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📘 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 `Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content` 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
    ` to display images.

📂 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
    `
  • `

Stub icon 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?

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