
Images
Tables


Editing
Referencing
Images
Tables

Talk pages
Navigating Misplaced Pages
Manual of Style
Conclusion

A video that articulates the diversity and enthusiasm of the Misplaced Pages Community. (4:10 min)
Note: You can use the sandbox to experiment with page editing.

Topic-specific introductions

Protocols and conventions

Editing with Source editor

  • Introduction to editing: a six-part guide to editing: Editing pages; Formatting; Links and wikilinks; Saving your changes; Creating new articles; and Summary.
  • Introduction to referencing: a five-part introduction to referencing: Verifiability; Inline citations; RefToolbar; Reliable sources; and Summary.
  • Introduction to uploading images: a four-part guide on uploading images: Introduction; Uploading images; Using an image; and Summary.
  • Introduction to tables: a four-part guide to putting tables in pages: Introduction to tables; Editing tables; Expanding tables; and Summary.
  • Introduction to talk pages: a six-part guide to using talk pages: Talk pages; User talk pages; Layout; Examples; Drawing attention; and Summary.

Editing with VisualEditor

Training for student assignments

These self-guided trainings help users involved with student assignments to learn the basics of Misplaced Pages.

  • Training for students: students start here! A four-part, 57-page training intended for students doing assignments on Misplaced Pages, with more detailed introductions to core Misplaced Pages policies, editing basics, and more specific editing advice for students. Chapters: Welcome (4 pages); The Core (14 pages); Editing (24 pages); and Advanced and background (15 pages).
  • Training for educators: educators start here! A five-part, 97-page training for professors and other educators who want to run Misplaced Pages assignments for class, with introductions to core Misplaced Pages policies, editing basics, and an overview of best practices for designing and implementing Misplaced Pages assignments.

Guides

Quick guides

Overview articles

Books and videos

  • The Missing Manual: a comprehensive how-to book that explains everything about contributing for novice to expert editors.
  • Misplaced Pages instructional material : a listing of screencasts, videos, and books.
  • The Bookshelf: (external link) a vast collection of high-quality, freely licensed, user-generated informational material about Misplaced Pages.

Specialised tutorials

Help resources and assistance

Help desk Find this page confusing? Just use this link to ask for help on your talk page; a volunteer will visit you there shortly!
Misplaced Pages editor navigation - (Search)
Misplaced Pages key policies and guidelines (?)
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Style
Classification
Project content (?)
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Manual of Style
Content
Formatting
Images
Layout
Lists
By topic area
Legal
Arts
Music
History
Regional
Religion
Science
Sports
Related guidelines
Search
Misplaced Pages accounts and governance
Unregistered (IP) users
Registered users
Account security
Blocks, bans, sanctions,
global actions
Related to accounts
User groups
and global user groups
Advanced user groups
Committees and related
Governance
Misplaced Pages community
For a listing of current collaborations, tasks, and news, see the Community portal.
For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see the Dashboard.
General community
topics
Contents and grading
WikiProjects
and collaborations
Awards and feedback
Maintenance tasks
Administrators
and noticeboards
Content dispute
resolution
Other noticeboards
and assistance
Deletion
discussions
Elections and voting
Directories, indexes,
and summaries
Misplaced Pages essays (?)
Essays on building, editing, and deleting content
Philosophy
Article construction
Writing article content
Removing or
deleting content
Essays on civility
The basics
Philosophy
Dos
Don'ts
WikiRelations
Essays on notability
Humorous essays
About essays
About essays
Policies and guidelines
Misplaced Pages help pages

About Misplaced Pages (?)
Help for readers (?)
Contributing
to Misplaced Pages
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Getting started (?)
Dos and don'ts (?)
How-to pages and
information pages (?)
Coding (?)
Directories (?)
Missing Manual
Ask for help on your talk page (?)
Misplaced Pages referencing
Policies and guidelines
General advice
Citing sources
Inline citations
Help for beginners
Advanced help
Footnote templates
Find references
Citation tools
(External links)
Misplaced Pages technical help
Get personal technical help at the Teahouse, help desk, village pump (technical), talk pages or IRC.
General
technical help
Special
page
-related
Wikitext
Links and diffs
Media files: images,
videos and sounds
Other graphics
Templates and
Lua modules
Data structure
HTML and CSS
Customisation
and tools
Automated editing
Misplaced Pages templates
Main namespace
Other namespaces
All namespaces
Navboxes
with templates
Inline images
Help pages
Related topics
Search
Awards, decorations, and medals of Misplaced Pages
Awarded by co-founder Jimmy Wales
Awards by WikiProject
Barnstars and other personal awards
Awards by number of edits
See also

Peace dove Kindness Campaign

Useful links
Daily pages
Things to do
Resources
Policies /
Guidelines
Administrators
External links

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