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{{Wikipedia how-to}}

Before committing to a change, one should test it first.

==Changes to a page ==

There is a [[Help:Show preview|"Show preview"]] button near the submit button. One should check to make sure that the links are correct and the spelling is correct.

=== Spelling ===

[http://linuxquestions.org linuxquestionsLinuxquestions.org] appears to have a spelling checker in their modified version of MediaWiki. Also, one can use Konqueror or Firefox with a spelling check extension to check to spell within the browser window. Note that this does not work when using syntax highlighting.

==Testing features of existing software on one of the regular projects==

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It can be done:

*in special pages such as [[Draft:Sandbox]]

*on user pages and subpages

*using Preview. - thisThis cannot be used to test how a change in a page affects another page, such as when changing a [[Help:Template|template]]; to test [[Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext|automatic conversion of wikitext]], the new wikitext can be seen pressing "Show changes". Automatic conversion of [[Help:Special characters|special characters]] to their decimal numeric codes is seen in the edit box.

A test involving the variable <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>, e.g. a link to an image or another page with a name containing <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>, can be done on the Talk page since the value of the variable is the same on that page.

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Sysops testing the available links and how things work for ordinary logged-in users can log in under another name, or in a project for which they are not a sysop.

==Test wikiWikipedia==

An advantage of the [[:testwiki:|test Wikipedia]] is that is does not interfere with, or clutter, the regular projects. The project may be reset, or history may otherwise be lost, so one has to save elsewhere what one wants to keep.

[[:testwiki:|http://test.wikipedia.org/]].

An advantage is that is does not interfere with, or clutter, the regular projects. The project may be reset, or history may otherwise be lost, so one has to save elsewhere what one wants to keep.

==See also==

*[[m:MediaWiki test script]]