Jimmy Hers

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I saw your post on Vsmith's talk page. I think it would really help you to take the time to read the links given in the Welcome message at the top of this page, especially "How to edit a page". The link to that is also written: WP:HEP. On that page, you will see links to other articles you can read. I would read the entire section on "Editing articles" and some of the articles that are linked at the beginnings of the various sub-sections such as Wikipedia:Core content policies and Wikipedia:Tutorial/Editing.

After you have read all of that, then just start reading articles and reading discussions on article talk pages. You'll get an idea of what things are supposed to look like and what kinds of things are discussed on talk pages.

If you ever need to see how something was typed or formatted, click on "Edit" or "Edit source". Then you'll be in the Edit Window. Scroll down to what you want to see, carefully, without making even the slightest keystroke – because you don't want to change anything that's there. You'll be able to see exactly what another editor typed to get what s/he wanted to appear. Then, if you're not adding a comment yourself, click "Cancel" at the bottom of the screen to get out of Edit Mode. (You can use copy-and-paste to copy text or formatting to another place if you need to.)

If you are replying to a comment or question posted by another editor on a talk page, click on "Edit" (for that section). It is customary to indent the beginning of your comment one more space from the left margin than the previous comment. You indent by using the colon. If the previous comment started right at the left margin, you will start your comment with one colon. If the previous comment started one space in from the left margin (with one colon), you will start yours with two colons. You'll see that with each additional comment, the margin gradually moves to the right. When an extended discussion gets too far over to the right, you can bring it back to the left margin with the "outdent" template, by typing this at the beginning of your comment: {{od}}. Some editors start their comments with a "bullet", made by typing one asterisk: *, but it's not necessary. Also, the indentation doesn't all have to be perfect. It just helps other readers see where one person's comment ends and the next one starts.

If you want to start a new section to post a comment or question that is unrelated to other on-going discussions on the page, click on "New section" at the top of the page. Type a heading (can be anything, but try to keep it relatively short) in the narrow space. Then type your comment in the big space. Click "Preview" to check it. Then click "Save".

Also, look at some user pages. You can find out something about the editor, and you can get ideas for how you want to organize your own user page. This page will help you with that: WP:User page design center.

It's very important to sign each one of your comments and edits with four tildes: ~~~~ If you save a comment without signing, your IP address will be visible.

When you make edits to articles, you should include an edit summary. There's a space for it at the bottom of the edit window. When you make edits to your user page or a talk page, you don't need to include an edit summary (but you do need to sign with four tildes). Also, don't forget to click "Save" to save (and thus complete) your edit.

It is often helpful to click "Preview" before you click "Save". That way, you can look at what you just typed and make sure you said what you wanted to, there are no typos, and it looks the way you want it to look. You can make more changes, click "Preview" again, check it, and then save.

I recommend enabling WikEd. Go to "Preferences" at the top of your page. Then click on "Gadgets". Then look in "Editing". Click on "WikEd" to select it, then click "Save" at the bottom of the page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me, either here or on my talk page. Corinne (talk) 01:54, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback, Corinne. Jimmy Hers (talk) 00:08, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

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