Help:Editing pages: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:16, 19 November 2019

You have to be logged-in to edit pages!

When to edit pages?

Edit pages if your contribution does something to improve a page. For example:

Fix typos
Add missing citations
Clarify statements
...

If you are unsure about changing a page use the Discussion button at top of a page to ask questions, make suggestions or discuss corrections.

How to edit pages?

Click the Edit button at top of a page.
Change contents in the editor box.
Preview your changes with the Show preview button.
Enter a short note about your changes in the Summary box.
Click Save changes to save your changes.

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-{{TOCright}}Easy editing of pages is what wikis are made for. It only takes a few clicks.
+You have to be logged-in to edit pages!
-== Editing new pages  ==
+== When to edit pages? ==
-If the page you wish to edit does not exist yet, see [[Help:Starting a new page]]
+Edit pages if your contribution does something to improve a page.
+For example:
-== Editing existing pages  ==
+* Fix typos
+* Add missing citations
+* Clarify statements
+* ...
-*Click the '''edit''' button at the top right corner of the article. [[Image:Edit.gif]]
+If you are unsure about changing a page use the '''Discussion''' button at top of a page to ask questions, make suggestions or discuss corrections.
-*Make changes to the text in the edit box. Make sure you write clearly and concisely, and make sure your edit does something to improve the page. If you're making normal changes to the text like fixing spelling mistakes or grammar, inserting new sentences, etc, then you don't have to worry too much about formatting. When you do need to use some type of formatting, you do it using wiki syntax, see [[Help:Formatting]] for some of the common types of formatting used.
-*Optionally, enter a short note in the '''Summary''' box describing your changes.
-*Optionally preview your changes with the '''Preview''' button.
-*Click the '''Save page''' button.
-*One can rename pages as well See [[Help:Moving a page]]
+== How to edit pages? ==
-=== Discussion  ===
+* Click the '''Edit''' button at top of a page.
+* Change contents in the editor box.
+* Preview your changes with the '''Show preview''' button.
+* Enter a short note about your changes in the '''Summary''' box.
+* Click '''Save changes''' to save your changes.
-Every article has its own discussion thread on the [[LAVA]] Forums where you can ask questions, make suggestions, or discuss corrections. Click the '''discussion''' [[Image:Discussion.png]] button to reach it.
+== See also  ==
-== See Also  ==
+* [[Help:Formatting|Formatting]]
+* [[Help:Starting a new page|Starting a new page]]
-[http://forums.lavag.org/Changing-the-width-and-height-of-your-Wiki-editing-box-t7784.html Changing the width of your editor box]
+* [[Help:Moving a page|Moving a page]]
 [[Category:Help]]