Quick Editing Tips
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Quick and Dirty
Starting a New Page
- Covered best by the mediawiki help section.
Editing an Existing Page
Start editing
- To start editing a MediaWiki page, click the Edit this page (or just edit) link at one of its edges. This brings you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the wikitext - the editable code from which the server produces the finished page. If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox, not here.
Type your changes
- You can just type your text. However, also using basic wiki markup (described in the next section) to make links and do simple formatting adds to the value of your contribution. Wikimedia wikis have style guidelines available. If you follow these, your contributions will be more valuable as they won't need to be cleaned up later.
Summarize your changes
- Write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in the edit summary legend.
Preview before saving!
- When you have finished, click Show preview to see how your changes will look before you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click Save page and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
More Help
- Learn more from wikimedia editting basics
Templates Used in this Site
Reference citation
Is used to format references, and is particularly used in the Reference Library section of the Wiki. The following:
{{Reference citation|
|text =
Koehler, M. J., & Mishra, P. (in press). Introducing Technological Pedagogical Knowledge. In AACTE (Eds.). ''The Handbook of Technological Pedagogical
Content Knowledge for Educators''. To be published by AACTE and Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (for a copy of this chapter, send mailto:punya@msu.edu)
}}
Is displayed as:
Koehler, M. J., & Mishra, P. (in press). Introducing Technological Pedagogical Knowledge. In AACTE (Eds.). The Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Educators. To be published by AACTE and Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (for a copy of this chapter, send mailto:punya@msu.edu)
Breakout box
This template is used to highlight text inline with a grey box around it. For example, the following:
{{Breakout box|
|text =
Definitive descriptions of TPCK can be found in [http://punyamishra.com/tpck-wiki-links/mishra-koehler-2006.pdf Mishra & Koehler, 2006], or
through any of the other links in the "Learn more about tpck" box on the right margin of this page, or on the left margin of every page.
}}
Is rendered as:
Definitive descriptions of TPCK can be found in Mishra & Koehler, 2006,
or through any of the other links in the "Learn more about tpck" box on the right margin of this page, or on the left margin of every page.
Links to Editing Resources
- Or alternatively, the main section on Editing from Wikimedia.org
