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* [[Help:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
You can find general help on most topics by going to  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial  Wikipedia Tutorial.]
* Experiment with editing pages in the [[Wikibooks:Sandbox|Wikibooks sandbox]].
Here are some things that are in the tutorial that we found  particularly useful.
* [[Help:How to start a page|How to start a new page]]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help Editing: Help]
* [[Help:How to start a book|How to start a new Wikibook]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#External_links_section External Links]  
* [[Wikibooks:Talk page|How to use talk pages]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28links%29#Internal_links Internal Links]
* [[Wikibooks:Image use policy|How to add images to pages]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial How to Use images]
* [[Wikibooks:Recent Changes|How to use the ''Recent Changes'' page]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_use_tables How to use tables]
* [[Wikibooks:Related Changes|How to use the ''Related Changes'' page]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TeX_markup Special characters, mathematics]
* [[Wikibooks:Go button|How to use the ''Go'' button]]
* [[Wikibooks:How to log in|How to log in]]
* [[Wikibooks:User preferences help|How to set preferences]]
* [[Wikibooks:How to rename (move) a page|How to rename (move) a page]]
* [[Wikibooks:redirect|How to use redirect pages]]
* [[Wikibooks:How to revert a page to an earlier version|How to revert a page to an earlier version]]
* [[Wikibooks:How to delete pages|How to delete pages]]
* [[m:Help:Table|How to create tables]]
* [[Wikibooks:TeX markup|How to edit mathematical formulas]]
* [[w:Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials|How to produce graphics for pages]] (Wikipedia page)
* [http://www.vorbis.com/ How to add/listen to audio] (external)
* [[Help:Development stages|How to update development stage symbols]] {{stage|100%|Mar 23, 2005}}


=== Information and resources for contributors ===
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See also the CAUSE Webinar [http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/teaching/2010-04/ Using (and contributing to!) the Chance News Wiki] by Jeanne Albert and Bill Peterson. There are step-by-step screen shots of an actual editing session
* [[Wikibooks:Policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines for contributors]]
beginning on page 12 of the slides, which you can download  in [http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/teaching/2010-04/2010-04.pdf PDF] or
* [[Wikibooks:Glossary|Glossary of common Wikibooks terms]]
[http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/teaching/2010-04/2010-04.ppt PowerPoint].
* [[Wikibooks:How to write a great module|How to write a great module]]
* [[w:Wikipedia:Public domain resources|Public domain resources]] (Wikipedia page)
* [[Wikibooks:Manual of Style|Manual of style]]
* [[Wikibooks:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]] (for pages and subpages)
* [[Wikibooks:WikiBookProject|WikiBookProjects]], writing and style guidelines for specific disciplines.
 
=== Getting in touch ===
* [[Wikibooks:Contact us]]
* [[Wikibooks:Staff lounge|Staff lounge]], a forum to ask questions not answered in the [[Wikibooks:FAQ|FAQs]] or [[Wikibooks:Help|help pages]].
* [[Wikibooks:Ask the school librarian|Ask the school librarian]], request information about a topic. See also [[Wikibooks:Requested Wikibooks]] and [[Wikibooks:Requested modules]].
* [[Wikibooks:Mailing lists|Wikibooks mailing list]]
* [[Wikibooks:Bug reports|Bug reports and feature requests]]
* [[Wikibooks:Wikibookians|Wikibookians]]
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/ Meta discussion][http://www.okseo.com/ seo], a site that works alongside the main Wikibooks project. Here you can post essays and discussions about topics related to Wikibooks.
 
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Latest revision as of 02:46, 19 May 2011

You can find general help on most topics by going to Wikipedia Tutorial. Here are some things that are in the tutorial that we found particularly useful.


See also the CAUSE Webinar Using (and contributing to!) the Chance News Wiki by Jeanne Albert and Bill Peterson. There are step-by-step screen shots of an actual editing session beginning on page 12 of the slides, which you can download in PDF or PowerPoint.