User:Prototype-A/Editing An Existing Article Sandbox

If you're editing an existing article, a sandbox is a great place to prepare your first updates by copying a small portion of the article that you want to change or expand. Do not try to overhaul an entire article from the sandbox.

Identify what's missing from the current form of the article. Keep reading your sources as you prepare to write the body of the article.

When you're ready to make edits:


 * 1) Open the article you want to change in Edit mode. (References and other templates will break if you copy from Read mode.)
 * 2) Select the portion you want to work on — a few paragraphs at most — and copy it.
 * 3) Open your sandbox in Edit mode and paste the copied article content.
 * 4) Add an edit summary that says copied from   with the name of the original article, then save it.
 * 5) Re-enter Edit mode in your sandbox, make your changes, and publish them.