Help:Editing FAQ: Difference between revisions

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If you don't know how many times a given header has already appeared on a page (and thus the number to use), there are two ways to find out.

#Use the table of contents.

#:If a table of contents appears on the page, click on the header whom you wish to link to. The page will jump to that header. Now, look at the [[en:Uniform Resource Locator|URL]]. At the end, it will show the ID of the header in question. An example of a URL who has just been linked to a header, whose name has already appeared twice (and so is the third instance), and whose name is "Foo:"

#::<tt><nowiki>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Example_article#Foo_3</nowiki></tt>

#:The header link at the end of the URL shows that to link to this header, you would use <nowiki>[[#Foo 3]]</nowiki>.

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#:The ID and name tags (the ones that say "a name=" and "id=") show that this header can be linked to with <nowiki>[[#Foo 2]]</nowiki>.

===Q: How do I upload and make available PDF files?===

PDF files may uploaded and made available using the "File upload wizard" and "Embedded Image" button if they are image data as opposed to textual data, for example: [[Image:ExamplePDFPlotAsImage.pdf]]

In the case of PDF files this does not actually embed the image, as you can see above, but rather gives a link to the uploaded PDF image.

If your PDF file does not consist primarily of image data, please use standard Wikipedia textual input instead.

==Miscellaneous==

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For example, if I'm done fooling around with some sandbox pages created as sub-pages of my Wikimedia user page, how do I get them deleted? The Help mentions "contacting an administrator", but if there is a '''list of admins''' somewhere, I was unable to find it. The wikipedia "VfD" approach does not seem to be implemented on Wikimedia, so I'm at a loss.

A: [[meta:Meta:Deletion_policy]]

A: The list of admins is here: [[meta:Meta:Administrators#List of administrators]]

===Q: How do I archive my User Page?===

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#move page contents to such a page (history is still in the regular talk page)

#just delete content (it is still in the history, but one can less easily search in that text) -- [[User:Patrick|Patrick]] 14:32, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

#Use a link to an earlier version of the page in its history. It does not require creating "sub pages" for archives. You can see an example at [[en:wikibooks:Talk:Wikijunior_Solar_System/Solar_System|wikibooks:Talk:Wikijunior_Solar_System/Solar_System]].

#*Click on the history tab

#**Click on the first version listed there

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===Q: Can I put preformatted text inside a numbered list?===

A: Not Quite. It used to be possible almost until version 1.5.7 version. AsBut as of now [15:03, 5 September 2006, this is no longer possible without disrupting(UTC)] the flowfollowing ofdoes thenot numberedwork list.anymore:

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# one

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# one

# two&lt;pre>&lt;nowiki>

here isare a linecouple lines

of preformatted text

&lt;/nowiki>&lt;/pre>

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see: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Opening_external_links_in_a_new_window [[User:VoskampM|VoskampM]] 08:38, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

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==Starting a new article==

===Q: How do I start a new article that has not been mentioned or put into any other articles?===

Tell me

It is a bit confusing````

Things are not very clear[[User:Nutan Thakur|Nutan Thakur]] 11:29, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

: Type the address of the new article page into your browser, and you will be given the option to start the page. -- [[User:ConradParker|ConradParker]] 01:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

: Put the name of the article in the search bar, and click <tt>Go</tt>. You will be given an option to create the page. [[User:Toolkit|Toolkit]] ([[User talk:Toolkit|talk]]) 18:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)