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It's very simple to learn. It is an alternative to the Source editor, the primary editing interface which works more like a plain text file and allows you to directly edit the wiki markup text (wikitext). While VisualEditor is simpler to use, the Source editor can be more effective for some tasks. Don't be afraid to click the edit button!
At the top of the edit-conflict page is an editing box containing Bob's version of the whole page, even if Alice is doing section editing. At the bottom of the edit-conflict page is a second editing box containing the text Alice was going to submit. This will be Alice's version of the page or section she was editing. Between the two editing ...
You're now in edit mode; in the edit box, you see the existing text (as in Figure 3-7). 3. In the edit box, enter the text that'll become a link to the subpage you're going to create. Figure 3-9 shows you the two different ways to create a link. You can pick either one, or use both, to confirm that both links will go to the same page.
Even if someone does, admins can still see your vandalism edit. Even if oversighters oversight your vandalism edit, they can still see the edit. If you continue vandalizing (and yes, you can!), you will be left with more ugly messages, and eventually a big fat ugly message telling you that you are unable to edit Wikipedia. If you try to click ...
An editor contributes anonymously for a while, and then creates a username and wants their previous edits attributed to their new name; or A user accidentally logged out before making an edit . (Note that there is a simple way to "reclaim" such an inadvertently anonymous edit, provided you act straight away: While still logged out, revert to ...
To do this, view the page history or the diff for the edit, then click on "undo" next to the edit in question. The software will attempt to create an edit page with a version of the article in which the undesirable edit has been removed, but all later edits are retained. There is a default edit summary, but this can be modified before saving.
An edit which, in isolation, is not disruptive may still be part of a pattern of editing that is. A group of disruptive edits may be close together in time, or spread out; they may all occur on a single page, or on many pages; they may be all very similar, or superficially quite different.
Editing under the influence (EUI) refers to editing while not in one's usual state of mind, unless under the influence is the editor's usual state of mind. This can obviously have a variety of meanings but often results in an editor reviewing their edits the next day and universally proclaiming "I wrote that?!"