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Below are exercises which workshop participants may copy to a sandbox and edit. Use Wikipedia:Sandbox or create one as a subpage of your user page. (Workshop participants and Workshop project editors, please discuss the exercises, or suggest new or replacement exercises on this project page's talk page.)
Editing exercises for Visual Editor. Content: A series of exercises (Visual Editor) for practising basic Wikipedia edits, including formatting, linking, citing, and adding an infobox. Usage: DIY learning, teaching, and/or Edit-A-Thons. You may also remix the exercises in your sandbox to suit your instruction needs.
To enter editing view, click Edit or Edit source to the left of the search box (top-right corner of your screen). If you find yourself in: visual editor ("what you see is what you get"): You are where you need to be. source editor (where content shows in monospaced font): Switch into visual editor. Click the pencil icon in the top right corner ...
This template is used in numerous help and user pages for editing exercises in which the answer is not initially revealed. Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox ( create | mirror ) and testcases ( create ) pages.
A note about editing on mobile devices: Most Wikipedians prefer to edit from a computer, as the editing interface works better there. You can edit from a mobile device and tablet, though. See this page for more information. Wikipedia is formatted using its own language called wiki markup, also called wikitext. It's pretty easy to learn the basics.
Inconsistency in naming and formatting within an article makes the text more difficult to understand. Sifting through an article, using your memory of what has come before to pick up glitches, is a good exercise for editors who are relatively inexperienced at copy-editing. Here are a few examples of common inconsistencies in the same article:
Johnson’s claim comes after another CBS News program, “60 Minutes,” was accused of editing an interview with Harris that aired Oct. 8 to cast her in a more favorable light.
Editing most Wikipedia pages is simple. Wikipedia uses two interface methods: classic editing with the Source Editor through wikitext (wiki markup), and a new VisualEditor (VE). Wikitext editing using the Source Editor is chosen by clicking the Edit source tab at the top of a Wikipedia page (or on a section-edit link). This opens an editable ...