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For editing help{{Help}}=== Editing ===With the exception of a few protected pages, check out every page has a link that says '''"edit"''', which lets you edit the [http://enpage you are looking at.wikipediaIt is the most basic hitchwiki feature, and allows you to make corrections and add facts (e.org/wiki/Help:Editing Wikipedia editing help]g. Not all the same rules apply though but generally they correspondhitchhiking spots) to articles.
For questions on editing, uploading photos, video, etc. leave a message on the [[Help_talkFile:ContentsHelp_Edit.png|border|600px|Help Talk Pagecenter]]
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Go to the [[Help:Editing/sandbox|sandbox]] and click the '''"edit"'''Other pages link. This will open an editing window containing the text for that might page. Add something fun and interesting or whatever, then click '''Save page''' and see what you have done! Be careful to make sure that you are editing the sandbox page, and not the text of this tutorial. === Show preview ===One important feature to start using now is the '''Show preview''' button. Try making an edit in the [[Help:Editing/sandbox|sandbox]], then clicking the '''Show preview''' button instead of '''Save Page'''. This allows you to see what the page will look like after your edit, before you actually save. We all make mistakes; this feature lets you catch them. Using Show Preview before saving also lets you try format changes and other edits without cluttering up the page history. ''Do not forget to save your edits after previewing, though!'' [[File:Help_Preview.png|border|600px|center]] === Summary ===Before you hit '''Save page''', it can be pretty useful to enter a polite explanation of help:your changes in the '''Summary''' box between the edit window and the '''Save page''' and '''Show preview''' buttons. It can be quite short; for example if you just enter ''"typo"'', people will know you made a spelling correction. Also, if the change you have made to the page is minor, such as correcting a spelling or grammar error, be sure to check the box "This is a minor edit" (this is only available if you have logged in). * Great! Now you can already add and edit information of existing articles! If you want to get deeper into the art of editing and formatting the hitchwiki, check the following article about [[Help:ContentsFormatting|formatting]]. Click [[Help Contents:Formatting|here]]* to start the next tutorial about [[Help:TodoFormatting|Todoformatting articles]]. ----''This article contains text from the Wikipedia article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Editing%29 Editing]. [[Category:Help]]
