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== 📘 Help Guide – | == 📘 Help Guide – Wikigama == | ||
Welcome to the Help section of | Welcome to the Help section of Wikigama! This guide will help you understand how to edit, navigate, and contribute effectively. | ||
=== 🔰 Getting Started === | === 🔰 Getting Started === | ||
Wikigama is an open platform. Anyone can contribute. | |||
Create an account at [[Special:CreateAccount]]. | * Create an account at [[Special:CreateAccount]]. | ||
* Stay neutral, cite reliable sources, and follow community guidelines. | |||
Stay neutral, cite reliable sources, and follow community guidelines. | |||
=== ✍ How to Edit a Page === | === ✍ How to Edit a Page === | ||
Click the "Edit" tab on any page. | * Click the "Edit" tab on any page. | ||
* Use the Wikitext editor or VisualEditor (if enabled). | |||
Use the Wikitext editor or VisualEditor (if enabled). | * Provide a clear edit summary before saving. | ||
Provide a clear edit summary before saving. | |||
=== 🛠 Basic Formatting === | === 🛠 Basic Formatting === | ||
''italic'' → italic | * ''italic'' → italic | ||
* '''bold''' → bold | |||
'''bold''' → bold | * == Section == → Headings | ||
* [[Page Name]] → Internal link | |||
== Section == → Headings | * [https://example.com External Link] → External link | ||
Page Name → Internal link | |||
[https://example.com External Link] → External link | |||
=== 📜 Creating a New Page === | === 📜 Creating a New Page === | ||
Use the search bar to check if the page already exists. | * Use the search bar to check if the page already exists. | ||
* If not, click on "Create the page" link. | |||
* Follow the [[Manual of Style]]. | |||
=== 📙 Adding References === | |||
Use reliable sources and wrap them in `<.ref></ref>` tags. | |||
Example: | |||
<pre> | |||
Example statement.<ref>Source name, website, or book</ref> | |||
</pre> | |||
At the bottom of the article, add: | At the bottom of the article, add: | ||
<pre> | |||
== References == | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
</pre> | |||
=== 🖼 Uploading Images === | === 🖼 Uploading Images === | ||
Visit [[Special:Upload]] to upload files. | * Visit [[Special:Upload]] to upload files. | ||
* Only upload media with proper copyright permission. | |||
Only upload media with proper copyright permission. | * Use `[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|Caption]]` to display images. | ||
Use [[File:Example.jpg|thumb|Caption]] to display images. | |||
=== 📂 Using Categories === | === 📂 Using Categories === | ||
Add categories at the bottom of the article like this: | Add categories at the bottom of the article like this: | ||
<pre> | |||
[[Category:People]] | |||
[[Category:Entrepreneurs]] | |||
</pre> | |||
=== 🧰 Using Templates === | === 🧰 Using Templates === | ||
Templates help standardize articles. Some common ones: | Templates help standardize articles. Some common ones: | ||
{{Infobox person}} | * `{{Infobox person}}` | ||
* `{{Stub}}` – Marks a page as a short article needing expansion. | |||
=== 🔐 User Accounts and Settings === | === 🔐 User Accounts and Settings === | ||
Visit [[Special:Preferences]] to customize your profile. | * Visit [[Special:Preferences]] to customize your profile. | ||
* Watch articles to get notifications of changes. | |||
Watch articles to get notifications of changes. | |||
=== 🛼 Editing Etiquette === | === 🛼 Editing Etiquette === | ||
Be respectful to others. | * Be respectful to others. | ||
* Do not vandalize pages. | |||
Do not vandalize pages. | * Use edit summaries and discuss major changes on talk pages. | ||
Use edit summaries and discuss major changes on talk pages. | |||
=== 📢 Need More Help? === | === 📢 Need More Help? === | ||
* Leave a message on an article’s talk page. | |||
* Contact an [[Special:ListUsers|active user or admin]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:14, 14 March 2026
📘 Help Guide – Wikigama
Welcome to the Help section of Wikigama! This guide will help you understand how to edit, navigate, and contribute effectively.
🔰 Getting Started
Wikigama is an open platform. Anyone can contribute.
- Create an account at Special:CreateAccount.
- Stay neutral, cite reliable sources, and follow community guidelines.
✍ How to Edit a Page
- Click the "Edit" tab on any page.
- Use the Wikitext editor or VisualEditor (if enabled).
- Provide a clear edit summary before saving.
🛠 Basic Formatting
- italic → italic
- bold → bold
- == Section == → Headings
- Page Name → Internal link
- External Link → External link
📜 Creating a New Page
- Use the search bar to check if the page already exists.
- If not, click on "Create the page" link.
- Follow the Manual of Style.
📙 Adding References
Use reliable sources and wrap them in `<.ref></ref>` tags.
Example:
Example statement.<ref>Source name, website, or book</ref>
At the bottom of the article, add:
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
🖼 Uploading Images
- Visit Special:Upload to upload files.
- Only upload media with proper copyright permission.
- Use `
Caption
📂 Using Categories
Add categories at the bottom of the article like this:
[[Category:People]] [[Category:Entrepreneurs]]
🧰 Using Templates
Templates help standardize articles. Some common ones:
- `
`Help - `
This article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.
` – Marks a page as a short article needing expansion.
🔐 User Accounts and Settings
- Visit Special:Preferences to customize your profile.
- Watch articles to get notifications of changes.
🛼 Editing Etiquette
- Be respectful to others.
- Do not vandalize pages.
- Use edit summaries and discuss major changes on talk pages.
📢 Need More Help?
- Leave a message on an article’s talk page.
- Contact an active user or admin.
- NOTOC**
- NOEDITSECTION**