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''If you are looking for a tutorial to Wikipedia, please see [[Wikipedia:Tutorial]]''

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This page is an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone by writing easy-to-understand tutorials. Is there some aspect of editing Wikipedia that you're really good at, and can explain easily to other people? Then write a tutorial for it - just describe the process in a simple way, make a page for it within your userspace, and add it to the list below. If you need any examples, take a look at some of the finished tutorials. And you can always ask for feedback on [[Wikipedia talk:Tutorial Drive|the talk page]].

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:''If you personally need a specific tutorial and believe that the content therein would be useful to others, add the suggested topic here.''

*Tutorial on writing bots [[User:Alethiophile|<fontspan colorstyle="color:blue;">Al</fontspan>]][[User:Alethiophile/Esperanza|<fontspan colorstyle="color:green;">e</fontspan>]][[User:Alethiophile|<fontspan colorstyle="color:blue;">thiophile</fontspan>]]^{[[User_talk:Alethiophile|<fontsup colorstyle="color:red;">1</fontsup>]]}<small>[[Special:Random|<fontspan colorstyle="color:green;">2</fontspan>]]</small>_{[[Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man|<fontsub colorstyle="color:blue;">3</fontsub>]]} 20:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

*Formatting a page-some editors can modify their pages to the extremes..take [[User:DoomsDay349|DD]] for example. -[[User:Zachary crimsonwolf|<font color="black" face="papyrus">'''Zachary'''</font>]][[User talk:Zachary crimsonwolf|<font color="crimson" face="papyrus">'''crimson'''</font>]][[User:Zachary crimsonwolf/Autographs|<font color="goldenrod" face="papyrus">'''wolf'''</font>]] 14:05, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

==Tutorials in process==

:''If you're currently writing a tutorial, or are considering writing one, add it here.''

* How to make a disambiguation page. -- [[User:Natalya|Nataly]]<font color="green">[[User:Natalya/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">a]]</fontspan>]] 18:58, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

* Writing an article: Where to start... --'''[[User:Ed/Esperanza|<font color="green">E</font>]]'''[[User:Ed|d]] ^{''[[Special:Random|<font color="orange">Trick?</font>]]''}<small> ''or'' </small> _{''[[Halloween|<font color="orange">Treat?</font>]]''} 01:46, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

* How to create a Category. -- [[User:The Halo|Th]][[User:The Halo/Esperanza|<font color="green">ε</font>]][[User:The Halo| Halo]] ^{[[User talk:The Halo|'''Θ''']]} 10:35, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

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*Pick one: creating templates (beginning & intermediate level), adding the Wikipedia 1.0 assessment system to a Wikiproject; using citation templates. May think of more topics later. Would appreciate suggestions about which one seems most needed.--[[User:Ling.Nut|Ling.Nut]] 22:34, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

**Using footnotes is closely related to using citation templates & I could do this too, but these pages already exist in one form or another... again, feedback appreciated.--[[User:Ling.Nut|Ling.Nut]] 23:54, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

** There already exists a page about the assessment system, although it needs a bit more of fleshing out: see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/WikiProject#Assessment]]. [[User:Titoxd|Tito]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza |<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 23:32, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

*Creating templates (I'll take care of the entire tutorial, presuming Ling.Nut decides not to do the other two sections). -- '''[[User:Tariqabjotu|<fontspan colorstyle="color:black;">tariq</fontspan><fontspan colorstyle="color:gray;">abjotu</fontspan>]]''' 01:24, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

*How to deal with a FAC (iei.e., how to deal with opposes etc.)... Maybe a coupla others... ;) [[User:Spawn Man|Spawn Man]] 02:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

*How to effectively prosify a list: When paragraphs could do better than a list and whether content needs to be added to or taken away from in the prosification process. Also mentions good prose: the production of which is a process at which I believe that I am particularly adept. --[[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#996600">Grace</font><font color="black">notes</font>]] [[User talk:Gracenotes|^{<font colorstyle="color:#996600;">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>}]] § 17:59, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

*Haven't done anything yet, but I'm considering writing a tutorial on writing tutorials - a guide on expository form, structure of a tutorial, and example creation. This project will be amusing in its recursivity, and that's why I want to do it, but I think it'll be a real help to this program if there's a guide to making tutorials! :) [[User:Nihiltres|Nihiltres]] 00:26, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

*Currently writing a guide to Wikicode, just to make it less scary to new users. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mac_Davis <font color="#6644FF">X</font>] '''[<i></i>[[User:Mac Davis|<font color="#006600" face="Times"><i>Mac Davis</i></font>]]<i></i>]''' <small>([[User:Mac_Davis/Desk|<font color="#6688AA">DESK</font>]]|[[User_talk:Mac_Davis/Improvement|<font color="#666666">How's my driving?</font>]])</small> 01:08, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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:''When you've created a tutorial, add it to this list!''

*[[Wikipedia:IRC tutorial/Tutorial]]

*[[UserWikipedia:Smurrayinchester/Tutorial/Signature's signature tutorial|Formatting signatures]], by Smurrayinchester

*[[User:Smurrayinchester/Tutorial/Tables|Creating simple tables]], by Smurrayinchester

*[[User:Smurrayinchester/Tutorial/Images|Creating and using images]], by Smurrayinchester

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*[http://tawker.com/Tutorials/Basic_Editing_SmallScreen.htm A very basic editing tutorial] - by Tawker

* [[Wikipedia:Harvard citation template examples]] {{User|Ling.Nut}}

* [[Wikipedia:Anatomy of a template]] -- '''[[User:Tariqabjotu|<fontspan colorstyle="color:black;">tariq</fontspan><fontspan colorstyle="color:gray;">abjotu</fontspan>]]'''

* [[User:DarknessLord/EA TUT Thing]] -- [[User:DarknessLord|<font color=red>D-Lord</font><font color=green>, the boyfriend of</font>]] [[Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan|<font color=purple>Wikipe</font>]].

== Other tutorials ==

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See also: [[Wikipedia:Help Project]] - mid-2012 overhaul

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